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Exhibit H — Moores Mining LLC 112 Permit Application <br />July 13, 2009 <br />Page 3 of 6 <br />eagles is likely to be concentrated in the immediate corridor of West Creek and the agricultural <br />lands and shrublands south of West Creek, rather than the Site, which is dominated by pinyon - <br />juniper woodlands. Such woodlands are not productive foraging habitat for bald eagle. No <br />known breeding pairs or summering birds are known or documented from the vicinity. <br />Table 1. State- and federally - listed threatened, endangered, candidate species and state <br />species of concern potentially occurring in the Site vicinity. <br />a. Federally - listed threatened, endangered, and candidate species shown on this table compiled from the Mesa County, Colorado <br />list available at http: / /mountain- prairie. fws. gov / endspp /CountyLists /COLORADO.htm (updated June 2009); State endangered, <br />threatened, and concern species compiled from CDOWs threatened and endangered list at <br />http: / /wildlife.state.co.us/Wi IdIifeSpecies/ SpeciesOPConcern /Threatened Endangered List /ListOfThreatenedAndEnda ngeredSpecie <br />s.htm. <br />b. Status explanation: FE = Federally listed as endangered; FT = Federally listed as threatened; FC = Candidate for listing as <br />federally threatened or endangered; SE = State - listed as endangered; ST = State - listed as threatened; Sc = State Species of <br />Concern (no legal status) <br />RARE EARTh SCIENCE <br />Habitat <br />Common Name <br />Scientific Name <br />Legal <br />Habitat Requirement Summary <br />within Permit <br />Status <br />Boundary? <br />40 <br />"',�i mod' <br />- <br />Nests on ledges of high cliffs (often near <br />American <br />Falco peregrinus <br />Sc <br />water) and hunts over a variety of habitats, <br />Yes <br />peregrine falcon <br />anatum <br />including pinyon juniper woodlands. <br />Primarily, major river corridors, reservoirs. <br />Bald eagle <br />Haliaeetus <br />ST <br />Secondarily, open country including <br />Yes <br />/eucocephalus <br />agricultural fields and shrublands. <br />Prairie dog colonies in grasslands or low, <br />No <br />Burrowing owl <br />Athene cunicularia <br />ST <br />sparsely vegetated shrublands. <br />Gunnison sage- <br />Centrocercus <br />Sc <br />Large patches of intact sagebrush <br />No <br />grouse <br />minimus <br />shrublands. <br />Yellow- billed <br />Coccyzus <br />Low elevation river corridors with fairly <br />No <br />cuckoo <br />americans <br />FC <br />extensive mature cottonwood galleries. <br />MO W" <br />} <br />Bonytail <br />Gila elegans <br />FE, SE <br />Colorado & Gunnison Rivers <br />No <br />Colorado <br />Ptychocheilus lucius <br />FE, SE <br />Colorado & Gunnison Rivers <br />No <br />pikeminnow <br />Humpback chub <br />Gila cypha <br />FE, SE <br />Colorado & Gunnison Rivers <br />No <br />Razorback sucker <br />Xyrauchen texanus <br />FE, SE <br />Colorado & Gunnison Rivers No <br />Spruce /fir /mixed conifer/lodgepole pine <br />Canada lynx <br />Lynx canadensis <br />FT, ST <br />forests (primary), or mixed deciduous /conifer No <br />forests (secondary) <br />� � a <br />.4+� <br />S; �� � <br />c <br />K°'{ �✓ R' � a+^ �":�' �`+` �` f. h <br />' 0 © a ,.i .Y'3i <br />z� F <br />.. , a >f ,�� a. <br />.� a`{ <br />Northern leopard <br />Lakes, ponds, wet meadows, and wetlands, No <br />frog <br />Rana pipiens <br />Sc <br />slow moving streams, irrigation ditches <br />Known only from a single geologic formation <br />De Beque phacelia <br />Phacelia submutica <br />FC <br />near De Beque in Mesa County, farther than No <br />80 miles from the Site. <br />Adobe soils (Mancos shale) of the Colorado <br />and Gunnison River valleys, most commonly <br />Unita Basin <br />Sclerocactus <br />FT <br />associated with semi -desert shrublands <br />No <br />hookless cactus <br />glaucus <br />(primarily shadscale and mat saltbush). No <br />known occurrences in Site vicinity. <br />a. Federally - listed threatened, endangered, and candidate species shown on this table compiled from the Mesa County, Colorado <br />list available at http: / /mountain- prairie. fws. gov / endspp /CountyLists /COLORADO.htm (updated June 2009); State endangered, <br />threatened, and concern species compiled from CDOWs threatened and endangered list at <br />http: / /wildlife.state.co.us/Wi IdIifeSpecies/ SpeciesOPConcern /Threatened Endangered List /ListOfThreatenedAndEnda ngeredSpecie <br />s.htm. <br />b. Status explanation: FE = Federally listed as endangered; FT = Federally listed as threatened; FC = Candidate for listing as <br />federally threatened or endangered; SE = State - listed as endangered; ST = State - listed as threatened; Sc = State Species of <br />Concern (no legal status) <br />RARE EARTh SCIENCE <br />