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CONTENTS <br /> Introduction......................................................................................................................... 1 <br /> Projectand Site Description ............................................................................................... 1 <br /> Reclamation Concepts (Benefits for Wildlife) ..............................................................2 <br /> WildlifeRegulations........................................................................................................... 3 <br /> Ecological and Other Features of the Project Area.............................................................3 <br /> Methods ..............................................................................................................................4 <br /> Results and Discussion ....................................................................................................... 5 <br /> Federal Threatened, Endangered and Candidate Species..............................................5 <br /> Interior Least Tern,Piping Plover,Whooping Crane,and Pallid Sturgeon........................6 <br /> Ute Ladies'-Tresses Orchid and Colorado Butterfly Plant...............................................6 <br /> Black-footed Ferret.....................................................................................................6 <br /> Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse...........................................................................7 <br /> State Endangered, Threatened, and Species of Concern ...............................................8 <br /> Black-Tailed Prairie Dog...........................................................................................10 <br /> SwiftFox.................................................................................................................I 1 <br /> BaldEagle...............................................................................................................I I <br /> WesternBurrowing Owl...........................................................................................13 <br /> MountainPlover.......................................................................................................14 <br /> FerruginousHawk....................................................................................................14 <br /> Northern Leopard Frog..............................................................................................15 <br /> CommonGarter Snake..............................................................................................15 <br /> LargeMammals...........................................................................................................16 <br /> SmallMammals...........................................................................................................16 <br /> Birds.............................................................................................................................16 <br /> WildlifeCorridors........................................................................................................17 <br /> Proposed Activities to Avoid and Reduce Wildlife Impacts............................................ 17 <br /> MigratoryBirds............................................................................................................17 <br /> Raptors.........................................................................................................................18 <br /> BaldEagle....................................................................................................................18 <br /> Conclusions and Recommendations................................................................................. 19 <br /> Black-footed Ferret, Western Burrowing Owl, and Black-tailed Prairie Dog.............19 <br /> Ute Ladies'-Tresses Orchid and Colorado Butterfly Plant..........................................19 <br /> Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse...............................................................................19 <br /> Mountain Plover,Northern Leopard Frog, Common Garter Snake, and <br /> FerruginousHawk........................................................................................................19 <br /> SwiftFox......................................................................................................................20 <br /> Large Mammals, Small Mammals, Birds, and Wildlife Corridors..............................20 <br /> References.........................................................................................................................20 <br /> IRO <br /> i Resuurres <br /> Corporation <br />