Applicant Exhibits - Listed Species Report
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Applicant Exhibits - Listed Species Report: Exhibit 8: Land Use Map (Listed Species Report FLUCCS Map) Exhibit 8A: Wildlife Map (Listed Species Report Listed Species Map) Exhibit 8B: Listed Species Report 2 10 224 ABANDONED CITRUS GROVE 4 12 LONGLEAF PINE - XERJC OAK 434 HARDWOOD CONIF ER MIXED 441 CON IF EROUS PLANTATIONS 510 SURF ACE WATERS 530 CATTLE PONDS 6 17 MIXED WEILAN D HARDWOODS Feel CEMEX BROOKSVILLE QUARRY 0 1,000 BRONSON ~icjON I in = 1,000 feet D Agreement Pa reel Land Use LAND USE LATWOO? MAP FC...u1t;n1 ~ 1/2017 Source: SWFfVMD 10/0AERJALS, FNA/ LA.ND USE P:\0004CMX\007-Bmnson Mine\OIS\LANDUSE 2017.mxd Planning Department EXHIBIT 8 Hernando County, Florida Received Yontz JAN 1 2 201 8 Plannin g Department Hernando County, Florida Sources: Esri, HERE, Delorme, USGS, lntermap, INCREMENT P, NRCan, Esri Japan , METI , Esri China (Hong Kong) , Esri Korea, Esri (Thailand), Mapmylndia, NGCC, © OpenStreetMap contributors, and the GIS User Community Feet Agreement Parcel Boundary CEMEX BROOKSVILLE QUARRY c::::::J 0 2,500 BRO SON EXTENSION I in = 2,500 feet c::=J 1 Mile Buffer @ Bald Eagle Nest HER A DO COUNTY, FLORIDA WILDLIFE o Gopher Tortoise Burrows MAP Source: ESRJ WORLD 5TRE/:,T MAI~ FWC AND FNAI Drl1fl 1/2017 P:\0004CMX1£107-Bronson Mine\OIS\CEMEX Brooksville Proposed Lease Area_ Wildlire EXHIBIT BA BROOKSVILLE QUARRY BRONSON EXTENSION HERNANDO COUNTY, FLORIDA LISTED SPECIES SURVEY REPORT Prepared For: 8 lrnn-g the f e'.. Mr. James Morris Regional Environmental Manager 11430 Camp Mine Road Brooksville, FL 34601-8605 Prepared by: - ... - ~ ~ LATWOODS FConsult° Group 8306 Laurel Fair Circle•Suite 120 Tampa, FL 33610•813-600-5747 January 2017 ~.':ze~~ Senior Ecologist Senior Ecologist/PrincipdJeceived EXHIBIT JAN 1 2 2018 Planning Department ----------------------~t Hernando Countv. Florida CEMEX Brooksville Quarry - Bronson Extension Hernando County, Florida fLATWOO~ Listed Species Survey Report Contents 1.0 INTRODUCTION .... ............ ........ .. ............................................................................... ............... 3 1.1 Study Area ................ ........ .... ............................................................................................ ..... 3 2.0 METHODOLOGY ..... ... ............ ........ ...... ... ............... .. .... ....................... ....... .. .. ........................... 3 2.1 Preliminary Review .. .......... .. .......... .. .. .............................. .. ................ .. .... ......... .................... 3 2.2 Survey Methods .. ... ................. .... ....... .... .. .... ... ............ .................. .. .... ........................... ........ 4 2.2.1 Standard Listed Species Survey .. ........................................................ .. .. ...................... 4 2.2.2 Gopher Tortoise Survey ...... .. ....... ............. .... ............ ............................... ............ ... ....... 4 3.0 RESULTS ... ................ ........ ............................... .. ... ........................ ..... .. .. ... .................................. 4 3 .1 Soil Descriptions ......... ... .............. ......... ...... ................................................. .......................... 5 3.2 Existing Upland and Wetland Communities .. .. .......................... .. ........................ .. ................ 6 3.3 Survey Results .. .. .... ........ .......... .. ........ ..... ... ................ ... ... .. .. ... ................. ............................. 8 3.3.1 Little Blue Heron .... .. ................ .. .... .. ... ........ ......... .... ............ .................................. ....... 8 3.3.2 Tricolored Heron .. ................................ ........................ ....... ........ .... .............................. 9 3.3.3 Southeastern American Kestrel ..................................... .. ............... ... ..... ... ......... ... ... .... 9 3.3.4 Bald Eagle ..................... .. ... ............................................ .. .......... ........ ............... ............. 9 3.3.5 Wood Stork ............... ........... .................................... .................................................... 10 3.3.6 Florida Sandhill Crane ........................................................................................... ...... 10 3.3.7 Florida Burrowing Owl ........... .... .............. ... .......... ............................. .. ...................... 10 3.3.8 ·Eastern Indigo Snake ............ .......... .... ....... .. ............ ... ... .............................................. I 0 3.3.9 Gopher Tortoise ................................................ ....................... ............ ........................ 10 3.3.10 Listed Plants ............................. .. .. ................ ............. ..................... ............. .......... ...... 11 3.4 Protected Habitats .......................... ............................. ................... ........................ ... ........... 11 4.0 PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION .............. ........................... ................... .............. ....... 11 5.0 REFERENCES .. ........ .................... .. .......................... ................................................................. 12 Figures Figure 1 - Quad Map ........................................ ............ .. ... .................. .......... ................ .. ......... Follows Text Figure 2 - Location Map ... ....... ...... ................................ ... ... .......... .......................................... Follows Text Figure 3 - Soils Map .............................................. ... ................. .............................................. Follows Text Figure 4 - Land Use Map ... .. ... ....... ...... .. .......... ... .. ............ ... .. .......... .. ...................................... Follows Text Figure 5 - Listed Species Map ............................................ .............. ................. ...................... Follows Text Appendix Appendix A Photographic Documentation ................. ............... .. ... ............. ........................... Follows Text P:\0004CMX\007-Bronson Mine\EP\20 17\20 17 Listed Species Report 01 11 20 18.docx 1/ 11/20 18 ii CEMEX Brooksville Quarry - Bronson Extension Hernando County, Florida Listed Species Survey Report 1.0 INTRODUCTION Flatwoods Consulting Group Inc. (Flatwoods) was retained by CEMEX to assess the status of li sted plant and wildlife species on the Bronson Extension Property located in Sections 19 and 30, Township 22 South, Range 19 East and Sections 24 and 25, Township 22 South, Range 18 East in Hernando County, Florida (Figure 1). More specifically, this property is located north of State Road (SR) 50 between Fort Dade Road and Cobb Road (Figure 2). The purpose of this survey was to identify the presence and relative abundance of any species considered Endangered, Threatened, or of Special Concern by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) under Title 50 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) 11-12 or the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) under Chapter 68A-27 F.A.C. 1.1 Study Area The study area (referred to as the Bronson Extension or Agreement Parcel) consists of approximately 573.5 acres which includes several parcels that have been or are currently in agricultural use. 2.0 METHODOLOGY The following sections describe the methods used by Flatwoods to detect the potential presence and relative abundance of listed wildlife and plants within the property. 2.1 Preliminary Review Information on the potential presence of listed species was collected through literature and data review. Flatwoods reviewed information from the FWS, the FWC, the Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI), the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) geographic information system (GIS) databases regarding the occurrence of listed species and protected habitats. To further identify which federally and state listed plant and animal species have the potential to occur within the property, upland and wetland vegetative communities were assessed to determine their plant species composition, approximate boundaries, and general condition and quality. To establish the approximate locations and boundaries of existing upland and wetland communities within the property, available site-specific data were collected and reviewed using the following resources and methods (see References for complete source information): • Infrared and true color aerial imagery of the project area • U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Soil Survey of Hernando County, Florida • U.S. Geo logical Survey (USGS) Topographic Quadrangle maps • FWS Critical Habitat Portal • FNAI Biodiversity Matrix P:\0004CMX\007-Bronson Mine\EP\20 1712017 Li sted Species Report 0 111 20 18 .docx 1/1 1/20 18 3 CEMEX Brooksville Quarry - Bronson Extension Hernando County, Florida Listed Species Survey Report • Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Florida Land Use, Cover, and Forms Classification System (FLUCFCS) • · SWFWMD FLUCFCS mapping 2.2 Survey Methods At the request of Hernando County Planning Department (Staff Report CPAM-11-02), Flatwoods conducted an updated listed species survey on January 16, 2017 to identify State (FWC) and Federal (FWS) listed species present on the Agreement Parcel. Comprehensive listed species surveys