2021-05-20_PERMIT FILE - C1981035 ‎(17)‎

• Permit No: C1981035
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 5/20/2021
• Doc Name: Fish and Wildlife Information
• Section_Exhibit Name: KII Appendix 08
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Colorado Natural Heritage Program
1475 Campus Delivery
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1475
PHONE: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
June 15, 2017 www.cnhp.colostate.edu
Edith Savage
Savage and Savage, Inc.
4610 Haystack Drive
Windsor, CO 80550
Dear Edith:
The Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) is in receipt of your request for information regarding
the GCC Energy, LLC Area of Interest located in La Plata County, Colorado. In response, I have
searched our Biodiversity Tracking and Conservation System (BIOTICS) for natural heritage elements
(occurrences of significant natural communities and rare, threatened or endangered plants and animals)
documented from the vicinity of the area specified in your request, specifically within a two-mile radius
of the legal description for the parcel that Savage and Savage provided in order to outline this request.
The enclosed report describes natural heritage resources known from this area and gives location (by
Township, Range, and Section), precision information, and the date of last observation of the element at
that location. This report includes elements known to occur within the specified project site, as well as
elements known from similar landscapes near the site. Please note that "precision" reflects the resolution
of original data. For example, an herbarium record from "4 miles east of Colorado Springs" provides
much less spatial information than a topographic map showing the exact location of the occurrence.
"Precision" codes of Seconds, Minutes, and General are defined in the footer of the enclosed report.
The report also outlines the status of known elements. We have included status according to Natural
Heritage Program methodology and legal status under state and federal statutes. Natural Heritage ranks
are standardized across the Heritage Program network, and are assigned for global and state levels of
rarity. They range from "1" for critically imperiled or extremely rare elements, to "5" for those that are
demonstrably secure.
You may notice that some occurrences do not have sections listed. Those species have been designated as
"sensitive" due to their rarity and threats by human activity. Peregrine falcons, for example, are
susceptible to human breeders removing falcon eggs from their nests. For these species, CNHP does not
normally provide location information beyond township and range. Please contact us should .you require
more detailed information for sensitive occurrences.
There are two CNHP designated Potential Conservation Areas (PCAs) in the general project
vicinity and no Network of Conservation Areas (NCAs) (see enclosed shapefile and report). In order
to successfully protect populations or occurrences, it is necessary to delineate conservation areas. These