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SECTION 6.0 CONSERVATION OF SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES <br /> The following species have been documented utilizing habitat on the Buckeye Ranch. The <br /> management of habitats on the ranch has, as major components goals, protection of <br /> threatened and endangered species. The Supplemental Biotics Survey (1993) lists those <br /> species found on the property. The preliminary Management Plan provided by Muick et <br /> al. (199 1) also lists several raptor species of special concern. The chart below highlights <br /> those species of endangered, threatened,candidate,or species of special concern that have <br /> been observed utilizing resources on or adjacent to the property (not just flybys). <br /> Table 9. List of Species of Threatened, Endangered and/or of Special Concern. <br /> s <br /> Species Status Remarks <br /> White-tailed Kite S C Common resident,nests on Buckeye Ranch. <br /> (Elanus leucurus) <br /> Cooper's Hawk SC Common winter visitor,nesting has not been <br /> (Accipiter coopen) ruled out. <br /> Bald Eagle FE, SE Rare winter visitor. <br /> �Haliaeetus leucocephalus) <br /> Swainson's Hawk FC, ST Uncommon in spring and summer. Common as a <br /> �Buteo swainsonit) fall migrant. Nest on Buckeye Ranch. <br /> American Peregrine Falcon FE, SE Rare in winter. <br /> ,{Falco perigrinus anatum) <br /> Greater Sandhill Crane ST Approximately 1000 winter on adjacent farmland <br /> iGrus canadensis tabidc Z during winter. <br /> Tricolored Blackbird FC Winter Visitor to wet grasslands. <br /> kAgelaius tricolorl <br /> Giant Garter Snake ST May occur in permanent wetlands and along <br /> �Thamnophis couchi gigas� Mokelumne River. <br /> Valley Elderberry Long-Horn Beetle FT Confirmed on Buckeye Ranch. <br /> (Desmocerus californicus dimorphous) <br /> FE=Federally Listed Endangered <br /> FT=Federally Listed Threatened <br /> FC=Federal Candidate Species <br /> SE=State Listed Endangered <br /> ST=State Listed Threatened <br /> SC= Species of State Concern <br /> As designed the project will impact only the Swainson's hawk. Mitigation measures <br /> specific for this species are presented in the following discussion. Bald eagles and <br /> Buckeye Ranch Resource Plan (November, 1993) <br /> 113 <br />