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No Action Alternative - Greenback cutthroat trout and the Endangered Colorado River <br />fish, and their Critical habitat, would not be impacted by coal exploration activities. <br />• <br />C <br />Finding on the Public Land Health Standard for Threatened & Endangered species: <br />With implementation of Conservation Measures provided by the USFWS, populations of <br />Endangered, Threatened, and Candidate species should continue to meet Standard 4. BLM <br />sensitive species in the area of this project would also continue to meet Standard 4. <br />MIGRATORY BIRDS <br />Affected Environment: The proposed CEL area includes habitats that are frequented by a <br />variety of migratory bird species. The USFWS list of Birds of Conservation Concern (USFWS <br />2008, Table 16, pg 32 BCR 16 [Southern Rockies/Colorado Plateau]), which has been updated <br />since the original CEL analysis in 2005, is shown in Table 10. Table 10 also shows the status for <br />each species (resident, breeding, wintering or not present) within the UFO and GMUG <br />jurisdiction, and probable presence within the project area (Kingery 1998, CDOW 2010c). This <br />list by no means includes all the migratory bird species present in the project area. Yellow-billed <br />Cuckoo is discussed in the Endangered, Threatened, and Sensitive species section. Of the birds <br />on the list the following species have the potential to occur on the project location: bald eagle, <br />golden eagle, peregrine falcon, prairie falcon, flammulated owl, Lewis's woodpecker, pinyon jay, <br />Grace's warbler, Brewer's sparrow, and Cassin's finch. <br />Table 10: Migratory Birds of Conservation Concern <br />Common Name' Scientif?c,Namc P - 3tatu N}sithin Pre hcnc%4iny <br />Gunnison Sage-Grouse Centrocercus minimus Resident No <br />American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Migrant No <br />Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocehpalus Migrant/Winter Yes <br />Ferruginous Hawk Buteo regalis Migrant No <br />Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Resident Yes <br />Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Resident Yes <br />Prairie Falcon Falco mexicanus Resident Yes <br />Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Migrant No <br />Mountain Plover Charadrius montanus Migrant NA <br />Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus Migrant No <br />Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Breeding No <br />Flammulated Owl Otus flammeolus Breeding Yes <br />Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Breeding No <br />Lewis's Woodpecker Melanerpes lewis Resident Yes <br />Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Breeding No <br />Gray Vireo Vireo vicinior Breeding No <br />Pinyon Jay Gymnorhinus <br />c anoce halus Resident Yes <br />Juniper Titmouse Baeolophus griseus Breeding No <br />DOI-BLM-CO-S050-2010- 0017 EA Page 28 of 43 May 2010