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Page 16 <br />Potential to Occur <br />I <br />Species Status Habitat <br />in the Project <br />Fish <br />E, Critical <br />Occurs in large rivers with strong <br />Colorado pikeminnow <br />Habitat <br />currents, deep pools, and quiet <br />No rivers occur within the project areas. <br />(Ptychocheilus lucius) <br />Designated <br />backwaters. <br />E, Critical <br />Occurs in medium to large rivers <br />Razorback sucker <br />Habitat <br />with silty to rocky substrates. <br />No rivers occur within the project areas. <br />(Xyrouchen texanus) <br />Prefers strong currents and deep <br />Designated <br />pools. <br />Plants <br />Narrow endemic perennial plant <br />that grows in the mature pinyon - <br />Chapin Mesa <br />juniper woodland on deep, reddish <br />milkvetch <br />loess soils of mesa tops on Chapin <br />The project area is not located on Chapin <br />(Astragalus <br />C <br />Mesa in the Mesa Verde National <br />Mesa. <br />schmolliae) <br />Park and in the adjoining Ute <br />Mountain Ute Tribal Park in <br />southern Colorado. <br />Key: C=candidate, E=endangered, PT=proposed threatened, T=threatened. Source: USFWS 2016. <br />4.2 Bureau of Land Management Tres Rios Field Office Sensitive Species <br />There are 37 species that are listed as Sensitive by the BLM Colorado State Office with occurrences in <br />the TRFO management area (BLM 2015). Of those, six have the potential to occur within the project <br />area: Townsend's big -eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii), spotted bat (Euderma maculatum), Allen's <br />(Mexican) big -eared bat (Idionycteris phyllotis), fringed myotis (Myotis thysonodes), golden eagle (Aquila <br />chrysoetos) and Brewer's sparrow (Spizella breweri). No BLM/TRFO sensitive species were observed <br />during the field surveys. Table 3-2 reports BLM/TRFO sensitive species, habitat preferences, and <br />potential to occur in the project areas. <br />Table 4-2. Bureau of Land Management Sensitive Species and Their Potential to Occur within <br />the Project Areas <br />776 E. 2nd Avenue • Durango, CO 81301 • Phone: (970) 382-7256 • Fax: (970) 382-7259 <br />www.ecosphere-services.com <br />