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Exhibit H-2 <br /> 2.4 Current and Historic Land Use <br /> The project area and area surrounding the proposed gravel mine has currently and historically been used <br /> for rangeland,gravel mining operations east and south of the property, Mesa County Landfill,and <br /> recreation access to the Spanish Trail and Gunnison Bluffs Trail system located on Bureau of Land <br /> Management administered lands south and west of the property. <br /> 3.0 WILDLIFE RESOURCES <br /> 3.1 Federally Listed Threatened,Endangered,Proposed and Candidate Species <br /> The Endangered Species Act-listed animal species for the proposed project area were reviewed and are <br /> described below in Table 3 (USFWS 2023).The results of an analysis of the habitat suitability for each of <br /> the species that may potentially occur in the project area is presented in Table 3 along with rationale for <br /> the findings. <br /> Table 3.Federally Listed Threatened,Endangered,and Candidate Species in Eagle County, <br /> Colorado and their status in the Project Area <br /> Common Scientific Potential Habitat in <br /> Name Name Status Habitat Association Project Area <br /> BIRDS <br /> Found in old-growth Not present;no riparian <br /> riparian woodlands habitat is present within <br /> (cottonwood)with dense the parcel boundaries. <br /> Yellow-billed Coccyzus Threatened understories and low in Critical habitat for this <br /> cuckoo americanus elevation. Has been species is located <br /> observed on the Colorado, approximately 3.5 miles <br /> Uncompahgre, and downstream on the <br /> Yampa Rivers. Colorado River. <br /> Strix Old-growth or mature forests Not present;no suitable <br /> Mexican occidentalis Threatened with complex structural canyon habitat occurs <br /> spotted owl components; canyons with within %2 mile of the <br /> lucida riparian or conifer habitat I project vicinity. <br /> FISH <br /> Colorado Ptychocheilus Designated"Critical Occurs downstream in <br /> pikeminnow lucius E Habitat"exists downstream the Colorado and <br /> in the Colorado River. Gunnison Rivers. <br /> Designated"Critical Occurs downstream in <br /> Bonytail Gila elegans E Habitat"exists downstream the Colorado River near <br /> below Black Rocks in the Grand Junction. <br /> Colorado River. <br /> Razorback Xyrauchen Designated"Critical Occurs downstream in <br /> sucker texanus E Habitat"exists downstream the Colorado and <br /> in the Colorado River. Gunnison Rivers. <br /> Designated"Critical <br /> Humpback Habitat"exists downstream Occurs downstream in <br /> chub Gila cypha T below Black Rocks on the the Colorado River. <br /> Colorado River. <br /> WestWater Engineering Page 3 of 14 September 2023 <br />