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J.E. Stover & Associates, Inc <br />. September 3, 2007 <br />Page 2 <br /> <br />The following table lists the T&E species required for consideration by this inventory, summarizes <br />their habitat requirements, and indicates whether suitable habitat for each species is present within <br />the permit boundary. Species with suitable habitat within the mine permit boundary or species <br />otherwise potentially affected by mine activities are discussed further in the "Impacts Evaluation" <br />section of this letter. <br />Table 1. State- and federal-listed threatened, endangered, and candidate2 species potentially occurring in the <br />vicinity of the Blue Ribbon Mine permit boundary. <br /> Habitat <br />Common Name Scientific Name Legal <br />Status3 Habitat Requirement Summary within Permit <br /> Boundary? <br /> <br />Bald eagle Haliaeetus <br />leucocepha/us FD, SD Major river corridors, reservoirs Yes <br />(marginal) <br />Yellow-billed Coccyzus FC Low elevation river corridors with fairly No <br />cuckoo americanus extensive mature cottonwood galleries <br />;~ eF <br />Bonytail chub Gila elegans FE, SE Colorado & Gunnison Rivers No* <br /> <br /> Ptychocheilus Lucius FE, SE Colorado & Gunnison Rivers No" <br />pikem snow <br />Humpback chub Gila cypha FE, SE Colorado & Gunnison Rivers No" <br />Razorback sucker Xyrauchen texanus FE, SE Colorado & Gunnison Rivers No" <br /> <br />Black-footed ferret Mustela nigripes FE, SE Large prairie dog colonies No <br /> Spruce/fir/mixed conifer or lodgepole pine Yes <br />Canada lynx Lynx canadensis FT, ST forests (primary), or mixed deciduous/conifer (marginal) <br /> (secondary) <br /> In Delta County, semi-desert shrublands in <br />Kit fox Vulpes macrotis SE Peach Valley and adobe badlands north of No <br /> City of Delta <br />':~~ a ..`'i <br /> Lakes, ponds, wet meadows, and wetlands in Yes <br />Boreal toad Bufo boreas boreas SE subalpine forests (aspen, spruce-fir, <br />(marginal) <br /> lodgepole pine, usually above 8,500 feet) <br />,~~ <br /> Adobe soils (Mancos shale) of the Colorado <br />Clay-loving wild Eriogonum FE and Gunnison valleys in semi-desert No <br />buckwheat pelinophilum shrublands <br /> Adobe soils (Mancos shale) of the Colorado <br />Uinta Basin Sclerocactus FT and Gunnison valleys, most commonly No <br />hookless cactus g/aucus associated with semi-desert shrublands <br /> (primarily shadscale and mat saltbush) <br />"` Endangered Fishes: although no habitat is present within the mine permit boundary for the four endangered fish species, their <br />downstream designated critical habitat is potentially affected by the mine's water consumption. <br />2 Federally-listed threatened, endangered, and candidate species shown on this table compiled from the Delta County, Colorado list <br />available at http://mountain-prairie.fws.gov/endspp/CountyLists/COLORADO.htm (updated November 2005); State endangered, <br />threatened, and candidate species compiled from Colorado Division of Wildlife's threatened and endangered list at <br />http://wildlife.state.co. us/W ildlifeSpecies/SpeciesOfConcern/ThreatenedEndangeredList/ListOfThreatenedAndEndangeredSpecies. htm. <br />s Status explanation: FD =Federally de-listed, but recovery monitored by federal government; FE =Federally listed as endangered; FT = <br />Federally listed as threatened; FC =Candidate for listing as federally threatened or endangered; SD =State-de-listed; SE =State-listed <br />as endangered; ST =State-listed as threatened <br />© Rare Earth Science, LLC <br />