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<br />South Platte River, Chatfield Downstream Channel Improvement Project- Vegetation Management Plan <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />d. B L. t d S <br /> <br />St d <br /> <br />lppen IX . IS e peCIeS Uly <br />. <br />Common Scientific Status Description Occurrence Recommen Reference <br />Name Name dation <br />FEDERAL and STATE LISTED SPECIES <br />Black- Mustela FE Occupies prairie dog colonies on Not Fitzgerald et al. <br />footed ferret nigripes short- and mid-grass prairie. Probable 1994. CDOW <br /> Known only to exist in renmant 2008. <br /> restored population in Wyoming. <br />Pallid Scaphirhync FE Large river obligate inhabiting Not USFWS 2007a. <br />sturgeon hus albus free-flowing streams of the Probable <br /> upper Missouri and Mississippi <br /> River. <br />Least tern Sternula FE, Once inhabited heavily scoured Rare; Andrews & Righter <br />(interior antillarum SE sandbars in eastern Colorado but Unlikely 1992. <br />population) no longer available due to Kingery 1998. <br /> changes in flow. Now nest on <br /> reservoir shores. <br />Whooping Grus FE Observed on reservoir mudflats Not Andrews & Righter <br />crane americana and agricultural area, which are Probable 1992. CDOW <br /> not available in or near project 2008. <br /> site. Casual migrant on eastern Audubon Society <br /> plains. 2007 <br />Mexican Strix FT Occupies mixed-conifer forests; Not USFWS 2008a. <br />spotted owl occidentalis closed canopy or rocky-canyons. Probable <br /> lucida Suitable habitat not available in <br /> project site. <br />Piping Charadrius FT Nest on broad, sandy beaches; Not Andrews & Righter <br />plover melodus reservoir mudflats and shores. Probable 1992. <br /> Typically nest in southeastern Kingery 1998. <br /> Colorado. Suitable habitat not Audubon Society <br /> available in project site. 2007 <br />Preble's Zapus FT, Inhabit grassland Unknown, Coordinate Fitzgerald et al. <br />meadow hudsonius ST under stories/wet meadows in Probable with 1994. Linner 2008. <br />JumpIng preblei wooded willow areas along habitat USFWS for USFWS 2006 <br />mouset streams. Project site on historic renewal of USFWS 2008b. <br /> habitat; no findings along South clearance in ERO 2007 <br /> Platte River downstream of Nov 2008. <br /> Chatfield Reservoir in recent <br /> years. Not in critical habitat. <br />Ute ladies'- Spiranthes FT, Occur in wet meadows; some Rare; Coordinate Fertig et al. 2005. <br />tresses diluvialis ST grassy understories associated Probable with Linner 2008. <br />orchidt with perennial stream terraces, habitat USFWS for USFWS 2006 <br /> floodplains, open riparian renewal of USFWS 2008c. <br /> willow-woodlands. Not recently clearance in ERO 2006 <br /> documented along the South Nov 2008. <br /> Platte River in Front Range. <br />Bald Eagle Haliaeetus ST,D Commonly wintering along Fairly Preserve Andrews & Righter <br /> leucocephal Front Range. Possible fly-over, common; mature 1992. CDOW <br /> us perch, and forage in project site. Likely cottonwood 2008. <br /> In 2004, pair attempted to nest trees and Kingery 1998. <br /> on property adjacent to the river snags along Audubon Society <br /> and northern edge of South the river 2007 <br /> Platte Park. corridor. <br /> <br />Page 25 <br />Final Report - April 30, 2008 <br />