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<br />Arizona Game and Fish Department <br />Draft EA: Kanab Ambersnail <br /> <br />KAS Site: Three Lakes <br /> <br />Deaeription: wet meadow at base of sandstone cWfs, <br />marsh and pond in southern area, <br /> <br />Juriadiction: Privately owned land and water rights <br /> <br />Sun-eyed: October 3, 1996 <br /> <br />Site Aspert: east <br />Solar Expoaure: early AM to last PM (lan-Dee) <br />Annual BTUa/aq ft: S21,OO3 <br /> <br />Water Dilebarge (m'/a): low (standing water) <br />Hbtorie Mn Diaellarge: unknown <br />Water Temp (oC): 9,0 <br />Conductivity (JiS): S40 <br />Water pH: unknown <br /> <br />Natural Dilturbance Potential: low <br />Natural Impact Evidence: minor flash flood debris <br />Otber Dilturbaneea: previous livestock grazing and <br />Irampling; future commercial development planned <br /> <br />June 1998 <br />Page 32 <br /> <br />Location: 10 kIn northwest of Kanab <br />Kane County, Utah <br />Specific: west side of Hwy 89 <br />E~vation: 1692 m <br />UTM: N41083~O, E360900 <br />7,Smin Topo Quad: Kanab <br /> <br />AeceaalbUity: difficuh--auto (landowner permission) <br /> <br />Geologie Strata: Navajo Sandstone <br />Predominant Subatrate: soillloam <br />UtterlDutr: medium density <br /> <br />Soil Temp (oC): 8,~ median (minimax 7,5-12,0) <br />Soil Moilture ("I. aat): 100 med (minimax 9~-100) <br />Soil pH: 7,0 median (minimax 6,9-7,2) <br />Soil Deptb (em): 20 median (minlmll< 12-20) <br />Slope (degreea): 0 median (minimax O-~) <br /> <br />Eatimated Recreational U ae: none <br />Recreation Impact Evidence: minor Irampled veg <br />and minor litter <br /> <br />Primary Vegetation" Eltimated Area: Typha domingensis (>~O m') and Nasturtium spp, (<2 m') <br /> <br />Aaaociated Vegetation: Carex aquarilis. Eleocharis spp., Epilobium spp" Galus spp" Junus balticus. Polygonum <br />spp,. Rosa woods.i. Rumex crispus. Salbe lutea. Vinca spp,' <br /> <br />MoUuab: succineids--Oxyloma hoydeni kanabensis (Kanab ambersnail)''', undescribed succineid sheU; physids-- <br />Physa (=Physella) spp,; limnaeids--Fossaria obrussa; undescribed small bivalve <br /> <br />Otber Invertebratea: (no coUections, observation only) dipterans--Calliphoridae; hymenopterans--Formicidae; <br />orthopterans--Acrididae (1); lrematodes--Leucochloridium (?)' <br /> <br />Site Statua: Only known KAS population in Utah, Abundant primary vegelation, Low vulnerability to natural or <br />recreational impacts, Historically, area has received flash flood damage, livestock trampling, and loss of babitat by <br />commercial development--more development is planned, <br /> <br />KAS Conlen-ation Recommendation: Negotiate consetVation agreement or land acquisition (including secured water <br />rights) with private landowner, Possible source ofKAS for establishment sites (with permission oflandowner), <br /> <br />References: 'Clme 1991; 'USFWS 1992: 'Spamer and Bogan 1993; 'USFWS 1995; 'Stevens elal, 1997b; 'Miller et <br />ai, 1997; 'pers, comm. V, Meretsky (1998), <br />