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Williams Draw Lease-By-Application Threatened, Endangered, Sensitive, and Other Plant and Wildlife Species Inventory Williams Draw Lease-by-Application Threatened, Endangered, Sensitive, and Other Plant and Wildlife Species Inventory Emery County, Utah Prepared for: U.S. Bureau of Land Management Price Field Office 125 South 600 West Price, UT 84501 Prepared by: Tetra Tech 4750 West 2100 South, Suite 400 Salt Lake City, UT 84120 (801) 364-1064 Fax (801) 364-2021 Tetra Tech Project No. 114-520320X August 2016 2016 TES and Other Plant and Wildlife Species Resource Inventory Williams Draw LBA TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 2 1.1 Location and Project Description .......................................................................... 2 1.2 Physical Setting ................................................................................................... 2 2.0 DESKTOP REVIEW AND AGENCY COORDINATION ................................................... 4 2.1 USFWS Threatened and Endangered Species .................................................... 4 2.2 BLM Sensitive Wildlife and Plant Species ............................................................ 6 3.0 FIELD SURVEYS ............................................................................................................ 9 3.1 Methods ............................................................................................................... 9 3.1.1 Habitat Assessment ............................................................................................... 9 3.1.2 Raptors ................................................................................................................. 10 3.1.3 Mexican Spotted Owl Habitat Survey .................................................................. 10 3.1.4 TES Wildlife and Other Wildlife ............................................................................ 10 3.1.5 TES Plants and Other Plant Species ................................................................... 11 3.2 Results ............................................................................................................... 11 3.2.1 Habitat Assessment ............................................................................................. 11 3.2.2 Raptors ................................................................................................................. 11 3.2.3 Mexican Spotted Owl Habitat ............................................................................... 13 3.2.4 TES and Other Wildlife ........................................................................................ 13 3.2.5 TES Plants and Other Plant Species ................................................................... 15 3.3 Analysis of Impacts ............................................................................................ 18 3.3.1 Raptors ................................................................................................................. 18 3.3.2 Mexican Spotted Owl ........................................................................................... 19 3.3.3 TES Wildlife and Other Wildlife ............................................................................ 19 3.3.4 TES Plants and Other Plant Species ................................................................... 19 4.0 PROJECT STAFF ......................................................................................................... 20 5.0 REFERENCES .............................................................................................................. 21 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. USFWS Federally Listed Species with Potential for Occurrence .................................. 5 Table 2. BLM Sensitive Wildlife and Plant Species and Other Target Species with Potential for Occurrence ............................................................................................................................ 6 Table 3. 2016 Field Surveys Schedule – Williams Draw LBA Project ......................................... 9 Table 4. Raptor Nests Documented within the Raptor Survey Area .......................................... 11 Table 5. Wildlife Species Observed within the Williams Draw LBA Project Area ....................... 13 Table 6. Plant Species Observed within the Williams Draw LBA Project Area ........................... 15 Table 7. USFWS Utah Recommended Spatial and Seasonal Buffers ....................................... 19 Tetra Tech August 2016 i 2016 TES and Other Plant and Wildlife Species Resource Inventory Williams Draw LBA LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Project Location Figure 2. Project Overview Figure 3. Raptor Survey Results Figure 4. Mexican Spotted Owl Habitat LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix A: USFWS and UNHP Correspondence Appendix B: Photo Log – General Habitat Assessment Appendix C: Photo Log - Active Raptor Nests Appendix D: Photo Log - Mexican Spotted Owl Habitat Assessment Tetra Tech August 2016 ii 2016 TES and Other Plant and Wildlife Species Resource Inventory Williams Draw LBA ABSTRACT The United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Price Field Office contracted Tetra Tech, Inc. (Tetra Tech) to identify threatened, endangered, and BLM sensitive species (TES) and other plant and wildlife species that may occur within the Williams Draw Lease-By-Application (LBA) area and surrounding area (Project). In addition, Tetra Tech was tasked with providing a general assessment of the potential effects on TES from Project development. The Project area is located along the Book Cliffs in Emery County, Utah. From April to June 2016, Tetra Tech conducted a desktop analysis and field surveys for TES, and other wildlife and plant species identified in consultation with the BLM. The following targeted field surveys were conducted: raptor nest surveys, Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida) habitat assessment, and TES plant surveys, which were focused on Barneby reed-mustard (Schoenocrambe barnebyi), Jones cycladenia (Cycladenia humilis var. jonesii), Horse Canyon stickleaf (Mentzelia multicaulis var. librina) and Creutzfeldt-flower (Cryptantha creutzfeldtii). There were ten historic or current raptor nests within 0.5 mile of the Project area, including peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), and great horned owl (Bubo virginianus). In 2016, two great horned owl nests and two golden eagle nests were active. Of these, only one great horned owl nest successfully fledged young. Based on field surveys, there is no suitable Mexican spotted owl habitat in the Project area due to the lack of moist, steep walled canyons. None of the targeted plant species were observed during field surveys, and no other TES plant or wildlife species were observed. The degree of impact from development of the Project would depend on the specific Project design. Possible impacts would include subsidence effects on hydrology and raptor cliff nesting habitat; human disturbance along the access road and surface facilities, vehicle collisions, and dust; and noise effects from the proposed ventilation shaft. Impacts to TES species would not occur because none of the species occur in the Project area. Tetra Tech August 2016 1 2016 TES and Other Plant and Wildlife Species Resource Inventory Williams Draw LBA 1.0 INTRODUCTION The United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Price Field Office contracted Tetra Tech, Inc. (Tetra Tech) to conduct a resource inventory for threatened, endangered, BLM sensitive (TES), and other plant and wildlife species within the Williams Draw Lease-By-Application (LBA) Project (Project) area. The purpose of the inventory was to identify the presence/absence of TES, and other plant and wildlife species within the Project area and to analyze potential impacts to species from the proposed development of the Williams Draw LBA and areas proposed for adjacent infrastructure. Tetra Tech completed a desktop evaluation and a field inventory for TES. This report describes the Project, physical setting, methods and results of the inventories, and analysis of impacts. The baseline data from this inventory may be used to support future analysis of federal actions in the Project area under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). 1.1 Location and Project Description The Project area is located approximately 25 miles southeast of Price, Utah in northeastern Emery County along the Book Cliffs (Figure 1). The Project area encompasses the Williams Draw LBA area and includes land proposed to support associated infrastructure for underground coal mining, including access roads, surface facilities, and air shafts. The Project area totals approximately 7,554 acres, including the LBA area (approximately 4,200 acres) and the adjoining infrastructure area (approximately 3,354 acres). Surface land ownership in the Project area consists of State Institutional Trust Land Administration (SITLA) lands, private lands, and the federal lands managed by the BLM (Figure 2). The Project can be accessed via Utah Highway 6, and is located seven miles from the closest municipality, East Carbon, Utah. The Project area is located in all or portions of the following sections: Township 16 South, Range 14 East, Salt Lake Base and Meridian (SLBM), Utah Section 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 34, 35, 36 Township 16 South, Range 15 East, SLBM, Utah Section 30, 31 Township 17 South, Range 14 East, SLBM, Utah Section 1, 2, 3, 12 Township 17 South, Range 15 East, SLBM, Utah
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