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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Species Habitat Associations
I Potential to Occur
communities at the upper limits of its range.
Elevation range: 6,827 - 8,507 feet.
Reddish purple, sandy alluvium and colluvium
Dolores River
of the Cutler Formation between the canyon
skeletonplant
walls and the river in juniper, shadscale, and
No Cutler Formation in the project
(Lygodesmia grandiflora
sagebrush communities. Elevation Range:
areas.
var. doloresensis)
4,475 - 6,125 feet. Plants begin flowering in
late May and early June.
Aromatic Indian
Open pinon-juniper woodlands, in sandy soils
(Paradox) breadroot
or adobe hills. Elevation range: 4,623 - 6,693
No sandy soils or adobe hills in the
(Pediomelum
feet. Flowers May through June, fruit in June.
project areas.
aromaticum)
This species is known from widely scattered
Cushion bladderpod
outcrops of grayish, argillaceous (Mancos)
No Mancos Shale outcrops in the
(Physaria pulvinata)
shale. Elevation range: 7,543 - 8,487 feet.
project areas.
Plants flower in June -July and produce fruit in
August.
Sources: BLM 2015, CNHP 2016
4.3 State of Colorado Threatened and Endangered Species
There are 31 species of wildlife listed as threatened or endangered by the State of Colorado (CPW
2016a). Of the state -listed wildlife species with potential to occur in La Plata County, six are listed as
threatened or endangered by the USFWS, and include Mexican spotted owl, southwestern willow
flycatcher, yellow -billed cuckoo, Colorado pikeminnow, razorback sucker, and the North American
wolverine. These six federally -listed species have been addressed above in Table 3-1. In addition, two of
the state -listed wildlife species with potential to occur in La Plata County, boreal toad and burrowing
owl, are listed by the BLM as Sensitive and have been addressed in Table 3-2. The remaining state -listed
wildlife species with potential to occur in La Plata County are evaluated below in Table 3-3. No State of
Colorado threatened or endangered species were observed during the field survey.
Table 4-3 State of Colorado Threatened and Endangered Species and Their Potential to Occur
within the Project Area
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