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Table 9 — Desktop Evaluation of State and Federally -Listed Wildlife Occurrence <br />Scientific Name <br />Common Name <br />Likelihood of <br />Onsite <br />Federal <br />State <br />Typical Habitat <br />Known Distribution in Colorado <br />Justification for Onsite Likelihood <br />Reference <br />Occurrence <br />Status <br />Status <br />Determination <br />Oncorhynchus <br />Colorado River <br />No Likelihood <br />n/a <br />SC <br />Cold rivers and headwater streams. <br />Historically within the Colorado River <br />Best Management Practices will assure <br />c/arkii p/euriticus <br />cutthroat trout <br />watersheds, including the Gunnison River <br />that downstream water quality will be <br />http://wildlife.state.co.us/research <br />N <br />basin and North Fork Gunnison River. <br />preserved. <br />/aquatic/CutthroatTrout/Pages/C <br />utthroatTrout.aspx <br />Anaxyrus boreas <br />Boreal Toad <br />No Likelihood <br />n/a <br />SE <br />Alpine -boreal herbaceous wetlands and <br />Western half of Colorado, with <br />Project site does not support alpine- <br />http://ndis.nrel.colostate.edu/wildi <br />boreus <br />meadows and surrounding wooded <br />observations documented in Gunnison <br />boreal habitat. <br />ifespx.asp?SpCode=020964 <br />U) <br />uplands. <br />County. <br />AND <br />� <br />http://www.natureserve.org/explo <br />rer <br />CL <br />Rana pipiens <br />Northern Leopard <br />Some Likelihood <br />n/a <br />SC <br />Marshes and perennial pools and <br />Throughout Colorado, excluding <br />One northern leopard frog was observed <br />http://ndis.nrel.colostate.edu/wildl <br />QFrog <br />streams. Elev. 3500 - 11,000 ft. <br />southeastern and south-central parts of <br />in a shallow pool in Wetland B while <br />ifespx.asp?SpCode=020191 <br />the State. <br />performing wetland delineation (Barr <br />AND <br />2009). <br />http://www.natureserve.org/explo <br />rer <br />Athene cunicu/aria <br />Western <br />No Likelihood <br />n/a <br />ST <br />Plains, prairies, deserts. Commensal with <br />Scattered statewide, but mainly eastern <br />Steep rocky habitat is inappropriate for <br />http://wildlife.state.co.us/WildlifeS <br />Burrowing Owl <br />prairie dogs. <br />Colorado. <br />species. <br />pecies/SpeciesOfConcern/Birds/ <br />BurrowingOwl.htm AND <br />http://ndisl.nrel.colostate.edu/co <br />gap/d i stm aps/s 04O3341.j pg <br />Buteo regalis <br />Ferruginous Hawk <br />Very Unlikely <br />n/a <br />SC <br />Nest sites in cliffs and rock outcrops or <br />Throughout entire state of Colorado, but <br />Lack of nesting sites and level foraging <br />http://wildlife.state.co.us/NR/rdonl <br />man-made utility structures surrounded <br />mainly eastern plains. Appearance in <br />ground; limited prey base. <br />yres/F4F6CE3B-2580-4DFA- <br />by flat or rolling grass and shrubland <br />western Rockies is rare. <br />9F08- <br />plains; strongly prefer close proximity to <br />11 C4B26E27AF/0/appendixE.pdf <br />prairie dog populations. <br />Centrocercus <br />Gunnison Sage <br />Unlikely <br />PE <br />SC <br />Flat, broad grasslands and prairies along <br />Southwest quarter of the state, including <br />Outside of known range. Sagebrush and <br />http://wildlife.state.co.us/WildlifeS <br />minimus <br />Grouse <br />with sagebrush and similar low -shrub <br />the Gunnison Basin. <br />similar habitat is not available onsite; <br />pecies/Profiles /Gunnisonsa <br />a <br />habitat. Sagebrush an important food <br />terrain is too steep. <br />se.htm <br />gegrouse. <br />source. <br />0a <br />Charadrius <br />Western Snowy <br />No Likelihood <br />T <br />SC <br />Sandy shorelines and beaches of <br />Central and eastern Colorado. <br />Not known to occur in the Rockies; no <br />http://www.nmparinersinflight.org <br />alexandrinus <br />Plover <br />oceans, lakes, and rivers; barren alkali <br />suitable habitat onsite. <br />ver.himlight.org <br />/snowyplover.html <br />nivosus <br />flats. <br />Coccyzus <br />Western Yellow- <br />Unlikely <br />PT <br />SC <br />Open woodlands, preferably deciduous <br />Eastern half of Colorado and <br />Habitat structure is reasonably <br />americanus <br />billed Cuckoo <br />riparian woodlands, with dense <br />westernmost edge of Colorado, including <br />appropriate, but individuals would likely <br />http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/projects/s <br />occidentalis <br />understory. <br />near the Gunnison River. <br />nest nearer to North Fork Gunnison <br />cp/assessments/yellowbilledcuck <br />River. Gunnison County is largely outside <br />oo.pdf <br />of species distribution range. <br />Empidonax traillii <br />Southwestern <br />Unlikely <br />E <br />SE <br />Deciduous riparian woodland habitats <br />Southwestern Colorado, including in the <br />Habitat structure is reasonably <br />extimus <br />Willow Flycatcher <br />along streams and rivers. <br />Gunnison Basin. <br />appropriate, but individuals would likely <br />http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmr <br />nest nearer to North Fork Gunnison <br />s_gtr060/rmrs_gtr060_003_012.p <br />River. Gunnison County is largely outside <br />df <br />of species distribution range. <br />Falco peregrinus <br />American <br />Unlikely <br />n/a <br />SC <br />Nest sites in cliffs and rock outcrops <br />Western half of Colorado. <br />Lack of suitable nesting sites. <br />http://wildlife.state.co.us/WildlifeS <br />anatum <br />Peregrine Falcon <br />surrounded by flat or rolling grass and <br />pecies/Profiles/Birds/PeregrineFa <br />shrubland plains <br />Icon.htm <br />Grus americana <br />Whooping Crane <br />No Likelihood <br />E <br />SE <br />Nesting in marshes. Foraging in <br />CPW has not documented the species in <br />Lack of habitat and species rarity. <br />http://wildlife.state.co.us/WildlifeS <br />marshes, mudflats, and short -stature wet <br />Colorado since 2002. Presumably <br />pecies/Profiles/Birds/WhoopingC <br />meadows and grasslands. <br />extremely rare. <br />rane.htm <br />