WSP11446

• File Number: 8220.112.I
• Description: Dallas Creek Participating Project
• State: CO
• Basin: Gunnison
• Water Division: 4
• Date: 10/1/1979
• Author: USDOI-BOR
• Title: Endangered Species Assessment: Dallas Creek Project Colorado
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

inundated by the reservoir; and while one type of hunting habitat will be

inundated, another hunting habitat around the reservoir will be created.

The project will not have an adverse affect on the peregrine falcon.

c. Black Footed Ferret

The black-footed ferret is an endangered species, and if it survives

at all in Colorado it is in very low numbers. Armstrong (1972) reported

that all sighting records known to him over the past 20 years were from the

eastern plains of Colorado or the extreme southwestern corner of the state.

The decline of tbe ferret is probably directly related to control of prairie

The Colorado Division of Wildlife (1976) reported in their study of the

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dogs, the ferret's primary prey.

Dallas Creek Project that "Habitat for the black-footed ferret exists at

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prairie dog towns scattered throughout the area. No ferrets or their sign

were observed during the study, and their existence within the area is

unlikely."

The black-footed ferret would not be affected by the Dallas Creek Project

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because the species does not occur in the project impact area.

(1) Endangered Colorado Squawfish

The Colorado squawfish is presently on the Federal Endangered species

list. Jordan collected specimens in 1889 from the Gunnison River at Delta

as well as in the Uncompahgre River. It has been well documented that

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squawfish were taken in significant numbers from the Gunnison during the early

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