Appendix F Detailed Cover Type Tables - USDA Rural Development

Bemidji – Grand Rapids
Biological Assessment and Evaluation
trend forward Federal listing. Where impacts are unavoidable, the applicant will obtain
necessary take permits and negotiate appropriate mitigation.
• DRM: The project may adversely impact individuals, but is not likely to result in a loss of viability
in the Planning Area, nor cause a trend forward Federal listing. Where individuals or populations
of Taxus canadensis are present within the clearing area of the transmission corridor, adverse
effects are expected to occur. Adverse affects to are likely occur due to clearing activities and
increased exposure to sunlight to individuals of Botrychium dissectum and Botrychium simplex
adapted to shady microhabitats, though as these species are also adapted to open conditions,
effects are expected to be short lived as corridor becomes more shrubby. The project is likely to
have no effect on the remainder of the species in this guild as strict avoidance of known
populations will be strictly adhered to, and these species are adapted to more open conditions.
Where impacts are unavoidable, the applicant will obtain necessary take permits and negotiate
appropriate mitigation.
No Build Alternative
The No Build Alternative would not alter the existing condition along any of the routes where existing
utility corridors exist; no adverse impacts would occur.
Mitigation
Known populations of listed plant species will be resurveyed and protective fencing placed prior to
construction activities after the final route has been chosen, and centerline identified. Where possible,
the route will shift within the 1,000‐foot‐wide route corridor to avoid known populations requiring
closed canopy. Where route shifting is not possible, the Applicants will seek take permits and negotiate
appropriate mitigation with the agencies.
5.3.6 Northern Hardwood Forest
This guild includes eightteen TE plant species that have potential to be found within these communities:
• Botrychium dissectum – Dissected grape fern,
• Botrychium lanceolatum var. angustisegmentum – lance‐leaved grape fern,
• Botrychium minganense – Mingan moonwort,
• Botrychium mormo – goblin fern,
• Botrychium oneidense – blunt‐lobed grape fern,
• Botrychium simplex – least grape fern,
• Carya cordiformis – bitternut hickory,
• Carpinus caroliniana – blue beech,
• Celtis occidentalis – Hackberry,
• Dryopteris goldiana – Goldie’s wood fern,
• Juglans cinerea – butternut,
• Mitchella repens – partridge‐berry,
• Orobanche uniflora – One‐flowered broomrape,
• Pinus strobus – white pine,
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