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<br />"'IIINlhOll.l'ill.t>ul\fr"g (R",,,, ralt'.\!wiam/J. and Nonbcm kop:lrd frng (Rm1(lp'fJII-/lQ (C'I)!)\>"
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<br />WiI,lhfc ",ould he lmp:'cled hy in.:re;l,e<.! n"i,e and .len"lly ..hmn!; ."'l'lrudll,n. ho"'ncr 111"
<br />",ouldt>c.. ,hnn.tenn, Cun,tnKtinn :"ll"llie, "'''uld be ptl'.-Illlled dUring the ne"mg 'e.N"n ~l1d
<br />,!uring the w'inle'(ffi\'nlh,,,,hen rlllgratury "'Jlerfowlcon8'reg alea)"nglheC"loradl,I{,,'er,
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<br />COIllIll"n !i,h species In lhe Colurado :md Gunm,,'n rI"ers mdude hhlehe"d suc~er (CUIfl,<I""""
<br />,Ii", '''N''''-~). n"l1nelnll'lllh 'lll'~er (CalO,I''''''''''/''III'",,,,,''t rOlm'!I~il ch"h (Gil" "'/"""'/1,
<br />C<J1nlllOI1 c"ll' (CYI'rllJld e"'pi" Imllm',,'I, faIlle;!,! mmn"", (I'imephaln p,,,,,,e/<I.\'., red _,hllll"
<br />((\prmdlul"rr,'rll'l.\l. 'and shiner (V"pl"'!," ,'/limine/HI, and,-hannd eatfi,h (/, t,/buUJ
<br />punniJw,q (Burd..-k. ~(nl),
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<br />Rip"ri,m and wetland dcren.lenl \Oo-Ildlife specIe' ;He predictcd 10 heneflt from Ihe 1ll.'I~a'c,!
<br />frcshcnlllgnll....'sinl<lthepo.'mt', F"Il'p'-'clcsarepredlCled'ohenefnfrollllnnea'cd"c.-e"w
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<br />'I hrcalt"ll'd Itod End;lrJl:l'red SIH.'d."
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<br />Informal C'HI<ulIal"lIl "'lIh llle 1I.S.l'ish and W,ldl,fe Service llknlifted fhe Ibrc"tcned or
<br />endangered 'p'-'Cle, lhal enuld he dIrectly "rfectl."d hylhe I'wpo'e(! a .Ii(oll_ Thescmcluo,Je: II
<br />Color.ldl' plkcmmno"" (Pml1ll1:hl'IIIH /I/CI".<). 2) r;l/.('rhJc~ "IK~el (.\\'Tlllwhrn rr\II1""). 31
<br />hUll1phad d,ut> ((;i/" "1'1"'1. 41 "',")1all lGilt/ r1r,~lm'), and 5) hald e"gle UI"Ii<lall"
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<br />fllr pUll'o"e~ ofSel-lu'l1 7 ('''Illpli:mce Wlllllllc Endangere,l Spc::cie~ Act. Ihl< E/~ al"" '('I">"":l'
<br />lhe hi{lt"gl.~1 ...,>cssmem for fcdcr"Uy Ii'l~d ,pecie<_
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<br />Cutura.11l plkellllnn\lw :md rMI'f":K" "K~...r ,It'<~ known to occu, in hJc~"",lter ha"'lal, ne"tlhc
<br />Ela WildhfeSan.:luM)'and the p'''I'''-.cd pr"Jecl IS de_"i!ned 1"...nhan CCdt5ignaledcntil'al
<br />IMh,la!. Eb Wildlife S;IIKtuary is I"cuted within d"'Ii!n.llcu crillcal h~hltal ("r lhc ('"I.-.rad"
<br />I'ihminnu", and r.LIorb,ICk Sl!C'hI, In '::002, Ihc Sct\'lCe documented ttrval r"-fllth,..-k ",d.er m
<br />Ihe Gunnl",n Hi,'Ct' up,lream "fthe Eld Wildlife Sanctu:,t)' SUt (~kAJa, !on!>.
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<br />Ilumph,,,'k chuh anJ "'mylall ha"l." nOl t>cen duculllenled JI clllx-r ~llC. H"",ner. I><myl..il lOa)'
<br />he 'locked m Iix- area t>y Iht J<e~""ery pmgr..m_ If ,toc~ed. the prom'cd .ICli"n~ ",(,ukl ..I...,
<br />henclill>on)1ail. Thepr(lp"'eu~,.tionm'lyaff"',-Ln"lltkeIYI"ad''efsely,,(fl.''d,llcne1ie",t
<br />Erfed). C"lorado p,krminn(>"", rawrba.-k ~ul'ker, and blln)!4ll. ~nd ",,,uld nUl mlvcrsely 1ll,,,llty
<br />dC'lgn"tcJcrilkal hahnat. In"denlallakeofendan!!rrcd'pecie'lsnotpredKtrdto',,-culu'a
<br />rr,ull ,,{Ihe pf(lp"s~d u.."lllln. l1le rf('I",,~d iI,-tlon ",,,,,1.1 ha\'''' nil dfecl un hu"'rt'J"~ chur..
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