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Level 2 Potential Conservation Area (PCA) Report <br />Name Central Shortgrass Site Code S.USCOHP *25150 <br />38102 -E5 <br />Kit Carson 4 SE <br />38102 -E4 <br />Cheyenne Wells 3 SW <br />38103 -G7 <br />Kutch SE <br />38103 -G6 <br />Punkin Center <br />38103 -G5 <br />Stanley Gulch <br />38103 -G4 <br />McKenzie Draw <br />38103 -G3 <br />Rock Basin <br />38103 -G2 <br />Aroya <br />38103 -G1 <br />Wild Horse <br />38102 -G8 <br />Sorrento <br />38102 -G7 <br />Kit Carson <br />38102 -G6 <br />Eureka Creek South <br />38102 -G5 <br />Firstview <br />38103 -A4 <br />Hadley <br />38103 -A3 <br />Cornelia <br />38103 -A2 <br />Las Animas <br />38103 -A1 <br />Kreybill <br />38102 -A8 <br />Hasty <br />County <br />Lincoln (CO) <br />Bent (CO) <br />Prowers (CO) <br />Kit Carson (CO) <br />Otero (CO) <br />Kiowa (CO) <br />Crowley (CO) <br />Cheyenne (CO) <br />Watershed Code <br />Watershed Name <br />11020009 <br />Upper Arkansas -John Martin <br />11030002 <br />Whitewoman <br />11020005 <br />Upper Arkansas -Lake Meredith <br />11020008 <br />Horse <br />11020011 <br />Big Sandy <br />10260004 <br />Ladder <br />11020012 <br />Rush <br />10260002 <br />North Fork Smoky Hill <br />10250003 <br />South Fork Republican <br />SITE DESCRIPTION <br />Minimum Elevation <br />3,555.00 Feet 1,083.56 Meters <br />Maximum Elevation <br />5,400.00 Feet 1,645.92 Meters <br />Site Description <br />The site is roughly 73% native grasslands or mixed grasslands/forbs/cacti. Small patches of mixed shrubland <br />(roughly 16 %) and agriculture (roughly 8 %) are spread throughout. Riparian areas account for approximately <br />2% of the site. Trace amounts of juniper, water and residential development are present. Multiple grassland <br />birds inhabit the site. Mountain Plover, Ferruginous Hawk, McCown's Longspur, Long - billed Curlew, and <br />Burrowing Owl have all been documented. Black- tailed prairie dogs, an important food source for raptors and <br />carnivores, have also been observed as have Bald Eagle, Least Tern, Snowy Plover, White -faced Ibis, swift <br />fox, Arkansas darter, massasauga and multiple historical records of northern leopard frogs. Numerous plant <br />communities of conservation concern are also found within the site including Great Plains Salt Meadows, <br />Shortgrass Prairie, Northern Sandhill Prairie, Vine Mesquite - Buffaloe Grass, Great Plains Shrubland, Plains <br />Cottonwood Riparian Forest, Bulrush Wet Meadow, Emergent Wetland, and Spike Rush. In addition, multiple <br />Copyright 0 2012. Colorado State University. Colorado Natural Heritage Program. All Rights Reserved. <br />Print Date 6,22/2012 10 <br />