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Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse Habitat Assessment& Conservation Plan <br /> Two Rivers Parcels—Varra Companies <br /> Weld County, Colorado <br /> Threatened, Endangered, and Candidate Species <br /> Table 1. Federally threatened, endangered, and candidate species potentially found in Weld County <br /> or potentially affected by projects in Weld County. <br /> Suitable <br /> Common Name Scientific Name Status* Habitat Habitat <br /> Present <br /> Mammals <br /> Black-footed ferret Mustela nigripes E No habitat <br /> Preble's meadow jumping Zapus hudsonius preblei T Shrub riparian/wet meadows No habitat <br /> mouse(Preble's) <br /> Birds <br /> Interior least tern** Sterna antillarum E Sandy/pebble beaches on lakes, No habitat,no <br /> athalassos reservoirs,and rivers depletions <br /> anticipated <br /> Mexican spotted owl Strix occidentalis lucida T Old growth/mature forests with No habitat <br /> complex structure;canyons with <br /> riparian or conifer communities <br /> Piping plover** Charadrius melodus T Sandy lakeshore beaches and river No habitat,no <br /> sandbars depletions <br /> anticipated <br /> Whooping crane** Grus americana E Mudflats around reservoirs and in No habitat,no <br /> agricultural areas depletions <br /> anticipated <br /> Fish <br /> Pallid sturgeon" Scaphirhynchus albus E Large,turbid,free-flowing rivers No habitat,no <br /> with a strong current and gravel or depletions <br /> sandy substrate anticipated <br /> Plants <br /> Colorado butterfly plant Gaura neomexicana ssp. T Sub-irrigated,alluvial soils on level No habitat <br /> (CBP) coloradensis floodplains and drainage bottoms <br /> between 5,000 and 6,400 feet in <br /> elevation <br /> Ute ladies'-tresses orchid Spiranthes diluvialis T Moist to wet alluvial meadows, No habitat <br /> (ULTO) floodplains of perennial streams, <br /> and around springs and lakes <br /> below 6,500 feet in elevation <br /> Western prairie fringed Platanthera praeclara T Mesic and wet prairies,sedge No habitat,no <br /> orchid** meadows depletions <br /> anticipated <br /> *E=Federally Endangered Species;T=Federally Threatened Species;PT=Proposed Threatened Species <br /> **Water depletions in the South Platte River may affect the species and/or critical habitat in downstream reaches in other <br /> counties or states. <br /> Source:Service 2018. <br /> Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse <br /> Preble's was listed as a threatened species on May 13, 1998 under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) of <br /> 1973, as amended (63 Federal Register 66777 (December 3, 1998)). Under existing regulations, either a <br /> habitat assessment or a full presence/absence survey for Preble's is required for any habitat-disturbing <br /> 4 <br /> =RO Resources Corporation <br />