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<br />f' ". If}'\"\ :..: <br /> <br />Several other species are proposed as candidates for listing as threatened or <br /> <br /> <br />endangered species including the swift fox (Vulpes velox), mountain plover <br /> <br /> <br />(Charadrius montanus), Arkansas darter (IEtheostoma cragim), and Colorado butterfly <br /> <br /> <br />plant (Guara neomexicana spp. cOloradansis). Most of the above threatened, <br /> <br /> <br />endangered, or proposed species are also on Colorado's state list of threatened or <br /> <br /> <br />endangered species or are a species of special concern. <br /> <br />The watershed project is not expected to have adverse impacts on any of these <br />threatened, endangered, proposed, or special concern species. <br /> <br />Numerous popular game species are found in the area including: scaled quail, <br /> <br /> <br />pronghorn, white-tailed; and mule deer, cottontail and jackrabbits, ring-necked <br /> <br /> <br />pheasant, a variety of waterfowl species, and numerous fish species. <br /> <br />Non-game species are widely represented in the watershed with a variety of shorebirds, <br />songbirds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and fish adding diversity to the wildlife in the <br />area. <br /> <br />Wetlands <br /> <br />Many wetlands in the watershed area ,am"located along ditches, drains, and the <br /> <br />Arkansas River bottom. These wetlands are primarily Tyl'loS 6 aRe! 6 (Shaw aRd <br /> <br />Frodino, Ciroular a9, 1966), or PFO (Palustrine Forested), R40W (Riverine, Intermittent, <br /> <br />Open Water), afl€i-R20W (the Arkansas River (Cowardin, 1979) and E'EIY1 (I?alustrin <br /> <br />;ll.i* <br />