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Special-status Wildlife Species Evaluated For Jul 30, 2012
<br /> _ The Forward Landfill Expansion Project
<br /> SORTED BY CLASS
<br /> Scientific Name Habitat Affinities And Potential For
<br /> Common Name Status Reported Distribution Occurrence On Site
<br /> Athene cunicularia Federal none Inhabits open, dry annual or perenial grasslands, deserts and scrublands Possible:
<br /> State none characterized by low-growing vegetation. Nests underground in mammal suitable open terrain (landfill
<br /> burrowing owl burrows, especially those of California ground squirrel. DFG listing covers and agl fields)on site.
<br /> Other BLM: S burrow sites and some wintering sites only.
<br /> DFG: SSC Recorded from Alameda, Butte, Colusa, Contra Costa, Fresno, Glenn, Suitable open terrain
<br /> FWS: BCC; Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Merced, (landfill and agricultural
<br /> MBTA Monterey, Napa, Orange, Placer, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San fields)could potentially
<br /> Bernardino, San Diego, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, Santa colonize the study area in
<br /> Cruz, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama,Tulare,Ventura,Yolo the future.
<br /> counties.
<br /> Branta hutchinsii leucopareia Federal Delisted Winters on lakes and inland prairies. Forages in grassland and cultivated Possible:
<br /> cackling (Aleutian Canada)goose State none pastures. Loafs on lakes, reservoirs, ponds. DFG listing covers wintering not expected to breed on
<br /> birds only. site. Could forage or rest on
<br /> Other DFG: SA Recorded from Colusa, Del Norte, Merced, Stanislaus counties. site.
<br /> FWS: MBTA
<br /> Buteo regalis Federal none Winters in open grasslands, sagebrush flats, desert scrub, low foothills and Not expected:
<br /> ferruginous hawk State none fringes of pinyon-juniper habitats. Feeds primarily on lagomorphs (rabbits species does not nest in
<br /> and hares), ground squirrels, and mice. Population trends may follow California, and is a rare
<br /> Other Aud: WL lagomorph population cycles. Does not nest in California.DFG listing covers winter visitor to San Joaquin
<br /> BLM: S wintering birds. Co.
<br /> DFG: SSC General distribution: recorded throughout coastal California, Cetral Valley, Species could potentially
<br /> FWS: BCC; San Joaquin Valley, central and southern Sierra Nevada, eastern Sierras and forage over project area.
<br /> MBTA inland deserts.
<br /> Buteo swainsoni Federal none Breeds in stands with few trees in juniper-sage flats, riparian areas and in Detected:
<br /> Swainson's hawk State ST oak savannah. Requires adjacent suitable foraging areas such as nesting habitat for this
<br /> grasslands, or alfalfa or grain fields supporting rodent populations. DFG species is present in large
<br /> Other ABC: WLBCC listing covers nesting birds. valley oak trees adjacent to
<br /> Aud: WL Recorded from Butte, Colusa, Contra Costa, Fresno, Glenn, Inyo, Kern, study area.
<br /> DFG: SA Kings, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Placer, Observed in 2008; see text
<br /> FS: S Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Joaquin, Siskiyou, Solano, Stanislaus, for discussion.
<br /> FWS: BCC; Sutter, Tehama, Tulare, Yolo counties.
<br /> MBTA Three nest sites have been recorded within 2.5 miles of project site between
<br /> 1991 and 2002.
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