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?eN// <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br />Bill Ritter, Jr., Governor <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES <br />DIVISION OF WILDLIFE <br />AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER <br />Thomas E. Remington, Director <br />6060 Broadway <br />Denver, Colorado 80216 <br />Telephone: (303) 297-1192 <br />wildlife. state. co. us <br />RECEIVED <br />JUI, 0 2 2010 <br />Hot Sulphur Springs Area Office <br />P.O. Box 216 <br />346 County Road 362 <br />Hot Sulphur Springs, CO 80451 <br />Telephone: (970) 725-6200 <br />Fax: (970) 725-6217 <br /> <br />Eric C. Scott <br />Environmental Protection Specialist <br />Division of Mining and Safety <br />1313 Sherman St. Room 215 <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br /> <br />June 30, 2010 <br />Re: Mountain Park Concrete Parshall Pit Permit # M-1998-034 Gravel Pit expansion <br />Mt. Scott, <br />b <br />?o y4? <br />OF <br />For Wildlife- <br />For People <br />Thank you for the opportunity to comment n the proposed Parshall Pit Gravel Pit expansion (Mountain <br />Park Concrete). We hope to work with applicant on the project. The Colorado Division of Wildlife <br />(CDOW) has several comments and requests regarding this proposal, mostly in regards to timing and <br />operations related to greater sage-grouse. <br />The proposed gravel pit expansion is within one mile of an existing sage-grouse lek (breeding area). <br />This lek is located within the current County Road 340 gravel pit operated by Grand County (County). <br />The County currently withholds operation until 9:45 am from March 15th to May 15th to accommodate <br />the breeding grouse. Noise of operation can be detrimental to the success of sage grouse breeding. The <br />property has an alternate lek site near it, this is an area that the grouse use when they get flushed from <br />the main site. In addition, the property is year round sage-grouse habitat and is identified as breeding, <br />production and severe winter range. We have included a map of grouse radio-telemetry locations and <br />lek sites for your information. <br />This area sees seasonal movement of mule deer and elk as they move from their winter and summer <br />ranges. Pronghorn use the area in the summer. Many small birds such as horned larks and brewer's <br />sparrows use the property. Mammals common on the site also include American badger, Wyoming <br />ground squirrel and coyote. Chorus frogs and small rodents occur in the intermittent drainage that runs <br />through the property. <br />We would like to see reclamation reseeding to be native plants including shrub species. We recommend <br />phasing development of the pit with only small areas disturbed at a time. Reclamation of the disturbed <br />areas should be done when the operation moves to the next area. This limits the likelihood of a noxious <br />DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, Mike King, Executive Director <br />WILDLIFE COMMISSION, Tim Glenn, Chair • Robert Streeter, Vice Chair • Mark Smith, Secretary <br />Members, David R. Brougham • Dennis Buechler • Dorothea Farris • Allan Jones • John Singletary • Dean Wingfield <br />Ex Officio Members, Mike King and John Stulp