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Section 2.04.11 Page 6 January 2025 (MR-39) <br /> <br />Table 2.04.11-1 <br />Common Name <br />(Latin Name)Federal Status State Status Habitat <br />Potential for Occurrence within <br />New Horizon North Permit Area <br />Gray Wolf <br />(Canis lupus )Endangered Endangered <br />Wide range of habitats. <br />Temperate forests, mountains, <br />tundra, taiga, and grasslands. <br />Low, but slowly increasing due to <br />reintroduction. Lone gray wolves that <br />are dispersing may be found anywhere <br />in the state of Colorado, which is part of <br />their native range. <br />Kit Fox <br />(Vulpes macrotis )N/A Endangered <br />Primarily open desert, shrubby <br />or shrub-grass habitat. Usually <br />shadscale, greasewood, or <br />sagebrush in the Great Basin. <br />Possible based on vegetation <br />communties and landscape. Western <br />Colorado represents the northeastern <br />extent of the current range. There are <br />currently populations in Delta, Mesa, <br />and Eastern Montrose Counties. <br />Birds <br />Gunnison Sage Grouse <br />(Centrocircus minimus )Threatened N/A <br />Sagebrush, plains and moutain <br />valleys. Important brood-rearing <br />habitats are wet meadows and <br />riparian areas in sagebrush <br />shrublands. <br />Low because of lack of leks and <br />significant segments of suitable habitat. <br />There is designated critical habitat <br />approximately 10 miles to the SW. <br />Yellow-billed Cuckoo <br />(Coccyzus americans )Threatened N/A <br />Extensive tracts of lowland <br />riparian characterized by mature <br />cottonwood-willow stands with <br />a dense sub-canopy. <br />None due to lack of suitable habitat. <br />Known to nest along the Uncompaghre <br />River, approximately 40 miles to the west. <br />Burrowing Owl <br />(athene cuniculalria )N/A Threatened <br />Lives in dry, open areas with <br />short grasses and no trees. Live <br />and nest in underground <br />burrows created by prairie dogs, <br />ground squirrels and badgers <br />Moderate due to the availabily of short <br />grass habitiat and availabiity of burrow <br />locations in reclamation areas, including <br />native areas outside of reclamation <br />areas. <br />Mexican Spotted Owl <br />(Strix occidentalis lucida )Threatened N/A <br />Mixed coniferous forest types <br />dominated by Douglas fir, pine, <br />true fir, and pine-oak <br />communities. Also steep, narrow <br />canyons with cliffs and perennial <br />water. <br />None due to lack of suitable habitat. <br />Very rare in Colorado. <br />Bonytail Chub <br />(Gila elegans )Endangered N/A <br />Large, warm rivers, usually <br />turbid and swift moving; prefers <br />pools and eddies within these <br />rivers. <br />None due to lack of suitable habitat. <br />There is designated critical habitat <br />approximately 60 miles to the NW, on the <br />Colorado River. <br />Colorado Pikeminnow <br />(Ptychocheilus lucius )Endangered N/A <br />Large, swift flowing, turbid rivers <br />with quiet, warm backwaters <br />None due to lack of suitable habitat. <br />There is designated critical habitat <br />approximately 35 miles to the NE, on the <br />Gunnison River. <br />Humpback Chub <br />(Gila cypha )Threatened N/A <br />Deep, fast moving, whitewater, <br />usually turbid, and often <br />associated with large boulders or <br />canyons with steep cliffs. Within <br />these areas, usually found in <br />slower eddies and pools. <br />None due to lack of suitable habitat. <br />There is designated critical habitat <br />approximately 60 miles to the NW, on the <br />Colorado River. <br />Razorback Sucker <br />(Xyrauchen texanus )Endangered N/A <br />Large rivers four to ten feet deep <br />with strong current and <br />backwaters; also off-stream <br />impoundments and reservoirs. <br />None due to lack of suitable habitat. <br />There is designated critical habitat <br />approximately 35 miles to the NE, on the <br />Gunnison River. <br />Monarch Butterfly <br />(Danaus plexippus ) <br />Proposed <br />Threatened N/A <br />During the breeding season, <br />monarchs lay their eggs on their <br />obligate milkweed host plant <br />(primarily Asclepias spp.). <br />Milkweed was not obsevred during the <br />baseline studies. It is possible that <br />milkweed could be in the mesic areas of <br />the permit, which have not been <br />disturbed. <br />Silverspot <br />(Speyeria nokomis nokomis ) <br />Proposed <br />Threatened N/A <br />Occurs in permanent spring-fed <br />meadows, seeps, marshes, and <br />boggy streamside meadows. <br />None due to lack of suitable habitat and <br />absence of the host plant (Viola <br />nephrophylla / V. sororia var. affinis <br />[bog violet]). <br />Table: Threatened and Endangered Wildlife Species Potentially Occurring within Montrose County, CO <br />Sources: Colorado Natural Heritage Program County Tracking Lists (downloaded December 2024); and US <br />Fish and Wildlife Service Information for Planning and Consultation (IPaC) Query (completed December <br />2024). <br />Fish <br />Insects <br />Mammals <br />