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) f f J_", e 002211 e G. THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES Under requirements of Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act (Act), Reclamation requested from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) a lis~ of threatened and endangered species that may be present in areas affected by the proposed action. The Service identified the federally-listed threatened or endangered species that may occur in the area affected by the proposed action on AprilS, 1993. The service updated the list in December 1993 and again verbally in February 1996. Species Bald eagle (Ha'iaeetus leucoce~halus) Peregrine falcon (Falco pe~e~-inus) Mexican spotted owl (Str'x occidental,s luc'da) Colorado squawfish (Ptychoche"us lucius) Razorback sucker (Xvrauche~ texanus) Humpback chub (~ cv~n2) Bony tail chub (G"~ eic~~~s) Southwestern willow flycatcher (Eoidomax t-a":i ext'~u~) Elack-footed ferret (~uste'2 nic-'~es) Mesa Verde cactus (Sclerocactus rnesae-ve-dae) St2tU9 Spo~~ed ba~ (E~de~.c ~2~~'a~U~) Elack ~er~ (C~:~do~~a~ ~iae-) ~oggerheaci sh=ike (_~E~ius ~u~~~~C~~~U~) Wh~~e-facec ibis (P~eG2C~S C~~-;) :erruginous hawk (Buteo -eoa"e) Threatened Endangered Threatened Endangered Endangered Endangered Endangered Endangered Endangered Endangered Candidate Cancida~e Cancicia~e Candidate Canciciate C=onquis~ ffi~lkve~=~ (AS~~2C~~~S c-cc~~C~~;) S=~~o~l ~~lkve~=~ (~e~-2Cc~US E~~~~~~=~) Cancida~e Candidate Cancidate Mesa Verde s~ickseed (Hacke'i~ 9-a='~~~~~) while the Ac~ does no~ require federal agencies to address candidate species ~n a biological assessmen~, Reclama~ic~ _re=o;~izeE ~he ~pc=~ance 0= addressing po~en~ially th=ea~e~ec species ~c assis~ i~ p=eve~~i~g =ur~he= decline 0= ~he species ul~~~a~ely ~equi=in; =orrna: p=c~e~~ic~ cnde= ~he hc~. ~he candidate species are no~ addressed since ~hey are neither known ~o occur within any habita~ potentially affected by the proposed action or t~ey are no~ known to occu: in either the Dolores 0= San Juan r~ve~ :lood?lains-. Since ~he proposed action would affect federally protected species in bo~h the Dolores River and San Juan River basins, assessed ~mpacts to species occurring in each basin are described separately. ~he federally endangered black-footed ferret and the threatened Mesa Verde cactus are not addressed in this assessment since ~hey occ~= s~=ictly ~n upland habitats and are not known to occu= in any of the sectic~s of the Dolores or San Juan basins that would be affected by the al~ernatives. Similarly, the spotted bat, black terr., loggerhead shrike, white faced ibis, :erruginou5 hawk, c~onquis~ ~~lkve~ch, sc~~o:l milkve~ch O~ Mesa Ve~cie caC~~SI al: Candidate species, are also no~ addressed as they are ei~he~ s~ric~l~ associated with ~pland habi~a~s O~ a~e c~her~ise no~ know~ ~c o==~= ~~ assc=ia~ic~ ~i~h ~he a:=e=~ed a~ea.