Laserfiche WebLink
WELDLIFE RESOURCES ASSESSMENT <br />MORTON LAKES PROPERTY <br />WELD COUNTY, COLORADO <br />• Swift Fox <br />The project area does not contain potential habitat for the swift fox; therefore, the <br />proposed project would have no effect on this species. <br />Large Mammals, Small Mammals, Birds, and Wildlife Corridors <br />No NDIS-mapped large mammal migration corridors exist on the project area. <br />However, large mammals (white-tailed and mule deer), small mammals (raccoon, coyote, <br />rodents), birds, reptiles, and amphibians likely travel the Big Dry Creek corridors. <br />Buffers between mining stages and Big Dry Creek should be retained so that wildlife can <br />continue using the area for foraging and as a movement corridor. <br /> References <br /> Andrews, R.A. and R. Righter. 1992. Colorado Birds. Denver Museum of Natural <br /> History, Denver, CO. <br /> Beane, R.D. 1996. Raptor Habitat Relationships at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal <br /> National Wildlife Area. MSC. Thesis. University of Colorado at Denver. Denver, <br /> CO. <br />• Buehler, D. A. 2000. Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus). In The Birds of North <br /> America, No. 506 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., <br /> Philadelphia, PA. <br /> Colorado Division of Wildlife (CROW). 2007. Colorado Listing of Endangered, <br /> Threatened, and Wildlife Species of Special Concern. Available at: <br /> http://wildlife.state.co.us/species_cons/list.asp. Last updated October 2007. <br /> Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW). 2008. Recommended Buffer Zones and <br /> Seasonal Restrictions for Colorado Raptors. February. <br /> Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE). 1988. Bald Eagle Study Winters 1986- <br /> 1987, 1987-1988 Final Report. Prepared for the Office of the Program Manager, <br /> Rocky Mountain Arsenal Contamination Cleanup. <br /> ERO Resources Corporation (ERO). 2004. Preble's Meadow Jumping Mouse <br /> Presence/Absence Survey Lafarge Fort Lupton Properties. Prepared for Lafarge NA. <br /> July 19. <br /> Fitzgerald, J.P., C.A. Meaney, and D.M. Armstrong. 1994. Mammals of Colorado. <br /> University Press of Colorado and Denver Museum of Natural History. <br /> Gillihan, S.C. and S.W. Hutchings. 2000. Best management practices for shortgrass <br /> prairie birds: a landowner's guide. Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. Brighton, CO. <br /> 20 <br />FRO <br /> R <br />esources <br /> Corporation