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Exhibit H Wildlife (cont) <br /> Copies of Sections from BLM Environmental Assessment for amendment area <br /> 50' Wi d .fq,,:SPOC14 <br /> 5.14.1. Affected Environment <br /> A review of the Project Area on the US Fish and Wildlife Service IPaC website (Information for <br /> Planning and Consultation) at: littps://ecos.fws. cg�v/ipac/ shows the potential for one Federally <br /> Listed species, the Canada lynx, a Threatened Species. Additionally, review of Colorado Parks <br /> and Wildlife GIS data from 2016 (stored on BLM State Office GIS Corporate data-"CPW <br /> Species Activity Data") also notes "Lynx Potential Habitat" (primarily the adjacent Gore Range) <br /> and a Linkage Zone (State Bridge) 1.5 miles to the west. On the site visit noted previously, BLM <br /> personnel observed no potential habitat for the lynx's primary prey species; the snowshoe hare. <br /> Lynx are highly unlikely to reside in the project area. They could use the surrounding habitat as a <br /> travel/dispersal corridor, but would not remain in the area due to its unsuitability. Also <br /> mentioned previously is the fact that the existing pit has been in operation for over 40 years, so <br /> the area has been impacted by the small amount of habitat disturbance caused by the pit and <br /> associated noise disturbance. <br /> 5.14.2. Environmental Consequences - Proposed Action <br /> Canada lynx will not be impacted by expansion of the existing pit operation by approximately <br /> 50% over the existing disturbance. <br /> 5.14.3. Environmental Consequences - No Action Alternative <br /> The No Action Alternative would not lead to any impacts, detrimental or beneficial, to the <br /> Canada lynx. <br /> 5.14.4. Mitigation Measures <br /> None required. <br /> 5:15. Wildlife::Terrestrial <br /> 5.15.1. Affected Environment <br /> Review of Colorado Parks and Wildlife GIS data from 2016 (stored on BLM State Office GIS <br /> Corporate data-"CPW Species Activity Data") determines the Project Area is in: <br /> • Wild turkey winter range <br /> • Bighorn sheep winter range, winter concentration area, and summer range <br /> • Elk severe winter range <br /> • Mule deer winter range, severe winter range, and winter concentration area <br /> The site is also within BLM Kremmling Field Office's "Big Game Winter Range", a stipulation <br /> developed to notify(primarily) oil and gas operators of additional resource protection required. <br /> Consequently, the pit expansion area and the larger landscape immediately surrounding are <br /> DOI-BLM-CO-N020-2017-0034-EA 39 <br /> 18 <br />