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Peter Paage <br />NCC Pit #1 Extension Site -Mouse Disqualification Request <br />Page 2 <br />~._. <br />Vegetation along the banks of Little Dry Creek within the southwest corner of the site is a <br />cattail wetland. Dense stands of cattails have very low potential to be Preble's habitat. <br />Vegetation along Little Dry Creek north of the cattail wetland consists of a monoculture of <br />reed canarygrass (Phalaris arutrdinacea) with scattered plains cottonwood (Populus <br />deltoides) and Russian olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia) trees. Mostly rudural species are <br />located upland of the creek banks. The corridor along Little Dry Creek does not include <br />"well-developed plains riparian vegetation with relatively undisturbed grassland and a water <br />source in close proximity" or "dense herbaceous vegetation consisting of a variety of gasses, <br />fortis and thick shrubs" that are considered to be typical Preble's habitat according to the <br />USFWS 2004 Guidelines. (see attached photo of Little Dry Creek) <br />Seven sites along the South Platte River east of the site were trapped for Preble's. All seven <br />sites along the river were trapped and Preble's were not found. A Preble's clearance from <br />the USFWS was conferred on June 9, 1999, for the NCC Pit #I site that is located <br />immediately south of the proposed NCC Pit #1 Extension site. (1999 USFWS Clearance is <br />attached) <br />For the above reasons we request a concurrence for disqualification of this site for further <br />consideration as Preble's habitat and exclude the site from the trapping requirements. If you <br />. _ have any questions, or we can provide additional supporting information regazding this <br />concurrence request for disqualification for the Zapus hudsonius preblei on the NCC Pit #1 <br />Extension site, please contact us. <br />Sincerely, <br />Edith Savage <br />Principal <br />c: John Zadel, Northern Colorado Constructors, Inc. <br />Attachments: General Location Map <br />Photo of Little Dry Creek <br />1999 USFWS Clearance of NCC Pit #1 Site <br />ss <br />