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624 Water Street <br /> Q <br /> Edge Prairie du Sac,WI 53578 <br /> ® 608.644.1449 phone <br /> Consulting Engineers, Inc. 608.644.1549 fax <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: FCC <br /> FROM: Edge Consulting Engineers,Inc. <br /> DATE: January 25,2011 <br /> SUBJECT: SECTION 7 ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT CONSULTATION <br /> PROPOSED TOWER <br /> MAGNUM <br /> DANE COUNTY, WI <br /> Entity Submitting Request Magnum Communications, Inc. <br /> Property Address:3768 Old Stage Road Oregon,WI 53575 <br /> T-R-S:S ''A of the NE 1/4 of Section 34,TO5N, R 1 OE <br /> Further Description: <br /> The proposed project will consist of the construction of a 500-foot guyed tower on the Stoughton <br /> Farms property near 3768 Old Stage Road in the Town of Rutland, Dane County,Wisconsin. The <br /> proposed tower site shall be located in an untilled,fallow field. A fenced,20-foot by 20-foot <br /> gravel compound will be constructed at the base of the tower. A proposed maintained grass <br /> drive will provide access to the site,connecting the compound with Old Stage Road. <br /> Edge Consulting carefully reviewed the U.S. Fish&Wildlife technical assistance website on <br /> January 25,2011,for federally-listed threatened and endangered species. According to the <br /> website,six(6)species are listed and may be present in Dane County:whooping crane, Higgins' <br /> eye pearly mussel,sheepnose,eastern prairie fringed orchid,mead's milkweed,and prairie bush- <br /> clover. <br /> The action area for the proposed project is located within an untilled,fallow field(former <br /> agricultural field). <br /> o The habitat for the whooping crane, listed as a non-essential experimental population, is <br /> listed as open wetlands and lakeshores. This habitat is not present within or within the <br /> immediate vicinity of the proposed project area. <br /> o Higgins'eye pearly mussel(endangered)and sheepnose(proposed as endangered) <br /> are listed for generic rivers,the lower Wisconsin River,and the Mississippi River-no <br /> impacts to any water bodies will occur as part of the proposed undertaking and <br /> therefore no impacts to either species will occur. <br /> o The habitat for the eastern prairie fringed orchid is listed as wet grasslands. No signs of <br /> wet grasslands were observed within the proposed project area or surrounding area, <br /> and no wet grasslands will be excavated or impacted for this project. Additionally,no <br /> evidence of this species was observed. <br /> o Mead's milkweed(threatened)natural habitat is listed as upland tallgrass prairie or <br /> glade/barren habitat. A note in the file indicates that all the Mead's milkweed sites in <br /> 5080 FWS No Effect Memo 1 of 2 <br />