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Bulavinetz,. Richard From: Bulavinetz, Richard Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2010 8:36 AM To: Eccleston, Charles

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FW: Cumulative Template - Cooper Attachments: Table 2-9 T&E spp -terr&FW.docx FYI:

From: Dillard, Steve rmailto:STEVE.DILLARDbaecom.com]

Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 8:06 PM To: Bulavinetz, Richard

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RE: Cumulative Template - Cooper Thanks Rich. I've attached the revised T&E table. Still working on the text sections. I was out of the office traveling Mon and Tues, so I'm not as far along as I wanted to be.

Steve Dillard Senior Scientist, Life Sciences Group Leader Environment D 864-234-8920 steve.dillard(.aecom.com AECOM 10 Patewood Drive, Building VI, Suite 500 Greenville, SC 29615 T 864-234-2300 F 864-234-3069 www.aecom.com From: Bulavinetz, Richard rmailto: Richard.Bulavinetzanrc.govl Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 2:06 PM To: Dillard, Steve

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Cumulative Template - Cooper

- Sorry I could not get this to you sooner.

Since each plant will have specific issues unique to the plant/region, take a look at the slightly bigger picture for cumulative at Salem (don't forget to look at t-line corridors):

Not too far from metro areas Previous marsh impacts in region - harvesting for bedding; filled/drained for agri(?)

Major development/industry in vicinity of Delaware Memorial Bridge

-4Waterimpacts - possibly less impact to terrestrial down by Salem Marsh restoration projects - improvements, to name a few.

How are updates going?\

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Table 2-9. Threatened and Endangered Terrestrial and Freshwater Aquatic Species Recorded in Salem County and Counties Crossed by Transmission Lines Status Cut~)Hbtte Scientific Name(a) Common Name Federal(b) State(b),(c) County(d) Habitat~e)

Birds Deciduous, coniferous, and mixed riparian or wetland forests; Accipitercooperii Cooper's hawk - T/T Gloucester, Salem specipia re teard m or specifically remote red maple or 1

black gum swamps.0 )

Open fallow fields with high, thick herbaceous vegetation (not Ammodramus henslowii Henslow's sparrow -E Gloucester woody) with a few scattered shrubs; and grassy fields between salt marsh and uplands along the Delaware Bay coast.(1 )

Grasslands, pastures, agricultural lands, and other habitats with A. savannarum grasshopper sparrow - T/S Salem short- to medium-height grasses scattered with patches of bare ground.(1)

Open meadows and fallow fields BartramiaIongicauda upland sandpiper - E Gloucester, Salem often associated with pastures, airports or farms with a mixture of tall and short grasses.i)

Deciduous, riparian, or mixed woodlands in remote, old growth Buteo lineatus red-shouldered hawk - E/T Gloucester forests; and hardwood swamps with standing water, or vast contiguous, freshwater 1

wetlands.0 )

.Freshwater, brackish, and saline tidal marshes; emergent Circus cyaneus northern harrier - E/U Salem wetlands; fallow fields; grasslands; meadows; airports; and agricultural areas.(1)

Table 2-9. Threatened and Endangered Terrestrial and Freshwater Aquatic Species Recorded in Salem County and Counties Crossed by Transmission Lines Status Cut~)Hbtte Scientific Name(a) Common Name Federal(b) State(b),(c) County(d) Habitat(e)

Wet meadows, freshwater Cistothorus platensis marshes, bogs, and drier portions sedge wren -E Salem of salt or brackish coastal marshes.0)

Hayfields, pastures, grassy meadows, and other low-intensity Dolichonyx oryzivorus bobolink T/T Salem agricultural areas; may occur in coastal and freshwater marshes during migration.Y)

Nest on buildings, bridges, man-Falcoperegrinus peregrine falcon E Camden, Gloucester, made structures and forage in Salem open area near water(1 )

Large, perch trees in forested Haliaeetusleucocephalus bald eagle E Gloucester, Salem areas associated with water and 1

tidal areas.0 )

Melanerpes red-headed Camden, Gloucester, Upland and wetland open Woods erythrocephalus woodpecker T/T Salem that contain dead or dyin?, trees, and sparse undergrowth. 1)

Dead trees or platforms near coastal/inland rivers, marshes, Pandion haliaetus osprey -TIT Gloucester, Salem bays, inlets, and other areas associated with bodies of water that support adequate fish 1

populations.0 )

Open habitats such as alfalfa Passerculus fields, grasslands, meadows, sandwichensis savannah sparrow T/T Salem fallow fields, airports, along the coast; and within salt marsh edges as well.(')

Podilymbuspodiceps pied-billed grebe E/S Salem Freshwater marshes associated

Table 2-9. Threatened and Endangered Terrestrial and Freshwater Aquatic Species Recorded in Salem County and Counties Crossed by Transmission Lines Status Cut~)Hbtte Scientific Name(a) Common Name Federal(b) State(bi(C) County(d, Habitat(e) with bogs, lakes, or slow-moving rivers.(I Pastures, grasslands, cultivated Pooecetes gramineus vesper sparrow - E Gloucester, Salem fields containing crops, and other open areas.(1)

Remote, contiguous, old growth wetland forests, including Strix varia barred owl T/T Gloucester, Salem deciduous wetland forests; and Atlantic white cedar swamps associated with stream corridors. ()

Reptiles and Amphibians Uplands and wetlands containing Ambystoma tigrinum eastern tiger breeding ponds, forests, and salamander E Gloucester, Salem burrowing-appropriate soil types such as old fields, and deciduous or mixed woods.0)

E Camden, Gloucester, Open, wet, grassy pastures or Clemmys muhlenbergii bog turtle T Salem bogs with soft, muddy bottoms.0)

DE: E New Castle Deciduous upland forests or Crotalus horridushorridus timber rattlesnake -E Camden pinelands habitats, often near cedar swamps and along streambanks.1)

Specialized acidic habitats such

.Camden, Gloucester, as Atlantic white cedar swamps Hyla andersou pine barrens treefrog E C Salem and pitch pine lowlands with open canopies, dense shrub layers, and heavy ground cover.

Pituophismelanoleucus northern pine snake - T Camden, Gloucester, Dry pine-oak forest types growing

Table 2-9. Threatened and Endangered Terrestrial and Freshwater Aquatic Species Recorded in Salem County and Counties Crossed by Transmission Lines Scietifc Comon Nae~a ameStatus Scientific Name Common Name eral(b) State(b),(c) County(d) Habitat(e)

Salem on infertile sandy soils.(1)

Invertebrates Dry clearings and open areas, Callophrys irus frosted elfin - T Camden savannas, power-line ROWs, roadsides.( )

Medium to large rivers, lakes and ponds; substrate types - sand, Lampsilis cariosa yellow lampmussel T Gloucester silt, cobble, and gravel; larval hosts - white perch and yellow perch.(22 )

Freshwater water with tidal Leptodea ochracea tidewater mucket T Camden, Gloucester influence on the lower coastal 32 plain, pristine rivers.( )

Lakes, ponds, streams and rivers Ligumia nasuta eastern pond mussel T Camden, Gloucester of variable depths with muddy,32 sandy, or gravelly substrates.3 Brackish and freshwater marshes, bogs, fens, seepages, Lycaena hyllus bronze copper E Salem wet sedge meadows, riparian zones, wet grasslands, and 1

drainage ditches. )

Open areas, savannas, old fields, Pontia protodice checkered white - T Camden vacant lots, power-line ROWs, forest edges. (1)

Plants Aeschynomene virginica sensitive joint vetch T E Camden, Gloucester, Fresh to slightly salty (brackish)

Salem tidal marshes.

Aplectrum hyemale putty root -E Gloucester Moist, deciduous upland to swampy forests.(3)

Aristida lanosa wooly three-awn E Camden, Salem Dry fields, uplands, pink-oak grass woods, primarily in sandy soil.(4)

Table 2-9. Threatened and Endangered Terrestrial and Freshwater Aquatic Species Recorded in Salem County and Counties Crossed by Transmission Lines Status Cut~)Hbtte Scientific Name(a) Common Name Federal(b) State(b),(c) County(d) Habitat(e)

Shady, open-woods areas in wet, Asimina triloba pawpaw E Gloucester fertile bottomlands, or upland areas on rich soils.(5)

Wet meadows, open boggy Aster radula low rough aster E Camden, Gloucester, woods, and along the edges; or Salem openings in wet spruce or tamarack forests.(6)

Rocky, open slopes, woodlands, Bouteloua curtipendula side oats grama E Gloucester and forest openings up to an grass elevation of approximately 7000 ft.( 5)

Cacaliaatriplicifolia pale Indian plantain - E Camden, Gloucester 0roy open woods thickets, and rocky openings.(6)

Dry, open, sandy to rocky sites Calystegiaspithamaea erect bindweed - E Camden, Salem such as pitch pine/scrub oak barrens, sandy roadsides, riverbanks, and ROWs.(7)

Swamps, bogs, marshes, very wet soil, ponds, lakes, marshy Carex aquatilis water sedge - E Camden meadows, and other wand-meadows, and other wetland-type sites.(9)

C. bushli Bush's sedge -E Camden Dry to mesic grasslands, and forest margins.(3)

Fens, sphagnum bogs, wet C. limosa mud sedge -E Gloucester meadows, and shorelines.(3)

Dry, sandy, open areas of scrub, C. polymorpha variable sedge - E Gloucester forests, swampy woods, and along banks and marsh edge.(81 Castaneapumila chinquapin - E Gloucester, Salem High ridges and slopes within

Table 2-9. Threatened and Endangered Terrestrial and Freshwater Aquatic Species Recorded in Salem County and Counties Crossed by Transmission Lines Status Cut~)Hbtte Scientific Name(a) Common Name Federal(b) State(b),(c) County(d) Habitat(e) mixed hardwood forests, dry pinelands, and ROWs(5)

Rich, moist wooded areas in the Cercis canadensis redbud - E Camden forest understory, streambanks, and abandoned farmlands. (5)

Moist, often salty soils along the Chenopodium rubrum red goosefoot - E Camden Atlantic coast.l1°U Riverbanks, floodplains, and Cyperus lancastriensis Lancaster flat sedge - E Camden, Gloucester other disturbed, sunny or partly sunny places in mesic, or dry-mesic soils.(3)

Along shores, in ditches, and C. polystachyos coast flat sedge - E Salem swales between dunes. 3)

Open mesic forests, stream C. pseudovegetus marsh flat sedge - E Salem edges, swamps, moist sandy areas, and bottomland prairies.11 )

Diodia virginiana larger buttonweed - E Camden Wet pondmeadows margins.( 11in) wet soils, and Fresh, oligotrophic, often drying, Eleocharismelanocarpa black-fruit spike-rush - E Salem sandy shores, ponds, and ditches.(3)

E. equisetoides knotted spike-rush - E Gloucester Fresh lakes, ponds, marshes, streams, and cypress swamps.(3)

Bogs, ditches, seeps, and other E. tortilis twisted spike-rush - E Gloucester freshwater, acidic places.(3)

Eriophorum tenellum rough cotton-grass - E Camden, Gloucester substrates. (3) wet, peaty Bogs and other Eupatorium capillifolium dog fennel - E Camden Coastal meadows, fallow fields,

Table 2-9. Threatened and Endangered Terrestrial and Freshwater Aquatic Species Recorded in Salem County and Counties Crossed by Transmission Lines Status Cut~)Hbtte Common Name Federal(b) State(b),(c) County(d) Habitat(e)

Scientific Name(a) thoroughwort flatwoods, marshes, 15 and disturbed sites.( )

Tidal marshes, wetlands, open swamps, wet ditches, sandy acidic soils of grass-sedge bogs, E. resinosum pine barren boneset E Camden, Gloucester pocosin -sadnae on s, pocosin-savannah ecotones, beaver ponds, and shrub swamps. (17)

Darlington's glade E Salem Rich, cool woods along seeps, Euphorbiapurpurea spurge streams, or swamps.(17)

Glyceria grandis American manna E Camden Grassy areas.(6) grass small-flower halfchaff Emergent shorelines, but rarely Hemicarpha micrantha sedge freshwater tidal shores.(3)

Quiet, shallow water of pools, Hottonia inflata featherfoil E Salem streams, ditches, and 0 occasionally in wet soil.(2 )

Mesic, deciduous forests, often Hydrastis canadensis golden seal -E Camden on clayey soil.(3)

Hydrocotyle floating marsh- E Salem Ponds, marshes, and wet ranunculoides pennywort ground.(1 9)

Hypericum adpressum Barton's St. John's- E Salem Pond shore.(7) wort Mixed deciduous forests in second- or third-growth successional stages, coniferous small-whorled forests; typically light to moderate Isotria meleoloides . T leaf litter, open herb layer, pogonia moderate to light shrub layer, and relatively open canopy; flats or slope bases near canopy breaks. (3)

Table 2-9. Threatened and Endangered Terrestrial and Freshwater Aquatic Species Recorded in Salem County and Counties Crossed by Transmission Lines Status Cut~)Hbtte Scientific Name(a) Common Name Federal(b) State(b),(c) County(d) Habitateo)

Statewod, Border e Juncus caesariensis New Jersey rush E Camden Borders of wet woods, wet springy bogs, and swamps.(3 )

Edge of sloughs, wet sandy shores; along slightly alkaline J. torreyi Torrey's rush E Camden watercourses; swamps; sometimes on clay soils, alkaline soils, and calcareous wet meadows.(3)

Limestone edges of bluffs, rocky Kuhnia eupatorioides false boneset - E Camden wooded slopes, and rocky limestone talus.(0')

Mesotrophic to eutrophic, quiet Lemna perpusilla minute duckweed - E Camden, Salem waters with relatively mild winters.(3)

Limosella subulata awl-leaf mudwort - E Camden Freshwater marshes.(18)

Open, dry, sandplain grasslands or moors; sand barrens; mown Linum intercursum sandplain flax - E Camden, Salem fields; and swaths under powerlines, 23 usually in small colonies.( )

Luzula acuminate hairy wood-rush - E Gloucester, Salem Grassy areas.(6)

Fens, bottomland prairies; mesic Melanthium virginicum Virginia bunchflower - E Camden, Gloucester, upland forests; mesic upland Salem prairies; along streams, roadsides, and railroads.(11 )

long-awn smoke - E Gloucester Sandy, pine openings; dry grass praires; and exposed ledges.(6 )13 Myriophyllum tenellum slender water-milfoil - E Camden Sandy soil, water to 5 ft deep. )

Floodplain marsh; associated M. pinnatum cut-leaf water-milfoil -E Salem with Asclepias perrenis, Salix caroliniana,and Ludwigia 16 repens.( )

Nelumbo lutea American lotus -E Camden, Salem Mostly floodplains of major rivers in ponds, lakes, pools in swamps

Table 2-9. Threatened and Endangered Terrestrial and Freshwater Aquatic Species Recorded in Salem County and Counties Crossed by Transmission Lines Status Cut~)Hbtte Scientific Name(a) Common Name Federal(b) State(b),(c) County~d) Habitat(e) and marshes, and backwaters of reservoirs.(3)

Onosmodium virginianum Virginia false- Camden, Gloucester, Sandy soil, and dry open gromwell E Salem woods.(10)

Rich wooded slopes, shaded Ophioglossum vulgatum southern adder's Esecondary woods, forested pycnostichum tongue E Salem bottomlands, and floodplain woods, south of Wisconsin glaciations. (3)

Penstemon laevigatus smooth beardtongue E Gloucester Rich woods and fields. (6)

Floodplain forests; white cedar, Platantheraflava flava southern rein orchid E Camden hardwood, and cypress swamps; riparian thickets; and wet meadows. (3)

Polemonium reptans Greek-valerian -E Salem Moist, stream banks; and deciduous woods. (6)

Woodland edges, forest Prunusangustifolia chickasaw plum ECamden, Gloucester, openings, open woodlands, P E Salem savannahs, prairies, plains, meadows, pastures, roadsides, and fence rows. (6)

Dry south or west facing slopes Pycnanthemum basil mountain mint E Camden on rocky soils; open oak-hickory clinopodioides forests, woodlands, or savannas with exposed bedrock. (1")

Open, dry, including red cedar P. torrei Torrey's mountain E Gloucester barrens, rocky summits, mint roadsides and trails, and dry upland woods.(8)

Rich bottomlands, and dry to Quercus imbricaria shingle oak E Gloucester moist uplands. (6)

Lowlands, bottoms, wet forests, Q. lyrata overcup oak E Salem streamside forests, and periodically inundated areas.

Table 2-9. Threatened and Endangered Terrestrial and Freshwater Aquatic Species Recorded in Salem County and Counties Crossed by Transmission Lines Status Cut~)Hbtte Scientific Name(a) Common Name Federal(b) State(b),(c) County(d) Habitat(e)

Rhododendron atlanticum dwarf azalea E Salem Moist, flat, pine woods, and savannas.

s coarse grass-like Camden, Gloucester, Sandy and rocky stream banks, Rhynchospora globularis bE sink-hole ponds, upland prairies, beaked-rush ESalem open rocky, and sandy areas. (11)

Knieskern's beaked- Moist to wet pine barrens, borrow R. knieskernil rush T E Camden pits, and sand pits.(3)

Swamps of acid waters and Sagittariateres slender arrowhead E Camden sandy pool shores, and mostly along Atlantic Coastal Plain.

Acidic, sandy or peaty soils in open flatwoods, streamhead pocosins, pitch pine lowland forests, longleaf pine/oak Schwalbea americana chaffseed E E Camden sandhills, seepage bogs, palustrine pine savannahs, ecotonal areas between peaty wetlands, 17 and xeric sandy soils.( )

Scirpus longli Long's woolgrass E Camden Marshes. (3)

Scutellarialeonardii small skullcap E Salem Fields, meadows, and prairies. (6)

Primarily on coastal plain marshes, swamps, dry to damp Spiranthes laciniata lace-lip ladies' E Gloucester roadsides, meadows, ditches, tresses fields, cemeteries, lawns; and occasionally in standing water. (3)

Walter's St. John's Buttonbush swamps, swamp Triadenum walteri E Camden woods, thickets, and wort streambanks.( 21)

Utriculariabiflora two-flower bladderwort E Gloucester, Salem Shores and shallows.( 13 )

Pastures, prairies, valleys, creek Valerianellaradiata beaked cornsalad E Gloucester beds, wet meadows, roadsides, glades, and railroads. (11)

Table 2-9. Threatened and Endangered Terrestrial and Freshwater Aquatic Species Recorded in Salem County and Counties Crossed by Transmission Lines Status Cut~)Hbtte Name(a) Common Name Federal(b) State(b),(c) County(d) Habitate)

Scientific Verbena simplex narrow-leaf vervain - E Camden, Gloucester Fields, meadows, and prairies.(6)

Vernonia glauca broad-leaf ironweed - E Gloucester, Salem Dry fields clearings, and upland 9 E Gouceter, alem forests.(21S squirrel-tail six- E Camden, Gloucester, Grass-like, or grassy habitats.(6)

Vulpia elliotea weeks grass Salem Quiet waters in warm-sword bogmat E Salem temperature regions with Wolifiella flordana -

relatively mild winters, and mesotrophic.(3)

Low pine savanna, bogs, seeps, Xyris fimbriarta fringed yellow-eyed E Camden peats and mucks of pond grass shallows, and sluggish shallow streams.(3)

(a) Species with a State listing status of E, T, or SC are not included in this table if they have a State Element Rank of S3 (rare), S4 (apparently secure), or SH (occurred historically, but no extant occurrences known).

(b) E = Endangered; T = Threatened; C = Candidate; - = Not Listed. Source of listing status: FWS 2009c, NJDEP 2008c, and DNREC 2009.

(c) State status shown is for the counties shown. All are for New Jersey except where a Delaware status (DE:) is shown for New Castle County.

New Jersey: State status for birds separated by a slash (0)indicates a dual status. First status refers to the breeding population in the state, and the second status refers to the migratory or winter population in the state. S = Stable species (a species whose population is not undergoing any long-term increase/decrease within its natural cycle); U = Undetermined (a species about which there is not enough information available to determine the status).

SC = Species Concern (a species showing evidence of decline, may become threatened) (NJDEP 2008c).

Delaware: Delaware does not maintain T&E species lists by county. Upon request, Delaware provided PSEG the locations of species of greatest conservation need that occur within 0.5 mi (0.8 km) of the transmission corridor in New Castle County (DNREC 2009). State Rank S1- extremely rare in the state (typically 5 or fewer occurrences); S2- very rare within the state (6 to 20 occurrences); S3-rare to uncommon in Delaware; B - Breeding; N -

Nonbreeding (DNREC 2009).

(d) Camden, Gloucester, and Salem Counties are in New Jersey; New Castle County is in Delaware. Source of county occurrence data: FWS 2009c, NJDEP 2008b, and DNREC 2009.

(e) Habitat Information Sources:

1 NJDEP 2004b 2 FWS2008a.

3 eFloras.org. 2003.

4. Utah State University 2010.

5 USDA 2006.

6 University of Texas at Austin 2010.

7 New England Wild Flower Society 2003.

8 NYNHP 2010.

Table 2-9. Threatened and Endangered Terrestrial and Freshwater Aquatic Species Recorded in Salem County and Counties Crossed by Transmission Lines S tatu s C u t~ )H bt t e Scientific Name(a) Common Name Federal(b) State(b),(c) County(d) Habitat(e) 9 USDA 2010.

10 neartica.com 2010.

11 Missouriplants.com 2010.

12 Michigan Natural Features Inventory 2010.

13 University of Wisconsin 2010.

14 Missouri Botanical Gardens 2010.

15 Alabamaplants.com 2010.

16 NatureServe. 2009.

17 Center for Plant Conservation (CPC) 2010.

Calflora 2010.

18 University of Washington Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture 2006.

19 Ohio Department of Natural Reources 1983.

20 Pennsylvannia Natural Heritage Program 2007.

21 Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife 2009.

22 Georgia Department of Natural Resources 2008.

23 USDA 1999.

24 University of Georgia 2010.

21 South Carolina Department of Natural Resources 2010.

26 Hilty 2010.

27 Wemert 1998.