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J.E. Stover & Associates, Inc <br />June 19, 2007 <br />Page 2 <br />Mammals of Colorado ,¢ CDOW habitat maps , Colorado Herpetofaunal Atlas , Colorado Natural <br />Heritage Program data,' and Amphibians and Reptiles in Colorado. <br />Table 1. State- and federally - listed threatened, endangered, and candidate species potentially occurring in <br />the vicinity of the Bear Mine permit boundary, Gunnison County, Colorado. <br />Common Name <br />Scientific Name <br />Stattus10 Habitat Requirement Summary <br />Habitat <br />within Permit <br />Birds <br />Ptychocheilus lucius <br />FE, SE Colorado & Gunnison Rivers <br />Boundary? <br />Bald eagle <br />Ha /iaeetus <br />leucocepha/us <br />FT, ST Major river corridors, reservoirs <br />Yes <br />Yellow - billed <br />Coccyzus <br />FC Low elevation river corridors with fairly <br />No* <br />cuckoo <br />americanus <br />extensive mature cottonwood galleries <br />Marginal <br />Bonytail <br />Gila e/egans <br />FE, SE Colorado & Gunnison Rivers <br />No* <br />Colorado <br />pikeminnow <br />Ptychocheilus lucius <br />FE, SE Colorado & Gunnison Rivers <br />No* <br />Humpback chub <br />Gila cypha <br />FE, SE Colorado & Gunnison Rivers <br />No* <br />Razorback sucker <br />als <br />Xyrauchen texanus <br />FE, SE Colorado & Gunnison Rivers <br />No* <br />Spruce /fir /mixed conifer /lodgepole pine <br />Canada lynx <br />Lynx canadensis <br />FT, ST forests (primary), or mixed deciduous /conifer <br />Marginal <br />forests (secondarv) <br />Boreal toad I Bufo boreas boreas <br />Uncompahgre I Bo/ona acrocnema <br />fritillary butterfly <br />Lakes, ponds, wet meadows, and wetlands <br />SE in subalpine forests (aspen, spruce -fir, Marginal <br />lodgepole pine, usually above 8,500 feet) <br />FE Moist tundra with dwarf willow shrubs above No <br />13,000 feet <br />* Although no habitat is present within the mine permit boundary for these species, downstream designated critical habitat for the four <br />endangered fishes is affected by the mine's water consumption. <br />3 Righter, R., R. Levad, C. Dexter, and K. Potter. 2004. Birds of Western Colorado Plateau and Mesa Country. Grand Junction: Grand <br />Valley Audubon Society. 214 pp. <br />4 Fitzgerald, J.P., C.A. Meaney, D.M. Armstrong. 1994. Mammals of Colorado. Niwot, Colorado: Univ. Press of Co. 467 pp. <br />5 Habitat maps available at http: / /ndis.nrel.Golostate.edu /index.html <br />6 Colorado Herpetofaunal Atlas. Available online at http: / /ndis.nrel. colostate .edu /herpatias /coherpatlas/ <br />CNHP (Colorado Natural Heritage Program). 2005. Element occurrence tracking lists. Available at <br />http:// www .cnhp.colostate.edu /Iist.html. Last updated July 27. <br />8 Hammerson, G.A. 1999. Amphibians and Reptiles in Colorado: A Colorado Field Guide. 2nd Ed. Denver: University Press of Colorado <br />& CDOW. 494 pp. <br />9 Federally - listed threatened, endangered, and candidate species shown on this table compiled from the Gunnison 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 CDOW's threatened and endangered list at <br />http: // wildlife. state. co. us/ WildlifeSpecies/ SpeciesOfConcern /ThreatenedEndangeredList/List0f rhreatenedAndEndangeredSpecies .htm. <br />19 Status explanation: FE = Federally listed as endangered; FT = Federally listed as threatened; FC = Candidate for listing as federally <br />threatened or endangered; SE = State - listed as endangered; ST = State - listed as threatened <br />® Rare Earth Science, LLC <br />