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<br /> <br />Bear Creek Quarry (M-1977-344) Permit Amendment <br />Holcim US Inc, 3500 Highway 120, Florence, CO 81226 <br />Phone (719) 288-1443 www.holcim.us 72 <br />The habitat within the Mining Permit and Affected Area Boundary could potentially support mountain <br />plovers, particularly in the vicinity of the known black-tailed prairie dogs if mountain plovers nest away <br />from the colonies. Mountain plovers, while listed as a State species of special concern, are not afforded <br />any legal protection beyond requiring a permit to capture or handle. <br />2.8.9 Colorado checkered whiptail <br />The native range of the Colorado checkered whiptail is restricted to the Arkansas River drainage of <br />southeastern Colorado. Colorado checkered whiptails occupy a native range restricted to the Arkansas <br />River drainage and its tributaries in southeastern Colorado.  Occupied habitat includes canyons, the <br />vicinity of hillsides, rivers, arroyos, and creeks, as well as heavily altered habitats with slopes. This lizard <br />often is encountered in areas of Ponderosa pine, Gambel’s oak, pinyon-juniper woodland, and shrublands <br />and grasslands with rabbitbrush, cholla, and yucca. Colorado Checkered Whiptails forage <br />opportunistically, and the most common food items for adults are grasshoppers and termites, while spiders <br />and leafhoppers were the primary food items for young lizards. <br />Within the Mining Permit and Affected Area Boundary there are areas of habitat suitable for Colorado <br />checkered whiptails but a large percentage of the habitat in the area is not their preferred habitat. <br />Colorado checkered whiptails are a State species of special concern and are not afforded any legal <br />protection beyond requiring a permit to capture or handle. <br /> <br /> <br />