2022-04-04_PERMIT FILE - M2022013 ‎(18)‎

• Permit No: M2022013
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 4/4/2022
• Doc Name Note: Exhibit H - Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse Habitat Assessment and Conservation Plan
• Doc Name: Application
• From: Varra Companies, Inc.
• To: DRMS
• Email Name: RDZ
• Email Name: MAC
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse Habitat Assessment& Conservation Plan
Two Rivers Parcels—Varra Companies
Weld County, Colorado
Contents
Executive Summary
Introduction.............................................................................................................................1
Purpose............................................................................................................................................ 1
FederalNexus .................................................................................................................................. 1
Project Area Description..........................................................................................................1
Ecological Features of the Project Area...........................................................................................2
Previous Surveys near the Survey Area ...........................................................................................2
Endangered Species Act Compliance........................................................................................2
Threatened, Endangered, and Candidate Species.....................................................................4
Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse...................................................................................................4
TrappingMethods ...................................................................................................................5
SurveyResults .........................................................................................................................5
UteLadies'-Tresses Orchid..............................................................................................................8
ColoradoButterfly Plant.................................................................................................................8
Conclusions....................................................................................................................................10
Recommendations.................................................................................................................10
References.............................................................................................................................11
Tables
Table 1. Federally threatened, endangered, and candidate species potentially found in Weld
County or potentially affected by projects in Weld County......................................................4
Table 2. Small mammal species captured in the study area..........................................................6
Figures
Figure1. Vicinity Map......................................................................................................................3
Figure 2. Small Mammal Trap Locations..........................................................................................7
Appendices
Appendix A Qualifications of Surveyors
Appendix B Trapping Results
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