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Baseline Technical Report <br /> ARCADIS Report for Soils and Biological <br /> Resources, MLE2 Project Area <br /> 1996, Greystone in 1999, and ARCADIS in 2007. In addition, existing information <br /> from past U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) consultation, publically available <br /> published/unpublished literature, maps, population data, and any other applicable <br /> information were qualitatively evaluated, integrated, and used to develop the <br /> baseline description of the survey area's existing wildlife. <br /> 1.2.1.4 Special Status Species <br /> Several literature reviews and field surveys for special status species have been <br /> conducted for the mine in the past. However, because species lists are frequently <br /> updated, ARCADIS reviewed recent publically available literature to determine which <br /> currently listed special status species have potential to occur in the survey area. <br /> ARCADIS first conducted a literature search for federally listed TECS. TECS are <br /> identified by the USFWS under the provisions of the Endangered Species Act of <br /> 1973, as amended. The website for the USFWS was queried for a list of TECS that <br /> have potential to occur in the District/Teller County (USFWS 2010). CDOW maintains <br /> a state list of threatened and endangered wildlife species and also lists some wildlife <br /> species with declining populations as `species of special concern.' The website for <br /> CDOW was queried to determine state-listed threatened, endangered, and species <br /> of concern that have potential to occur in the survey area. In addition, the Colorado <br /> Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) maintains a list of rare plant species for the state, <br /> which includes rare plant species as listed by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) and <br /> Bureau of Land Management (BLM) (CNHP 2011). The potential for any special <br /> status species to occur in the survey area was based on habitat suitability in the <br /> survey area. <br /> 1.2.2 Phase II—Collect Baseline Data <br /> Once all existing baseline information was compiled, ARCADIS conducted field <br /> surveys and inventories from July 19 to 21, 2011 to verify and update the existing <br /> information in the survey area, as appropriate. Field surveys and inventories <br /> included: <br /> • Soil profile investigations and soil mapping, <br /> • Vegetation mapping (map and characterize vegetation community types in <br /> the survey area), <br /> • Raptor nest survey, <br /> CCV Baseline Soils Biology Resource Report(11-17-11).doc 4 <br />