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TR c <br /> Table 2. State-Listed Species Identified as Potentially Occurring in the Study Area <br /> Common ScientificPotential for Occurrence in <br /> Name Name Status' Suitable Habitat Project Area <br /> Mammals <br /> Black- Mustela SE Open grassland and Unlikely. Prairie dog towns are <br /> Footed nigripes prairie. present within the Project Area. <br /> Ferret However, the USFWS in <br /> coordination with CPW has block- <br /> cleared all black-tailed prairie dog <br /> habitat(the main prey source of <br /> black-footed ferrets) in eastern <br /> Colorado (including Weld County), <br /> after determining that these areas <br /> no longer contain any wild free- <br /> ranging black-footed ferrets. <br /> Plains Geomys SC Loose, sandy/silty Likely. Suitable habitat is found <br /> Pocket bursarius soils of the eastern within the in Project Area. <br /> Gopher plains with edible <br /> plant cover. <br /> Birds <br /> Burrowing Athene ST Short to mixed-grass Likely. Suitable habitat is present <br /> Owl cunicularia prairie and within the Project Area. <br /> agricultural fields; <br /> associated with small <br /> mammal burrows. <br /> Ferruginous Buteo regalis SC Grasslands, Unlikely. Suitable nesting habitat is <br /> Hawk sagebrush country, not likely to be present within the <br /> saltbush-greasewood Project Area. Existing oil and gas <br /> shrublands, and structures adjacent to the Project <br /> edges of pinyon- Area could be utilized by nesting <br /> juniper forests at low pairs. <br /> to moderate <br /> elevations. <br /> Long-billed Numenius SC Open habitats with Possible. Suitable habitat is found <br /> Curlew americanus relatively short grass within the in Project Area. <br /> and small, woody <br /> vegetation. Breeding <br /> habitat includes <br /> prairies, pastures, <br /> and agricultural <br /> fields. <br /> Mountain Charadrius SC Prairie grasslands, Possible. Suitable habitat is found <br /> Plover montanus arid plains, and within the in Project Area. <br /> fields. <br /> Source: USFWS 2023; CODEX 2023;Cornell Lab of Ornithology 2023; CPW 2023a. <br /> ' SE=State Endangered; ST=State Threatened; and SC=State Special Concern <br /> Colorado Sand Company LLC—Kersey Mine May 2024 <br /> Special Status Species and Habitat Assessment Report 6 <br />