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-� c 3.0 Results 3.1 Desktop Resource Assessment According to the USFWS IPaC Trust Resources Report (USFWS 2023), ten ESA listed or candidate species were identified as potentially occurring within the Project Area or potentially affected as a result of Project implementation (Table 1). No Designated Critical Habitat is mapped within or in the vicinity of the Study Area (USFWS 2023). Table 1. Federally Listed Species Identified as Potentially Occurring in the Study Area Common Scientific Name Status' Preliminary Analysis within the Study Areae Name Mammals Preble's Zapus FT Unlikely. Suitable habitat for the species consists of well- meadow hudsonius developed plains riparian vegetation with adjacent, relatively jumping preblei undisturbed grassland communities and a nearby water mouse source. These riparian areas include a relatively dense combination of grasses, forbs, and shrubs. Gray Wolf Canis lupus FE Unlikely. Lone, dispersing gray wolves may be present throughout the state of Colorado. According to the USFWS IPaC, due to the location of the Study Area, this species only needs to be considered if the Project includes a predator management program. Tricolored Perimyotis PFE Unlikely. In winter, tricolored bats are often found in caves, bat sublavus abandoned mines, and culverts associated with roads. During the spring, summer, and fall, tricolored bats are found in forested habitats where they roost in trees, but may occasionally utilize human structures for roosting (USFWS 2024). Forested habitats are not found within the Project area, but oil and gas structures adjacent to the Project Area may provide potential roosting habitat and individual bats may forage through the Project Area. However, roosting habitat will not be removed as a result of the Project because Project disturbance will remain 100 feet from existing oil and gas structures. Birds Eastern Laterallus FT Unlikely. The species is known to occur in Weld County as black rail jamaicensis ssp. a year-round resident. Suitable nesting, migrating, and jamaicensis wintering habitat for the species consists of marshes and wet meadows including riparian marshes, coastal prairies, saltmarshes, and impounded wetlands. Piping Charadrius FT None. The Project Area is located within the Upper South plover melodus Platte River Basin. Based on the USFWS IPaC Report, this species is only required for consideration if water-related activities or use would occur within the North Platte, South Platte, or Laramie River basins. Colorado Sand Company LLC—Kersey Mine May 2024 Special Status Species and Habitat Assessment Report 3