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WILDLIFE RESOURCES ASSESSMENT <br /> MORTON LAKES PROPERTY <br /> WELD COUNTY,COLORADO <br /> • Small mammals <br /> • Breeding birds protected by the MBTA including eagles and other raptors <br /> • Wildlife corridors and other wildlife-related issues <br /> Results and Discussion <br /> ERO assessed the project area for the presence of habitat suitable for state and <br /> federally listed threatened endangered and sensitive species described below. <br /> Federal Threatened, Endangered and Candidate Species <br /> Several species that potentially occur in Weld County are considered endangered, <br /> threatened, or candidate species of concern by the Service (Table 1). The project area <br /> does not contain suitable habitat or fall within the expected range and distribution for the <br /> majority of these species listed by the Service <br /> Table 1. Federally threatened, endangered,and candidate species potentially found <br /> in Weld County or potentially affected by prQiects in Weld Coun . <br /> Common Name Scientific Name Status* Habitat Suitable Habitat <br /> Present <br /> Mammals <br /> Black-footed ferret Mustela nigripes TE,SE Active prairie dog towns No—Within Block <br /> Clearance <br /> Preble's meadow Zapus hudsonius FT,SE Shrub riparian/wet Yes—Southeast of <br /> jumping mouse preblei meadows Big Dry Creek <br /> Birds <br /> Interior least tern.. Sterna antillarum FE Sandy/pebble beaches on No—Area lacks <br /> athalassos lakes,reservoirs,and rivers suitable nesting <br /> Piping plover" Charadrius FT Sandy lakeshore beaches, substrate—Big Dry <br /> melodus river sandbars Creek incised <br /> Whooping crane** Grus americana FE Mudflats around reservoirs No—Area lacks <br /> and in agricultural areas foraging or secure <br /> roosting habitat <br /> Fish <br /> Pallid sturgeon" Scaphirhynchus FE Large,turbid,free-flowing No—No large rivers, <br /> albus rivers with a strong current Big Dry Creek has a <br /> and gravel or sandy silt/mud substrate <br /> substrate <br /> FRO <br /> 5 Resources <br /> Corporation <br />