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2 Andrews, R. R. Righter Colorado Birds. Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, Colorado. Berglund, J MDT Montana Wetland Field Evaluation Form and Instructions. Prepared for the Montana Department of Transportation, Helena, Montana. Black Forest Preservation Plan Bonar, M Unpublished report to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service documenting a trapping survey for Preble s Meadow Jumping Mice along Sand Creek and habitat assessments for two other drainages along Woodmen Road, El Paso County, Colorado. City of Colorado Springs Colorado Springs Comprehensive Plan. Phase 1 Summary Comprehensive Plan Revision. A Report to the Citizens and City Council of Colorado Springs. May City of Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation, and Trails Master Plan City of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, and HDR Infrastructure, Inc Drainage Criteria Manual. November City of Colorado Springs and CH2MHill Drainage Criteria Manual, Volume 2. Stormwater Quality Policies, Procedures and Best Management Practices (BMPs). November 1, Colorado Air Quality Control Commission website: Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) Water Quality Control Commission (WQCC) Regulation No. 32. The Basic Standards and Methodologies for Surface Water (5 CCR ). October 30, CDPHE Status of Water Quality in Colorado. February CDPHE. 2004a. Page 86 - Make sure the text says "CDPHE 2004a" CDPHE. 2004b. Personal Communication between Roger Doak, DCPHE, and Andrea Farley, URS Corporation, via telephone. December Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Noise Analysis and Abatement Guidelines. See Page 10 CDOT Personal communication between Jerry Piffer, CDOT, and Tom Cramsie, URS, via telephone. April CDOT Page 89, Table and Page 90, Table CDOT Sustaining Nature and Community in the Pikes Peak Region. A Sourcebook for Analyzing Regional Cumulative Effects. December Colorado Department of Wildlife (CDOW). 2001a. Greenback cutthroat trout. Accessed on website: References 233

3 CDOW and the Natural Resources Ecology Lab. 2001b. Online Natural Diversity Index System, System for Conservation Planning, Accessed website at CDOW. 2001c. Page 138 CDOW. 2002a. Personal communication between Doug Krieger, CDOW, and Pam Roszell, URS, via telephone. September 9, CDOW. 2002b. Personal communication with Seth McClenan, CDOW and Pam Roszell, URS, via telephone. September 23, CDOW. 2003a. Personal communication between Gary Dowler, Aquatic Biologist, CDOW and Robert Quinlan, JF Sato and Associates, via telephone. February 12 and 18, CDOW. 2003b. Personal communication between Gary Dowler, Aquatic Biologist, CDOW, and Kim Cornelisse, URS, via telephone. April 18, Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP). 2001a. Survey of Critical Biological Resources of El Paso County. December CNHP. 2001b. Data received from query of sensitive element occurrences along Woodmen Road and vicinity. CNHP Monument Creek Watershed Landscape Assessment. Prepared for the U.S. Air Force Academy. January Colorado State Parks Planning Trails with Wildlife in Mind, Colorado State Parks and Hellmund Associates. Cooper, D.J Approaches for Restoring and Creating Wetlands in the Western United States. Proceedings High Altitude Revegetation Workshop No. 15. W.R. Keammerer and E.F. Redente, eds. Colorado Water Resources Research Institute, Information Series No. 95. March Colorado State University. Cowardin, L.M., V. Carter, F.C. Golet, and E.T. LaRoe Classification of Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats of the United States. U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, FWS/OBS-79/31. Washington, D.C. Craig, Gerald R Recommended Buffer Zones and Seasonal Restrictions for Colorado Raptors. Colorado Division of Wildlife. Updated February 8, Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Environmental Justice, Guidance Under the National Environmental Policy Act. December 10, DMJM Woodmen Road Improvement Study: Draft Technical Report. Driscoll et al Pollutant Loadings and Impacts from Highway Stormwater Runoff, Volume I: Design Procedure, FHWA-RD Driscoll et al Pollutant Loadings and Impacts from Highway Stormwater Runoff, Volume II: Users Guide for Interactive Computer Implementation of Design Procedure, FHWA-RD References

4 Driscoll et al Pollutant Loadings and Impacts from Highway Stormwater Runoff, Volume III: Analytical Investigation and Research Report, FHWA-RD Driscoll et al Pollutant Loadings and Impacts from Highway Stormwater Runoff, Volume IV: Research Report Data Appendix, FHWA-RD El Paso County Department of Transportation Woodmen Corridor Bicycle/Pedestrian Project, FY 2003 Enhancements Application. El Paso County Parks Personal communication between M. Bonar, El Paso County Parks and Loren Hettinger, JF Sato and Associates. March Environmental Laboratory Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual. Technical Report Y-87-1 (on-line edition). U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterway Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS. Executive Order Responsibilities of Federal Agencies to Protect Migratory Birds. January 10, Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Insurance Study (Map Number 08041C000). August Federal Emergency Management Agency. Flood Insurance Rate Map Panels 517 and 528 of Federal Highway Administration FHWA Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations, December 2, Fitzgerald, J.P, C.A. Meaney, and D.M. Armstrong Mammals of Colorado. University Press of Colorado, Niwot, Colorado. Hammerson, G. A Amphibians and Reptiles in Colorado: A Colorado Field Guide, Second Edition. University Press of Colorado. Niwot, Colorado. Huyck Page 89. Kingery, H.E. (Ed.) Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas. Colorado Bird Atlas Partnership and the Colorado Division of Wildlife, Denver, Colorado. Kiowa Engineering Corp Sand Creek Drainage Basin Planning Study, Preliminary Design Report, City of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, CO. rev. March Kralovec, M. L., R. L. Knight, G. R. Craig, and R. G. McLean Nesting Productivity, Food Habits, and Nest Sites of Bald Eagles in Colorado and Southeastern Wyoming. Southwestern Naturalist 37: Kumar & Associates, Inc Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Proposed Improvements to Woodmen Road and Black Forest Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado. February 26, Kumar & Associates, Inc. 2003a. Regulatory Records Search Woodmen Road Corridor from Powers to US 24, Colorado Springs, Colorado. April 3, Kumar & Associates, Inc. 2003b. Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) Woodmen Road from Powers Boulevard to US Highway 24 El Paso County Project No. 2K-061 Colorado Springs Colorado. April 8, References 235

5 Miller, B., G. Ceballos, R. Reading The Prairie Dog and Biotic Diversity. Conservation Biology. Volume 8, No. 3. pp September Mitsch and Gosselink Wetlands, 3 rd Edition, W.H. Freeman and Co. San Francisco, CA. Mountain View Electric Association, Inc Personal communication between Claude Hugly, Mountain View Electric Association, and Andrea Farley, URS, via telephone. December Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) Soils Survey of El Paso County Area, Colorado. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soils Conservation Service. Overman, B Personal communication between El Paso County Weed Supervisor and Debra Barringer, JF Sato and Associates, via telephone. October 25, Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments (PPACG) website: PPACG PPACG 2030 Regional Transportation Plan. October 13, PPACG Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP). October 13, PPACG. March Technical Report: Changes in Water Quality and Quantity in the Fountain Creek Watershed. Reed, P.B. Jr Edited Copy of National List of Plant Species That Occur in Wetlands: 1988 for Colorado. For National Wetlands Inventory, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Reed, P.B., Jr., R. Theriot, W. Sipple, and N. Melvin National List of Vascular Plant Species that Occur in Wetlands (1996 list). US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Wetlands Inventory. St. Petersburg, Florida. Serephin, M Public Information Officer for CDOW, cited in Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph by staff writers of Did You Ever Wonder? August 6, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) Wetlands Delineation Manual. U.S. Army Engineers Waterways Experiment Station. Technical Report Y Vicksburg, Mississippi. COE Personal communication between Anita Culp, COE Albuquerque District, and Loren Hettinger, JF Sato and Associates, regarding jurisdictional determination. March U.S. Census Bureau Census data, obtained from website: < U.S. Census Bureau Census data, obtained from website: < U.S. Census Bureau Supplementary Survey Summary of the U.S. Census Bureau, Change Profiles , obtained from website: < U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Guideline for Modeling Carbon Monoxide from Roadway Intersections (USEPA-454/R ), USEPA Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Technical Support Division. November USEPA website: References

6 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS). 2002a. Designated critical habitat for Mexican Spotted Owl. Accessed via website at: USFWS. 2002b. Black-tailed prairie dog: Black-tailed prairie dog fact sheet. Accessed on website at: USFWS. 2002c. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes critical habitat in Colorado and Wyoming for the Preble s meadow jumping mouse. Press release dated July 17, Accessed on website at USFWS. 2002d. Letter from USFWS concurring with Colorado Springs Utilities request for a block clearance zone for Preble s Meadow Jumping Mouse at Cottonwood Creek. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, Colorado Field Office. Lakewood, Colorado. April 4, USFWS Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants: Proposed Threatened Status for the Mountain Plover. Federal Register. Volume 64, No. 30. pp U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Map of the Colorado Springs-Castle Rock Area, Front Range Urban Corridor, Colorado. Map I-857-F. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geologic Survey. von Ahlefeldt, J.P Riparian Corridors in the Southern Transitional Area, Black Forest. Prepared for Community Leadership Team Southern Transitional Area Planning Effort. Colorado Springs, Colorado. Weber, W.A. and R. C. Wittmann Colorado Flora: Eastern Slope, Third Edition. University Press of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. Woodling Colorado s Little Fish: A Guide to the Minnows and Other Lesser Known Fishes in the State of Colorado. 8.0 References 237

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