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Supplemental Final Environmental Impact Statement I Federal Coal Lease Modifications COC -1362 & COC -67232 <br />Table 3-25. Federally Threatened and Endangered or Candidate Species considered for this project <br />Habitat Description and Habitat in Project <br />Species Scientific Name Requirements Area? <br />Gunnison sage grouse & Centrocercus minimus Sagebrush and sage -oak habitats in Species -No <br />Critical Habitat isolated populations in the Gunnison Critical Habitat -No <br />Basin and other parts of southwest CO; <br />nearest known population occurs south <br />of Crawford, CO. <br />Yellow -billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus <br />Canada Lynx Lynx canadensis <br />Mexican spotted owl Strix occidentalis lucida <br />Uncompahgre fritillary Boloria acrocnema <br />butterfly <br />Debeque Phacelia Phacelia submutica <br />(candidate) <br />Greenback cutthroat Oncorhynchus <br />trout stomias <br />Bonytail Chub Gila elegans <br />Colorado Pikeminnow Ptychocheilus lucius <br />Humpback Chub <br />Razorback Sucker <br />There is no designated Critical Habitat <br />in or near the project area. <br />Analyzed as a sensitive species in the Not expected (no <br />original Biological Evaluation. Breeding additional information <br />habiatat includes riparian habitat along which alters that is <br />lowgradient (surface slope less than 3 known at this time) <br />percent) rivers and streams, and in <br />open riverine valleys that provide wide Critical Habitat -No <br />floodplain conditions (greater than 325 <br />ft (100 m)) Known to occur in the North <br />Fork Vallev. <br />Spruce/fir, mixed conifer, lodgepole Yes <br />pine forest (primary), or mixed <br />deciduous/conifer (secondary). <br />Desert canyons, ponderosa forests No <br />Not known or expected to occur on the <br />Paonia RD. <br />Above treeline, closely associated with No <br />larval host, snow willow. Not known or <br />expected to occur on the Paonia RD. <br />Specific clay -based soils of the No <br />Wasatch Formation in Piceance Basin, <br />CO. Not known or expected to occur on <br />the Paonia RD <br />clarki Headwater streams and lakes, isolated No <br />headwater reaches with less than 30 <br />cfs, gradients > 4%, above 7,500. <br />Require year round stream flows to <br />survive. Not expected in analysis area <br />due to scarcity of perennial water. <br />Habitat not present, but water No* <br />depletions associcated with MDW <br />drilling may affect this species in the <br />Upper Colorado River Basin. <br />Habitat not present, but water No* <br />depletions associcated with MDW <br />drilling may affect this species in the <br />Upper Colorado River Basin. <br />Gila cypha Habitat not present, but water <br />depletions associcated with MDW <br />drilling may affect this species in the <br />Uooer Colorado River Basin. <br />Xyrauchen texanus <br />Habitat not present, but water <br />depletions associcated with MDW <br />drilling may affect this species in the <br />Upper Colorado River Basin. <br />185 <br />No* <br />No* <br />