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• Within the property, submergent, and emergent types of jurisdictional wetlands were observed. submergent wetlands are those wetlands which contain vegetation which is rooted on the bottom of a channel and does not grow out of the water. This type of wetland is contained within the flowing channel of the drainage described above. Emergent wetlands are those areas where the vegetation is rooted in a saturated or inundated area and the vegetation emerges from the wet area. Within the property, emergent jurisdictional wetlands were observed only along the immediate edges of the irrigation delivery ditch. The areas outside the levee and irrigation delivery ditch aze currently in agricultural production. The fieids were planted to leaf vegetables. No areas of riparian woodland, wet meadow, bogs, potholes, sloughs, or marshes ~~ere identified on the property. Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse Habitat The Preble's meadow jumping mouse (Zapus hudsonius preblei) is a federally listed threatened species which generally occurs near wetlands and water bodies. Currently, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is requiring habitat assessment andfor live- trapping surveys for all projects in potential Preble's habitat. The property was evaluated for potential Preble's habitat, based on the current USFWS guidelines. No potential critical habitat exists in the areas of the site in agricultural production. While not categorically excluded from the requirements for a survey, the irrigation delivery ditch is not typical or likely Preble's critical habitat. If development is proposed within 300 feet of the irrigation delivery ditch or the 100-year floodplain of the South Platte River, we would recommend application to the USFWS for a site disqualification. Ute Ladies-tresses Orchid Habitat The Ute ladies-tresses orchid (Spiran[hes diluvialis) is a federally listed threatened plant species characteristically found in wet meadows and alluvial flood plains below 6500 feet in northern Colorado, southwestern Wyoming, and the Uintah Basin of Utah Habitat assessments and/or pedestrian surveys during the blooming period are required for sites within the South Platte River 100 year floodplain and in characteristic habitat which includes areas with a seasonally high water table, wet meadows, stream channels, floodplains, areas with vegetation in the facultative wet or obligate classification, and jurisdictional wetlands. Based on the preliminary investigation, there does not appear to be any potential orchid habitat within the property. Discussion and Recommendations Jurisdictional wetlands and waters of the United States aze present within the confines of the irrigation delivery ditch and it's banks within the property. Any plans that would -2-