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J.E. Stover & Associates, Inc April 24, 2012 Page 2 Table 1. State- and federally - listed threatened, endangered, and candidate' species potentially occurring in the vicinity of the Bowie No. 2 Mine permit boundary. 1 Federally - listed threatened, endangered, and candidate species shown on this table compiled from the Delta County, Colorado list available at http: / /ecos.fws.gov /tess_ public/ countySearch !speciesByCountyReport .action ?fips =08029 (updated April 2012); State endangered, threatened, and candidate species compiled from CPW's threatened and endangered list at http: / /wildlife. state. co. us/ WildlifeSpecies /SpeciesOfConcern /Threatened Endangered List /Pages /ListOfThreatenedAnd EndangeredSpecies .aspx (updated December 2011). 2 Status explanation: FE = Federally listed as endangered; FT = Federally listed as threatened; FC = Candidate for listing as federally threatened or endangered; SE = State - listed as endangered; ST = State - listed as threatened RARE EARTIi SCIENCE Legal Habitat Common Name Scientific Name Status2 Habitat Requirement Summary within Permit Boundary? Gunnison sage- Centrocercus Large contiguous patches of sagebrush with FC an abundant herbaceous understory, No grouse minimus interspersed with wet swales Yellow- billed Coccyzus FC Low elevation river corridors with fairly No, but near cuckoo americanus extensive mature cottonwood galleries Greenback Oncorhynchus Cold water streams and cold water lakes with cutthroat trout clarkia stomias FT, ST adequate stream spawning habitat present Yes during spring. Bonytail Gila elegans Although no habitat is present within the Mine No, but Colorado Pt lucius Permit Boundary for these four species, critical pikeminnow FE, SE downstream designated critical habitat on the Colorado & Gunnison Rivers is affected by the mine's water consumption habitat a downstream Humpback chub Gila cypha Razorback sucker Xyrauchen texanus Black- footed ferret Mustela nigripes FE, SE Large prairie dog colonies No Spruce /fir /mixed con ife r/lodge pole pine Canada lynx Lynx canadensis FT, ST forests (primary), or mixed deciduous /conifer Marginal (secondary) Permanent water with abundant fish or River otter Lontra canadensis ST crustacean prey and relatively high water No, but near quality, with structural cover near banks. No specific habitat requirements; deep, Wolverine Gulo gulo luscus FC, SE persistent, and reliable spring snow cover No (April 15 to May 14) is the best overall predictor of wolverine occ urrence . .. 1 101 E 1 Lakes, ponds, wet meadows, wetlands in Boreal toad Bufo boreas boreas SE subalpine forests (conifer, or mixed conifer- Marginal aspen to a lesser extent), at elevations above 8,500 feet) Clay- loving wild Eriogonum Adobe soils (Mancos shale) of the Colorado buckwheat pelinophilum FE and Gunnison valleys in semi - desert No shrublands Adobe soils (Mancos shale) of the Colorado Colorado hookless Sclerocactus FT and Gunnison valleys, most commonly NO cactus glaucus associated with semi - desert shrublands (primarily shadscale and mat saltbush) 1 Federally - listed threatened, endangered, and candidate species shown on this table compiled from the Delta County, Colorado list available at http: / /ecos.fws.gov /tess_ public/ countySearch !speciesByCountyReport .action ?fips =08029 (updated April 2012); State endangered, threatened, and candidate species compiled from CPW's threatened and endangered list at http: / /wildlife. state. co. us/ WildlifeSpecies /SpeciesOfConcern /Threatened Endangered List /Pages /ListOfThreatenedAnd EndangeredSpecies .aspx (updated December 2011). 2 Status explanation: FE = Federally listed as endangered; FT = Federally listed as threatened; FC = Candidate for listing as federally threatened or endangered; SE = State - listed as endangered; ST = State - listed as threatened RARE EARTIi SCIENCE