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2019 Biological Resources Inventory Report <br /> 2. Biological Resources Inventory <br /> This biological resources inventory featured two components: a desktop analysis and field survey. These <br /> two components were completed by biologists qualified to identify flora and fauna in the Front Range of <br /> Colorado. <br /> 2.1 Biological Resources Inventory Methods <br /> The following subsections describe the methods used to evaluate the presence of biological resources for <br /> the Project area. <br /> 2.1.1 Desktop Methods <br /> Each of the desktop resources listed below were used in evaluating the biological resources that are in <br /> the vicinity of the Project area: <br /> • USFWS Region 6 Information for Planning and Conservation (IPaC) search results for federal and <br /> state listed threatened and endangered species likely to occur near the Project area (Attachment 2) <br /> • USFWS Critical Habitat Map Service (USFWS 2017a) <br /> • CPW Bald Eagle Shapefile (CPW 2016a) <br /> • CPW threatened, endangered and species of concern for the state (CPW 2017) <br /> • CPW Species Profiles (CPW 2016c). <br /> • CPW Species Activity Data (CPW 2016b). <br /> • Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) Database—CNHP maintains species profiles for <br /> protected species that can be used to identify species of concern within a Project area (CNHP 2015a, <br /> 2015b) <br /> • U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service National Agricultural Imagery Program Aerial <br /> photography for Project location (USDA 2015) <br /> • Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Soil Survey Geographic (SSURGO) Database. <br /> Shapefile. Accessed July 8, 2017. Available online: http://sdmdataaccess.nres.usda.gov/. (NRCS <br /> 2017) <br /> • Multi Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium National Land Cover Dataset Compilation (NLCD) <br /> (Fry et al. 2011) <br /> • Hammerson, G.A. 1999. Amphibians and Reptiles in Colorado. Second Edition, 2nd Edition. <br /> University Press of Colorado (Niwot, Colorado) and Colorado Division of Wildlife <br /> • Sibley, David Allen. 2014. Sibley Guide to Birds. Second Edition. Knopf Publishing Group <br /> 2.1.2 Field Survey Methods <br /> Two biologists qualified to identify Great Plains flora, fauna, and noxious weeds conducted the field effort. <br /> The following subsections provide descriptions of survey methods used for each component of the field <br /> survey by the field team. The northernmost parcel was added after the completion of the field survey, <br /> data related to this area was completed by desktop review only. <br /> 6 Tucson South Sand and Gravel Mine—Brighton,Colorado <br />