2019-07-09_REVISION - M2004044 (30)

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2019 Biological Resources Inventory Report 2.2.1.2 General Wildlife Table 2 lists the species identified by CPW as potentially occurring in the Project area (CPW 2016b). The list includes birds and mammals. Table 2 also lists the season each species is expected to occur in the Project area. Except for the White Pelican, all of the species in Table 2 are expected to occur in the Project area year-round. The White Pelican is expected in the Project area only during migration in the spring and fall months. Table 2: CPW-Identified Species with Potential to Occur in the Project Area Season Species is Expected to occur in Common Name Scientific Name the Project Area Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Year-round Black-tailed Prairie Dog Cynomys ludovicianus Year-round Goose Branta spp. Year-round Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Year-round White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Spring/fall Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus Year-round Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse Zapus hudsonius preblei Year-round White-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus Year-round Wild turkey Meleagris spp. Year-round 2.2.1.3 Federally Listed Species According to USFWS Region 6 Information for Planning and Conservation (IPaC) output for the Project area (Attachment 2), four birds, one fish, one mammal, and three flowering plant species that are federally listed as threatened or endangered by the USFWS should be considered as part of an effect analysis for the Project. Table 3 lists these species and summarizes the likelihood of occurrence in the Project area. None of the species listed in Table 3 was directly observed during the field survey. As the table shows, none of the species were judged to have potential to occur within the Project area. There are no USFWS-designated critical habitats for any federally listed species within the Project area (USFWS 2017a) Table 3: Federally Listed Species Known to Occur in Adams County,Colorado Common Name Scientific Name' I Statusz Likelihood of Occurrence in Project area/Habitat Suitability3 Birds Least Tern(interior Sternula antillarum FE Unlikely to occur.Habitat consists of bare sandy shorelines of reservoirs, population)3 lakes,and rivers.The Project area is outside the typical breeding and wintering distribution for this species.The species occurs in the Platte River watershed downstream in Nebraska.In addition,the Second Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas does not show elemental occurrences or breeding in Adams County for the interior population of the Least Tern. No critical habitat has been designated for this species exists in the Project area. 8 Tucson South Sand and Gravel Mine—Brighton, Colorado