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Species Included in the Great Plains Wind Energy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service SPECIES TO BE CONSIDERED WHEN IMPLEMENTING STAMS Interior Least Tern (Sterna antillarum athalassos) Species included inGreat the GreatPlains Wind Plains Energy Environmental Impact Statement Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) – E Status: Endangered Gulf Coast jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi cacomitli) – E Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) – E Description: These 8- to Wind Energy Habitat ConservationStudy Area Plan Map Species under MAMMALS Texas Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys elator) - UR 9-inch birds have a black “crown” on their head, a Attwater’s prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) – E consideration for snowy whiter underside and Species being considered for inclusion in the Great Plains Wind Energy Black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapilla) – E forehead, grayish back and Great Plains Wind Energy Habitat Conservation Golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia) – E HCP Plan Area coverage in the ITP: wings, orange legs, and a Plan (HCP) include certain species listed as Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) – E Photo by USFWS yellow bill with a black tip. To Designated Whooping Crane federally threatened or endangered—or Critical Habitat BIRDS Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis) – E feed, the terns hover over and dive into standing or flowing having the potential to become listed during Whooping Crane Migration Corridor Northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis) – E water to catch small fish. (approximately 200 miles wide) Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) – E the life of the HCP—and having some likelihood Piping Plover Critical Habitat Range: Interior least terns breed in isolated areas along the Sprague’s pipit (Anthus spragueii) – C of occurring within the proposed Plan Area. Lesser Prairie Chicken – Current Range Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, Red, and Rio Grande river systems. Lesser Prairie Chicken – Historic Range Species currently considered for take coverage Concho water snake (CWS) (Nerodia paucimaculata) – T Their winter home is not known but probably includes coastal Interior Least Tern – Breeding Habitat Dunes sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus arenicolus) – C areas of Central and South America. include the following: whooping crane (Grus Service Region 6 Courtesy ofCourtesy the Service REPTILES Service Region 2 Habitat: From late April to August, terns use barren to sparsely americana), endangered; interior least tern Whooping Crane vegetated sandbars along rivers, sand and gravel pits, or (Sterna antillarum athalassos), endangered; piping plover (Charadrius melodus), threatened; Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis) – E lake and reservoir shorelines. Reproduction: The terns nest in a shallow hole scraped in an and lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus AMPHIBIANS open sandy area, gravelly patch, or exposed flat. They nest in pallidicinctus), candidate for listing. ground beetle, no common name (Rhadine exilis) – E small colonies. The chicks leave the nest only a few days after The Plan Area for the Great Plains Wind Energy ground beetle, no common name (Rhadine infernalis) – E hatching, but the adults continue to care for them, leading Helotes mold beetle (Batrisodes venyivi) – E them to shelter in nearby grasses and bringing them food. HCP is proposed to include non-federal lands Cokendolpher cave harvestman (Texella cokendolpheri) – E within: 1) 100 miles on each side of the center Source: USFWS, 2011 <www.fws.gov/midwest/endangered/birds/ ofCourtesy Miller Marcus USDA, Robber Baron Cave meshweaver (Cicurina baronia) – E ter n.html> line of the whooping crane migration corridor, Lesser Prairie Chicken Madla cave meshweaver (Cicurina madla) – E extending from the Gulf Coast of Texas to Bracken Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina venii) – E the Canadian border, and 2) portions of the Government Canyon Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina vespera) – E Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Government Canyon Bat Cave spider (Neoleptoneta microps) – E historic range of the lesser prairie-chicken, with Status: Threatened Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta myopica) – E the boundary extending into parts of Kansas, Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana) – E Description: These small, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas. KARST INVERTEBRATES Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli) – E stocky shorebirds have a Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli) – E sand-colored upper body, a Additionally, Species Take Avoidance Measures Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone) – E white underside, and orange (STAMs) are being developed for many other ofCourtesy Gene Nieminen/the Service Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi) – E legs. During the breeding species. Species which may have STAMs are Piping Plover Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus) – E season, adults have a black listed in the panel on the last page of the Photo by USFWS Great Plains Wind Energy Environmental Impact Statement forehead, a black breast fact sheet. By fully implementing STAMs, it is American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus) – E band, and an orange bill. The plovers eat insects, spiders, Scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon) – E and crustaceans. anticipated that incidental take of these species Great Plains Wind Energy HCP Plan Area during the life of a specific wind energy facility Higgins eye mussel (Lampsilis higginsii) – E Range: Piping plovers are migratory birds. In the spring and Dakota skipper (Hesperis dacotae) – C summer they breed in northern United States and Canada. would be avoided. Study AreaWhat Map is the project? INVERTEBRATES Species under There are three locations where piping plovers nest in North The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) is preparing an Arkansas River shiner (Notropis girardi) – T America: the shorelines of the Great Lakes, the shores of ENDANGERED: an animal or plant in danger of ofCourtesy the Service Fountain Darter (Etheostoma fonticola) – E Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Great Plainsconsideration Wind Energy for rivers and lakes in the Northern Great Plains, and along the extinction within the foreseeable future throughout Interior Least Tern Neosho Madtom (Noturus placidus) – T Great Plains Wind Energy Atlantic Coast. Their nesting range has become smaller all or a significant portion of its range Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP). The goal of the HCP is to develop a FISH Pallid Sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus) – E HCP Plan Area coverage in the ITP: over the years, especially in the Great Lakes area. In the fall, consistent, systematic, and predictable approach for ESA compliance for Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka) – E plovers migrate south and winter along the coast of the Gulf THREATENED: an animal or plant likely to become Other species may be identified Arkansas Darter (Etheostoma cragini) – C of Mexico or other southern locations. endangered within the foreseeable future wind energy developmentDesignated that Whooping will provide Crane a conservation benefit for Critical Habitat during scoping Black lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii) – E throughout all or a significant portion of its range Habitat: Piping plovers use wide, flat, open, sandy beaches certain species. Whooping Crane Migration Corridor Blowout penstemon (Penstemon haydenii S. Wats.) – E with very little grass or other vegetation. Nesting territories CANDIDATE: Plants and animals that have been (approximately 200 miles wide) Large-Fruited Sand Verbena (Abronia macrocarpa) – E often include small creeks or wetlands. studied and the Service has concluded that they Piping Plover Critical Habitat Navasota Ladies’-Tresses (Spiranthes parksii) – E should be proposed for addition to the Federal The objectives of the EIS are to: Why are these species Reproduction: The female lays four eggs in its Lesser Prairie Chicken – Current Range Slender Rushpea (Hoffmannseggia tenella) – E endangered and threatened species list PLANTS South Texas Ambrosia (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia) – E small, shallow nest lined with pebbles or broken • Evaluate potential Lesserimpacts Prairie toChicken the –human Historic Range environment that would being considered? shells. Both parents care for the eggs and chicks. Interior Least Tern – Breeding Habitat Texas Prairie Dawn (Hymenoxys texana) – E result from the proposed HCP and associated Incidental Take Permit WEWAG has identified species with Texas wild-rice (Zizania texana) – E When the chicks hatch, they are able to run Service Region 6 about and feed themselves within hours. (ITP) for regional-level development, construction, operation, and Western prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera praeclara) – T Service Region 2 the potential to be ofCourtesy the Service impacted in the Source: USF WS, 2 011 <www.fws.gov/midwest/ maintenance associated with multiple commercial wind energy facilities T = Threatened E = Endangered C = Candidate Species endangered/pipingplover/pipingpl.html> Whoopingcourse of Cranewind energy development UR = Under Review • Respond to the Incidental Take Permit (ITP) application submitted by within the proposed plan area that GREAT PLAINS WIND ENERGY the Wind Energy Whooping Crane Action Group (WEWAG) are either listed as threatened and Environmental Impact Statement Habitat Conservation Plan Species Fact Sheet endangered or have the potential Volume 1 | Summer 2011 • Ensure compliance with NEPA, which includes the ESA and other to become listed. relevant regulations and statutes The final list of covered species The EIS will assist the Service in making an informed decision
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