Species Conclusion Table – FMB Mitigation Bank – March 2017

Species Conclusions Table

Project Name: FMB Mitigation Bank

Date: March6, 2017

Species/Resource Name / Conclusion / ESA Section 7 / Eagle Act Determination / Notes/Documentation
Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) / Unlikely to disturb nesting Bald eagles, does not intersect with eagle concentration area. / No Eagle Act permit required / No nests located within ½ a mile to a mile of action area. Action area not located within Eagle concentration area.
Critical Habitat / No critical habitat present / No effect / Action area does not intersect withcritical habitat.
Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) / No habitat present; project will not involve removal of mature forest vegetation / No effect / The project involves stream channel restoration, preservation and enhancement. No removal of forest vegetation will occur at the stream restoration sites. Tree planting will occur in open areas of the project to increase forested area over time. Existing forested watersheds will be preserved as part of the Mitigation Bank.
Northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) / No habitat present; project will not involve removal of mature forest vegetation / No effect / The project involves stream channel restoration, preservation and enhancement. No removal of forest vegetation will occur at the stream restoration sites. Tree planting will occur in open areas of the project to increase forested area over time. Existing forested watersheds will be preserved as part of the Mitigation Bank.
Big Sandy Crayfish
(Cambarus callainus) / Big Sandy Crayfish has been documented within mitigation area / Not Likely to Adversely Affect / Stream channel restoration proposed within the bank does not intersect with known habitat for the BSC. Restoration is proposed within a small headwater stream.
Gray bat (Myotis grisescens) / No habitat present; project will not involve removal of mature forest vegetation / No effect / The project involves stream channel restoration, preservation and enhancement. No removal of forest vegetation will occur at the stream restoration sites. Tree planting will occur in open areas of the project to increase forested area over time. Existing forested watersheds will be preserved as part of the Mitigation Bank.
Virginia big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii virginianus) / No habitat present; project will not involve removal of mature forest vegetation / No effect / The project involves stream channel restoration, preservation and enhancement. No removal of forest vegetation will occur at the stream restoration sites. Tree planting will occur in open areas of the project to increase forested area over time. Existing forested watersheds will be preserved as part of the Mitigation Bank.

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