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<br />A-8 <br />Exceptions <br />A lease may be issued and mining operations approved if, after consultation with the Fish and <br />Wildlife Service, the Service determines that the proposed activity is not likely to jeopardize the <br />continued existence of the listed species and/or its critical habitat. <br /> <br />Analysis <br />USFWS (2012) identified 12 species as endangered, threatened, or candidate under the <br />Endangered Species Act (ESA) that may occur in Delta County (see Table A-1). In addition to <br />federally-listed species, the USFS and BLM identified 19 other species as sensitive with the <br />potential to occur within the general area of the LBA tract (see Table A-2). <br /> <br />Table A-1 <br />Federally Threatened, Endangered, or Candidate Species in Delta County <br />Common <br />Name/ <br />Scientific <br />Name Status1 <br />Potential <br />Occurrence in <br />the Analysis <br />Area 2 Discussed in <br />EA Habitat3 <br />Mammals <br />Black-footed <br />ferret <br />Mustela <br />nigripes <br />E, SE None No <br />Requires large prairie dog colonies in open <br />habitat such as grasslands, steppe, and shrub <br />steppe. <br />Canada lynx <br />Lynx <br />canadensis <br />T, SE Unlikely Yes <br />Coniferous forests interspersed with thickets of <br />trees and shrubs, rocky outcrops, large woody <br />debris; closely associated with snowshoe hares. <br />Present on Grand Mesa. <br />North <br />American <br />wolverine <br />Gulo gulo <br />lucus <br />C, SE None Yes High elevation boreal and alpine habitats. <br />Birds <br />Gunnison <br />sage-grouse <br />Centrocercus <br />minimus <br />C, SC None No <br />Expansive sagebrush with grasses, forbs, and <br />healthy riparian ecosystems; project outside of <br />expected range. <br />(Western) <br />Yellow-billed <br />cuckoo <br />Coccyzus <br />americanus <br />C, SC None No <br />Riparian forested habitats dominated by <br />cottonwoods. Observed on North Fork of <br />Gunnison River (Beason, 2009). <br />Fish <br />Colorado <br />pikeminnow <br />Ptychocheilus <br />lucius <br />E, SE Unlikely Yes <br />Fast, deep, white-water rivers with backwater <br />areas and eddy habitats 2 to 3 feet deep that <br />support aquatic insects, small fish as prey <br />species. <br />Greenback <br />cutthroat trout <br />Oncorhynchus <br />clarki stomias <br />T, ST Present Yes <br />Cold, clear, gravely headwater streams and <br />mountain lakes with abundant insects; originally <br />in the Arkansas and South Platte river drainages <br />of Colorado and Wyoming. Recent genetic <br />testing indicates populations exist in the <br />Colorado River drainage. <br />Razorback E, ST Unlikely Yes Slow backwater habitats or large rivers and