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Biological Resources Evaluation Report <br /> Griffith Energy Project <br /> TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> 1 INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1-1 <br /> 1.1 Project Site Location, Ecoregion, and Setting .................................................................1-1 <br /> 1.1.1 Project Site Location...........................................................................................1-1 <br /> 1.1.2 Ecoregion............................................................................................................1-5 <br /> 1.1.3 Land Use.............................................................................................................1-5 <br /> 2 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ...........................................................................................................2-1 <br /> 3 LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................................................3-1 <br /> 3.1 Topography......................................................................................................................3-1 <br /> 3.2 Sensitive Natural Communities........................................................................................3-1 <br /> 3.3 Potential Jurisdictional Wetlands.....................................................................................3-1 <br /> 3.3 Special-Status Plant and Wildlife Species.......................................................................3-2 <br /> 3.4 Critical Habitat..................................................................................................................3-2 <br /> 3.5 Wildlife Movement............................................................................................................3-4 <br /> 4 FIELD SURVEY METHODS.........................................................................................................4-1 <br /> 4.1 Inventory of Plants and Wildlife........................................................................................4-1 <br /> 4.2 Vegetation Mapping.........................................................................................................4-1 <br /> 4.3 Jurisdictional Wetland Delineation...................................................................................4-1 <br /> 4.4 Special-Status Species Habitat Assessment...................................................................4-2 <br /> 4.4.1 California Tiger Salamander and California Red-Legged Frog ..........................4-2 <br /> 4.4.2 Swainson's Hawk................................................................................................4-2 <br /> 4.4.3 San Joaquin Kit Fox............................................................................................4-2 <br /> 5 FIELD SURVEY RESULTS..........................................................................................................5-1 <br /> 5.1 Inventory of Plants and Wildlife........................................................................................5-1 <br /> 5.2 Vegetation Communities..................................................................................................5-3 <br /> 5.3 Jurisdictional Wetland Delineation...................................................................................5-6 <br /> 5.3.1 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers................................................................................5-6 <br /> 5.3.2 Regional Water Quality Control Board....................................................................5-6 <br /> 5.3.3 California Department of Fish and Wildlife .............................................................5-6 <br /> 5.4 Special-Status Species Habitat Assessment...................................................................5-7 <br /> 5.4.1 Rare Plants .........................................................................................................5-7 <br /> 5.4.2 California Tiger Salamander...............................................................................5-7 <br /> 5.4.3 California Red-Legged Frog..............................................................................5-11 <br /> 5.4.4 Special-Status Reptiles.....................................................................................5-12 <br /> 5.4.5 Burrowing Owl...................................................................................................5-12 <br /> 5.4.6 Swainson's Hawk..............................................................................................5-12 <br /> 5.4.7 Other Special-Status Birds................................................................................5-15 <br /> 5.4.8 Nesting Birds.....................................................................................................5-15 <br /> 5.4.9 San Joaquin Kit Fox..........................................................................................5-15 <br /> 5.4.10 American Badger..............................................................................................5-16 <br /> Tetra Tech, Inc. ii July 2023 <br />