2012-03-07_PERMIT FILE - C2010088 ‎(19)‎

• Permit No: C2010088
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 3/7/2012
• Doc Name: Wildlife Report
• Section_Exhibit Name: Exhibit 10
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

endangered legislation. Other species of concern have been listed administratively and are
protected under a statutory category.
BLM- Colorado State Office: Species on this list were identified internally by the BLM
through field offices and externally with agencies and organizations dealing with management
and tracking of species of special concern. BLM policy is that no action should be taken that
would contribute to these species becoming listed as candidate species through actions funded,
authorized, or implemented by BLM.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: As part of the protection and management of avian species, the
USFWS in 2008 published a list of BCC. In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), the
BLM, USFWS and U. S. Forest Service placed the highest priority for conservation on birds
included on the BCC list.
Not all of the BCC species evaluated for this report occur regularly in Colorado, and some are
present only as seasonal migrants. Of those known to breed in Colorado, only a portion are
known or suspected to breed within the vicinity of the proposed loadout facility. After a
thorough review of the literature (Andrews and Righter 1992, Kingery 1998), a list was compiled
of sensitive species likely to nest in or around the project area (Table 2). Habitat and nesting
records for these Birds of Conservation Concern, as described in the Colorado Breeding Bird
Atlas (Kingery 1998, and references therein) and Colorado Birds (Andrews and Righter 1992), in
the vicinity of the project area are summarized below. Bird identification and taxonomic
nomenclature are in accordance with that applied by the Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas Project
(Kingery 1998).
Table 2. Sensitive bird species that may be occur in the McClane Canyon Loadout Facility
project area.
Species
Scientific
Status
Habitat /Comments
Name
The subspecies extimus (listed subspecies) range does not
include the Grand Valley and has not been documented
Southwestern
Empidonax
SE
satisfactorily (Righter et al. 2004). The Willow Flycatcher
Willow
traillii
(Empidonaz traillii) is an uncommon non - nester in the Grand
Flycatcher
extimus
Valley.
One Grand Valley nest located about 6.5 miles southeast of
Haliaeetus
BCC
the project area along the Colorado River. The project is in
Bald Eagle
leucoce halus
mapped summer foraging range.
Its range includes the Grand Valley along the Colorado River
Western
SC,
corridor. Observations are rare in the Grand Valley and the
Yellow - Billed
Coccyzus
FC
species is associated with dense cottonwood woodlands that
Cuckoo
americanus
do not occur in the project area.
Burrowing
Athene
ST
No prairie dog colonies occur in the project area. This
Owl
cunicularia
species is highly unlikel to occur.
1 Status: BCC = Federal Bird of Conservation Concern; FE= federal endangered; FC= federal candidate; SE =state endangered;
ST =state threatened; SC=CDOW species of concern.
Thirty-three species of birds were observed during field surveys in and around the project area
(Table 3). The riparian habitat along Reed Wash in combination with the greasewood uplands
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