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Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement I Federal Coal Lease Modifications COC -1362 & COC -67232 <br />Resource Area Alternative 1 (No Action) <br />Sensitive Species No change over existing <br />conditions and management <br />activities. <br />Management Indicator No change over existing <br />Species conditions and management <br />activities <br />Alternative 3 (Colorado <br />Roadless) <br />on parent lease) <br />This is tiny fraction <br />of habitat that may <br />be removed and <br />still meet the <br />conservation <br />threshold .in the <br />Lynx Analysis Unit. <br />Is expected to <br />result in up to 0.17- <br />0.26 acre-feet of <br />water depletion <br />consistent with <br />existing <br />Programmatic <br />Biological Opinions. <br />American marten, pygmy <br />shrew, northern goshawk, <br />boreal owl, olive -sided <br />flycatcher, flammulated owl, <br />Hoary bat, Monarch <br />butterfly, western bumble <br />bee, American three -toed <br />woodpecker, northern <br />leopard frog, and purple <br />martin"may adversely <br />impact individuals, but is not <br />likely to result in a loss of <br />viability in the planning area <br />nor cause a trend toward <br />federal listing." <br />Colorado tansy aster -no <br />effect <br />Rocky Mountain thistle -not <br />known to date in lease <br />modification area, but <br />habitat may be enhanced <br />from disturbance associated <br />with post -lease <br />development <br />Elk, Merriam's wild turkey, <br />and red-naped sapsucker - <br />negative effects are of short <br />duration and magnitude and <br />do not result in a forest -wide <br />decrease in trends or deter <br />from meeting the MIS <br />objectives in the Forest <br />Plan. (Other MIS species <br />are addressed as Sensitive <br />Species) <br />M <br />Alternative 4 (COC -1362 <br />only) <br />on parent lease <br />and private lands). <br />This is tiny fraction <br />of habitat that may <br />be removed and <br />still meet the <br />conservation <br />threshold in the <br />Lynx Analysis Unit. <br />Exploration is <br />expected to result <br />in up to 0.14-0.21 <br />acre-feet of water <br />depletion <br />consistent with <br />existing <br />Programmatic <br />Bioloaical Opinion. <br />The effects would be similar <br />to but slightly less than <br />Alternative 3 since less <br />acres would be affected. <br />Each species may <br />experience different effects <br />due to specific location and <br />extent of disturbance <br />The effects would be similar <br />to but slightly less than <br />Alternative 3 since less <br />acres would be affected <br />