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Common Name Scientific >Name . Status General Habitat Description eastern lain Charadrius Dry habitat with short grass and bare ground. Rare to fairly Mountain Plover montanus SC common summer resident local) on eastern plains. Numenius Short-grass grasslands, wheat fields, or fallow fields. Breeds Long-Billed Curlew americanus SC in Pawnee National Grassland and Weld County. Fish Northern Redbelly Phoxinus eos SE Requires vegetation and slow flowing streams. Dace* Native to the South Platte River Basin. Hybognathus Cool, clear water with abundant aquatic vegetation and a Brassy Minnow hankinsoni ST avel substrate overlaid b organic sediment. Mammals Preble's Meadow Zapus hudsonius FT ST Heavily vegetated, shrub-dominated riparian (streamside) j Jumping Mouse* reblei , acent upland habitats. habitats and immediate) ad Riparian habitats that traverse a variety of other ecosystems. Northern River Otter Lutra canadensis ST Evidence of species along the Poudre in Larimer County. Black-tailed Prairie Cynomys SC Short grass or mixed prairie. Do ludovicianus Northern Pocket Thomomys Agricultural and pasture lands, semi-desert shrublands, and Gopher tal oides SC grasslands. Reptiles Midget Faded Crotalus viridis SC Grasslands and prairies, and in brush. Rattlesnake concolor Common Garter Thamnophis Aquatic, wetland, and riparian habitats along the floodplains Snake sirtalis SC of streams. Mollusks Cylindrical Anodontoides Creeks and small rivers. It is generally a headwater species, Pa ershell* erussacianus SC found in substrates of mud or sand. * This species has been documented or is likely to occur within a 2-mile radius of Section 34 of T6N, R66W ("the Natural Heritage Program 2009). Source: CDOW-NDIS 2009 FE = Federally Endangered, FT = Federally Threatened, SE = State Endangered, ST = State Threatened, SC = State Special Concern Eight Federally or State-listed species have the potential to occur in the area: whooping crane, least tern, bald eagle, burrowing owl, northern redbelly dace, brassy minnow, Preble's meadow jumping mouse, and northern river otter. The Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) also has accounts of the following special status species in the general area of Section 34 of T6N, R66W: whooping crane, northern redbelly dace, Preble's meadow jumping mouse, and the cylindrical papershell (CNHP 2008). The whooping crane (Grus americana), a Federal and State endangered species, is a casual migrant on the Eastern Plains and has been historically observed in the area. The CNHP's Biodiversity Tracking and Conservation System identified one occurrence record in 1982, east of Severence, Colorado (CNHP 2008). There is a low potential for the species to occur on the Lafarge Brown property. The least tern (Sterna antillarum) is a Federal and State endangered shorebird, which is a casual to Greeley 35`" Avenue Mine (M-1977-036) DRMS 112 Reclamation Permit Amendment Application Page H4 of H9