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J.E. Stover & Associates, Inc <br />January 19, 2007 <br />Page 2 <br />Table 1. State- and federally-listed threatened, endangered, and candidate' species potentially occurring in <br />the vicinity of the Hamilton Mine permit boundary. <br /> Legal Habitat <br />Common Name Scientific Name StatusZ Habitat Requirement Summary within Permit <br /> Boundary? <br />r Haliaeetus Primarily, major river corridors, reservoirs. <br />Bald eagle leucocepha/us FT, ST Secondarily, open country including Yes <br /> agricultural fields and shrublands <br />Mexican spotted Strix occidentalis FT <br />ST Mixed conifer forests dominated by Douglas- No <br />owl , fir, ponderosa pine or other tall conifers <br />Southwestern Empidonax traillii FE <br />SE Willow carrs in the Rio Grande or San Juan No <br />willow flycatcher extimus , River drainages <br />Yellow-billed Coccyzus FC Low elevation dver corridors with fairty No <br />cuckoo americanus extensive mature cottonwood galleries <br />Bonytail Gila e/egans FE, SE Colorado & Gunnison Rivers No` <br />Colorado ptychocheilus lucius FE, SE Colorado & Gunnison Rivers No` <br />pikeminnow <br />Humpback chub Gila cypha FE, SE Colorado & Gunnison Rivers No` <br />Razorback sucker Xyrauchen texanus FE, SE Colorado & Gunnison Rivers No' <br />Black-footed fertet Muste/a nigripes FE, SE Large, active prairie dog colonies (>100 No <br /> acres) <br /> Spruce/fir/mixed conifer/lodgepole pine <br />Canada lynx Lynx canadensis FT, ST forests (primary), or mixed deciduous/conifer No <br /> (secondary) <br /> Semi-desert and sagebrush shrublands, <br /> <br />Kit fox <br />Vulpes macrons <br />SE shmb-steppe, badlands, grasslands, open <br />Yes <br /> pinyon juniper woodlands, and bedrock <br /> canyon/tablelands <br /> Adobe soils (Mancos shale) of the Colorado <br />Clay-loving wild Enogonum FE and Gunnison River valleys in semidesert No <br />buckwheat pelinophilum shrublands. In Montrose County, documented <br /> range limited to east end of county. <br /> Adobe soils (Mancos shale) of the Colorado <br /> and Gunnison River valleys, most commonly <br />Uinta Basin Sclerocactus <br />~ associated with semi-desert shrublands <br />No <br />hookless cactus glaucus (primarily shadscale and mat saltbush). In <br /> Montrose County, documented range limited <br /> to east end of county. <br />` Although no habitat is present within the mine permit boundary for these species, downstream tlesignated critical habitat for the lour <br />entlangered fishes is affected by the mine's water consumption. <br />' Federally-listed threatened, endangered, and candidate species shown on this table compiled from the Montrose County, Colorado list <br />available at httpa/mountain-prairie.iws.gov/endspp/CountyLists/COLORADO.htm (updatetl November 2005); State entlangeretl, <br />threatened, and candidate species compiled from CDOW's threatenetl and entlangered list at <br />http://wildlifestate.co. usANildlifeSpecies/SpeciesOfConcernlrhreatenedEndangeretlLisUListOfrhreatenedAndEndangeredSpecies.htm. <br />~ Status explanation: FE = Federally listetl as entlangeretl; FT = Fetlerally listed as threatened; FC =Candidate for listing as fetlerally <br />threatened or endangered; SE =State-listed as entlangeretl; ST =State-listed as threatened <br />l`r) Rare Fakh Science, LLC <br />