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Table 1 <br />T&E SPECIES BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT- (BA) <br />SUMMARY OF EFFECTS <br />Project Name: Mountain Coal Company Deer Creek Shag Project <br />Species No <br />Effect y Impact Individnats or <br />bitat, Ent wig Not Ir"kely <br />ontribute to a Trend Towards <br />ederal Listing or Loss of <br />Lability to the Population or <br />pecies <br /> <br />Ma AffeM-NLAA i0 ImpaM Individaak or <br />bitat with a Consegoenee <br />t the Action May <br />outribnte to a Trend <br />owards Federrl Listing or <br />apse a Las of Vuebility to <br />e Popntation or Species <br />Ma Affect-LAA Beneficial <br />Affect <br />&ES es <br /> <br />lynx X <br />ald eagle X <br />lorado ikeminnow X <br />trot back chub X <br />rback sucker X <br />nytail X <br />rota Basin Hookless Cactus X <br />lay loving wild buckwheat X <br /> <br />andidate S ecies <br /> <br />ellow billed cuckoo X <br />' n sage grouse X <br />real toad X <br />* Considered a trigger for a significant action in NEPA <br />NLAA -Not Likely to Adversely Affect <br />LAA -Likely to Adversely Affect <br />DISCUSSION OF EFFECTS AND RATIONALE <br />Canada lynx: This project is located within the Mount Gunnison Lynx Analysis Unit <br />(Lt1U). The project is located in an area that is not mapped as suitable lynx habitat <br />There is a nearby stand of Douglas-fir that bas been mapped as suitable denning habitat <br />However, this is a small isolated pocket that is several miles from other larger expanses <br />of Douglas-Sr/Spruce fir habitat Based upon current studies being conducted in <br />Colorado by the Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) and in Montana by the USFS <br />this small stand does not provide conditions suitable for lynx denning. <br />4 <br />