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6.0 Threatened and Endangered Species <br />Available literature was reviewed to consider potential for presence of Threatened and Endangered <br />Species in the RPE East project area. A summary of findings is provided below. <br />6.1 Methods <br />A qualified natural resources biologist from Barr Engineering visited the RPE East project site in <br />early October 2009 to perform wetland delineation. Incidental observations of plants and wildlife <br />were noted, and during the week -long field reconnaissance activities related to wetland delineation as <br />discussed in Section 5.0, a familiarity with onsite habitats and plant communities was attained. <br />This knowledge on onsite habitats and plant communities was utilized to perform an offsite desktop <br />evaluation of potential onsite occurrences of species of plants and animals listed as Endangered, <br />Threatened, Species of Special Concern, or Candidate Species (i.e. "listed species "). Though <br />Candidate species receive no federal protection, they were included in the evaluation in anticipation <br />of potential future uplisting to a protected status. <br />Numerous online resources were utilized in the evaluation, including the following in no particular <br />order (all sites accessed in late December, 2009): <br />Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) Species Profile Pages and State list: <br />http: / /wildlife. state. co. us/ WildlifeSpecies /SpeciesOfConcern/ <br />NatureServe, a not - for - profit plant, wildlife, and habitat profile database: <br />http: / /www.natureserve.org /explorer /index.htm <br />Colorado State University's Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) Map Products, <br />Statewide Elements by QUAD: <br />http: / /www.cnhp.colostate.edu /download /gis.asp <br />Colorado State University's Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) list of tracked vascular <br />plant species: <br />http: / /www.cnhp.colostate.edu /download /list /vascular.asp <br />P \Mpls \06 CO\26 \06261003 RPE E Permit Mod Support \WorkFiles\Permtt Applicati on \Text \Exhibit 82 RPEE design 2011 -07 -21 TR 127 doe 28 <br />