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ERC West Farm Pit Expansion Project Site <br /> Threatened-Endangered Species and General Wildlife Screening <br /> Screening Report <br /> for <br /> Federal-State Listed Threatened and Endangered Species and General Wildlife <br /> The West Farm Pit Expansion Project Site <br /> Prowers County,Colorado <br /> November 18,2020 <br /> Contents <br /> 1.0 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................................1 <br /> 2.0 GENERAL SURVEY AREA DESCRIPTION................................................................................................1 <br /> 3.0 SCREENING METHODOLOGY..............................................................................................................6 <br /> 4.0 GENERAL WILDLIFE HABITAT(NON-REGULATED)................................................................................6 <br /> 5.0 MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT...........................................................................................................7 <br /> 6.0 SPECIES PROTECTED UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT OF 1973 ...............................................8 <br /> BLACK-FOOTED FERRET(MUSTELA NIGRIPES)......................................................................................9 <br /> LEAST TERN (STERNA ANTILLARUM)...................................................................................................11 <br /> PIPING PLOVER (CHARADRIUS MELODUS)..........................................................................................12 <br /> 7.0 STATE THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES..............................................................................12 <br /> BURROWING OWL(ATHENE CUNICULARIA).......................................................................................14 <br /> PLAINS SHARP-TAILED GROUSE (TYMPANUCHUS PHASIANELLUS JAMESII)......................................14 <br /> WHOOPING CRANE (GRUS AMERICANA)............................................................................................15 <br /> 8.0 SUMMARY.......................................................................................................................................15 <br /> 9.0 REFERENCES....................................................................................................................................17 <br /> Figures <br /> FIGURE 1—VICINITY MAP <br /> FIGURE 2—SITE LOCATION MAP <br /> FIGURE 3—VEGETATION COMMUNITY MAP <br /> FIGURE 4—RAPTOR NEST LOCATION MAP <br />