2024-06-07_PERMIT FILE - M2024026 (36)

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TiRci Common Scientific Name Status' Preliminary Analysis within the Study Area2 Name Fish Pallid Scaphirhynchus FE None. The Project Area is located within the Upper South sturgeon albus 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. Insects Monarch Danaus FC Possible. Suitable breeding habitat (i.e., obligate milkweed butterfly plexippus host plant)for the monarch butterfly may be present within the Project Area.As a candidate species, the monarch butterfly does not receive statutory protection under the ESA; therefore, an effects determination is not a requirement for the monarch butterfly. Plants Ute ladies'- Spiranthes FT Unlikely. Suitable habitat for the species is complex and tresses diluvialis variable. One example of suitable habitat includes alluvial banks, point bars, floodplains, or oxbows associated with perennial streams, with a high-water table and short, perennial graminoid-and forb-dominated vegetation maintained by grazing, periodic flooding, or mowing. Western Platanthera FT None. The Project Area is located within the Upper South prairie praeclara Platte River Basin. Based on the USFWS IPaC Report, this fringed species is only required for consideration if water-related orchid activities or use would occur within the North Platte, South Platte, or Laramie River basins. Sources: USFWS 2023; Cornell Lab of Ornithology 2023, USFWS 2024. ' FE= Federally Endangered; FT= Federally Threatened; FC= Federal Candidate; PFE= Proposed Federally Endangered 2 Potential for occurrence based on desktop analyses. Informal consultation with the USFWS Colorado ESFO will be required to confirm these preliminary findings. The CPW state Threatened and Endangered Species List identifies 31 species including 1 amphibian, 8 birds, 14 fish, and 8 mammals. State-listed threatened and endangered species are protected pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes 33-2-105 and 33-6-109, and CPW Final Regulations Chapter 10, Article I, #1000-Protected Species, wherein harassment, take, or possession of state-listed threatened and endangered species is prohibited. Species designated as State Special Concern are not protected under the statutory category described for threatened and endangered species but are considered in this analysis. Table 2 presents an assessment of each species that has the potential to occur within the Study Area based on known range and habitat requirements. Of the species listed in Table 2, only the ferruginous hawk has been documented by CNHP as observed in the Project vicinity (CNHP 2023). Based on the desktop resource assessment, no historic raptor nest sites have been documented within 0.5 miles of the Study Area. Based on habitat preference, geographic range, and habitat mapping (including desktop and field verification) conducted by TRC for the Project, suitable habitat for raptors, including burrowing owls, does occur within the Study Area. Colorado Sand Company LLC—Kersey Mine May 2024 Special Status Species and Habitat Assessment Report 5