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2018 Biological Resources Inventory Report <br /> Table 4: <br /> State Listed Species and Their Likelihood of Occurrence Within the Project Area <br /> Taxonomic Common state <br /> Group Name Scientific Name status Likelihood of Occurrence within the Project Area' <br /> Arkansas Etheostoma Cragini ST Unlikely to occur.The range of the species occurs within the <br /> Darter Arkansas River drainage,outside of the Project area. <br /> Fish4,5 Bonytail Gila elegans SE Unlikely to occur.Does not occur east of the Continental Divide. <br /> Brassy Hybognathus ST Moderate potential to occur in cool intermittent and perennial <br /> Minnow hankinsoni streams within the Project.This species occurs in in stream <br /> channels,pools,and small streams in the Lower South Platte River <br /> Basin.Its distribution is notoriously unpredictable but can be <br /> abundant where found. <br /> Colorado Ptychocheilus lucius ST Unlikely to occur.Does not occur east of the Continental Divide. <br /> Pikeminnow <br /> Greenback Oncorhynchus clarki ST Unlikely to occur.Prefers clear,cold gravely headwater streams in <br /> Cutthroat Trout stomias mountainous regions,which do not exist within the Project area. <br /> Humpback Gila cypha ST Unlikely to occur.Does not occur east of the Continental Divide. <br /> Chub <br /> Lake Chub Couesius plumbeus SE Unlikely to occur.The species is confined to perennial waterbodies. <br /> This species prefers deep water with large rocks,which does not <br /> occur within the Project area. <br /> Northern Phoxinus eos SE Unlikely to occur.In Colorado,known only to occur in the West <br /> Redbelly Dace Plum Creek drainage,outside of the Project area. <br /> Plains Hybognathus placitus SE Moderate potential to occur in perennial and intermittent waters <br /> Minnow connected to the South Platte River intersected by the Project area. <br /> The South Platte River is a highly degraded and braided system <br /> with shallow,sand-filled channels;the preferred habitat of the <br /> species. <br /> Rio Grande Catostomus plebeius SE Unlikely to occur.Not known to occur in the South Platte River <br /> Sucker drainage system. <br /> Razorback Xyrauchen texanus SE Unlikely to occur.The species occurs in the Colorado River <br /> Sucker system,outside of the Project area. <br /> Southern Phoxinus SE Unlikely to occur.In Colorado,known only to occur in the Upper <br /> Redbelly Dace erythrogaster Arkansas River,Fountain Creek,Chico Creek,Apishapa River,and <br /> Big Sandy Creek,outside of the Project area. <br /> Suckermouth Phenacobius SE Low potential to occur in streams with intermittent or perennial flow <br /> Minnows mirabilis intersected by the Project area.This species prefers small to <br /> medium sized creeks and rivers in eastern Colorado. <br /> Black-Footed Mustela nigripes SE Unlikely to occur.This species is very rare.Habitat once included <br /> Ferret the eastern plains,the mountain parks,and the western valleys— <br /> grasslands or shrublands that supported some species of prairie <br /> dog,the ferret's primary prey.Ferrets have been released from the <br /> captive breeding program in Colorado,but not near this Project <br /> area. <br /> Gray Wolf Canis lupus SE Unlikely to occur.This species is considered extirpated in <br /> Colorado. <br /> Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos SE Unlikely to occur.This species is considered extirpated in <br /> Colorado. <br /> Mammals? Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis SE Unlikely to occur.Range extends from Montrose to Grand Junction <br /> on the western slope of Colorado,not near the Project area. <br /> Tucson South Sand and Gravel Mine—Brighton,Colorado 11 <br />