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L Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.F-8 Forward Inc.Landfill 2014 Expansion Project Table IV.F-1 Special-Status Animal Species Recorded from Project Region or Potentially Affected by Project Implementation Common Name Scientific Name Potentially Covered Impacted under STMSCP merlin Falco columbarius no yes Pacific pond Actinemys marmorata �es yes turtle pale big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescenses yes small-footed myotis Myotis ciliolabrum yes Yes snowy egret Egretta thula no yes western red Lasiurus blossevillii �es yes bat Federally and State-Listed Species California Red-Legged Frog California red-legged frog(Rana draytonii,hereafter referred to as CRF) is federally listed as Threatened and is designated as a California Species of Special Concern (USFWS 1996, CDFG 2011b). The CRF is distributed throughout 26 counties in California,including San Joaquin County. California red-legged frogs inhabit permanent water sources such as streams, lakes, marshes, natural and manmade ponds, and ephemeral drainages in valley bottoms and foothills up to 4,900 feet in elevation(Jennings and Hayes 1994, Stebbins 2003). The project site is not located within federally designated CRF Critical Habitat(USFWS 2010). The CRF has not been recorded within an approximate 10-mile radius of the study area >r (CNDDB 2012), and is not expected to occur within the study area due to the lack of suitable breeding habitat within or adjacent to the study area, and the rarity of occurrences of CRF within the valley floor of the Central Valley (SJCOG 2000). Therefore, this species is not further addressed in this section. Riparian Brush Rabbit Riparian brush rabbit(Sylvilagus bachmani riparius)is federally and state listed as Endangered. This species is associated with riparian forests and currently only two populations are known in San Joaquin County. One of two presently known populations is found on the lower Stanislaus River in Caswell State Park(Williams 1986). Pursuant to recent studies (Williams 2000), a second population has been identified near Stewart Tract along the San Joaquin River and its tributaries. The habitat for this species apparently is the dense brush and nearby openings associated with the banks of the Stanislaus River and San Joaquin River. According to the SJMCP, due to the fragmentation of suitable remaining habitat, the rabbit has no means of dispersing from Caswell State Park to other areas. Riparian habitat does not occur within the project study area, and the offsite restored riparian habitat along the North Branch of the South Fork of Littlejohn's Creek is isolated and not accessible to known brush rabbit populations or areas containing suitable habitat. Therefore, this species is not further addressed in this section. L