PERMFILE125850

• Permit No: X199621901
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 7/10/1996
• Doc Name: DOW Letter
• From: DOW
• To: THE WHITEWOOD GEOLOGIC GROUP INC
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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•. STATE DF COLORADO • II I I II I III II IIII III •
. Roy Romer, Governor s99
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
DIVISION OF WILDLIFE
P4 E7U PL pPPORTUrrIiV EMPLOYER
Perry D. Olson. Direcror
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Denver. CoWraUn G021G
Telephone: [phone]
July lU, 1996
The Whitewood Geologic Group, Inc.
P.O. Box 881215
Steamboat Springs, CO 80488
ATTN: Richard Tifft
REFER TO
For Wildlife -
For People
RE: Request for Letter of Review of Notice of Intent & Federal Coal
Exploration License application.
Dear Mr. Tifft:
I have reviewed the Notice of Intent (NOI) and Federal Coal
Exploration License (FCEL) filed with the State of Colorado and
Bureau of Land Management in regards to potential wildlife impacts
from coal exploration activity south of Hayden Colorado. I offer
the following comments on the basis of the information contained in
those documents.
THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES
There is no known critical habitat for any Federal or State
threatened or endangered (T&E) specie within the proposed boundary
of the area of exploration. While the Bald Eaale and Greater
Sandhill Crane may visit the area on an infrequent basis there are
no anticipated negative impacts to either specie as a result of the
proposed exploration.
SENSITIVE SPECIES~~PECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN
The Sage Grouse and Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse are two species
of special concern that are found within the proposed area of
exploration. Areas of critical habitat for these species have been
communicated to The Whitewood Geological Group, Inc. in
previous communications. I would recommend that exploration
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, James S. Lochhead, Executive Director
WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Thomas M. Eve, Chairman • Louis F. Swift, Vice-Chairman • Amold Salazar, Secretary
Jesse Langston Boyd, Jr., Member • Rebecca L. Frank, Member
William R. Hegberg, Member • Mark LeValley, Member • John D. Fuller Sr., Member