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Biological Survey Report for New Mexico Gas Company's Proposed Biological Survey Report for New Mexico Gas Company’s Proposed Corto Project in San Juan County, New Mexico Written by Doug Loebig, TES Biologist Stratified Environmental & Archaeological Services, LLC P.O. Box 1078 (210 Goddard Avenue) Ignacio, Colorado 81137 (970) 563-4615 Prepared for Chris Turnbow Senior Environmental Scientist/Archaeologist New Mexico Gas Company 7120 Wyoming Boulevard, Suite 20 P.O. Box 97500 Albuquerque, NM 87199-7500 (505) 697-3530 Submitted to John Kendall, BLMFFO Biologist BLM Farmington Field Office 6251 College Boulevard, Suite A Farmington, NM 87402 (505) 599-8900 SEAS Report No. 15-044b September 2015 Table of Contents Page 1.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1 2.0 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................... 1 3.0 METHODOLOGY ......................................................................................................................... 9 4.1 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING .................................................................................................... 11 4.2 Climate, Geology, and Soils ....................................................................................................... 11 4.3 Plant Communities ...................................................................................................................... 12 4.3.1 Salt Desert Scrubland .................................................................................................... 12 4.3.2 Mixed Juniper Savanna - Desert Scrubland .................................................................. 15 4.3.3 Noxious and Invasive Weeds ........................................................................................ 16 4.4 Wildlife ........................................................................................................................................ 17 4.4.1 Biological Point of Interest 1 .......................................................................................... 23 5.1 THREATENED AND ENDANGERED SPECIES AND STATUS ............................................... 25 5.2 Mammals .................................................................................................................................... 32 5.2.1 Black-footed Ferret ........................................................................................................ 32 5.2.2 Canada Lynx .................................................................................................................. 33 5.2.3 New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse .......................................................................... 33 5.2.4 Spotted Bat .................................................................................................................... 33 5.3 Birds ............................................................................................................................................ 34 5.3.1 American Peregrine Falcon ........................................................................................... 34 5.3.2 Bald Eagle ...................................................................................................................... 34 5.3.3 Brown Pelican ................................................................................................................ 34 5.3.4 Common Black-Hawk .................................................................................................... 34 5.3.5 Gray Vireo ...................................................................................................................... 35 5.3.6 Mexican Spotted Owl ..................................................................................................... 35 5.3.7 Southwestern Willow Flycatcher .................................................................................... 35 5.3.8 Yellow-billed Cuckoo ..................................................................................................... 36 5.4 Plants .......................................................................................................................................... 36 5.4.1 Aztec Gilia ...................................................................................................................... 36 5.4.2 Brack’s Hardwall Cactus ................................................................................................ 36 5.4.3 Knowlton Cactus ............................................................................................................ 37 5.4.4 Mancos Milkvetch .......................................................................................................... 37 5.4.5 Mesa Verde Cactus ....................................................................................................... 38 5.5 Migratory Bird and Non-Endangered Raptor Concerns .............................................................. 39 6.0 CONCLUSIONS ......................................................................................................................... 41 7.0 REFERENCES CITED ............................................................................................................... 43 BSR for NMGC’s Proposed Corto Project in San Juan County, NM SEAS 15-044b January 2016 i List of Figures Page Figure 2.1 General Project Vicinity Map ................................................................................................ 2 Figure 2.2 Project Location Map 1: Bloomfield, NM 1985 USGS 7.5’ Series Quadrangle .................... 3 Figure 2.3 View Southeast from Northwest End of Project Towards NMGC Corto Interconnect Station with DOE Interconnect Compound at Left (Top) and View Northwest from Southeast End of Project with NMGC’s Kutz Odorizer Station at Left (Bottom) ........................................... 4 Figure 2.4 Views Southeast (Top) and Northwest (Bottom) of Project Area Near Middle of Proposed Corto Project ......................................................................................................................... 5 Figure 2.5 View East of Drainage 1 Below Culvert Under Corto Interconnect Station (Top) and View of Drainage 2 Facing East-Northeast (Bottom) .................................................................... 6 Figure 4.1 Close-up View of Halogeton (Halogeton glomeratus) ........................................................ 17 Figure 4.2 Plan Map of Biological Point of Interest 1 ........................................................................... 19 Figure 4.3 View of BPI 1 Facing North Towards NMGC’s Corto Interconnect Station (Top) and BHC 5 (Bottom) .............................................................................................................................. 20 Figure 4.4 Brack’s Hardwall Cacti at BPI 1, From Left to Right, BHC 8 & 13 (Top Row); BHC 11 & 18 (Middle Row); BHC 12 & 28 (Bottom Row) ......................................................................... 21 Figure 4.5 BHC 29 (Top) and BHC 36 (Bottom) .................................................................................. 22 Figure 4.6 Active Gunnison’s Prairie Dog Burrow at BPI 4 .................................................................. 24 List of Tables Page Table 2.1 Project Area Information ....................................................................................................... 8 Table 2.2 Project Area by Land Jurisdiction ......................................................................................... 8 Table 4.1 Weather Data at the Bloomfield 3 SE, Climate Station 1914-2005 (Station 291063) ........ 11 Table 4.2 Plant Species Observed in the Project Area ...................................................................... 13 Table 4.3 Biological Points of Interests (BPI) ..................................................................................... 18 Table 4.4 Brack’s Hardwall Cacti (BHC) Details from BPI 1............................................................... 23 Table 5.1 Species Listed Under the Endangered Species Act and State of New Mexico Threatened and Endangered Species with Potential to Occur in San Juan County, New Mexico ...... 25 Table 5.2 Animal Species of Special Concern with Potential to Occur in San Juan County, New Mexico .............................................................................................................................. 27 Table 5.3 Rare Plant Species of Concern with Potential to Occur in San Juan County, New Mexico30 Table 5.4 Priority Migratory Bird Species With Potential to Occur in the Region ............................... 40 Table 6.1 Migratory Bird and Bird Species of Concern Construction Avoidance/Survey Periods ...... 43 BSR for NMGC’s Proposed Corto Project in San Juan County, NM SEAS 15-044b January 2016 ii 1.0 Introduction On July 23, 27, and 29, 2015, Stratified Environmental & Archaeological Services, LLC (SEAS) conducted a biological survey for New Mexico Gas Company’s (NMGC) proposed Corto Project. The proposed action is situated on Bureau of Land Management Farmington Field Office (BLMFFO) and private lands south of Bloomfield, New Mexico in San Juan County. The purpose of the project is to provide a second natural gas supply line to Albuquerque and north-central New Mexico in the event the existing line fails or if demand for natural gas increases in the future. The project is located in portions
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