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BIOTICS SURVEY <br /> STEVE STOCKING 6 ASSOCIATE® BIOLOGICAL MONITORING <br /> (465-27291 evenings) <br /> SUBJECT: LOVELACE TRANSFER STATION EXPANSION; <br /> WILDLIFE SURVEY <br /> The site was visited on September 22, 1992, to access occurrence of <br /> sensitive wildlife species and to evaluate habitat. <br /> The site is mostly west of the current Transfer Station and is <br /> intensively cultivated. The majority of the property is used to <br /> grow pumpkins. There is some ruderal vegetation along the edges of <br /> the field and adjacent is the road and the irrigation canal. These <br /> areas have been disced and the soil disturbed. This, combined with <br /> the use of herbicides to control.weeds, has resulted in non-native <br /> vegetation including grasses, yellow star thistle, bindweed and <br /> doveweed being the only plants growing in the non-cultivated <br /> portions of the site. The largest such area is to the north of the <br /> existing Transfer Station where there is a hole and a pile of <br /> earth. There are some ground squirrels in this same area. <br /> From what could be discerned from this visit to the site we <br /> conclude that: <br /> (1) No plant species of concern, proposed, rare or endangered <br /> exist on the site. It is unlikely that any such species could <br /> exist on this site. <br /> (2) No jurisdictional wetlands exist on the site. No wetland <br /> dependent species could exist on the site. <br /> (3) Ground squirrels and their holes do exist, but there was no <br /> evidence of the existence of Burrowing Owls on the site. No <br /> pellets, no droppings and no known observations nearby. <br /> To be absolutely sure, we would need to revisit the site <br /> during the breeding season of the Burrowing Owl. <br /> (4) Swainson Hawks have not been observed here and there are no <br /> known nesting trees on the site or nearby. They have been <br /> documented within ten miles and are so listed in the Natural <br /> Diversity Data Base. <br /> The small size of this parcel which is located adjacent to the <br /> existing Transfer Station and a chicken ranch and used to <br /> raise pumpkins makes it unlikely to be of use to foraging <br /> Swainson Hawks. <br /> (5) House sparrows and starlings were observed during the site <br /> visit. <br /> (6) We believe that there would be no significant impact to <br /> wildlife caused by this proposed expansion of the Transfer <br /> Station. <br /> q t and Steve Stocking <br /> Waldo $01 g <br /> I-2 <br />