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J. E. Stover & Associates, Inc <br />December 5, 2007 <br />Page 2 <br />Table 1. State- and federally - listed threatened, endangered, and candidate' species potentially occurring in <br />the vicinity of the Bowie No. 1 Mine permit boundary. <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 />Habitat descriptions and occurrence determinations outlined in Table 1 are based on professional <br />experience, personal communication with experts, and published resources, including Colorado <br />1 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 CDOW's threatened and endangered list at <br />http: // wildlife. state. co. us/ WiIdIifeSpecies/ SpeciesOfConcern/ ThreatenedEndangeredList/ListOf FhreatenedAndEndangeredSpecies .htm. <br />2 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 Ol <br />RARE EARTH SCIENCE, LLC <br />Legal <br />Habitat <br />Common Name <br />Scientific Name <br />Status2 <br />Habitat Requirement Summary <br />within Permit <br />. <br />Boundary? <br />Bald eagle <br />Haliaeetus <br />FD, SD <br />Major river corridors, reservoirs (primary); <br />Yes <br />leucocephalus <br />shrublands and agricultural fields (secondary) <br />Yellow- billed <br />Coccyzus <br />FC <br />Low elevation river corridors with fairly <br />Marginally <br />cuckoo <br />americanus <br />extensive mature cottonwood galleries <br />suitable <br />Bonytail <br />Gila elegans <br />FE, SE <br />Colorado & Gunnison Rivers <br />No* <br />Colorado <br />pikem n ow <br />Ptychocheilus lucius <br />FE, SE <br />Colorado & Gunnison Rivers <br />No* <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 <br />No* <br />Mammals <br />Black- footed ferret <br />Mustela nigripes <br />FE, SE <br />Large prairie dog colonies <br />No <br />Spruce /fir /mixed conifer /lodgepole pine <br />Marginally <br />Canada lynx <br />Lynx canadensis <br />FT, ST <br />forests (primary), or mixed deciduous /conifer <br />suitable <br />(secondary) <br />In Delta County, semi -desert shrublands in <br />Kit fox <br />Vulpes macrotis <br />SE <br />Peach Valley and adobe badlands north of <br />No <br />City of Delta <br />Riparian, with stream flows above 50 cubic <br />Northern river otter <br />Lontra canadensis <br />ST <br />feet per second and supporting abundant <br />Yes <br />food base of fish or crustaceans <br />Am <br />Lakes, ponds, wet meadows, and wetlands in <br />Marginally <br />Boreal toad <br />Bufo boreas boreas <br />SE <br />subalpine forests (aspen, spruce -fir, <br />suitable <br />lodgepole pine, usually above 8,500 feet) <br />Clay- loving wild <br />Eriogonum <br />Adobe soils (Mancos shale) of the Colorado <br />buckwheat <br />pelinophilum <br />FE <br />and Gunnison river valleys in semi -desert <br />No <br />shrublands <br />Adobe soils (Mancos shale) of the Colorado <br />Uinta Basin <br />Sclerocactus <br />FT <br />and Gunnison river valleys, most commonly <br />No <br />hookless cactus <br />glaucus <br />associated with semi -desert shrublands <br />(primarily shadscale and mat saltbush) <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 />Habitat descriptions and occurrence determinations outlined in Table 1 are based on professional <br />experience, personal communication with experts, and published resources, including Colorado <br />1 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 CDOW's threatened and endangered list at <br />http: // wildlife. state. co. us/ WiIdIifeSpecies/ SpeciesOfConcern/ ThreatenedEndangeredList/ListOf FhreatenedAndEndangeredSpecies .htm. <br />2 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 Ol <br />RARE EARTH SCIENCE, LLC <br />