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Third Park Federal Coal Exploration License Environmental Assessment TABLE 3 -THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES MONTROSE COUNTY, COLORADO S ecies Name Status Occurrence in the Pro'ect Area No effect. Mexican spotted owl T No suitable habitat within the Project Area. No effect. Strix occidentalis Razorback sucker E No suitable habitat within [he Project Area. The Project is not Xyrauchen [exanus anticipated to have any effects on water resources in the area. No effect. Southwestern willow flycatcher E No suitable habitat within the Project Area. No effect. Em idonax traillii extimus Uinta Basin hookless cactus T Species does not occur in the Project Area. No effect. Sclerocac[us laucus Yellow-billed cuckoo C No suitable habitat within the Project Area. No effect. Cocc zus americanus T = Threatened, E = Endan ered, C =Candidate ~ Species is evaluated in further detail The bald eagle is the only federally listed species with the potential to occur in the Project Area. The bald eagle may incidentally occur in the Project Area and surrounding habitats during the winter months while foraging or during migration. The Project Area does not provide highly suitable foraging habitats including large lakes, reservoirs, rivers, concentrated prey (for example, active prairie dog colonies), or high densities of big game carrion. The Project Area does not support suitable nesting, roosting, winter concentration, or other essential habitats for this species. Bald eagle occurrence in the Project Area is expected to be incidental and rare. The Uncompahgre Field Office of the BLM lists several sensitive plant and animal species. This list was obtained from the BLM website and is included in Table 4 (BLM 2004a and BLM 2004b). Information regarding occurrence, distribution, and habitat were obtained from Kingery (1998), Fitzgerald et al. (1994), Spackman et al. (1997), Spackman and Anderson (2002), Hammerson (1999), and NatureServe (2007). The Naturita milkvetch (Astragalus naturitensis) and the Paradox Valley lupine (Lupinus crassus) are BLM sensitive plant species that have the potential to occur in the Project Area. Allen's (Mexican) big- eared bat (Idionycleris phyllotis), fringed myotis (Myotis thysanodes), spotted bat (Euderma mace/alum), Townsend's big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) and Yuma myotis (Myo[is yumanensis) are BLM sensitive wildlife species that may forage in pinyon-pine habitats in the Project Area. Potential roosting habitat is not likely within the Project Area, but occurs in adjacent cliff habitat. TABLE 4 -BLM LISTED SENSITIVE SPECIES FOR THE UNCOMPAHGRE FIELD OFFICE S ecies Name Presence in the Pro'ect Area Plants Colorado desert parsley Species is no[ known to occur in the Project Area. No effect. Lomatium concinnum Dolores skeleton plant Species is not known to occur in [he Project Area. No effect. L odesmia doloresensis Eastwood monkey-flower Species is not known to occur in [he Project Area. No effect. Mimulus eastwoodiae Grand Junction milkvetch Species is no[ known [o occur in the Project Area. No effect. Astra alus lini olius Westerrc Fuels CEL Environmenml Assessmen! 13