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• 2.04.1 l Fish & Wildlife Resources Information <br />Rangeland makes up a major portion of the permit area and adjacent areas. The mountain <br />shrub ecosystem supports substantial populations of big game, small game and a diverse <br />complex of other mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. <br />Investigation of wildlife resources and their habitats were initiated in 1974 on the Colowyo <br />Federal Coal Lease #D-034365 and surrounding areas under a contract with VTN, Colorado, <br />Inc. Information from this early work, along with additional resources information and <br />habitat requirements obtained from the Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) and the U.S. <br />Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), were presented in the Northwest Colorado Coal <br />Environmental Statement. Additional site specific data collected by VTN through 1977, <br />along with surveys and observations made by Colowyo personnel through 1980, have been <br />included within this application. <br />In November 1985, Camp, Dresser and McKee, Inc. (CDM) completed the report "Wildlife <br />Baseline Report for the Danforth I and 3 Federal Coal Leases" prepared for Consolidation <br />Coal Company. The report in its entirety can be found in Exhibit 11, Wildlife Information. <br />The report provides an inventory of site specific and regional wildlife resources of the <br />Danforth 1 and 3 Federal Coal Leases and vicinity and was complete April 1984 through <br />June 1985. Existing background information was complemented by a year-long program of <br />site-specific field studies. <br />• Although the focus of [he study is of a much broader regional scale than necessary for areas <br />to be mined by Colowyo, it offers very valuable information to update the original baseline <br />information in the initial Colowyo permit. In most cases the report serves to reconfirm many <br />of the predictions initially made by Colowyo regarding the impacts of mining to local <br />wildlife populations. <br />Colowyo has made every effort to coordinate all studies, management techniques, and habitat <br />improvement programs with the State and Federal agencies having responsibility for <br />managing wildlife habitat. Several meetings were held with USFWS and CDOW personnel <br /> <br />2.04.11-1 <br />