2024-01-31_REVISION - M1977344 ‎(26)‎

• Permit No: M1977344
• IBM Index Class Name: Revision
• Doc Date: 1/31/2024
• Doc Name Note: App 4.8 Red Creek Quarry Wildlife
• Doc Name: Adequacy Review - Preliminary
• From: Holcim
• To: DRMS
• Type & Sequence: AM2
• Email Name: TC1
• Email Name: MAC
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Red Creek Quarry, Exhibit H - Wildlife Information

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Red Creek Quarry_WildlifeReport 20230907
Table of Contents
List of Figures ........................................................................................................................................................... iii
List of Tables ............................................................................................................................................................. iii
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................... 1
Section 1: Project Description ................................................................................................................................. 1
Section 2: Project Location ...................................................................................................................................... 1
2.1 Ecosystem Setting .............................................................................................................................................. 1
2.2 Climate ................................................................................................................................................................ 3
2.3 Land Use ............................................................................................................................................................. 3
2.4 General Wildlife Habitat Types .......................................................................................................................... 3
2.4.1 Open dry shortgrass prairie ............................................................................................................... 3
2.4.2 Riparian areas .................................................................................................................................... 3
2.4.3 Escarpments/hills .............................................................................................................................. 3
2.4.4 Minnequa Canal ................................................................................................................................. 4
2.5 Special Status Species ...................................................................................................................................... 4
2.5.1 USFWS IPaC Resource List ............................................................................................................... 4
2.5.2 Colorado’s Conservation Data Explorer (CODEX)............................................................................. 5
Section 3: Field Survey Methodology ...................................................................................................................... 5
3.1 Wildlife Survey Area ........................................................................................................................................... 5
Section 4: Field Survey Results ............................................................................................................................... 5
4.1 Wildlife Species Observed ................................................................................................................................. 5
4.2 Discussion .......................................................................................................................................................... 7
4.2.1 Gray wolf ............................................................................................................................................. 7
4.2.2 Eastern Black Rail .............................................................................................................................. 7
4.2.3 Greenback Cutthroat Trout ............................................................................................................... 7
4.2.4 Monarch Butterfly .............................................................................................................................. 8
4.2.5 Bald and Golden Eagles .................................................................................................................... 8
4.2.6 Southern redbelly dace ..................................................................................................................... 8
4.2.7 Black-tailed prairie dog and associated species (Black-footed ferret, Burrowing owl) ................. 8
4.2.8 Mountain plover ................................................................................................................................. 9
4.2.9 Colorado checkered whiptail ............................................................................................................. 9
References .............................................................................................................................................................. 10
Attachment A: Public Database Reports ................................................................................................................. 1
Attachment B: Wildlife Photos ................................................................................................................................. 1