[Federal Register: August 11, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 154)]
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Part II
Department of the Interior
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Fish and Wildlife Service
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50 CFR Part 17
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Designation of
Critical Habitat for Four Vernal Pool Crustaceans and Eleven Vernal
Pool Plants in California and Southern Oregon; Evaluation of Economic
Exclusions From August 2003 Final Designation; Final Rule
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17
RIN 1018-AU06
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Final Designation
of Critical Habitat for Four Vernal Pool Crustaceans and Eleven Vernal
Pool Plants in California and Southern Oregon; Evaluation of Economic
Exclusions From August 2003 Final Designation
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), have re-evaluated
the economic exclusions made to our previous final rule (68 FR 46683;
August 6, 2003), which designated critical habitat pursuant to the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), for 4 vernal pool
crustaceans and 11 vernal pool plants. A total of approximately 858,846
acres (ac) (347,563 hectares (ha)) of land are now designated critical
habitat. This reflects exclusion of lands from the final designation
for economic reasons, pursuant to section 4(b)(2) of the Act. This
designation also reflects the lands previously confirmed for exclusion
under 4(b)(2) of the Act for non-economic reasons (70 FR 11140; March
8, 2005). The non-economic exclusions include the boundaries of various
Habitat Conservation Plans, National Wildlife Refuges and National fish
hatchery lands (33,097 ac (13,394 ha)), State lands within ecological
reserves and wildlife management areas (20,933 ac (8,471 ha)),
Department of Defense lands within Beale and Travis Air Force Bases as
well as Fort Hunter Liggett and Camp Roberts Army installations (64,259
ac (26,005 ha)), Tribal lands managed by the Mechoopda Tribe (644 ac
(261 ha)), and the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve (10,200 ac
(4,128 ha)) from the final designation.
DATES: This rule becomes effective on September 12, 2005.
ADDRESSES: Comments and materials received, as well as supporting
documentation used in the preparation of this final rule, will be
available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business
hours at the Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 2800 Cottage, Room W-2605, Sacramento, CA 95825. The
final rule, economic analysis, and map will also be available via the
Internet at http://sacramento.fws.gov/.
We have attempted to address all comments received during the
comment periods associated with this final rule, however if you believe
that your comments have not been adequately addressed then the Act
provides the opportunity for you to petition the Service to amend the
final critical habitat rule. Petitions should be submitted to the
address above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Arnold Roessler, at the Sacramento
Fish and Wildlife Office address above; telephone (916) 414-6600;
facsimile (916) 414-6712.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Designation of Critical Habitat Provides Little Additional Protection
to Species
In 30 years of implementing the Act, the Service has found that the
designation of statutory critical habitat provides little additional
protection to most listed species, while consuming significant amounts
of available conservation resources. The Service's present system for
designating critical habitat has evolved since its original statutory
prescription into a process that provides little real conservation
benefit, is driven by litigation and the courts rather than biology,
limits our ability to fully evaluate the science involved, consumes
enormous agency resources, and imposes huge social and economic costs.
The Service believes that additional agency discretion would allow our
focus to return to those actions that provide the greatest benefit to
the species most in need of protection.
Role of Critical Habitat in Actual Practice of Administering and
Implementing the Act
While attention to and protection of habitat is paramount to
successful conservation actions, we have consistently found that, in
most circumstances, the designation of critical habitat is of little
additional value for most listed species, yet it consumes large amounts
of conservation resources. Sidle (1987) stated, ``Because the Act can
protect species with and without critical habitat designation, critical
habitat designation may be redundant to the other consultation
requirements of section 7.'' Currently, only 464 species or 37 percent
of the 1,264 listed species in the U.S. under the jurisdiction of the
Service have designated critical habitat.
We address the habitat needs of all 1,264 listed species through
conservation mechanisms such as listing, section 7 consultations, the
Section 4 recovery planning process, the Section 9 protective
prohibitions of unauthorized take, Section 6 funding to the States, and
the Section 10 incidental take permit process. The Service believes
that it is these measures that may make the difference between
extinction and survival for many species.
We note, however, that a recent Ninth Circuit judicial opinion,
Gifford Pinchot Task Force v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service,
has invalidated the Service's regulation defining destruction or
adverse modification of critical habitat. On December 9, 2004, the
Director issued guidance to be used in making section 7 adverse
modification determinations.
Procedural and Resource Difficulties in Designating Critical Habitat
The Service has been inundated with lawsuits for our failure to
designate critical habitat, and we face a growing number of lawsuits
challenging critical habitat determinations once they are made. These
lawsuits have subjected the Service to an ever-increasing series of
court orders and court-approved settlement agreements, compliance which
now consumes nearly the entire endangered species listing program
budget. This leaves the Service with little ability to prioritize its
activities to direct scarce listing resources to the listing program
actions with the most biologically urgent species conservation needs.
The consequence of the critical habitat litigation activity is that
limited listing funds are used to defend active lawsuits, to respond to
Notices of Intent (NOIs) to sue relative to critical habitat, and to
comply with the growing number of adverse court orders. As a result,
listing petition responses, the Service's own proposals to list
critically imperiled species and final listing determinations on
existing proposals are all significantly delayed.
The accelerated schedules of court ordered designations have left
the Service with almost no ability to provide for adequate public
participation or to ensure a defect-free rulemaking process before
making decisions on listing and critical habitat proposals due to the
risks associated with noncompliance with judicially-imposed deadlines.
This in turn fosters a second round of litigation in which those who
fear adverse impacts from critical habitat designations challenge those
designations. The cycle of litigation appears endless, is very
expensive, and in the final analysis
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provides relatively little additional protection to listed species.
The costs resulting from the designation include legal costs, the
cost of preparation and publication of the designation, the analysis of
the economic effects and the cost of requesting and responding to
public comment, and in some cases the costs of compliance with the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). None of these costs result in
any benefit to the species that is not already afforded by the
protections of the Act enumerated earlier, and they directly reduce the
funds available for direct and tangible conservation actions.
Background
The four vernal pool crustaceans involved in this critical habitat
designation are the Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), vernal
pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), and vernal pool tadpole shrimp
(Lepidurus packardi). The 11 vernal pool plant species are Butte County
meadowfoam (Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica), Contra Costa
goldfields (Lasthenia conjugens), Hoover's spurge (Chamaesyce hooveri),
fleshy (or succulent) owl's-clover (Castilleja campestris ssp.
succulenta), Colusa grass (Neostapfia colusana), Greene's tuctoria
(Tuctoria greenei), hairy Orcutt grass (Orcuttia pilosa), Sacramento
Orcutt grass (Orcuttia viscida), San Joaquin Valley Orcutt grass
(Orcuttia inaequalis), slender Orcutt grass (Orcuttia tenuis), and
Solano grass (Tuctoria mucronata).
All of the above vernal pool crustaceans and plants live in vernal
pools (shallow depressions that hold water seasonally), swales (shallow
drainages that carry water seasonally), and ephemeral (short duration)
freshwater habitats. The vernal pool habitats of the 4 vernal pool
crustaceans and 11 plants addressed in this final rule have a
discontinuous distribution west of the Sierra Nevada that extends from
southern Oregon through California into northern Baja California,
Mexico (Holland and Jain 1978, 1988; Eriksen and Belk 1999).
Wetlands are defined by plants, soils, and frequency of flooding
(Cowardin et al., 1979). There is no single, correct, indisputable,
ecologically sound definition for wetlands, primarily because wetlands
are so diverse and because the separation between dry and wet
environments lies along a continuum (Cowardin et al., 1979). Vernal
pools are a type of seasonally-flooded emergent wetland. Seasonally-
flooded emergent wetlands are areas where surface water is present for
extended periods, especially early in the growing season, but is absent
by the end of the season in most years (Cowardin et al., 1979).
Emergent wetlands are characterized by erect, rooted, herbaceous
hydrophytes (plants that can grow in soils too waterlogged for most
other plants), excluding mosses and lichens. This vegetation is present
for most of the growing season in most years (Cowardin et al., 1979).
One feature that distinguishes vernal pools from other seasonally
flooded emergent wetlands is that they are dominated by annual rather
than perennial species (Jokerst 1990, Zedler 1990).
Vernal pools form where there is a soil layer below or at the
surface that is impermeable or nearly impermeable to water (Smith and
Verrill 1998). Precipitation and surface runoff become trapped or
perched above this layer. The restrictive soil layers underlying vernal
pools are of four main types: hardpans, claypans, volcanic flows, and
non-volcanic rock. The soil parent material underlying the vernal pools
greatly influences the species composition and hydrologic functioning
of the vernal pool (Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Smith and Verrill 1998).
Soils beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and may not be the
same as soils mapped by soil surveys (Holland and Dain 1990). Vernal
pools typically occur in landscapes that, on a broad scale, are
shallowly sloping or nearly level, but on a fine scale may be quite
bumpy. Some vernal pool landscapes are dotted with numerous rounded
soil mounds known as mima mounds (Scheffer 1947).
Vernal pools begin to fill with the fall and winter rains. Before
ponding occurs, there is a period during which the soil is wetted and
the local water table may rise. Some pools have a substantial watershed
that contributes to their water inputs; others may fill almost entirely
from rain falling directly into the pool (Hanes and Stromberg 1998).
Although exceptions are not uncommon, the watershed generally
contributes more to the filling of larger or deeper pools, especially
playa pools. Even in pools filled primarily by direct precipitation,
Hanes and Stromberg (1998) report that subsurface inflows from
surrounding soils can help dampen water level fluctuations during late
winter and early spring. Vernal pools exhibit four major phases: (1)
The wetting phase, when vernal pool soils become saturated; (2) the
aquatic phase, when a perched water table develops and the vernal pool
contains water; (3) a water-logged drying phase, when the vernal pool
begins losing water as a result of evaporation and loss to the
surrounding soils but soil moisture remains high; and (4) the dry
phase, when the vernal pool and underlying soils are completely dry
(Keeley and Zedler 1998). Upland areas associated with vernal pools are
also an important source of nutrients to vernal pool organisms (Eriksen
and Belk 1999; Wetzel 1975). Vernal pool habitats derive most of their
nutrients from detritus (decaying matter) washed into pools from
adjacent uplands, and these nutrients provide the foundation for a
vernal pool aquatic community's food chain. Detritus (both living and
dead organic matter) is a primary food source for the vernal pool
crustaceans addressed in this rule (Eriksen and Belk 1999). Because
vernal pools are mostly rain-fed, they tend to have low nutrient levels
and dramatic daily fluctuations in pH, dissolved oxygen, and carbon
dioxide (Keeley and Zedler 1998).
Both the amount and timing of rainfall in California and Oregon
vary greatly from year to year. As a result, pools may fill to
different extents at different times. The duration of ponding of vernal
pools also varies, and in certain years some pools may not fill at all.
Many characteristics of vernal pool plants and animals result from
these organisms' adaptations to the highly variable and unpredictable
nature of vernal pools (Holland 1976; Holland and Dains 1990; King et
al. 1996; Hanes and Stromberg 1998).
Many vernal pool plants are pollinated by host-specific ground
dwelling solitary bees in the Andrenidae family (Thorp and Leong 1998;
Thorp 1976; Griggs 1974 as cited in Stone et al. 1988). The lifecycles
of these bees are closely tied to those of the vernal pool plants and
the emergence of the adult bees from their over-wintering nests within
the adjacent upland habitats (within 100 meters; Leong et al. 1995) of
vernal pools coincides with the flowering period of several vernal pool
plant species (Lasthenia sp., Limnanthes sp., Blennosperma sp.). The
upland areas provide habitat for nests, brood cells, resting and
overwintering habitat for the bees so they can complete their
lifecycles. These solitary, ground nesting bee species assist in
pollinating and cross pollinating of several vernal pool plants (Thorp
and Leong 1998).
For more information on vernal pool ecology and the species that
inhabit them, see the August 6, 2003, final designation of critical
habitat for the four vernal pool crustaceans and the eleven vernal pool
plants (68 FR 46684) and the individual listing rules for each species
(43 FR 44810; 57 FR 24192; 59 FR 48186; 62 FR 14338; 62 FR 34029).
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Previous Federal Actions
In January 2004, the Butte Environmental Council and several other
organizations filed a complaint alleging that we: (1) Violated both the
Act, and the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by excluding nearly 1
million ac (405,000 ha) from the final designation of critical habitat
for the 15 vernal pool species; (2) violated mandatory notice-and-
comment requirements under the Act and APA; and (3) engaged in an
unlawful pattern, practice, and policy by failing to properly consider
the economic impacts of designating critical habitat. On October 28,
2004, the court signed a Memorandum and Order in that case remanding
the final designation to the Service in part. In particular, the court
ordered us to: (1) Reconsider the exclusions from the final designation
of critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species, with the exception
of those lands within the five California counties that were excluded
based on potential economic impacts, and publish a new final
determination as to those lands within 120 days; and (2) reconsider the
exclusion of the five California counties based on potential economic
impacts and publish a new final determination no later than July 31,
2005. The court did not alter the August 6, 2003, final lands
designated as critical habitat.
In order to comply with the court order, on December 28, 2004, the
Service reopened the comment period on the designation for 30 days (69
FR 77700); to solicit any new information concerning the benefits of
excluding and including the lands excluded from the final rule pursuant
to section 4(b)(2) of the Act on the basis of non-economic
considerations. The final non-economic exclusions were published in a
Federal Register notice on March 8, 2005 (70 FR 11140). On June 30,
2005, a Notice of Availability of the draft Economic Analysis was
published (70 FR 37739) and the public comment period reopened for 20
days on the designation to solicit any new information concerning the
benefits of excluding. This final rule addresses the second requirement
of the remand: The reconsideration of those lands within the five
California counties; Butte, Madera, Merced, Sacramento, and Solano,
that were excluded based on potential economic impacts for the 15
vernal pool species, incorporates the non-economic exclusions (70 FR
11140), and finalizes the designation of critical habitat for the 4
vernal pool crustaceans and 11 vernal pool plants in California and
Southern Oregon.
Summary of Comments and Recommendations
We requested written comments from the public on the proposed
designation of critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species in the
proposed rule published on September 24, 2002, (67 FR 59883) and
subsequent Federal Register notices concerning the 15 vernal pool
species (67 FR 70201 and 68 FR 12336). We requested all interested
parties to submit comments on the specifics of the proposal, including
information related to the critical habitat designation, unit
boundaries, species occurrence information and distribution, land use
designations that may affect critical habitat, potential economic
effects of the proposed designation, benefits associated with critical
habitat designation, potential exclusions and the associated rationale
for the exclusions, and methods used to designate critical habitat.
In the December 28, 2004, reopening of public comment period for
noneconomic exclusions related to critical habitat designation (69 FR
77700), we requested all interested parties to submit comments on the
specifics of the proposal, including information related to amount and
distribution of habitat, essential habitat, rationale for including or
excluding habitat, benefits associated with including or excluding
critical habitat designation, current or planned activities on proposed
critical habitat, and public participation in designating critical
habitat.
We contacted all appropriate State and Federal agencies, county
governments, elected officials, and other interested parties and
invited them to comment. This was accomplished through telephone calls,
letters, and news releases faxed and/or mailed to affected elected
officials, media outlets, local jurisdictions, interest groups and
other interested individuals. In addition, we invited public comment
through the publication of legal notices in numerous newspaper and news
media throughout California and Oregon. In 2002, we provided
notification of the DEA and proposed rule to all interested parties. At
the request of Congressman Cardoza's Office, the Merced County Board of
Supervisors, and the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors, we held
two public meetings to explain the December 28, 2004, Federal Register
notice regarding the noneconomic exclusions to the public and requested
that they provide comments. We provided contacts where they could
direct questions regarding the proposed designation. We also posted the
associated material on our Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office Internet
site following the publication on December 28, 2004. Additionally, we
made available to the public upon request individual maps of the
noneconomic exclusions.
On June 30, 2005, a Notice of Availability of the revised draft
economic analysis was published (70 FR 37739) and the public comment
period reopened for 20 days. We asked specifically for comments on the
following: (1) Assumptions reflected in the economic analysis regarding
land use practices and current, planned, or reasonably foreseeable
activities in the subject areas, including comments or information
relating to the potential effects that the designation could have on
private landowners as a result of actual or foreseeable State and local
government responses due to the California Environmental Quality Act;
(2) Land use practices and current, planned, or foreseeable activities
in the subject areas and their possible impacts on proposed critical
habitats; (3) Foreseeable economic or other impacts resulting from the
proposed designation of these critical habitats, including impacts that
may not have been addressed in the draft economic analysis and, in
particular, any impacts on small entities or families; (4) Economic and
other values associated with designating critical habitat for these
species; (5) Whether our approach to critical habitat designation could
be improved or modified in any way to provide for greater public
participation and understanding, or to assist us in accommodating
public concern and comments; (6) The draft economic analysis noted that
approximately 80 percent of the total costs are represented by 25
percent of the critical habitat. We identified that we were considering
excluding those areas, which were identified in Table IV-4 of the draft
economic analysis as the 20 highest cost areas based on FIPS, and
requested comment as to whether the Secretary should exclude these
areas based on the benefits associated with exclusion or inclusion of
these areas in the final critical habitat which have not already been
identified. The basis of the proposed exclusion that was being
considered is purely economic; (7) Whether the Secretary exclude the 35
highest cost areas based on the figures in Table IV-4 of the draft
economic analysis and what are the benefits of exclusion or inclusion
of these areas?; (8) Whether the Secretary exclude the 50 highest cost
areas based on the
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figures in Table IV-4 of the draft economic analysis and what are the
benefits of exclusion or inclusion of these areas?; (9) Table IV-2 of
the draft economic analysis details increases in the costs per home
related to this critical habitat designation. In addition to any other
exclusions, the Secretary considered excluding any areas identified as
experiencing a per-home increase in excess of $3,000 from the
designation of critical habitat; and requested commenters to identify
any benefits related to the exclusion or inclusion of those areas; (10)
Queried commenters on whether there any benefits or costs of the
proposed designation that the draft economic analysis failed to
capture?; and requested commenters to provide as much information as
possible related to any costs or benefits that were not identified; and
(11) Queried whether our approach to critical habitat designation could
be improved or modified in any way to provide for greater public
participation and understanding, or to assist us in accommodating
public concern and comments.
We conducted outreach on the Notice of Availability for the draft
economic analysis and re-opening of the public comment period on the
proposed designation by contacting Federal, State and County government
representatives, local news media, and interested parties who
participated or had involvement in the original designation process.
The information regarding the draft economic Analysis and other
information and outreach materials were posted on the Sacramento Fish
and Wildlife Office Web site and made available via the Internet at
http://sacramento.fws.gov/.
We received a total of 972 comment letters during the first four
comment periods, and 70 during the most recent comment period, which
ended on July 20, 2005. Comments were received from Federal, Tribal,
State and local agencies, and private organizations and individuals.
Similar comments were grouped into several general issue categories
relating specifically to the proposed critical habitat determination,
the proposed exclusions, and the draft economic analysis, and are
identified below. For a review of the 972 comment letters received
during previous comment periods, and how these were either addressed or
responded to, please refer to the our final designation of critical
habitat for these species published on August 6, 2003 (68 FR 46683) and
our re-evaluation of non-economic exclusions published on March 8, 2005
(70 FR 11140).
Of the 71 comment letters received during our most recent, 20-day
public comment period, 18 letters contained comments of a biological
nature that did not relate to the draft economic analysis or to
economic issues related to the critical habitat designation. Nearly all
of the letters received contained some comments relating to economic
issues. We received comments from private landowners, private
conservation organizations, development and investment companies, City
and County governmental bodies, chambers of commerce, members of
congress, and concerned citizens. We reviewed all comments received for
substantive issues and new information regarding the vernal pool plants
and vernal pool crustaceans. Similar comments were grouped into general
issue categories relating specifically to the proposed critical habitat
determination and the DEA and are identified below.
Peer Review
The proposed designation of critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool
species was peer reviewed by six biologists who have knowledge of
vernal pool ecosystems and the 15 species addressed in this rule. Two
of the reviewers strongly endorsed the approach in the proposal that
protecting vernal pools in the context of surrounding upland watersheds
is crucial for the conservation and long-term survival of the listed
vernal pool species, and stated that the rule placed appropriate
emphasis on protecting intact vernal pool complexes. The reviewers also
cited the importance of conserving a wide range of vernal pool habitat
types and biological diversity. For a discussion of the peer review of
vernal pool critical habitat designation, please refer to our August 6,
2003, final designation (68 FR 46683).
Comments From States
Section 4(i) of the Act states, ``the Secretary shall submit to the
State agency a written justification for [her] failure to adopt
regulations consistent with the agency's comments or petition.''
Comments previously received from State agencies regarding the
September 24, 2002, proposal to designate critical habitat for the 15
vernal pool species (67 FR 59983) are discussed in the August 6, 2003,
final designation (68 FR 46683). There were no State agency comments
received during the December 28, 2004, reopening of public comment
period (69 FR 77700), and no State agency comments were received as
part of the 20-day public comment period on the draft economic analysis
that ended on July 20, 2005 (70 FR 37739).
Other Public Comments and Responses
Comments Related to the Designation Process
Comment 1: Two commenters pointed out that the 20-day public
comment period was too short and did not meet the 60-day standard
established by Executive Order 12866.
Our Response: Pursuant to our implementing regulations at 50 CFR
424.16(c)(2), we are required to provide at least a 60-day public
comment period on any proposal to list, delist, or reclassify a
species, or designate or revise critical habitat. On August 6, 2003, we
finalized critical habitat for these 15 vernal pool species. As part of
the process of that rulemaking we had an initial 60-day public comment
period on our proposal of critical habitat (70 FR 37739), which was
extended an additional 28 days. On November 21, 2002, during this
public comment period, a draft economic analysis of that proposal was
released with 32 days left in the public comment period (67 FR 70201).
On March 14, 2003, the public comment period for the draft economic
analysis was reopened for an additional 14 days (68 FR 12336). In
addition, on December 28, 2004, we opened a 30-day public comment
period (69 FR 77700) on the non-economic exclusions that were included
in our August 6, 2003, final rule (68 FR 46683). As such, we believe
that our original designation was in compliance with our implementing
regulations.
In January 2004, the Butte Environmental Council and several other
organizations filed a complaint alleging that our designation of
critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species was unlawful. On
October 28, 2004, the court signed a Memorandum and Order in that case
remanding the final designation to the Service in part. In particular,
the court ordered us to: (1) Reconsider the exclusions from the final
designation of critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species, with
the exception of those lands within the five California counties that
were excluded based on potential economic impacts, and publish a new
final determination as to those lands within 120 days; and (2)
reconsider the exclusion of the five California counties based on
potential economic impacts and publish a new final determination no
later than July 31, 2005. The court did not alter the August 6, 2003,
final lands designated as critical habitat. A part of this
reconsideration process, we reopened the public comment period for 30
days
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(69 FR 77700); to solicit any new information concerning the benefits
of excluding and including the lands excluded from the final rule
pursuant to section 4(b)(2) of the Act on the basis of non-economic
considerations. The final non-economic exclusions were published in a
Federal Register notice on March 8, 2005 (70 FR 11140). On June 30,
2005, a Notice of Availability of the draft Economic Analysis was
published (70 FR 37739) and the public comment period reopened for 20
days on the designation to solicit any new information concerning the
benefits of excluding. The public comment period on the revised
economic analysis was limited to 20 days due to the court ordered time
frame to publish our final determination.
However, we believe that having the public comment period on the
previous proposal for a total of 132 days and on our reconsideration of
the exclusions in the previous final designation for an additional 50
days is consistent with our regulations at 50 CFR 424.16(c)(2).
Comment 2: One comment letter asserted the PCEs are so general and
vague that it would be difficult to identify if one was in an area
containing PCEs, and that the PCEs as written, violate the Alameda
whipsnake standard as defined in Home Builders Ass'n of Northern Cal.
v. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Serv. (268 F. Supp. 2d).
Our Response: The two PCEs contained in the final rule for the four
crustacean species have been expanded to four PCEs in an effort to more
effectively describe critical habitat and to meet the standard
identified in Home Builders Ass'n of Northern California. The 11 plant
species have two PCEs which have been refined to better describe the
characteristics that describe their habitat. These PCEs have been
developed using the best available scientific information on the
characteristics the species need to survive and reproduce. See the
``Primary Constituent Elements'' section below for a complete
description of the PCEs for each species addressed by this rule.
Comment 3: On commenter asserted that any designations issued prior
to the August 6, 2004, ruling in the Gifford Pinchot Task Force et al.
v. USFWS case (378 F.3d 1059, 1070 (Ninth Cir. 2004)) have not properly
accounted for the resulting recovery standard and mitigation
requirements and that we should withdraw the designation and reconsider
the economic impacts.
Our Response: This designation of critical habitat, and associated
exclusions, for the 15 species is the result of a reevaluation of
essential habitat for the species throughout their range, and not just
the five counties excluded in the original rule designating critical
habitat. In the course of establishing this designation, we have taken
into account the direction provided by the Ninth Circuit in Gifford
Pinchot.
Comment 4: One commenter provided a lengthy legal analysis of our
approach to combining the costs of listing actions with critical
habitat designations, and found our approach unsatisfactory in light of
a District of Columbia District Court Decision (Cape Hatteras, 344 F.
Supp. 2d).
Our Response: In conducting economic analyses, we are guided by the
10th Circuit Court of Appeal's ruling in the New Mexico Cattle Growers
Association case (248 F.3d at 1285), which directed us to consider all
impacts, ``regardless of whether those impacts are attributable co-
extensively to other causes.'' The draft economic analysis estimates
the total cost of species conservation activities without subtracting
the impact of pre-existing baseline regulations (i.e., the cost
estimates are fully co-extensive). By identifying the total costs
attributable to listing, including the designation of critical habitat,
the draft economic analysis complies with direction from the U.S. 10th
Circuit Court of Appeals.
Comment 5: One commenter suggested that the Secretary of Interior
should not have broad discretion to override critical habitat
designation decisions that are made by biologists because it opens the
door for political manipulation.
Our Response: Section 4(b)(2) of the Act requires us to designate
critical habitat on the basis of the best scientific and commercial
information available, and to consider the economic and other relevant
impacts of designating a particular area as critical habitat. We may
exclude areas from critical habitat upon a determination that the
benefits of exclusions outweigh the benefits of specifying such areas
as critical habitat as long as those exclusions do not result in the
extinction of the listed species. The Congressional Record is clear
that Congress contemplated occasions where the Secretary could exclude
the entire designation. In addition, the discretion that Congress
anticipated would be exercised in section 4(b)(2) of the Act is
extremely broad. ``The consideration and weight given to any particular
impact is completely within the Secretary's discretion'' (Congressional
Research Service 1982).
Comment 6: A commenter has asserted that there may be a conflict of
interest, because we have contracted with Dr. David Sunding and CRA
International to develop the economic analysis of this designation of
critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species because he previously
conducted a study of critical habitat economics funded by the building
industry and other commercial interests. The commenter suggests that
the use of an economic model originally developed in the course of this
study is inappropriate.
Our Response: In asking the court to remand the original rule to
the Service, we explicitly acknowledged that additional effort must be
made in conducting the economic analysis in order to allow the
Secretary to make exclusions on the basis of economics under section
4(b)(2). The economic analysis performed by CRA International used
pubic data and information and provided for more specificity in
identifying effects than any of our previous economic analyses. We
believe that this approach is consistent with the spirit of the
Service's representations to the court. In fact, the 4(b)(2) exclusions
differ markedly from those included in our original rule. To our
knowledge, CRA is the only economic contractor performing this type
economic analysis with this degree of precision on a landscape basis.
We do not believe that hiring Dr. David Sunding and CRA
International to conduct the economic impact analysis of this critical
habitat designation, considering his prior receipt of research funding
from the building industry, establishes a conflict of interest. CRA
International performed a conflict check prior to initiating work on
the current study and no conflicts were discovered. Neither CRA nor Dr.
Sunding holds any financial interests that would be benefited as an
outcome of the analysis and subsequent critical habitat designation.
Hiring a new firm, CRA, to prepare an independent economic analysis
of this proposed regulation serves two purposes. First, it provides a
second estimate of overall impacts that can be compared with the cost
analysis that supported the 2003 final designation. Second, the new
analysis provides additional detail regarding potential costs at sub-
county level that was not provided in the 2003 analysis, allowing for a
refinement of the 4(b)(2) decision process.
We note that the total impact estimates in the two reports are very
similar. In the 2003 analysis, the estimate of the total costs of
section 7 consultation related to the vernal pool species was estimated
to be $1.4 billion over twenty years. In CRA's analysis,
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total impacts are estimated to be $0.9 billion over twenty years. CRA
reports impacts that are 65 percent of those in the 2003 study, while
considering critical habitat acreage that is 75 percent of the 2003
critical habitat. The main distinction between the studies is that the
CRA analysis facilitates a more spatially precise definition of
impacts.
Comment 7: One commenter asserted that we violated the Act by
failing to distinguish between those designated vernal pool systems
that are occupied and those that are not.
Our Response: Each of the critical habitat units may include some
areas that are unoccupied by the vernal pool crustaceans and vernal
pool plants. ``Unoccupied'' is defined here as an area that contains no
hatched vernal pool crustaceans or observed above-ground vernal pool
plants, and that is unlikely to contain a viable cyst or seed bank.
While section 4(b)(2) of the Act states that critical habitat shall be
designated on the basis of the best available scientific data,
determining the specific areas that the vernal pool crustaceans or
vernal pool plants occupy is difficult because, depending on climatic
factors and other natural variations in habitat conditions, the size of
the localized area in which aboveground plants or hatched crustaceans
appear may fluctuate dramatically from one year to another. In some
years, individuals may be observed throughout a large area, and in
other years they may be observed in a smaller area or not at all.
Because it is logistically difficult to determine how extensive the
cyst or seed bank is at any particular site, and because hatched vernal
pool crustaceans or above-ground vernal pool plants may or may not be
present in all vernal pools within a site every year, we cannot
quantify in any meaningful way what proportion of each critical habitat
unit may actually be occupied by the vernal pool crustaceans or vernal
pool plants at any one time. Due to this difficulty in differentiating
between occupied and unoccupied habitat, areas of unoccupied habitat
may be interspersed with areas of occupied habitat in each unit.
The inclusion of unoccupied habitat in our critical habitat units
reflects the dynamic nature of the habitat and the life history
characteristics of the vernal pool crustaceans and vernal pool plants.
Unoccupied areas provide areas into which populations might expand,
provide connectivity or linkage between groups of organisms within a
unit, and support populations of pollinators and seed dispersal
organisms. We have designated both occupied and unoccupied areas based
on the criteria in the Act and based on our belief that they are in
need of special management or protection.
Comments Related to Cooperative Efforts
Comment 8: One commenter believed that this designation would
hinder essential voluntary conservation efforts (Habitat Conservation
Plan (HCP), Natural Communities Conservation Program (NCCP), etc.),
both on-going and in the future.
Our Response: HCPs are one of the most important tools for
reconciling land use with the conservation of listed species on non-
Federal lands. We anticipate that future HCPs and those in progress
within the range of the 15 vernal pool species will include them as a
covered species and provide for their long term conservation. We expect
that HCPs undertaken by local jurisdictions (e.g., counties and cities)
and other parties will identify, protect, and provide appropriate
management for those specific lands within the boundaries of the plans
that are essential for the long term conservation of the species. If an
HCP that addresses the vernal pool species as covered species is
ultimately approved, we will reassess the critical habitat boundaries
in light of the HCP. If, consistent with available funding and program
priorities, we elect to revise this designation, we will do so through
a subsequent rulemaking.
The designation of critical habitat should not deter participation
in the NCCP or HCP processes. Approvals issued under these processes
include assurances of no additional mitigation through the HCP No
Surprises regulation (63 FR 8859).
Comment 9: Numerous commenters suggested that we should exclude
Placer County because the County is working on an HCP (the Placer
County Conservation Plan) that would provide for the protection of the
species addressed in this rule. Another commenter suggested that
because the Placer Ranch development proposes to protect vernal pools
and other wetlands and will mitigate impacts to any aquatic resources
that their property should be excluded from this designation.
Our Response: We support and encourage the development of HCPs and
conservation plans, and encourage developments to incorporate listed
species protections and mitigations into their development plans. HCPs
are one of the most important tools for reconciling land use with the
conservation of listed species on non-Federal lands. We expect that
HCPs undertaken by local jurisdictions (e.g., counties and cities) and
other parties will identify, protect, and provide appropriate
management for those specific lands within the boundaries of the plans
that are essential for the long term conservation of the species.
We do not, however, adjust the designation of critical habitat for
listed species based on future planning efforts where the specific
protections for listed species are not known and where the public has
not yet had the opportunity to comment on those protection measures. If
an HCP that addresses the vernal pool species as covered species is
ultimately approved, we will reassess the critical habitat boundaries
in light of the HCP. If, consistent with available funding and program
priorities, we elect to revise this designation, we will do so through
a subsequent rulemaking. For the standards needed for an HCP to alter
the designation of critical habitat see the ``Application of Section
3(5)(A) and 4(a)(3) and Exclusions Under Section 4(b)(2) of the Act''
section below.
The economic analysis on the critical habitat for the 15 vernal
pool species identified Placer County as an area with significant costs
associated with the designation of critical habitat for the vernal pool
fairy shrimp. As a result of the economic analysis, the Secretary has
determined that it is appropriate to exclude the majority of critical
habitat in western Placer County from the designation (See Relationship
of Critical Habitat to Economic Impacts--Exclusions Under Section
4(b)(2) of the Act).
Comment 10: One commenter asserted that since the Western Riverside
County Multi-species HCP (MSHCP) was not mentioned in the conservation
efforts section of our Draft Recovery Plan for Vernal Pool Ecosystems
of California and Southern Oregon we must have determined that this
effort serves no conservation benefit for vernal pool fairy shrimp and,
therefore, does not meet the criteria for excluding areas from the
critical habitat designation. Another commenter asserted the provisions
of the MSHCP are not sufficient to ensure recovery of the vernal pool
fairy shrimp.
Our Response: We discussed the conservation benefits of the, then
draft, Western Riverside County MSCHP at length in our August 6, 2003,
final rule designating critical habitat for the four vernal pool
crustaceans and eleven vernal pool plants (68 FR 46683). In that
discussion we determined that the proposed efforts, including
conservation on approximately 153,000 ac (62,000 ha), were sufficient
to warrant excluding Unit 33 for the vernal pool fairy shrimp. The
Western Riverside County MSCHP was finalized on June 22, 2004. For a
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complete description of our decision on excluding Unit 33 based on the
content of the Western Riverside County MSHCP see our August 6, 2003,
final rule (68 FR 46683).
Comments Related to the Impacts of Critical Habitat Designation
Comment 11: Designation will threaten the California State
University (CSU) Campus development in west Placer County and prevent
the development of higher learning opportunities.
Our Response: The area proposed for the development of the CSU
Campus in west Placer County is within a census tract that has been
excluded from designation of critical habitat on economic grounds under
section 4(b)(2) of the Act.
Comment 12: Several commenters requested that we modify the areas
proposed for designation as critical habitat either to increase the
protections afforded the species or in an effort to better facilitate
local long-range planning efforts and reduce economic impacts to
private landowners.
Our Response: In developing our proposal of critical habitat for
the 15 vernal pool species, we identified those areas that, based on
the scientific and commercial data available, we have determined
contain essential occurrences of each of the species and/or are defined
by the physical and biological features essential to their
conservation. We used a number of criteria in defining critical habitat
including, but not limited to, the known species occurrence and
distribution data, habitat types, degree of habitat fragmentation, soil
and landform relationships, connectivity and dispersal factors, and
conservation biology principles. After refining our proposal and
weighing the best available information, we conclude that the areas
designated by this final rule, including currently occupied and
unoccupied areas, are essential for the conservation of these species.
We also excluded lands from the final designation that may contain
vernal pool habitat, the vernal pool species, and the Primary
Constituent Elements (PCEs), but that we determined to not be essential
to the conservation of the vernal pool crustaceans and vernal pool
plants. We believe that we used the best scientific and commercial
information available in determined those areas essential for the 15
vernal pool species that were proposed as critical habitat and
subsequently finalized.
Comments Related to Information Quality
Comment 13: One commenter requested that we incorporate the results
of Dr. Bob Holland's biogeographical research project, as presented at
the Western Section of the Wildlife Society meetings, into the
designation process.
Our Response: It is the goal of the Service to utilize the most
recent scientific information available. In developing critical habitat
designations, we analyze all pertinent scientific and commercial
information available to make our final determinations. In the
development of this designation, we contacted numerous species experts
and other members of the scientific community, including Dr. Holland.
Comment 14: Two letters commented that while 2,213 ac (896 ha) of
the Placer Ranch development were designated as critical habitat, only
7 ac (~3 ha) are actually classified as vernal pools and that
designating all these acres violates the Act.
Our Response: Placer Ranch has been excluded from this final rule
designation. For a more detailed discussion, please see the section
``Relationship of Critical Habitat to Economic Impacts--Exclusions
Under Section 4(b)(2) of the Act'' below.
Comment 15: Another commenter requested that poor quality vernal
pool systems and those designated areas lacking the PCEs be excluded
from the designation.
Our Response: Poor quality vernal pool systems are not necessarily
void of listed vernal pool crustaceans or plants, and are candidates
for active restoration projects. In designating critical habitat, we
have considered how this designation highlights habitat that needs
special management considerations or protection and helps ensure that
all local habitat conservation planning efforts are consistent with
conservation objectives for these species. Once a vernal pool habitat
has been protected from direct filling, it is still necessary to ensure
that the habitat is not rendered unsuitable for vernal pool species
because of factors such as altered hydrology, contamination, nonnative
species invasions, other incompatible land uses or neglect. Because
their condition is already marginalized, degraded habitats are likely
to be more vulnerable to these threats than pristine systems and in
need of special management actions.
When determining critical habitat boundaries, we made every effort
to avoid designating developed areas such as buildings, paved areas,
boat ramps and other structures that lack the PCEs for the 15 vernal
pool species. Any such structures inadvertently left inside critical
habitat boundaries are not considered part of the unit. This also
applies to land on which structures sit directly. Therefore, Federal
actions limited to these areas would not trigger section 7
consultations, unless they affect the species and/or primary
constituent elements in adjacent critical habitat.
Comments Related to Species Viability
Comment 16: One commenter suggested it is essential that the vernal
pool systems on Travis Air Force Base (AFB) be designated as critical
habitat to ensure the recovery potential of these species.
Our Response: The Act requires that the Secretary of the Interior
shall designate or revise critical habitat based upon the best
scientific and commercial data available, after taking into
consideration the economic impact, impact to national security, and any
other relevant impact of specifying any particular area as critical
habitat. The Secretary may exclude any area from critical habitat if
she determines that the benefits of such exclusion outweigh the
benefits of specifying such area as part of the critical habitat,
unless the failure to designate such area as critical habitat will
result in the extinction of the species concerned. The two AFBs were
not eligible for designation through operation of section 4(a)(3)(B) of
the Act as they had approved Integrated Natural Resource Management
Plans (INRMPs), which provided for the conservation of the species. For
a detailed discussion of our noneconomic exclusion analysis used in our
final designation of critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species,
please refer to our August 6, 2003, final designation (68 FR 46683) and
in the ``Application of Section 3(5)(A) and 4(a)(3) and Exclusions
Under Section 4(b)(2) of the Act'' section below.
Comment 17: We received one comment stating that core recovery
areas need to be designated as critical habitat in order to ensure that
recovery will occur.
Our Response: We recognize that designation of critical habitat may
not include all of the habitat areas that may eventually be determined
to be necessary for the conservation of the species. For these reasons,
critical habitat designations do not signal that habitat outside the
designation is unimportant or may not be required for the conservation
of the species. Areas outside the critical habitat designation will
continue to be subject to conservation actions that may be
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implemented under section 7(a)(1), the regulatory protections afforded
by the section 7(a)(2) jeopardy standard, and the applicable
prohibitions of section 9 of the Act, as determined on the basis of the
best available information at the time of the action. Federally funded
or assisted projects affecting listed species outside their designated
critical habitat areas may still result in jeopardy findings in some
cases. Similarly, critical habitat designations made on the basis of
the best available information at the time of designation should not
control the direction and substance of future recovery plans, HCPs, or
other species conservation planning efforts if new information
available to these planning efforts calls for a different outcome.
Comments Related to Economic Issues
Comment 18: Several commenters stated that the DEA underestimated
the delay in project completion resulting from Section 7 consultation.
Our Response: Delay times resulting from section 7 consultation
were calculated based on a review of available biological opinions.
Delay time was calculated based on the average number of days from
submission of a completed application to the date of a final decision.
We are provided with 90 days to complete a biological opinion and 45
days to issue the biological opinion to the consulting agency, for a
total of 135 days from initiation to issuance (50 CFR 402.14(e)).
According to the DEA (CRA International 2005) the average time for
completion of a section 7 consultation is 111 days, well within our
statutory timeframes.
Comment 19: Several comment letters stated that vernal pool
mitigation costs in Sacramento and Placer Counties are higher than the
figure used in the DEA.
Our Response: Mitigation costs were derived from a survey of
mitigation banks, developers and consultants familiar with the
permitting process. We believe that these data represent the best
available information on mitigation costs in the affected counties.
Comment 20: One commenter stated that the DEA omits impacts related
to the Lincoln Bypass and Placer Parkway projects.
Our Response: Placer County Transportation Planning Authority is in
the process of developing the Tier 1 environmental report for the
Placer Parkway project. Project alternatives have yet to be finalized
but are expected to be mapped by September 2005. The Lincoln Bypass
project is more advanced. The EIR document is complete and pending
final approval; construction is anticipated to begin within two years.
The Lincoln Bypass project is entirely within Census Tract
06061021303. The Placer Parkway will likely be within Census Tract
06061021301. We note that these tracts are already within the most
economically impacted group of census tracts, so inclusion of
additional impacts is unlikely to have a meaningful effect on the
relative ranking of these tracts.
Comment 21: The Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG)
wrote to comment on the population growth figures used in the DEA. The
SACOG provided new forecasts that it believes are more applicable than
the forecasts used in the DEA.
Our Response: Based on public comments offered by SACOG, Blueprint
growth projections to 2025 by census tract were compared with the
earlier growth forecasts furnished by SACOG. For the majority of census
tracts, the projections were similar and substitution of the Blueprint
forecasts would not have a material effect on the relative ranking of
impacts by census tract.
We note that the Blueprint forecast differed substantially from
earlier SACOG forecasts for Census Tract 06067008701 in Sacramento
County. In this instance, the Blueprint forecast indicated that at
least 12,000 fewer dwelling units would be constructed by 2025. Even in
this case, however, use of the Blueprint data would not have a material
effect on the relative ranking of this tract since it would remain the
most economically impacted census tract in the sample.
Comment 22: One comment letter noted that the Placer Vineyards
Specific Plan straddles two census tracts in Placer County.
Our Response: Since a single development accounts for a significant
fraction of growth in this area, segregating impacts by Census Tract
may be artificial. Thus, impacts for tracts 06061020902 and 06061021301
are aggregated in the final analysis. We excluded both census tracts
from this final rule based on economic impacts. For a more detailed
discussion, please see the section ``Relationship of Critical Habitat
to Economic Impacts--Exclusions Under Section 4(b)(2) of the Act''
below.
Comment 23: Several comment letters stated that the DEA failed to
provide a balanced assessment of economic benefits and costs in
relation to the proposed critical habitat designation. One commenter
also included a general list of potential benefits that may be
associated with the designation of critical habitat and suggested that
the Service should include such effects in its economic analysis.
Our Response: Section 4(b)(2) of the Act requires the Secretary to
designate critical habitat based on the best scientific data available
after taking into consideration the economic impact, and any other
relevant impact, of specifying any particular area as critical habitat.
The Service's approach for estimating economic impacts includes both
economic efficiency and distributional effects. The measurement of
economic efficiency is based on the concept of opportunity costs, which
reflects the value of goods and services foregone in order to comply
with the effects of the designation (e.g., lost economic opportunity
associated with restrictions on land use). Where data are available,
the economic analyses attempt to measure the net economic impact.
However, no data were found that allowed for the measurement of such an
impact, nor was such information submitted during the public comment
period.
Most of the other benefit categories submitted by the commenter
reflect broader social values, which are not the same as economic
impacts. While the Secretary must consider economic and other relevant
impacts as part of the final decision-making process under section
4(b)(2) of the Act, the Act explicitly states that it is the
government's policy to conserve all threatened and endangered species
and the ecosystems upon which they depend. Thus the Service believes
that explicit consideration of broader social values for the species
and its habitat, beyond the more traditionally defined economic
impacts, is not necessary as Congress has already recognized the social
importance of such benefits through the protections of the Act.
The Service notes that as a practical matter, it is difficult to
develop credible estimates of such values as they are not readily
observed through typical market transactions. The Secretary places the
utmost value on conserving any and all threatened and endangered
species and the habitats upon which they depend and thus considers
whether the economic impacts (both positive and negative) are
significant enough to merit exclusion of any particular area. In the
case of this rule, the Secretary made the determination that the
economic benefits of exclusion exceeded the benefit of inclusion in
only 23 of 158 affected census tracts. This effectively recognizes the
benefits of including areas beyond the minimum necessary to avoid
extinction, despite significant economic costs.
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Comment 24: Impacts relating to construction of UC Merced are
assigned to the wrong Census tract.
Our Response: Impacts relating to conservation of vernal pools at
the site of UC Merced are assigned to Census Tract 06047001901, which
is the proper tract.
Comment 25: Several comments questioned the appropriateness of the
impact methodology used to measure costs of critical habitat.
Our Response: The report was peer reviewed by two leading academics
in the field of urban economics. Comments were strongly supportive of
the method developed by Dr. Sunding and CRA, the data sources employed,
and the assumptions underlying the analysis. Both reviewers noted that
the method was consistent with generally accepted principles in urban
economics, with one reviewer concluding that ``the results are credible
and it is hard to see how the remaining uncertainties about the
economic impacts of the regulations could be resolved by further or
more sophisticated analyses.''
For information on previous public comments received refer to the
August 6, 2003 final designation of critical habitat for the 15 vernal
pool species (68 FR 46684) and the March 8, 2005 (70 FR 11140) final
notice concerning the non-economic exclusions.
Summary of Changes From Proposed Rule
In developing the final designation of critical habitat for the 4
vernal pool crustaceans and 11 plants, we reviewed public comments
received on the proposed designation of critical habitat published on
September 24, 2004 (67 FR 59884), and during reopened comment periods
on non-economic exclusions (December 28, 2004; 69 FR 77700) and on the
second draft economic analysis (March 8, 2005; 70 FR 11140). In
addition, we conducted further evaluation of lands proposed as critical
habitat; refined our mapping methodologies; and exempted or excluded
additional essential habitat from the final designation.
Specifically, we are making the following changes to the final rule
from the proposed rule published on September 24, 2002: We mapped
critical habitat more precisely by eliminating habitat areas that did
not contain the PCEs based on specific information provided by
commenters or by updated remote sensing data. Although we attempted to
remove as many developed areas (areas that have no value as vernal pool
habitat) as possible before publishing the proposed rule, we were not
able to eliminate all developed areas. Since publication of the
proposed rule, we were able to further eliminate a small amount of
developed area, which has resulted in a more precise delineation of
essential habitat containing one or more of the primary constituent
elements. This resulted in a minor reduction in the total acreage
published in the proposed rule. However, it is not possible to remove
each and every one of these developed areas even at the refined mapping
scale used: therefore, the maps of the designation still include areas
that do not contain primary constituent elements. These areas are not
being designated as critical habitat. Most of the units received some
refinement, and a few were divided into subunits.
The common name for the species Castilleja campestris ssp.
succulenta was changed in the final rule (from succulent owl's-clover
to fleshy owl's-clover) to reflect the name used under the listing of
the species (62 FR 14338). This was done to avoid confusion between the
species' listing and the designation of critical habitat for it.
We exempted lands administered by the Department of Defense on
Beale Air Force Base and Travis Air Force Base under section 4(a)(3)(B)
of the Act (70 FR 11140). Lands we considered, but excluded from the
final designation under section 4(b)(2) of the Act for noneconomic
reasons included (1) lands administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service on the Kern, Sacramento, San Francisco Bay, and San Luis
National Wildlife Refuges and the Colman National Fish Hatchery (70 FR
11140 and 68 FR 46684) (2) 16,033 ac (6,488 ha) of lands administered
by the Bureau of Land Management within the Carrizo Plain National
Monument (see Effects of Critical Habitat section below); (3) land
owned and managed by the Mechoopda Tribe (70 FR 11140 and 68 FR 46684);
(4) lands administered by Department of Defense at Fort Hunter Liggett
and Camp Roberts (70 FR 11140 and 68 FR 46684) (5) lands owned and
managed by the California Department of Fish and Game within the Battle
Creek, Big Sandy, Grizzly Island, Hill Slough, North Grasslands, and
Oroville Wildlife Areas, and within the Allensworth, Boggs Lake, Butte
Creek Canyon, Calhoun Cut, Carrizo Plains, Dales Lake, Fagan Marsh,
Phoenix Field, San Joaquin River, Stone Corral, and Thomes Creek
Ecological Reserves (70 FR 11140 and 68 FR 46684); and (4) lands within
the Skunk Hollow HCP, the Western Riverside Multiple Species HCP, Santa
Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, and San Joaquin Multiple Species
Conservation Plan (70 FR 11140 and 68 FR 46684). We excluded an
additional 358,699 ac (145,160 ha) of land in 23 census tracts under
section 4(b)(2) of the Act for economic reasons (see Table 2 and
``Application of Section 3(5)(A) and 4(a)(3) and Exclusions Under
Section 4(b)(2) of the Act'' below).
We revised the primary constituent elements (PCEs) for all species
to bring them into conformance with current guidance to more clearly
define essential features. The new PCEs are described below in the
Primary Constituent Elements section.
Critical Habitat
Critical habitat is defined in section 3 of the Act as--(i) the
specific areas within the geographical area occupied by a species, at
the time it is listed in accordance with the Act, on which are found
those physical or biological features (I) essential to the conservation
of the species and (II) that may require special management
considerations or protection; and (ii) specific areas outside the
geographical area occupied by a species at the time it is listed, upon
a determination that such areas are essential for the conservation of
the species. ``Conservation'' means the use of all methods and
procedures that are necessary to bring an endangered or a threatened
species to the point at which listing under the Act is no longer
necessary. Because we previously designated critical habitat for these
15 vernal pool species, we already determined that critical habitat
pursuant to the Act and implementing regulations was both prudent and
determinable (refer to our September 24, 2002, proposal (67 FR 59983))
Critical habitat receives protection under section 7 of the Act
through the prohibition against destruction or adverse modification of
such habitat with regard to actions carried out, funded, or authorized
by a Federal agency. Section 7 requires consultation on Federal actions
that are likely to adversely affect critical habitat. However, the Act
prohibits unauthorized take of listed species and requires
authorization under either section 7 or section 10 of the Act for
actions that are likely to result in take, including habitat
alterations in some instances, regardless of whether critical habitat
has been designated. The designation of critical habitat does not
affect land ownership or establish a refuge, wilderness, reserve,
preserve, or other conservation area. Such designation does not allow
government or public access to private lands.
To be included in a critical habitat designation, the habitat
within the area occupied by the species must first have
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features that are ``essential to the conservation of the species.''
Critical habitat designations identify, to the extent known using the
best scientific and commercial data available, habitat areas on which
are found those physical and biological features essential to the
conservation of the species (primary constituent elements ), as defined
at 50 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 424.12(b)).
Habitat occupied at the time of listing may be included in critical
habitat only if the essential features thereon may require special
management or protection. Thus, we do not include areas where existing
management is sufficient to conserve the species. (As discussed below,
such areas may also be excluded from critical habitat pursuant to
section 4(b)(2).) Accordingly, when the best available scientific and
commercial data do not demonstrate that the conservation needs of the
species so require, we will not designate critical habitat in areas
outside the geographic area occupied by the species at the time of
listing. An area currently occupied by the species but was not known to
be occupied at the time of listing will likely be essential to the
conservation of the species and, therefore, included in the critical
habitat designation.
The Service's Policy on Information Standards Under the Endangered
Species Act, published in the Federal Register on July 1, 1994 (59 FR
34271), and Section 515 of the Treasury and General Government
Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Public Law (Pub. L.) 106-554;
H.R. 5658) and the associated Information Quality Guidelines issued by
the Service, provide criteria, establish procedures, and provide
guidance to ensure that decisions made by the Service represent the
best scientific and commercial data available. They require Service
biologists to the extent consistent with the Act and with the use of
the best scientific and commercial data available, to use primary and
original sources of information as the basis for recommendations to
designate critical habitat. When determining which areas are critical
habitats, a primary source of information is generally the listing
package for the species. Additional information sources include the
recovery plan for the species, articles in peer-reviewed journals,
conservation plans developed by States and counties, scientific status
surveys and studies, biological assessments, or other unpublished
materials and expert opinion or personal knowledge. All information is
used in accordance with the provisions of Section 515 of the Treasury
and General Government Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (Pub. L.
106-554; H.R. 5658) and the associated Information Quality Guidelines
issued by the Service.
Section 4 of the Act requires that we designate critical habitat on
the basis of what we know at the time of designation. Habitat is often
dynamic, and species may move from one area to another over time.
Furthermore, we recognize that designation of critical habitat may not
include all of the habitat areas that may eventually be determined to
be necessary for the recovery of the species. For these reasons,
critical habitat designations do not signal that habitat outside the
designation is unimportant or may not be required for recovery.
Areas that support populations, but are outside the critical
habitat designation, will continue to be subject to conservation
actions implemented under section 7(a)(1) of the Act and to the
regulatory protections afforded by the section 7(a)(2) jeopardy
standard, as determined on the basis of the best available information
at the time of the action. Federally funded or permitted projects
affecting listed species outside their designated critical habitat
areas may still result in jeopardy findings in some cases. Similarly,
critical habitat designations made on the basis of the best available
information at the time of designation will not control the direction
and substance of future recovery plans, habitat conservation plans, or
other species conservation planning efforts if new information
available to these planning efforts calls for a different outcome.
Methods
As required by sections 4(b)(1)(a) and 4(b)(2) of the Act and
regulations at 50 CFR 424.12, we are to use the best scientific and
commercial data available to determine areas that contain the physical
and biological features essential for the conservation of the 15 vernal
pool species. This included data and information contained in, but not
limited to, the final rule listing the 15 species addressed herein, the
Vernal Pools of Southern California Final Recovery Plan (USFWS 1998),
the Delta Green Ground Beetle and Solano Grass Recovery Plan (USFWS
1985), the California Vernal Pool Assessment Preliminary Report
(Keeler-Wolf 1998), Report of Science Advisors for the Eastern Merced
County Natural Community Conservation Plan Habitat Conservation Plan
(Noss et al. 2002a), research and survey observations published in peer
reviewed articles, vernal pool mapping and other data collected for the
development of Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs), reports submitted by
biologists holding section 10(a)(1)(A) recovery permits, biological
assessments provided to us through consultations pursuant to section 7
of the Act, data collected for the development of a Wetland
Conservation Plan in Oregon, reports and documents that are on file in
our field offices, and personal discussions with experts outside of our
agency with extensive knowledge of vernal pool species and habitats.
ArcView (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.), a computer
Geographic Information System (GIS) program was then used to evaluate
GIS data derived from a variety of Federal, State, and local agencies,
and from private organizations and individuals.
We then evaluated the areas, using ArcView, defined by the overlap
of the combined GIS coverages (data layers) to initially focus on which
areas may provide those physical and biological features essential to
the conservation of the 15 vernal pool species. The areas were further
refined by using satellite imagery, watershed boundaries, geologic
landform coverage, elevational modeling data, soil type coverage,
vegetation/land cover data, and agricultural/urban land use data to
eliminate areas that did not contain the appropriate vegetation or
associated native plant species, as well as features such as cultivated
agriculture fields, housing developments, and other areas that are
unlikely to contribute to the conservation of the 15 vernal pool
species. Several tools were used to assist us in delineating the
specific areas that we believed to contain the primary constituent
elements (PCEs) for each species and therefore essential to the
species' conservation.
We excluded areas that do not contain one or more of the PCEs or
were not essential for the conservation of the vernal pool species
because: (1) The area is highly degraded and may not be restorable; (2)
the area is small, highly fragmented, or isolated, and may provide
little or no long-term conservation value; or (3) the area is excluded
under section 4(b)(2) of the Act for national security, economic or
other reasons (See ``Application of Section 3(5)(A) and 4(a)(3) and
Exclusions Under Section 4(b)(2) of the Act'').
For further discussion and details of the methods used to define
and delineate critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species please
refer to the Federal Register notice on August 6, 2003, final
designation (68 FR 46683).
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Primary Constituent Elements
In accordance with section 3(5)(A)(i) of the Act and regulations at
50 CFR 424.12, in determining which areas to propose as critical
habitat, we are required to base critical habitat determinations on the
best scientific and commercial data available and to consider those
physical and biological features (PCEs) that are essential to the
conservation of the species, and that may require special management
considerations and protection. These include, but are not limited to:
space for individual and population growth and for normal behavior;
food, water, air, light, minerals, or other nutritional or
physiological requirements; cover or shelter; sites for breeding,
reproduction, and rearing (or development) of offspring; and habitats
that are protected from disturbance or are representative of the
historic geographical and ecological distributions of a species.
The specific characteristics of the vernal pool habitats that
constitute critical habitat vary among species, and are described in
the species-specific narratives below. These features contribute to the
filling and drying of the vernal pool, maintain suitable periods of
pool inundation, and maintain water quality and soil moisture to enable
the 15 vernal pool species to carry out their lifecycles. These
features include, but are not restricted to, the restrictive underlying
soil layers (hardpans, claypans, volcanic flows, and non-volcanic rock)
that perch water for extended periods of time, the surface soils
associated with each species, and the topography that captures and
delivers water to the vernal pools themselves, all of which vary by
species.
We have used vernal pool complexes as the basis for determining
populations of vernal pool crustaceans since the species were first
proposed for listing. The final rule to list the four vernal pool
crustaceans states that ``[t]he genetic characteristics of the three
fairy shrimp and vernal pool tadpole shrimp, as well as ecological
conditions, such as watershed contiguity, indicate that populations of
these animals are defined by pool complexes rather than by individual
vernal pools'' (Fugate 1992, 1998; King 1996). Therefore, the most
accurate indication of the distribution and abundance of the four
vernal pool crustaceans is the number of inhabited vernal pool
complexes. Individual vernal pools occupied by the four species listed
herein are most appropriately referred to as ``subpopulations'' (59 FR
48136).
Each of the critical habitat units likely includes some areas that
are unoccupied by the vernal pool crustaceans and vernal pool plants.
``Unoccupied'' is defined here as an area that contains no hatched
vernal pool crustaceans or observed above-ground vernal pool plants,
and that is unlikely to contain a viable cyst or seed bank. Determining
the specific areas that the vernal pool crustaceans or vernal pool
plants occupy is difficult because, depending on climatic factors and
other natural variations in habitat conditions, the size of the
localized area in which aboveground plants or hatched crustaceans
appear may fluctuate dramatically from one year to another. In some
years, individuals may be observed throughout a large area, and in
other years they may be observed in a smaller area or not at all.
Because it is logistically difficult to determine how extensive the
cyst or seed bank is at any particular site, and because hatched vernal
pool crustaceans or above-ground vernal pool plants may or may not be
present in all vernal pools within a site every year, we cannot
quantify in any meaningful way what proportion of each critical habitat
unit may actually be occupied by the vernal pool crustaceans or vernal
pool plants at any one time. Therefore, areas of unoccupied habitat are
probably interspersed with areas of occupied habitat in each unit. The
inclusion of unoccupied habitat in our critical habitat units reflects
the dynamic nature of the habitat and the life history characteristics
of the vernal pool crustaceans and vernal pool plants.
The PCEs described for each species do not have to occur
simultaneously within a unit for the unit to constitute critical
habitat for any of the 15 vernal pool species. We determined the PCEs
of critical habitat for the 15 species based on studies on their
habitat and population biology, including but not limited to Kalin-
Arroyo (1973); Ellias (1986); Corbin and Schoolcraft (1989); Jokerst
(1989); Eng et al. (1990); Alexander and Schlising (1997); Helm (1998);
Witham (1998); Eriksen and Belk (1999); Grosberg (2002). Additional
information on species-specific PCEs is outlined below. For further
discussion and details on the life history requirements of the 15
vernal pool species please refer back to the Federal Register notice on
August 6, 2003, final designation (68 FR 46684) and the individual
listing rules for each species (43 FR 44810; 57 FR 24192; 59 FR 48186;
62 FR 14338; 62 FR 34029).
Primary Constituent Elements for the Conservancy Fairy Shrimp
Most occurrences of Conservancy fairy shrimp are limited to large
clay-bottomed pools that are rare within the vernal pool landscapes
within California (Vollmar 2002). Helm (1998) observed that most
Conservancy fairy shrimp occurrences were on Anita, Pescadero, or
Peters Clay soils. Conservancy fairy shrimp are typically found in
turbid and large (1 to 2 ac (0.4 ha to 0.8 ha)) to very large (88 ac
(35 ha)) vernal pools (Helm and Vollmar 2002). However, the pools
inhabited by conservancy fairy shrimp near the Montezuma Hills in
Solano County and in Butte County are relatively small and have a low
turbidity (Vollmar 2002). The species is found in large playa pools on
Tuscan or Mehrten geologic formations and on Basin Rim landforms in
Tehama, Merced, and Solano Counties (Helm 1998) on various soil types.
The parent material of vernal pools greatly influences species
composition and hydrologic functioning of the vernal pool (Hanes and
Stromberg 1998; Smith and Verrill 1998). Soils beneath vernal pools are
extremely variable and are not the same as soils mapped by soil
surveys, but are usually undescribed hydric inclusions that vary by
location (Holland and Dain 1990). The Vina Plains area in Tehama County
supports occurrences of the conservancy fairy shrimp within numerous
large pools throughout the area (Eriksen and Belk 1999; Helm 1998; Helm
and Vollmar 2002). The pools in the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge
area in Glenn and Colusa Counties as well as in parts of the San Luis
National Refuge Complex in Merced County are associated with alkaline
sink areas and tend to be higher in pH and salinity than in other pools
where the species is found. The PCEs of critical habitat for
Conservancy fairy shrimp are the habitat components that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by mounds and swales, and
depressions within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result in
complexes of continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in
the swales connecting the pools described in PCE (ii), providing for
dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools.
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water for a minimum of 19 days (Helm
1998), in all but the driest years; thereby providing adequate water
for incubation, maturation, and
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reproduction. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
(iii) Sources of food, expected to be detritus occurring in the
pools, contributed by overland flow from the pools' watershed, or the
results of biological processes within the pools themselves, such as
single-celled bacteria, algae, and dead organic matter, to provide for
feeding.
(iv) Structure within the pools described in PCE (ii), consisting
of organic and inorganic materials, such as living and dead plants from
plant species adapted to seasonally inundated environments, rocks, and
other inorganic debris that may be washed, blown, or otherwise
transported into the pools, that provide shelter.
Primary Constituent Elements for the Longhorn Fairy Shrimp
Longhorn fairy shrimp occurrences are highly disjunct and scarce
within the geographic range in which they occur. There are fewer areas
in which this species is known to occur than any other listed vernal
pool crustacean. The specific pool characteristics that determine
suitability for longhorn fairy shrimp reproduction and growth are not
well understood. We identified critical habitat areas essential to the
conservation of longhorn fairy shrimp in three areas in which it is
known to occur. In determining areas that are essential to conserve
longhorn fairy shrimp, we used the best scientific and commercial data
available. Longhorn fairy shrimp occurrences are known from Contra
Costa County to San Luis Obispo County with an elevational variation of
near 50 ft (15 m) to near 2,000 ft (600 m). A broad distribution of
longhorn fairy shrimp across its geographical and elevational
distribution protects the natural environmental processes for the
species and provides the best chance for retaining the species across
the full extent of the species range. The vernal pool types and soils
associated with the three general areas of concentration of longhorn
fairy shrimp differ greatly across the geographic range of the species
and leads to different species compositions and environmental
conditions between longhorn fairy shrimp occurrences. Providing for a
mosaic of habitat types both between and among vernal pool species is
essential because it would include the full extent of the physical and
environmental conditions for the species (Fugate 1992; Fugate 1998;
Gonzales et al. 1996; Ikeda and Schlising 1990; Noss et al. 2002a,
Platenkamp 1998; Zedler et al. 1979). The Altamont Pass subunits (unit
1A and B) support occurrences of the species within clear depression
pools in sandstone outcrops (Eriksen and Belk 1999; East Bay Regional
Parks District (EBRPD) 2001; CNDDB 2002). Midway in the species' range,
the alkaline pools supporting longhorn fairy shrimp are found on
Edminster loam and Turlock sandy loam. In the species' southern range,
they are found on shallow alkaline Northern Claypan type vernal pools
within a valley saltbush scrub matrix. The parent material of vernal
pools greatly influences species composition and hydrologic functioning
of the vernal pool (Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Holland and Jain 1981,
1988). Soils beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and are often
not the same as soils mapped by soil surveys, but are usually
undescribed hydric inclusions which vary upon location (Holland and
Dain 1990). The PCEs of critical habitat for longhorn fairy shrimp are
the habitat components that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by mounds and swales, and
depressions within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result in
complexes of continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in
the swales connecting the pools described in PCE (ii), providing for
dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools.
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water for a minimum of 23 days (Helm
1998), in all but the driest years; thereby providing adequate water
for incubation, maturation, and reproduction. As these features are
inundated on a seasonal basis, they do not promote the development of
obligate wetland vegetation habitats typical of permanently flooded
emergent wetlands.
(iii) Sources of food, expected to be detritus occurring in the
pools, contributed by overland flow from the pools' watershed, or the
results of biological processes within the pools themselves, such as
single-celled bacteria, algae, and dead organic matter, to provide for
feeding.
(iv) Structure within the pools described in PCE (ii), consisting
of organic and inorganic materials, such as living and dead plants from
plant species adapted to seasonally inundated environments, rocks, and
other inorganic debris that may be washed, blown, or otherwise
transported into the pools, that provide shelter.
Primary Constituent Elements for the Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp
Vernal pool fairy shrimp are distributed across a large geographic
range from southern Oregon to southern California (Eriksen and Belk
1999). Although the habitat of vernal pool fairy shrimp is highly
fragmented and occurrences are isolated from each other by varying
degrees across the species' range, the distribution of remaining extant
occurrences is somewhat evenly spread throughout its range. Vernal pool
fairy shrimp occur in a wide variety of habitat types from the Agate
Desert area in southern Oregon, to throughout the Sacramento and San
Joaquin valleys, the central Coast Range, and into Riverside County,
California. Although some of the habitat characteristics of the species
are known, specific pool characteristics that determine suitability for
vernal pool fairy shrimp hatching, growth, and reproduction are not
well understood. Vernal pool fairy shrimp occurrences are known to
occur in eight general areas of concentration on basin rim, low
terrace, high terrace, volcanic mudflow, valley floor, alkaline playa,
and coastal mountain landforms. The elevational differences in the
distribution of vernal pool fairy shrimp range from near 25 ft (8 m) in
the Central and Sacramento Valleys to near 500 ft (150 m) in Shasta
County. A broad distribution of vernal pool fairy shrimp across its
geographical and elevational distribution protects the natural
environmental processes for the species and provides the best chance
for retaining the species across the full extent of the species' range.
The vernal pool types and soils associated with the eight general
areas of concentration of vernal pool fairy shrimp differ greatly
across the geographic range of the species and lead to different
species compositions and ecological conditions between vernal pool
fairy shrimp occurrences. Providing for a mosaic of habitat types both
between and among vernal pool species is essential because it would
include the full extent of the physical and environmental conditions
for the species (Barclay and Knight 1984; Bauder and McMillan 1998;
Fugate 1992, 1998; Gonzales et al. 1996; Noss et al. 2002a; Noss et al.
2002b; Platenkamp 1998; Zedler et al. 1979).
Vernal pool fairy shrimp are usually found in vernal pools although
they are sometimes found in a range of natural and artificially created
ephemeral habitats such as alkali pools, seasonal drainages, stock
ponds, vernal swales, and rock outcrops (Vollmar 2002).
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Vernal pool fairy shrimp are most frequently found in small (< 2,125
ft\2\ (< 200 m\2\)) and shallow (2 in (mean of 5 cm)) pool habitats;
however, this species can be found in large (480,967 ft\2\ (44,534
m\2\)) and very deep (48 in (122 cm)) pool habitats as well (Helm and
Vollmar 2002). The landform associations for the vernal pool fairy
shrimp include alluvial fans, bedrock, bedrock escarpments, basin rim,
floodplain, high terrace, stream terrace, volcanic mudflow, and low
terrace formations (Helm 1998). The soils that contain occurrences of
vernal pool fairy shrimp in the delineated units vary significantly
throughout the species' range. In the north, the rare Northern Mudflow
formation underlies vernal pools in Shasta and Tehema Counties. Tehema
and Butte Counties contain Northern Basalt Flow vernal pools that are
limited to ancient terraces and hilltops that comprise some of the
oldest geologic formations in California. Northern Volcanic Mudflow
vernal pools are delineated in Butte and Yuba Counties. Throughout the
Central Valley, the habitat ranges from high terrace landforms to
claypan and hardpan pool types. Northern Basalt Flow vernal pools are
found in Fresno County in the low elevation foothills. In the Suisun
Marsh area, vernal pool fairy shrimp are found in the saline-alkaline
transition zone. The parent material of vernal pools greatly influences
species composition and hydrologic functioning of the vernal pool
(Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Holland and Jain 1981, 1988). Soils beneath
vernal pools are extremely variable and are not the same as soils
mapped by soil surveys, but are usually undescribed hydric inclusions
which vary upon location (Holland and Dain 1990). The PCEs of critical
habitat for vernal pool fairy shrimp are the habitat components that
provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by mounds and swales, and
depressions within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result in
complexes of continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in
the swales connecting the pools described in PCE (ii), providing for
dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools.
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water for a minimum of 18 days (Helm
1998), in all but the driest years; thereby providing adequate water
for incubation, maturation, and reproduction. As these features are
inundated on a seasonal basis, they do not promote the development of
obligate wetland vegetation habitats typical of permanently flooded
emergent wetlands.
(iii) Sources of food, expected to be detritus occurring in the
pools, contributed by overland flow from the pools' watershed, or the
results of biological processes within the pools themselves, such as
single-celled bacteria, algae, and dead organic matter, to provide for
feeding.
(iv) Structure within the pools described in PCE (ii), consisting
of organic and inorganic materials, such as living and dead plants from
plant species adapted to seasonally inundated environments, rocks, and
other inorganic debris that may be washed, blown, or otherwise
transported into the pools, that provide shelter.
Oregon
The vernal pool fairy shrimp is the only species addressed in this
final rule that occurs in Oregon. Four units in Oregon are designated
as essential to the conservation of vernal pool fairy shrimp (there are
29 units in California). The Oregon units occur approximately 125 mi
(200 km) north of the nearest unit designated for this species in
California. We identified critical habitat areas essential to the
conservation of vernal pool fairy shrimp to reflect the species
geographic distribution and varying habitat types and species
associations across its range. Maintaining vernal pool fairy shrimp
across their full geographic distribution would make the species less
susceptible to environmental variation or negative impacts associated
with human disturbances or natural catastrophic events across the
species entire range at any one time (Grosberg 2002, Helm 1998; Hunter
1996, New 1995, Primack 1993; Redford and Richter 1999; Rossum et al.
2001).
Primary Constituent Elements for the Vernal Pool Tadpole Shrimp
Vernal pool tadpole shrimp occurrences are known from Shasta County
to Tulare County, California, with an elevational variation of near 3 m
(10 ft) to near 150 m (500 ft). The vernal pool types and soils
associated with areas of concentration of vernal pool tadpole shrimp
differ greatly across the geographic range of the species; these
differences lead to different species compositions and environmental
conditions between vernal pool tadpole shrimp occurrences. Providing
for a mosaic of habitat types and conditions both between and among
vernal pool species is essential because it would include the full
extent of the physical and environmental conditions for the species
(Barclay and Knight 1984; Bauder and McMillan 1998; Fugate 1992 and
1998; Gonzales et al.1996, Noss et al. 2002a, Noss et al. 2002b;
Platenkamp 1998; Zedler et al. 1979). The soils that contain
occurrences of vernal pool tadpole shrimp in the delineated units vary
significantly throughout the species' range. In the north, the rare
Northern Mudflow formation underlies vernal pools in Shasta and Tehema
Counties. Tehema and Butte Counties contain Northern Basalt Flow vernal
pools that are limited to ancient terraces and hilltops that comprise
some of the oldest geologic formations in California. Northern Volcanic
Mudflow vernal pools are delineated in Butte and Yuba Counties.
Throughout the Central Valley, the habitat ranges from high terrace
landforms to claypan and hardpan pool types. Northern Basalt Flow
vernal pools are found in Fresno County in the low elevation foothills.
In the Suisun Marsh area, vernal pool tadpole shrimp are found in the
saline-alkaline transition zone. The parent material of vernal pools
greatly influences species composition and hydrologic functioning of
the vernal pool (Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Holland and Jain 1981,
1988). Soils beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and are often
not the same as soils mapped by soil surveys, but are usually
undescribed hydric inclusions which vary upon location (Holland and
Dain 1990). The PCEs of critical habitat for vernal pool tadpole shrimp
are the habitat components that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by mounds and swales, and
depressions within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result in
complexes of continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in
the swales connecting the pools described in PCE (ii), providing for
dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools.
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water for a minimum of 41 days (Helm
1998), in all but the driest years; thereby providing adequate water
for incubation, maturation, and reproduction. As these features are
inundated on a seasonal basis, they do not promote the development of
obligate wetland vegetation habitats typical of permanently flooded
emergent wetlands.
(iii) Sources of food, expected to be detritus occurring in the
pools, contributed by overland flow from the pools' watershed, or the
results of biological processes within the pools
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themselves, such as single-celled bacteria, algae, and dead organic
matter, to provide for feeding.
(iv) Structure within the pools described in PCE (ii), consisting
of organic and inorganic materials, such as living and dead plants from
plant species adapted to seasonally inundated environments, rocks, and
other inorganic debris that may be washed, blown, or otherwise
transported into the pools, that provide shelter.
Primary Constituent Elements for the Limnanthes Floccosa ssp.
Californica (Butte County Meadowfoam)
Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica is found in four general areas
of concentration in a narrow band from south to north of Chico,
California. The vernal pool types and soils associated with the four
general areas of concentration of L.f. ssp. californica include those
vernal pools on Tuscan formation or terraced-alluvials with mostly
Anita, Riverbank, Redbluff, Modesto, and Redding soils. The habitat
associated with L.f. ssp. californica includes saturated soils and
pools with a flashy (short lived) inundation period. A vernal pool's
parent material greatly influences that pool's species composition and
hydrologic functioning (Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Holland and Jain
1981, 1988). Soils beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and are
often not the same as soils mapped by soil surveys, but are usually
undescribed hydric inclusions that vary upon location (Holland and Dain
1990).
Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica is found more often within the
swale system between vernal pools than in the pools themselves (Jokerst
1989). The swale habitat forms a branch or net-like pattern between the
vernal pools and around mound topography and connects the vernal pools
hydrologically. These swale systems are inundated by surface flow and
post-storm runoff from adjacent areas and have a greater variability in
environmental conditions than do the vernal pools. The swale systems
also have different species compositions, depending on parent soil and
moisture regime (Holland and Jain 1981, 1988; Jokerst 1989). Limnanthes
floccosa ssp. californica at the southern extent of its range occurs on
volcanic mudflows with Corning variant soils. Occurrences near Chico
are on formations of eroded mudflow formations. Limnanthes floccosa
ssp. californica in the northern extent of the species range occur on
very shallow Tuscan formation soils (Dole 1988). All four areas
designated as critical habitat have a different species composition,
depending on soil and hydrologic conditions. We believe that providing
for a mosaic of habitat types both between and among vernal pool
species is essential because it would include the full extent of the
physical and environmental conditions for the species (Dole 1988;
Fugate 1992; Fugate 1998; Gonzales et al.1996; Ikeda and Schlising
1990; Noss et al. 2002a; Platenkamp 1998; Zedler et al. 1979). The PCEs
of critical habitat for L.f. ssp. californica are the habitat
components that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of
adequate length in the pools.
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
Primary Constituent Elements for the Lasthenia Conjugens (Contra Costa
Goldfields)
Lasthenia conjugens occurrences are found in five centers of
concentration in the northern and central Coast Range and western part
of the Central Valley in Solano and Contra Costa County. By far the
greatest concentration of this species is in the area east of Fairfield
in Solano County. Lasthenia conjugens normally are found in vernal
pools, swales, moist flats, and depressions within open grassy areas of
woodland and valley grassland habitats. However, several historical
collections were from populations growing in the saline-alkaline
transition zone between vernal pools and tidal marshes on the eastern
margin of the San Francisco Bay (CNDDB 2002).
Although some of the habitat characteristics of the species are
known, specific pool characteristics that determine suitability for L.
conjugens germination, growth, reproduction, and dispersal are not well
understood. Lasthenia conjugens normally is observed in only a few of
the pools within the vernal pool complexes in which it is found, and
the pool characteristics that determine suitability for L. conjugens
germination and growth are unknown. By overlapping known occurrences of
L. conjugens with appropriate soil types, elevations, slopes,
vegetation community associations, and vernal pool types, where we know
L. conjugens to occur, we have designated what we believe is the likely
distribution of the seed bank around L. conjugens occurrences. Due to
the species' highly restricted nature and disjunct distribution, the
long-term survival of L. conjugens depends upon the protection and
management of all extant populations and their associated seed banks,
and the maintenance of ecological functions within and between these
populations. The PCEs of critical habitat for Lasthenia conjugens are
the habitat components that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of
adequate length in the pools.
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
Primary Constituent Elements for the Chamaesyce Hooveri (Hoover's
Spurge)
Chamaesyce hooveri is found in naturally occurring widely scattered
vernal pool complexes in a narrow zone of rolling topography and
remnant alluvial fans and stream terraces at the base of the Sierra
Nevada foothills and two locations in alkali sink areas at the
Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge and San Luis National Wildlife
Refuge Complex in three general areas of concentration in Tehama,
Butte, Glenn, Colusa, Stanislaus, Merced, and Tulare Counties in the
Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys (CNDDB 2002, Stone et al. 1988). The
elevation of these areas of
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concentration varies from near 50 ft (15 m) to near 500 ft (150 m).
Conserving a broad geographic range of C. hooveri across its
geographical and elevational distribution protects the natural
environmental processes for the species and provides the best chance
for retaining the species across the full extent of the species' range.
The vernal pool types and soils associated with the six areas of
concentration of C. hooveri differ greatly across the geographic range
of the species; these differences lead to different species
compositions and environmental conditions between C. hooveri
occurrences. Providing for a mosaic of habitat types both between and
among vernal pool species occurrences is essential to the species'
conservation because it would help insure the inclusion of the full
extent of the physical and environmental conditions for the species
(Fugate 1992; Fugate 1998; Gonzales et al. 1996; Ikeda and Schlising
1990; Noss et al. 2002a; Platenkamp 1998; Zedler et al. 1979).
The distribution of C. hooveri reflects a diversity of vernal pool
habitat types that provide habitat for the species on the alluvial fans
and old stream terraces of the Sierra Nevada foothills. Vernal pool
complexes that provide suitable habitat for this species include three
different physiographic and edaphic settings: old high and lower old
stream terrace areas with soils having an iron-silica hardpan and sites
with shallow soils underlain by cemented tufaceous alluvium. The Tehama
County occurrences of C. hooveri are associated with slightly-to-medium
acid soils of the Tuscan and Anita soil series that are underlain by an
iron-silica cemented hardpan (Broyles 1987). The Glenn and Colusa
County occurrences at the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge are
associated with alkaline vernal pools on Willows and Riz soil types
(Holland 1998; Silveira 2000; CNDDB 2002). The Stanislaus County
occurrences are associated with neutral to slightly alkaline claypan
soils of the Meikle series that formed in small drainages of
Pleistocene alluvium. The Merced County occurrences in the Arena Plains
are within saline-alkaline vernal pools on Lewis soils (USDA 2001;
CNDDB 2002). The Tulare County occurrences are associated with lime-
silica cemented hardpan and low-terrace neutral to slightly alkaline
soils of the Madera soil series. Not all areas of C. hooveri have been
identified as to the specific soil series or soil mapping units on
which they occur. Many of the occupied vernal pools vary in size from
20,520 ft5 (1,900 m5) to 618 ac (250 ha). A vernal pool's parent
material greatly influences the pool's species composition and
hydrologic functioning (Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Holland and Jain
1981, 1988). Soils beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and are
often not the same as soils mapped by soil surveys, but are usually
undescribed hydric inclusions that vary upon location (Holland and Dain
1990). Field observations suggest that C. hooveri is restricted to
specific microsites within the vernal pools and may behave somewhat
independently, depending on environmental and edaphic conditions and
are likely locally adapted (Alexander and Schlising 1997; Stone et al.
1988; Vollmar 2002). The PCEs of critical habitat for C. hooveri are
the habitat components that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of
adequate length in the pools.
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
Primary Constituent Elements for the Castilleja campestris ssp.
succulenta (Fleshy owl's-clover)
Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta is found usually in low plant
numbers in seven naturally occurring widely scattered vernal pool
complex areas in Fresno, Madera, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Tuolumne
Counties in the San Joaquin Valley. Castilleja campestris ssp.
succulenta has a sporadic distribution within vernal pools, between
vernal pools and between vernal pool complexes. The specific vernal
pool characteristics that determine the suitability for C. c. ssp.
succulenta germination and growth are unknown; however, it appears that
the species seems to favor somewhat smaller, somewhat acidic vernal
pools as compared to other vernal pool plants.
Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta occurrences are known from
within an elevational variation of near 160 ft (50 m) to near 1,800 ft
(550 m). Conserving a broad distribution of C. c. ssp. succulenta
across its geographical and elevational distribution protects the
natural environmental processes for the species and provides the best
chance for retaining the species across the full extent of its range.
The vernal pool types and soils associated with the six areas of
concentration of C. c. ssp. succulenta differ across the geographic
range of the species; these differences lead to different species
compositions and environmental conditions between C. c. ssp. succulenta
occurrences. Providing for a mosaic of habitat types both between and
among vernal pool species occurrences is essential to the species'
conservation because it would include the full extent of the physical
and environmental conditions for the species (Fugate 1992; Fugate 1998;
Gonzales et al.1996; Ikeda and Schlising 1990; Noss et al. 2002a;
Platenkamp 1998; Zedler et al. 1979). The distribution of C. c. ssp.
succulenta reflects a diversity of vernal pool habitat types and sizes
that provide habitat for the species. We are uncertain about specific
soils that may correlate with the presence of this species, although
the species is irregularly found on Redding soil series. Vernal pool
complexes that provide suitable habitat for this species include pools
ranging in depth from 6.0 in (15 cm) to 10.0 in (25 cm), but the
species is also found less frequently in shallower and deeper pools.
Soil pH values for some of the vernal pools in Merced County occupied
by C. c. ssp. succulenta range from 4.3 to 6.2. Although no
comprehensive study has been conducted in Merced County, some vernal
pools occupied by C. c. ssp. succulenta vary in size from 0.02 ac (80
m\2\) to 0.12 ac (486 m\2\). Merced County contains the largest
aggregations of C. c. ssp. succulenta, and the occurrences of the
species are found on mild to strongly acidic soils on Laguna, Mehrten,
North Merced Gravels, and Riverbank Formations as well as Ione,
Merthen, and Valley Springs' geological formations. The parent material
of vernal pools greatly influences species' composition and hydrologic
functioning of the vernal pool (Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Holland and
Jain 1981, 1988). Although C. c. ssp. succulenta appears to prefer the
more weathered acidic, higher-terrace vernal pool complexes that are
composed of volcanic tuff sand quartzite parent materials, soils
beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and are often not the same
as soils mapped
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by soil surveys, but are usually undescribed hydric inclusions that
vary upon location (Holland and Dain 1990). The PCEs of critical
habitat for C. c. ssp. succulenta are the habitat components that
provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of
adequate length in the pools.
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
Primary Constituent Elements for the Neostapfia colusana (Colusa grass)
Neostapfia colusana occurrences are known from eight areas of
concentration with an elevational variation of near 16 ft (5 m) to near
350 ft (100 m). Conserving a broad distribution of N. colusana across
its geographical and elevational distribution protects the natural
environmental processes for the species and provides the best chance
for retaining the species across the full extent of the species range.
The vernal pool types and soils associated with the eight areas of
concentration of N. colusana differ greatly across the geographic range
of the species; these difference lead to different species compositions
and environmental conditions between N. colusana occurrences. Providing
for a mosaic of habitat types both between and among vernal pool
species occurrences is essential to the species' conservation because
it would include the full extent of the physical and environmental
conditions for the species (Fugate 1992; Fugate 1998; Gonzales et al.
1996; Ikeda and Schlising 1990; Noss et al. 2002a; Platenkamp 1998;
Zedler et al. 1979). The distribution of N. colusana reflects a
diversity of vernal pool habitat types and sizes that provide habitat
for the species. Vernal pool complexes that provide suitable habitat
for this species include two different physiographic and edaphic
settings: claypan soils of saline-alkali basins and remnant alluvial
fans and old stream terrace areas with strongly acidic, gravelly, and
cobbly soils having an iron-silica cemented hardpan, and shallow,
slightly acidic residual soils of the Pentz series underlain by
cemented tuffaceous alluvium. Additional settings for N. colusana are
found in vernal pool complexes where resistant beds of tuffaceous
deposits are exposed along intermittent drainages and, in Stanislaus
County, neutral to slightly alkaline claypan soils on dissected
alluvial fans. Not all areas of N. colusana have been identified as to
the specific soil series or soil mapping units where they occur.
However, in Merced County, N. colusana occurs on clay soils on Mehrten
Formation and also on Riverbank, North Merced Gravels, and Laguna
Formations. Of the Orcuttieae grasses, N. colusana inhabits the widest
range of vernal pool sizes, with the smallest being 1,075 ft\2\ (100
m\2\ and the largest at 618 ac (250 ha). The parent material of vernal
pools greatly influences species composition and hydrologic functioning
of the vernal pool (Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Holland and Jain 1981,
1988). Soils beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and are often
not the same as soils mapped by soil surveys, but are usually
undescribed hydric inclusions that vary by location (Holland and Dain
1990). The PCEs of critical habitat for N. colusana are the habitat
components that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of
adequate length in the pools.
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
Primary Constituent Elements for the Tuctoria Greenei (Greene's
Tuctoria)
Tuctoria greenei occurrences are known from eight general areas of
concentration from Shasta County to Madera County with an elevational
variation of from near 100 ft (30 m) to near 3,500 ft (1,067 m).
Conserving a broad distribution of T. greenei across its geographical
and elevational distribution protects the natural environmental
processes for the species and provides the best chance for retaining
the species across the full extent of the its range. The vernal pool
types and soils associated with the eight areas of concentration of T.
greenei differ greatly across the geographic range of the species;
these differences lead to different species compositions and
environmental conditions between T. greenei occurrences. Providing for
a mosaic of habitat types both between and among vernal pool species
occurrences is essential to the species conservation because it would
include the full extent of the physical and environmental conditions
for the species (Fugate 1992; Fugate 1998; Gonzales et al.1996; Ikeda
and Schlising 1990; Noss et al. 2002a; Platenkamp 1998; Zedler et al.
1979). The wide-ranging distribution of T. greenei reflects a diversity
of vernal pool habitat types that provide habitat for the species.
Vernal pool complexes that provide suitable habitat for this species
include four different physiographic and edaphic settings--old high
stream terrace, lower old stream terrace areas with soils having an
iron-silica hardpan, sites with shallow soils underlain by cemented
tuffaceous alluvium, and vernal pool complexes on claypan soils that
are slightly acid to slightly alkaline. Not all areas of T. greenei
have been identified as to the specific soil series or soil mapping
units where they occur. The Butte County occurrences of T. greenei are
associated with soils underlain by tuffaceous alluvium, are considered
to occur in Northern Basalt Flow and Northern Volcanic Mudflow type
vernal pool complexes, and one occurrence is found on Tuscan soils. The
Tehama County occurrences are associated with slightly-to-medium acid
soils of the Tuscan and Anita soil series that are underlain by an
iron-silica cemented hardpan occurring vernal pools and are the only
area where vernal pools are associated with this type of landform. Many
of these pools are a fraction of an acre and have a short inundation
period (until April or May) and fewer number of shallower larger pool
sizes well over an acre with a comparatively longer inundation period
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(until June or July). A vernal pool's parent material greatly
influences the pool's species composition and hydrologic functioning
(Hanes and Stromberg 1998; Holland and Jain 1981; 1988). Soils beneath
vernal pools are extremely variable and are not the same as soils
mapped by soil surveys, but are usually undescribed hydric inclusions
that vary by location (Holland and Dain 1990). The PCEs of critical
habitat for T. greenei are the habitat components that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of
adequate length in the pools.
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
Primary Constituent Elements for the Orcuttia Pilosa (Hairy Orcutt
Grass)
Orcuttia pilosa occurrences are known from southern Tehama County
in the Sacramento Valley to southern Madera County in the San Joaquin
Valley with a predominate elevational variation of from near 180 ft (55
m) to near 405 ft (123 m). Conserving a broad distribution of O. pilosa
across its geographical and elevational distribution protects the
natural environmental processes for the species and provides the best
chance for retaining the species across the full extent of its range.
The vernal pool types and soils associated with the six areas of
concentration of O. pilosa differ greatly across the geographic range
of the species; these differences lead to different species
compositions and environmental conditions between O. pilosa
occurrences. Providing for a mosaic of habitat types both between and
among vernal pool species occurrences is essential to the species'
conservation because it would include the full extent of the physical
and environmental conditions for the species (Fugate 1992; Fugate 1998;
Gonzales et al. 1996; Ikeda and Schlising 1990; Noss et al. 2002a;
Platenkamp 1998; Zedler et al. 1979). The distribution of O. pilosa
reflects a diversity of vernal pool habitat types that provide habitat
for the species on the alluvial fans and old stream terraces of the
Sierra Nevada foothills. Vernal pool complexes that provide suitable
habitat for this species include mostly three different physiographic
and edaphic settings--old high and lower old stream terrace areas with
soils having an iron-silica hardpan and sites with shallow soils
underlain by cemented tuffaceous alluvium. The Tehama County
occurrences of O. pilosa are associated with slightly to medium acid
soils of the Tuscan and Anita soil series that are underlain by an
iron-silica cemented hardpan. Not all areas of O. pilosa have been
identified as to the specific soil series or soil mapping units on
which they occur. Many of the occupied vernal pools vary in size from
36,600 ft2 (3,400 m2) to 618 ac (250 ha). A
vernal pool's parent material greatly influences the pool's species
composition and hydrologic functioning (Hanes and Stromberg 1998;
Holland and Jain 1981, 1988). Soils beneath vernal pools are extremely
variable and are not the same as soils mapped by soil surveys, but are
usually undescribed hydric inclusions that vary upon location (Holland
and Dain 1990). The PCEs of critical habitat for O. pilosa are the
habitat components that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of
adequate length in the pools.
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands
Primary Constituent Elements for the Orcuttia Viscida (Sacramento
Orcutt Grass)
Orcuttia viscida is found in naturally occurring scattered vernal
pool complexes in Sacramento County, California, and is the most
geographically restricted Orcuttieae species. The specific vernal pool
characteristics that determine the suitability for O. viscida
germination, growth and reproduction are not well understood. Orcuttia
viscida occurrences are known only from eastern Sacramento County in
the Sacramento Valley with a predominate elevational variation of 150
ft (45 m) to 375 ft (114 m). Conserving a broad distribution of O.
viscida across its rather relatively narrow geographical and
elevational distribution protects the natural environmental processes
for the species and provides the best chance for retaining the species
across the full extent of the species range.
The vernal pool types and soils associated with the three areas of
concentration of O. viscida differ across the geographic range of the
species and leads to different species compositions and environmental
conditions between O. viscida occurrences. Providing for a mosaic of
habitat types both between and among vernal pool species occurrences is
essential to the species conservation because it would include the full
extent of the physical and environmental conditions for the species
(Fugate 1992, Fugate 1998, Gonzales et al.1996, Ikeda and Schlising
1990, Noss et al. 2002a, Platenkamp 1998, Zedler et al. 1979). The
distribution of O. viscida reflects a relatively smaller diversity of
vernal pool habitat types that provide habitat for the species on the
old stream terraces of the Sierra Nevada foothills. Vernal pool
complexes that provide suitable habitat for this species include one
physiographic and edaphic settings: remnant depositional stream
terraces at the base of the Sierran foothills. The Sacramento County
occurrences of O. viscida are associated with Redding soils that are
strongly acidic underlain by an iron-silica cemented hardpan and with
soils mapped in the Pentz-Pardee-Red Bluff association. Not all areas
of O. viscida have been identified as to the specific soil series or
soil mapping units where they occur. Many of the occupied vernal pools
vary in size from 0.3 ac (1,000 m2) to 2 ac (8,260 m \2\).
The parent material of vernal pools greatly influences species
composition and hydrologic functioning of the vernal pool (Hanes and
Stromberg 1998, Holland and Jain 1981, 1988). Soils
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beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and are often not the same
as soils mapped by soil surveys, but are usually undescribed hydric
inclusions that vary upon location (Holland and Dain 1990). The PCEs of
critical habitat for O. viscida are the habitat components that
provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of
adequate length in the pools.
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
Primary Constituent Elements for the Orcuttia inaequalis (San Joaquin
Valley Orcutt grass)
Orcuttia inaequalis is found in naturally occurring widely
scattered vernal pool complexes in Fresno, Madera, Merced, Stanislaus,
and Tulare Counties in the northeastern San Joaquin Valleys. Orcuttia
inaequalis is the only species found just in the San Joaquin Valley.
The specific vernal pool characteristics that determine the suitability
for O. inaequalis germination, growth, and successful reproduction are
unknown. However, O. inaequalis is a strict endemic to usually larger
vernal pools that range in area from 1,500 ft2 (140
m2) to 12.1 ac (4.9 ha) in size and 12 in (30.5 cm) to 22 in
(55.9 cm) deep but can be found in both smaller and larger and
shallower and deeper vernal pools (Stone et al. 1988, Volmar 2002).
Orcuttia inaequalis is found in vernal pool complexes on a variety of
geological surfaces including Ione, Laguna, Merthen, Modesto, North
Merced Gravels, Riverbank, Turlock Lake, and Valley Springs in the
northeastern San Joaquin Valley.
Orcuttia inaequalis occurrences are known from central Merced
County to northern Tulare County in the northeastern San Joaquin Valley
with a predominate elevational variation of near 155 ft (47 m) to near
1,870 ft (570 m). Conserving a broad distribution O. inaequalis across
its geographical and elevational distribution protects the natural
environmental processes for the species and provides the best chance
for retaining the species across the full extent of the species range.
The vernal pool types and soils associated with the six areas of
concentration of O. inaequalis differ greatly across the geographic
range of the species and leads to different species compositions and
environmental conditions between O. inaequalis occurrences. Providing
for a mosaic of habitat types both between and among vernal pool
species occurrences is essential to the species conservation because it
would include the full extent of the physical and environmental
conditions for the species (Fugate 1992, Fugate 1998, Gonzales et al.
1996, Ikeda and Schlising 1990, Noss et al. 2002a, Platenkamp 1998,
Zedler et al. 1979). The distribution of O. inaequalis reflects a
diversity of vernal pool habitat types that provide habitat for the
species on the alluvial fans and old stream terraces of the Sierra
Nevada foothills. Vernal pool complexes that provide suitable habitat
for this species include several different physiographic and edaphic
settings including; old high old stream terrace areas with Redding and
related soil series, lower old stream terraces with San Joaquin and
related soil series having an iron-silica hardpan but less strongly
acidic sites with shallow, residual soils of the Pentz and related soil
series underlain by a well-cemented tuffaceous alluvium. One occurrence
in Fresno County is found in a rather shallow stony moderately to
strongly acidic vernal pool complex on residual soils of the Hideaway
series at a relatively high elevation. Not all areas of O. inaequalis
have been identified as to the specific soil series or soil mapping
units on which they occur. The parent material of vernal pools greatly
influences species composition and hydrologic functioning of the vernal
pool (Hanes and Stromberg 1998, Holland and Jain 1981, 1988). Soils
beneath vernal pools are extremely variable and are often not the same
as soils mapped by soil surveys, but are usually undescribed hydric
inclusions that vary upon location (Holland and Dain 1990). The PCEs of
critical habitat for O. inaequalis are the habitat components that
provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of
adequate length in the pools.
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
Primary Constituent Elements for the Orcuttia tenuis (Slender Orcutt
grass)
Orcuttia tenuis is found in five general areas of concentration
from south Sacramento County to the Modoc Plateau and west to Lake
County with an elevational variation of near 200 ft (61 m) to near
3,500 ft (1,067 m). A broad distribution of O. tenuis across its
geographical and elevational distribution protects the natural
environmental processes for the species and provides the best chance
for retaining the species across the full extent of the species range.
The vernal pool types and soils associated with the five general
areas of concentration of O. tenuis differ greatly across the
geographic range of the species and leads to different species
compositions and environmental conditions between O. tenuis
occurrences. Providing for a mosaic of habitat types both between and
among vernal pool species is essential because it would include the
full extent of the physical and environmental conditions for the
species (Fugate 1992, Fugate 1998, Gonzales et al. 1996, Ikeda and
Schlising 1990, Noss et al. 2002a, Platenkamp 1998, Zedler et al.
1979). The wide ranging distribution of O. tenuis has lead to a large
diversity of vernal pool habitat types for the species. The Modoc
Plateau occurrences are associated mostly with Northern Basalt Flow and
Northern Volcanic Mudflow type vernal pools. These pools range in size
from a fraction of an acre to well over an acre with smaller pools
having a short inundation period. The parent material of vernal pools
greatly influences species composition and hydrologic functioning of
the vernal pool (Hanes and Stromberg 1998,
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Holland and Jain 1981, 1988). Soils beneath vernal pools are extremely
variable and are often not the same as soils mapped by soil surveys,
but are usually undescribed hydric inclusions which vary upon location
(Holland and Dain 1990). The Lake County occurrences are associated
with Ashflow type vernal pools and are the only area where vernal pools
are associated with this type of landform. The Redding area vernal
pools in the Northeastern Sacramento Valley Vernal Pool Region occur on
volcanic Tuscan Formation or terrace-alluvial Redding soils. The
hydrology within the terrace-alluvial pools tends to be less flashy
than those with a volcanic origin (Keeler-Wolf et al. 1998). The soils
associated with the Sacramento County occurrences include those
occurring on old terrace formations. The PCEs of critical habitat for
O. tenuis are the habitat components that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of
adequate length in the pools.
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
Primary Constituent Elements for the Tuctoria mucronata (Solano grass)
Tuctoria mucronata is found in two naturally occurring scattered
vernal pool complex areas in Solano and Yolo Counties in the Sacramento
Valley. The specific vernal pool characteristics that determine the
suitability for T. mucronata germination and growth are unknown;
however, it appears that the species seems to favor somewhat larger and
deeper vernal pools as compared to other vernal pool plants.
Tuctoria mucronata occurrences are known from with an elevational
variation of near 15 ft (5 m) to near 35 ft (11 m). Conserving the
distribution of T. mucronata across its geographical and elevational
distribution protects the natural environmental processes for the
species and provides the best chance for retaining the species across
the full extent of the species range. The vernal pool types and soils
associated with the two areas of concentration of T. mucronata differ
across the geographic range of the species and leads to different
species compositions and environmental conditions between T. mucronata
occurrences. Providing for a mosaic of habitat types both between and
among vernal pool species occurrences is essential to the species
conservation because it would include the full extent of the physical
and environmental conditions for the species (Fugate 1992, Fugate 1998,
Gonzales et al. 1996, Ikeda and Schlising 1990, Noss et al. 2002a,
Platenkamp 1998, Zedler et al. 1979). The distribution of T. mucronata
reflects a diversity of vernal pool habitat types and sizes that
provide habitat for the species. Vernal pool complexes that provide
suitable habitat for this species include similar physiographic and
edaphic settings-claypan soils of saline-alkali flood basin rims basins
soils. The parent material of vernal pools greatly influences species
composition and hydrologic functioning of the vernal pool (Hanes and
Stromberg 1998, Holland and Jain 1981, 1988). Soils beneath vernal
pools are extremely variable and are often not the same as soils mapped
by soil surveys, but are usually undescribed hydric inclusions that
vary upon location (Holland and Dain 1990). The PCEs of critical
habitat for T. mucronata are the habitat components that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in PCE (ii), providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of
adequate length in the pools.
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and non-native upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
Criteria Used To Identify Critical Habitat
We are designating critical habitat on lands that are occupied
contain sufficient PCEs and which we have determined essential to the
conservation of the 15 vernal pool species. These areas have the PCEs
described below for each species. Based on the best scientific
information available, all areas identified as critical habitat for the
15 vernal pool species addressed by this rule are within the historical
and current ranges of each of the species and contain the specific PCEs
identified below. Rather than designate every area containing PCEs,
however, we designated only those areas which available evidence
clearly demonstrated were essential to the conservation of each
species. Areas for which the evidence available at this time was less
certain were not included in this designation, although we believe
these areas to be important to the species and may include them in
future recovery plans. Areas essential to the conservation of the
species are those that are necessary to advance at least one of the
following conservation criteria:
(1) The conservation of areas representative of the geographic
distribution of the species. Species that are protected across their
ranges have lower chances of extinction (Soule and Simberloff 1986;
Murphy et al. 1990; Primack 1993; Given 1994; Hunter 1996; Pavlik 1996;
Noss et al. 1999; Grosberg 2002);
(2) The conservation of areas representative of the ecological
distribution of the species. Each of the 15 vernal species is
associated with various combinations of soil types, vernal pool
chemistry, geomorphic surfaces (landforms), and vegetation community
associations. Maintaining the full range of varying habitat types and
characteristics for a species is essential because it would include the
full extent of the physical and environmental conditions necessary for
the species (Zedler and Ebert 1979; Ikeda and Schlising 1990; Fugate
1992; Gonzales et al. 1996; Fugate 1998; Platenkamp 1998; Bainbridge
2002; Noss et al. 2002a);
(3) The conservation of areas necessary to allow movement of cysts,
pollen, and seeds between areas representative of the geographic and
ecological distribution of the species. As a result of dispersal events
within and between vernal pool complexes, and environmental conditions
that may
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prevent the emergence of dormant cysts and seeds for up to several
decades, the presence of vernal pool species is dynamic in both space
and time (Eriksen and Belk 1999; Noss et al. 2002a);
(4) In cases where more occupied areas were present than were
needed for the conservation of the geographic or ecological
distribution of the species, we gave priority to areas which already
possessed a measure of protection or which possessed the largest
unfragmented vernal pool complexes.
When determining critical habitat boundaries, we made every effort
to avoid designating developed areas such as buildings, paved areas,
boat ramps and other structures that lack the PCEs for the 15 vernal
pool species. Any such structures inadvertently left inside critical
habitat boundaries are not considered part of the unit. This also
applies to land on which structures sit directly. Therefore, Federal
actions limited to these areas would not trigger section 7
consultations, unless they affect the species and/or primary
constituent elements in adjacent critical habitat. Additional
information concerning the essential nature of these areas can be found
in the previous final designation of critical habitat for these 15
vernal pool species (68 FR 46684; August 6, 2003) and also in our
supporting record for this rulemaking.
Special Management Considerations or Protections
When designating critical habitat, we assess whether the areas
determined to be essential for conservation may require special
management considerations or protections. As we undertake the process
of designating critical habitat for a species, we first evaluate lands
defined by those physical and biological features essential to the
conservation of the species for inclusion in the designation pursuant
to section 3(5)(A) of the Act. Secondly, we then evaluate lands defined
by those features to assess whether they may require special management
considerations or protection.
In designating critical habitat, we also have considered how this
designation highlights habitat that needs special management
considerations or protection. For example, we have many regional HCPs
under development, and this designation will be useful in helping
applicants determine what vernal pool habitat areas should be highest
priority for special management or protection, and where there may be
more flexibility in conservation options. This designation will guide
them and us in ensuring that all local habitat conservation planning
efforts are consistent with conservation objectives for these species.
Once a vernal pool habitat has been protected from direct filling,
it is still necessary to ensure that the habitat is not rendered
unsuitable for vernal pool species because of factors such as altered
hydrology, contamination, nonnative species invasions, or other
incompatible land uses. Many of the factors that cause the decline and
localized extirpation of vernal pool species can be avoided. Actions
that should be avoided include the following:
(1) Actions that increase competition from invasive species as many
of the species addressed in this rule are threatened by invasion of
nonnative species (CNDDB 2001).
(2) Alteration of natural hydrology such as construction of dams or
other structures that artificially increase the length of vernal pool
inundation or construction of ditches that artificially drain vernal
pools.
(3) Human degradation of vernal pools such as off-road vehicle use,
dumping, and vandalism that threatens many of the species addressed in
this rule.
Critical Habitat Designation
We are designating 858,846 ac (347,563 ha) of critical habitat for
the 15 vernal pool species. The critical habitat areas described below
constitute our best assessment at this time of areas we have determined
are occupied at the time of listing, contain the primary constituent
elements and that may require special management and those additional
areas found to be essential to the conservation of the 15 vernal pool
species.
Relationship of This Final Rule to the March 8, 2005 Final Rule
Confirmation (70 FR 11140)
On March 8, 2005 (70 FR 11140), we confirmed 136,358 ac (55,182 ha)
of non-economic exclusions made to our previous final rule of August 6,
2003 (68 FR 46683). This included exclusion under section 4(b)(2) of
the Act for 42,914 ac (17,369 ha) of National Wildlife Refuge and
National Fish Hatchery lands; 50,520 ac (20,444 ha) of Department of
Defense lands; 644 ac (261 ha) of tribal lands belonging to the
Mechoopda Tribe; 12,373 ac (5,007 ha) of State Wildlife Areas and
Ecological Reserves owned and managed by the California Department of
Fish and Game; and 10,224 ac (4,138 ha) of lands in Habitat
Conservation Plans or cooperative management areas. In our re-
evaluation of March 8, 2005, we exempted 19,684 ac (7,966) acres of
Department of Defense lands on Beale and Travis Air Force Bases under
section 4(a)(3)(B) of the Act. As noted in that rule, the reported
acreages were additive individual totals of each of the 15 species.
Because many of the critical habitat boundaries overlap among species,
the actual total acreage excluded is less than reported in that rule.
When we reopened the comment period on noneconomic exclusions
(December 28, 2004; 69 FR 77700), we requested comments and information
related to amount and distribution of habitat that should be included
in the designation, what habitat should be considered essential to the
conservation of the species, rationale for including or excluding such
habitat from the designation, benefits associated with including or
excluding habitat from the designation, current or planned activities
in proposed critical habitat, and requested public participation in the
process of designating critical habitat. This final rule addresses all
remaining non-economic exclusions not addressed in the March 8, 2005
(70 FR 11140) confirmation of exclusions made to our previous final
rule, and all economic exclusions made under section 4(b)(2) based on
comments received during the reopened comment periods of December 28,
2004 (69 FR 77700) and June 30, 2005 (70 FR 37739). In contrast to the
March 8, 2005 final rule confirmation (70 FR 11140), the acreages
published with the maps in this final rule have eliminated all overlap
among species and represent the actual extent of the designation and
the economic exclusions across the 15 species. As a result, acreages
reported in previous notices are not always comparable to those
reported in this notice.
In this rule, we have considered, but are excluding from critical
habitat, a total of approximately 374,732 ac (151,648 ha) of essential
habitat for one or more of the fifteen listed vernal pool species in
the following areas under section 4(b)(2): lands within the boundaries
of Carrizo Plain National Monument administered by the Bureau of Land
Management (16,033 ac (6,488 ha)), and lands with significant economic
impacts to landowners (358,699 ac (145,160 ha) within 23 census tracts
in Sacramento, Butte, Placer, Solano, Monterey, Fresno, Stanislaus,
Madera, Merced, Shasta, and Tehama Counties.
Description of Critical Habitat
We are designating critical habitat for the four vernal pool
crustaceans and 11
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vernal pool plants within the units and subunits shown in Table 1.
Although all of the units are within the geographic range of the
included species, we are not designating all of the areas known to be
occupied by any of the four vernal pool crustaceans or 11 vernal pool
plants.
Table 1.--Subunits and Associated Species Within the Final Critical Habitat Designation for 4 Vernal Pool Crustaceans and 11 Vernal Pool Plants in California and Southern Oregon
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Vernal Vernal Castilleja
Conservancy Longhorn pool pool Limnanthes Lasthenia Chamaesyce campestris Neostapfia Tuctoria Orcuttia O. O. O. Tuctoria
fairy shrimp fairy fairy tadpole floccosa ssp. conjugens hooveri ssp. colusana greenei pilosa viscida inaequalis tenuis mucronata
shrimp shrimp shrimp californica succulenta
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7C 13C 1A 6C 7F 8A 7C 11G 10B 5F 7C 11D 14M 5A 10B
7D 13D 1B 7A 7G 9C 7J 15E 14D 7C 7J 11E 15J 5B ...........
7E 14B 1C 7B 7H 10D 14C 15H 14E 7J 15G 11G 15K 5C ...........
7F 20A 1D 7C 7I 10E 14D 15J 14F 15B 15H ......... 15L 5D ...........
7G ........... 1E 7D 7M 10F 14E 15L 14G 15C 15I ......... 15M 5E ...........
10F ........... 1F 7E 7N 10G 14F 15M 14I 15D 15L ......... 15N 5G ...........
14A ........... 1G 7F ............. 10H 14G 15N 14J 15E .......... ......... 15O 5H ...........
14B ........... 2A 7G ............. 12A 14M 15O 14K 15F .......... ......... 15P 5I ...........
14C ........... 2B 7H ............. 12C 15E 15Q 15B 15J .......... ......... 15S 15J ...........
14D ........... 2C 7I ............. 13B 15G ............ 15C 15K .......... ......... 15T 5K ...........
14E ........... 2D 7J ............. 16A 15H ............ 15D 15L .......... ......... 15U 5L ...........
14F ........... 2E 7K ............. 16B 15I ............ 15E .......... .......... ......... 15W 6A ...........
14G ........... 3A 7L ............. ........... 15R ............ 15F .......... .......... ......... ............ 6B ...........
15J ........... 3B 7M ............. ........... 15S ............ 15G .......... .......... ......... ............ 6C ...........
22A ........... 3C 7N ............. ........... 15T ............ 15H .......... .......... ......... ............ 6D ...........
........... 4A 10A ............. ........... 15U ............ 15I .......... .......... ......... ............ 7A ...........
........... 4B 10B ............. ........... 15V ............ 15J .......... .......... ......... ............ 7B ...........
........... 6C 10C ............. ........... 15W ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ 7C ...........
........... 6E 10D ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ 9A ...........
........... 6F 10E ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ 9B ...........
........... 7C 10F ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ 11E ...........
........... 7D 11A ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 7E 11E ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 7F 11F ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 7G 11G ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 7H 14B ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 7I 14C ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 10C 14D ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 10D 14E ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 10E 14F ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 10F 14G ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 11A 14H ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 11B 14I ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 11C 14J ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 11D 14K ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 11F 14L ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 11G 14M ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 11H 15C ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 12B 15D ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 13A 15F ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 13B 15J ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 13E 15N ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 14A 15R ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 14B 15U ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 14C 15V ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 14D 15W ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 14E 16A ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 14F 16A ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 14G .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 14H .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 14I .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 14J .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 14K .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 14L .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 14M .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 14N .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 14O .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 14P .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 14Q .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 15A .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 15G .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 15H .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 15I .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 15J .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 15L .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 15M .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 15O .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 15R .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 15U .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 15V .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 15W .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 17A .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 18A .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 19A .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 19B .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 19C .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 19D .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 19E .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 19F .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 19G .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 20A .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 21A .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
........... 22A .......... ............. ........... ............ ............ ............ .......... .......... ......... ............ ........ ...........
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We have determined that each subunit is essential for the
conservation of its associated species because it is occupied by each
of the associated species, it contains one or more of the PCEs for each
of its associated species, and it meets one or more of the criteria
used to identify essential areas (see ``Criteria Used to Identify
Critical Habitat'' section). Within each subunit will therefore be
found habitat with the features that are essential for reproduction,
germination, hatching, maturation, feeding, shelter, and dispersal of
the associated species, as described in the Primary Constituent
Elements section for each species and supporting information on the
life history and ecology of each of the 15 listed species found in
previous rules (68 FR 46684, 43 FR 44810; 57 FR 24192; 59 FR 48186; 62
FR 14338; 62 FR 3402). In addition, that subunit also will provide for
one or more of the following: (1) Areas representative of the
geographic distribution of the species; (2) areas representative of the
various combinations of soils, vernal pool chemistry, geomorphic
surfaces, vegetation community associations, and other environmental
conditions in which the species occurs; (3) areas that provide for
dispersal; and (4) areas with the best conservation potential, e.g.,
lands already fully or partially protected, the largest unfragmented
vernal pool complexes for each of its associated species.
Lands within each subunit require special management because each
of the associated species is variously threatened by one or more of the
following: habitat destruction, fragmentation, and degradation
associated with residential, commercial, and industrial development
(including associated infrastructure); highway construction;
agricultural conversion; water conveyance or storage construction;
incompatible human recreational use; incompatible grazing practices;
nonnative plant species; sedimentation or chemical pollution from
roadway or other urban runoff, or from herbicide application on
adjacent lands; or small population size.
As a result, each area designated as critical habitat may require
some level of management and/or protection to address the current and
future threats to each of the 15 vernal pool species to ensure that
they may recover. Such management considerations and protections would
benefit the target species in many ways, including but not limited to
the following: protecting the species from range reduction, and
maintaining the ability of the species to persist at a given location
by reducing habitat fragmentation, edge effects, and alteration of
hydrologic regimes of occupied vernal pool complexes through
establishment of conservation easements, fee title conveyance to a
conservation organization, or simple avoidance of habitat destruction
and degradation; preventing, reducing, or eliminating competition with
invasive species that may ``crowd out'' a listed species; restoring the
hydrology of vernal pool complexes that have been impacted by
construction of dams and ponds that artificially increase the length of
inundation, ditches that artificially drain vernal pools, or
construction of berms or culverts that divert water from a vernal pool
complex; enhance or restore hydrology and native species through
appropriate use of fire and grazing management; reduce or eliminate
human degradation of vernal pools by managing off-road vehicle use,
constructing fences, and establishing education programs; and restoring
historic pool and swale topography and hydrology in degraded habitats.
Designation of critical habitat does not carry with it any requirement
that landowners or land managers implement any special management or
protection programs.
Effects of Critical Habitat Designation
Section 7 Consultation
Section 7 of the Act requires Federal agencies, including the
Service, to ensure that actions they fund, authorize, or carry out are
not likely to destroy or adversely modify critical habitat. In our
regulations at 50 CFR 402.2, we define destruction or adverse
modification as ``a direct or indirect alteration that appreciably
diminishes the value of critical habitat for both the survival and
recovery of a listed species. Such alterations include, but are not
limited to: Alterations adversely modifying any of those physical or
biological features that were the basis for determining the habitat to
be critical.'' The Service uses the guidance issued in the Director's
December 9, 2004, memorandum when making adverse modification
determinations under section 7 of the Act.
Section 7(a) of the Act requires Federal agencies, including the
Service, to evaluate their actions with respect to any species that is
proposed or listed as endangered or threatened and with respect to its
critical habitat, if any is proposed or designated. Regulations
implementing this interagency cooperation provision of the Act are
codified at 50 CFR part 402.
Section 7(a)(4) of the Act requires Federal agencies to confer with
us on any action that is likely to jeopardize the continued existence
of a proposed species or result in destruction or adverse modification
of proposed critical habitat. Conference reports provide conservation
recommendations to assist the agency in eliminating conflicts that may
be caused by the proposed action. We may issue a formal conference
report if requested by a Federal agency. Formal conference reports on
proposed critical habitat contain an opinion that is prepared according
to 50 CFR 402.14, as if critical habitat were designated. We may adopt
the formal conference report as the biological opinion when the
critical habitat is designated, if no substantial new information or
changes in the action alter the content of the opinion (see 50 CFR
402.10(d)). The conservation recommendations in a conference report are
advisory.
If a species is listed or critical habitat is designated, section
7(a)(2) requires Federal agencies to ensure that activities they
authorize, fund, or carry out are not likely to jeopardize the
continued existence of such a species or to destroy or adversely modify
its critical habitat. If a Federal action may affect a listed species
or its critical habitat, the responsible Federal agency (action agency)
must enter into consultation with us. Through this consultation, the
action agency ensures that their actions do not destroy or adversely
modify critical habitat.
When we issue a biological opinion concluding that a project is
likely to result in the jeopardy of a listed species or in the
destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat, we also
provide reasonable and prudent alternatives to the project, if any are
identifiable. ``Reasonable and prudent alternatives'' are defined at 50
CFR 402.02 as alternative actions identified during consultation that
can be implemented in a manner consistent with the intended purpose of
the action, that are consistent with the scope of the Federal agency's
legal authority and jurisdiction, that are economically and
technologically feasible, and that the Secretary believes would avoid
destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat. Reasonable and
prudent alternatives can vary from slight project modifications to
extensive redesign or relocation of the project. Costs associated with
implementing a reasonable and prudent alternative are similarly
variable.
Regulations at 50 CFR 402.16 require Federal agencies to reinitiate
consultation on previously reviewed actions in instances where critical
habitat is subsequently designated and
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the Federal agency has retained discretionary involvement or control
over the action or such discretionary involvement or control is
authorized by law. Consequently, some Federal agencies may request
reinitiation of consultation or conference with us on actions for which
formal consultation has been completed, if those actions may affect
designated critical habitat or adversely modify or destroy proposed
critical habitat.
Federal activities that may affect the 15 vernal pool species or
their critical habitat will require section 7 consultation. Activities
on private or State lands requiring a permit from a Federal agency,
such as a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) under
section 404 of the Clean Water Act, a section 10(a)(1)(B) permit from
the Service, or some other Federal action, including funding (e.g.,
Federal Highway Administration or Federal Emergency Management Agency
funding), will also continue to be subject to the section 7
consultation process. Federal actions not affecting listed species or
critical habitat and actions on non-Federal and private lands that are
not federally funded, authorized, or permitted do not require section 7
consultation.
Section 4(b)(8) of the Act requires us to briefly evaluate and
describe in any proposed or final regulation that designates critical
habitat those activities involving a Federal action that may destroy or
adversely modify such habitat, or that may be affected by such
designation. Activities that may destroy or adversely modify critical
habitat may also jeopardize the continued existence of the 15 vernal
pool species. Federal activities that, when carried out, may adversely
affect critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species include, but are
not limited to:
(1) Activities regulated by the Corps, Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), or NRCS under the Clean Water Act and other acts or
regulations, including but not limited to, discharge of fill into
waters of the U.S., and promulgation of water quality standards;
(2) Construction and maintenance of roads, highways, and rights-of
way by Caltrans which may modify vernal pool habitat or affect their
hydrologic functions;
(3) Sale or exchange of lands by a Federal agency to a non-Federal
entity;
(4) Airport construction, improvement, or maintenance activities
funded or authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration;
(5) Licensing of construction of communication sites by the Federal
Communications Commission;
(6) Funding of construction or development activities by the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development;
(7) Military training and maneuvers on DOD lands;
(8) Execution of new water service by the BOR;
(9) Promulgation and implementation of a land use plan by a Federal
agency such as the BLM, USFS, or DOD that may alter management
practices for critical habitat; and
(10) Registration of pesticides by EPA.
If you have questions regarding whether specific activities may
constitute adverse modification of critical habitat in California,
contact the Field Supervisor, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office (see
ADDRESSES section). If the critical habitat occurs in Oregon, contact
the Field Supervisor, Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, 2600 S.E. 98th
Avenue, Portland, OR 97266. Requests for copies of the regulations on
listed plants and wildlife, and inquiries about prohibitions and
permits may be addressed to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Branch
of Endangered Species, 911 N.E. 11th Ave, Portland, OR 97232 (telephone
503/231-2063; facsimile 503/231-6243).
Application of Section 3(5)(A) and 4(a)(3) and Exclusions Under Section
4(b)(2) of the Act
Section 3(5)(A) of the Act defines critical habitat as the specific
areas within the geographic area occupied by the species on which are
found those physical and biological features (i) essential to the
conservation of the species and (ii) which may require special
management considerations or protection. Therefore, areas within the
geographic area occupied by the species that do not contain the
features essential for the conservation of the species are not, by
definition, critical habitat. Similarly, areas within the geographic
area occupied by the species that do not require special management or
protection also are not, by definition, critical habitat. To determine
whether an area requires special management, we first determine if the
essential features located there generally require special management
to address applicable threats. If those features do not require special
management, or if they do in general but not for the particular area in
question because of the existence of an adequate management plan or for
some other reason, then the area does not require special management.
We consider a current plan to provide adequate management or
protection if it meets two criteria: (1) The plan provides management,
protection or enhancement to the PCEs at least equivalent to that
provided by a critical habitat designation; and (2) the Service has
reasonable expectation the management, protection or enhancement
actions will continue for the foreseeable future.
Section 318 of fiscal year 2004 the National Defense Authorization
Act (Pub. L. 108-136) amended the Endangered Species Act to address the
relationship of Integrated Natural Resources Management Plans (INRMPs)
to critical habitat by adding a new section 4(a)(3)(B). This provision
prohibits the Service from designating as critical habitat any lands or
other geographical areas owned or controlled by the DOD, or designated
for its use, that are subject to an INRMP prepared under section 101 of
the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670a), if the Secretary of the Interior
determines in writing that such plan provides a benefit to the species
for which critical habitat is proposed for designation.
This provision was added subsequent to our final designation of
critical habitat in 2003. However, this provision does apply to this
designation. Accordingly the Service does not have the authority to
designate Beale AFB or Travis AFB as those facilities have existing
INRMPs that provide a benefit to the species.
Further, section 4(b)(2) of the Act states that critical habitat
shall be designated, and revised, on the basis of the best available
scientific data after taking into consideration the economic impact,
national security impact, and any other relevant impact of specifying
any particular area as critical habitat. An area may be excluded from
critical habitat if it is determined that the benefits of exclusion
outweigh the benefits of specifying a particular area as critical
habitat, unless the failure to designate such area as critical habitat
will result in the extinction of the species.
In our critical habitat designations, we use both the provisions
outlined in sections 3(5)(A) and 4(b)(2) of the Act to evaluate those
specific areas that we are proposing to designate as critical habitat
as well as for those areas that are formally proposed for designation
as critical habitat. Lands we have found do not meet the definition of
critical habitat under section 3(5)(A) or have excluded pursuant to
section 4(b)(2) include those covered by the following types of plans
if they provide assurances that the conservation measures they outline
will
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be implemented and effective: (1) Legally operative HCPs that cover the
species, (2) draft HCPs that cover the species and have undergone
public review and comment (i.e., pending HCPs), (3) Tribal conservation
plans that cover the species, (4) State conservation plans that cover
the species, and (5) National Wildlife Refuge System Comprehensive
Conservation Plans.
Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act authorizes us to issue permits for
the take of listed species incidental to otherwise lawful activities.
An incidental take permit application must be supported by a HCP that
identifies conservation measures that the permittee agrees to implement
for the species to minimize and mitigate the impacts of the requested
incidental take. We exclude non-Federal public lands and private lands
that are covered by an existing operative HCP and executed
implementation agreement (IA) under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act from
designated critical habitat if the benefits of exclusion outweigh the
benefits of inclusion as discussed in section 4(b)(2) of the Act.
Relationship of Critical Habitat to the Carrizo Plain National Monument
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has a draft management plan for
the Carrizo Plain National Monument. The draft Carrizo Plain Resource
Management Plan (CPRMP) outlines management goals and conservation
measures for the vernal pool fairy shrimp and the longhorn fairy
shrimp, both of which occur in vernal pools within the Carrizo Plain.
Goals and Implementation Guidelines of the CPRMP include management for
the long-term conservation and recovery of listed plants and animals
and the natural communities on which they depend, and to improve and
sustain populations of federally listed species to meet conservation
and recovery goals. The BLM land overlaps portions of vernal pool fairy
shrimp unit 30 (16,033 ac (6,488 ha)) and longhorn fairy shrimp unit 3
(16,033 ac (6,488 ha)) in San Luis Obispo County. The BLM has initiated
section 7 consultation with the Service on the CPRMP; we expect to
complete the consultation by September 2005. BLM expects to finalize
the draft RMP in September or October 2005 and complete all
environmental compliance by June, 2006, with implementation to
immediately follow. In the interim, BLM is actively managing public
lands within the monument in accordance with existing biological
opinions and for the recovery of federally listed species (S. Larsen,
BLM., pers. comm.). We are excluding all essential habitat for the
vernal pool fairy shrimp and longhorn fairy shrimp on BLM lands within
the Carrizo Plain National Monument pursuant to section 4(b)(2) of the
Act. Our analysis for excluding these units from proposed critical
habitat is outlined below.
(1) Benefits of Inclusion
As stated previously in this rule and the March 8, 2005,
confirmation (70 CFR 11140), the benefits of designating critical
habitat on lands within the boundaries of areas with approved
management plans are small. The Carrizo Plain National Monument is
cooperatively managed by BLM, the Service, and the Department of Fish
and Game and provides habitat for other listed species in addition to
the two crustaceans mentioned above. The CPRMP includes management
measures and designed to protect, restore, monitor, manage, and enhance
the habitat of the two crustacean species, and is thereby expected to
aid in the conservation of the species. The CPRMP seeks to accomplish
these goals for the two species through the implementation of specific
conservation objectives. The principal benefit of designating critical
habitat is that federally authorized or funded activities on BLM
administered lands in the Carrizo Plain National Monument that may
affect a species' critical habitat would require consultation with us
under section 7 of the Act using a conservation standard for adverse
modification based on the Ninth Circuit's decision in Gifford Pinchot.
(2) Benefits of Exclusion
The benefits of excluding lands within the CPRMP from critical
habitat designation include relieving the agencies managing the area of
the burden of engaging in any additional regulatory process that might
be imposed by the designation of critical habitat. Many management
plans, particularly large regional plans, take many years to develop
and, upon completion, become regional conservation plans that are both
consistent with, and promote, the recovery objectives for listed
species that are covered within the plan area. Additionally, many of
these plans provide conservation benefits to unlisted sensitive species
or State listed species. Imposing an additional regulatory review after
a plan is completed solely as a result of the designation of critical
habitat may undermine conservation efforts and partnerships in many
areas. In fact, it could result in the loss of species' benefits if
resources are diverted from substantive resource protection to
procedural regulatory efforts.
A related benefit of excluding lands within planned management
areas from critical habitat designation is the unhindered, continued
ability to seek new partnerships with potential future participants
including States, counties, local jurisdictions, conservation
organizations, and private landowners, which together can implement
conservation actions that we would be unable to accomplish otherwise.
If lands within a planning area are designated as critical habitat, it
would likely have a negative effect on our ability to establish new
partnerships that involve numerous participants and address landscape-
level conservation of species and habitats. By preemptively excluding
these lands, we preserve our current partnerships and encourage
additional conservation actions in the future.
The cooperatively developed CPRMP is based on a conservation
standard of long-term conservation and recovery for ``listed plants and
animals and the natural communities on which they depend.'' Specific
measures and goals outlined in the CPRMP include: (1) Improve and
sustain populations of federally and State listed plant and animal
species to meet conservation and recovery goals; (2) implementation of
agency-approved protocols for listed species surveys, take avoidance
and conservation measures; (3) Surveys for sensitive resources would be
completed prior to conducting any activities that have the potential to
affect natural communities and species of management concern; (3) areas
supporting the longhorn fairy shrimp and vernal pool fairy shrimp would
be avoided to the greatest extent possible; (4) personnel familiar with
the sensitive resource may be required to be present during activities
which may affect sensitive resources to ensure that activities are
conducted in such a way as to avoid and minimize disruption and
disturbance of these resources; and (5) compensation for unavoidable
adverse effects (BLM in litt. 2005). Thus, the CPRMP is based on a
conservation standard. The development and implementation of the CPRMP
provides other important conservation benefits, including the
development of biological information to guide the conservation efforts
and assist in species conservation, public education through
participation in the planning process, and the creation of innovative
solutions to conserve species while still allowing a variety of land
uses managed in a compatible manner.
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(3) The Benefits of Exclusion Exceed the Benefits of Inclusion
We have evaluated the draft CPRMP as it applies to the areas being
designated as critical habitat for two of the 15 vernal pool species.
The exclusion of these lands from critical habitat will help preserve
the partnerships that we have developed with the local cooperators in
the development of the CPRMP. The educational benefits of critical
habitat, including informing the public of areas that are essential for
the long-term survival and conservation of the species are still
accomplished through the BLM's land use planning processes and
associated outreach and public participation. Both the longhorn fairy
shrimp and the vernal pool fairy shrimp will be managed on BLM
administered lands under a conservation standard. We would likely lose
the benefits that accrue from the partnerships that have been developed
while realizing no additional conservation benefit, should critical
habitat be designated for the two listed crustacean species in the area
covered by the CPRMP. For these reasons, we believe that the benefits
of exclusion exceed the benefits of designating critical habitat on
lands administered by BLM within the Carrizo Plain National Monument
within unit 3 for longhorn fairy shrimp and unit 30 for vernal pool
fairy shrimp.
(4) Exclusion Will Not Result in Extinction of the Species
We believe that exclusion of these lands will not result in
extinction of vernal pool fairy shrimp or longhorn fairy shrimp, as
they are considered occupied habitat. Any actions which might adversely
affect these two crustaceans would have a Federal nexus and must
undergo a consultation with the Service under the requirements of
section 7 of the Act. The jeopardy standard of section 7, and routine
implementation of habitat conservation through the section 7 process as
discussed in the economic analysis, provide assurance that the species
will not go extinct. In addition, the two crustacean species are
protected from take under section 9 of the Act. The exclusion leaves
these protections unchanged from those that would exist if the excluded
areas were designated as critical habitat.
As discussed above, the excluded lands will be managed with
explicit objectives to enhance and recover listed species populations.
The CPRMP includes numerous conservation measures that provide
conservation benefits at least equal to those that would result from a
critical habitat designation. Objectives of the CPRMP include (1)
conserving and protecting listed plants and animals and their natural
communities including the vernal pool fairy shrimp and longhorn fairy
shrimp in the Carrizo Plain; (2) incorporating a range of habitat and
population management and enhancement measures; (3) fully mitigating
the impacts of covered species; (4) maintaining ecosystem processes;
and, (5) contributing to the recovery of covered species.
Additionally, critical habitat is being designated for both species
in other areas that will be accorded the protection from adverse
modification by federal actions using the conservation standard based
on the Ninth Circuit decision in Gifford Pinchot. Vernal pool fairy
shrimp are also protected on lands such as conservation banks covered
by perpetual conservation easements and managed specifically for listed
vernal pool species and their habitat e.g., the following conservation
banks: Arroyo Seco, Bryte Ranch, Clay Station, Laguna Creek, Sunrise
Douglas, Aqua Fria, Viera Sandy Mush, Kennedy Table, Dolan Ranch, Dove
Ridge, Wildlands `` Sheridan, Stillwater Plains, and Fitzgerald Ranch;
National Wildlife Refuges, e.g., Sacramento NWR and San Francisco NWR;
and also on a variety of natural areas managed primarily for natural
values, e.g., Vina Plains Ecological Reserve, Jepson Plains, Grasslands
Ecological Area, Stone Corral Ecological Preserve.
Relationship of Critical Habitat to Economic Impacts--Exclusions Under
Section 4(b)(2) of the Act
This section allows the Secretary to exclude areas from critical
habitat for economic reasons if she determines that the benefits of
such exclusion exceed the benefits of designating the area as critical
habitat, unless the exclusion will result in the extinction of the
species concerned. This is a discretionary authority Congress has
provided to the Secretary with respect to critical habitat. Although
economic and other impacts may not be considered when listing a
species, Congress has expressly required their consideration when
designating critical habitat.
In general, we have considered in making the following exclusions
that all of the costs and other impacts predicted in the economic
analysis may not be avoided by excluding the area, due to the fact that
all but three of the areas in question are currently occupied by one or
more of the listed crustacean species and there will be requirements
for consultation under Section 7 of the Act, or for permits under
section 10 (henceforth ``consultation''), for any take of these
species, which should also serve to protect the habitat of the plant
species in the same pools, and other protections for the species exist
elsewhere in the Act and under State and local laws and regulations. In
conducting economic analyses, we are guided by the 10th Circuit Court
of Appeal's ruling in the New Mexico Cattle Growers Association case
(248 F.3d at 1285), which directed us to consider all impacts,
``regardless of whether those impacts are attributable co-extensively
to other causes.'' As explained in the analysis, due to possible
overlapping regulatory schemes and other reasons, there are also some
elements of the analysis that may overstate some costs.
Conversely, the Ninth Circuit has recently ruled (``Gifford
Pinchot'', 378 F.3d at 1071) that the Service's regulations defining
``adverse modification'' of critical habitat are invalid because they
define adverse modification as affecting both survival and recovery of
a species. The Court directed us to consider that determinations of
adverse modification should be focused on impacts to recovery. While we
have not yet proposed a new definition for public review and comment,
compliance with the Court's direction may result in additional costs
associated with the designation of critical habitat (depending upon the
outcome of the rulemaking). In light of the uncertainty concerning the
regulatory definition of adverse modification, our current
methodological approach to conducting economic analyses of our critical
habitat designations is to consider all conservation-related costs.
This approach would include costs related to sections 4, 7, 9, and 10
of the Act, and should encompass costs that would be considered and
evaluated in light of the Gifford Pinchot ruling.
In addition, we have received several credible comments on the
economic analysis contending that it underestimates, perhaps
significantly, the costs associated with this critical habitat
designation. Both of these factors are a balancing consideration
against the possibility that some of the costs shown in the economic
analysis might be attributable to other factors, or are overly high,
and so would not necessarily be avoided by excluding the area for which
the costs are predicted from this critical habitat designation.
We recognize that we have excluded a significant portion of the
proposed critical habitat. Congress expressly
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contemplated that exclusions under this section might result in such
situations when it enacted the exclusion authority. House Report 95-
1625, stated on page 17: ``Factors of recognized or potential
importance to human activities in an area will be considered by the
Secretary in deciding whether or not all or part of that area should be
included in the critical habitat * * * In some situations, no critical
habitat would be specified. In such situations, the Act would still be
in force prevent any taking or other prohibited act * * *.'' (emphasis
supplied). We accordingly believe that these exclusions, and the basis
upon which they are made, are fully within the parameters for the use
of section 4(b)(2) set out by Congress.
The draft economic analysis published on June 30, 2005 (70 FR
37739) reanalyzed the economic effects to the 35 counties in which we
had proposed designating critical habitat. The counties most impacted
by the critical habitat designation to the new housing industry include
Sacramento ($374 million), Butte ($145 million), Placer ($120 million),
Solano ($87 million), Fresno ($43 million), Stanislaus ($33 million),
Madera ($32 million), Monterey ($29 million), Shasta ($20 million),
Tehama ($19 million) and Merced ($16 million). Further, economic
impacts are unevenly distributed within counties. The analysis was
conducted at the census tract level, resulting in a high degree of
spatial precision compared to our previous economic analysis (March 14,
2003; 68 FR 12336), in which economic effects could not be
deconstructed below the county level.
In the base scenario where critical habitat reduces the amount of
new housing, designation of vernal pool critical habitat results in
nearly $1.0 billion in losses to consumers and producers between the
present and 2025. In the event that on-site avoidance can be
accomplished through density increases alone, welfare losses from
vernal pool critical habitat would be $820 million over the same time
period.
Sacramento County is expected to experience the largest economic
impacts from critical habitat `` nearly $375 million in consumer and
producer surplus losses. As shown in the map of impacts in Sacramento
County, these impacts are concentrated in census tracts close to
downtown Sacramento. Economic impacts generally decline in those census
tracts which are progressively further from the city center. This
pattern is generally repeated in other counties.
A copy of the final economic analysis with supporting documents are
included in our administrative record and may be obtained by contacting
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Branch of Endangered Species (see
ADDRESSES section).
Application of Section 4(b)(2)--Economic Exclusion to 23 Census Tracts
We have considered, but are excluding from critical habitat for
three of the four listed vernal pool crustaceans and 11 listed vernal
pool plants, essential habitat in the 23 census tracts and counties
listed in Table 2. No critical habitat for longhorn fairy shrimp is
contained within any of the 23 census tracts. Therefore, critical
habitat for 14 of the 15 listed vernal species is affected by exclusion
of critical habitat for economic reasons.
Table 2.--Excluded Census Tracts, Associated Species, and Costs
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Adjustments after
Census tract Species County Welfare impact in public comment Total adjusted
draft EA ($) and review cost
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06067008701................. Vernal pool tadpole Sacramento.............................. 304,224,384 -70,565,264 233,659,120
shrimp, Vernal pool
fairy shrimp, Orcuttia
viscida, Orcuttia
tenuis.
06007000900................. Vernal pool tadpole Butte................................... 88,974,848 0 88,974,848
shrimp, Vernal pool
fairy shrimp,
Limnanthes floccosa
ssp. californica.
06061021301................. Vernal pool fairy Placer.................................. 74,583,712 0 74,583,712
shrimp.
06061021303................. Vernal pool fairy Placer.................................. 37,184,144 0 37,184,144
shrimp.
06095252309................. Lasthenia conjugens, Solano.................................. 28,771,992 0 28,771,992
Vernal pool tadpole
shrimp, Vernal pool
fairy shrimp.
06095253500................. Vernal pool tadpole Solano.................................. 27,448,252 0 27,448,252
shrimp, Vernal pool
fairy shrimp,
Conservancy fairy
shrimp, Tuctoria
mucronata, Lasthenia
conjugens, Neostapfia
colusana.
06053014103................. Lasthenia conjugens.... Monterey................................ 26,854,790 0 26,854,790
06067009315................. Orcuttia viscida, Sacramento.............................. 24,236,570 0 24,236,570
Orcuttia tenuis,
Vernal pool tadpole
shrimp, Vernal pool
fairy shrimp.
06019005515................. Vernal pool fairy Fresno.................................. 22,912,350 0 22,912,350
shrimp, Orcuttia
inaequalis, Castilleja
campestris ssp.
succulenta.
06067009200................. Vernal pool tadpole Sacramento.............................. 21,195,492 0 21,195,492
shrimp, Vernal pool
fairy shrimp, Orcuttia
viscida, Orcuttia
tenuis.
06099000102................. Vernal pool fairy Stanislaus.............................. 16,931,104 0 16,931,104
shrimp, Castilleja
campestris ssp.
succulenta, Chamaesyce
hooveri, Tuctoria
greenei, Neostapfia
colusana.
06007000101................. Vernal pool fairy Butte................................... 16,364,906 0 16,364,906
shrimp.
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06067008600................. Vernal pool tadpole Sacramento.............................. 16,254,806 0 16,254,806
shrimp, Vernal pool
fairy shrimp Orcuttia
tenuis.
06019005511................. Orcuttia inaequalis, Fresno.................................. 13,001,144 0 13,001,144
Castilleja campestris
ssp. succulenta,
Vernal pool fairy
shrimp.
06039000105................. Vernal pool tadpole Madera.................................. 12,117,652 0 12,117,652
shrimp, Vernal pool
fairy shrimp, Tuctoria
greenei, Orcuttia
pilosa, Castilleja
campestris ssp.
succulenta Orcuttia
inaequalis.
06007001400................. Conservancy fairy Butte................................... 11,405,310 +2,436,015 13,841,325
shrimp, Vernal pool
tadpole shrimp, Vernal
pool fairy shrimp,
Limnanthes floccosa
ssp. californica,
Tuctoria greenei,
Orcuttia pilosa,
Chamaesyce hooveri,
Orcuttia tenuis.
06089010802................. Orcuttia tenuis........ Shasta.................................. 10,167,456 0 10,167,456
06099000101................. Vernal pool fairy Stanislaus.............................. 9,925,463 0 9,925,463
shrimp, Neostapfia
colusana.
06007002200................. Vernal pool tadpole Butte................................... 8,825,428 0 8,825,428
shrimp, Limnanthes
floccosa ssp.
californica, Tuctoria
greenei, Orcuttia
pilosa, Chamaesyce
hooveri.
06095252502................. Lasthenia conjugens.... Solano.................................. 7,993,725 0 7,993,725
06047001901................. ....................... Merced.................................. 5,759,870 +10,000,000 15,759,870
06103000900................. ....................... Tehama.................................. 5,359,834 +6,093,965 11,453,799
06061020902................. ....................... Placer.................................. 2,462,844 *** 74,583,712
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Total................... ....................... ........................................ 779,373,528 ................. 740,920,792
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*** Placer Vineyards straddles two census tracts; impacts for tracts 06061020902 and 06061021301 were aggregated in the final analysis. See ``Summary of
Comments and Recommendations Section.''
The Notice of Availability of the revised draft economic analysis
(70 FR 37739) solicited public comment on the potential exclusion of
the 20 highest cost areas. As we finalized the economic analysis, we
identified high costs associated with the critical habitat designation
to public projects in Tehama and Merced County. These public projects
were the development of the UC Merced campus and the widening of
Highway 99 in Tehama County. The final economic analysis indicates
additional costs in census tracts in which these projects were located
were $10,000,000 for UC Merced and $6,093,965 for Highway 99. On the
basis of the significance of these costs, we determined these two
census tracts also should be excluded. In addition, information
received during the comment period indicated that the Placer Vineyards
Specific Plan was located in two census tracts in Placer County, one of
which was identified in the Draft Economic Analysis as being in one of
the 20 highest cost areas, and one of which was not. As a result,
impacts for the two affected census tracts were aggregated in the final
analysis, which significantly increased the costs in the second census
tract (See ``Summary of Comments and Recommendations Section''). For
this reason, it too, is being excluded from the final critical habitat
designation.
(1) Benefits of Inclusion of the 23 Excluded Census Tracts
The areas excluded are currently occupied by one or more of the
three listed vernal pool crustaceans or the 11 listed vernal pool
plants, as shown in Table 2. If these areas were designated as critical
habitat, any actions with a Federal nexus which may adversely affect
the critical habitat would require a consultation with us, as explained
above in the section of this notice entitled ``Effects of Critical
Habitat Designation''. Primary constituent elements in these areas
would be protected from destruction or adverse modification by federal
actions using a conservation standard based on the Ninth Circuit's
decision in Gifford Pinchot. This requirement would be in addition to
the requirement that proposed Federal actions avoid likely jeopardy to
the species' continued existence. However, inasmuch as all but three of
these units are currently occupied by one or more of the crustacean
species, consultation for activities which may adversely affect the
species, including possibly significant habitat modification (see
definition of ``harm'' at 50 CFR 17.3), would be required, even without
the critical habitat designation. The requirement to conduct such
consultation would occur regardless of whether the authorization for
incidental take occurs under either section 7 or section 10 of the Act.
For the three units occupied only by one or more of the plant species,
there is still a requirement for a jeopardy analysis to ensure Federal
actions are note likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the
species.
We determined, however, in the economic analysis that designation
of critical habitat could result in approximately $800,000,000 in costs
in these 23 census tracts, the majority of which are directly related
to residential development impacts. We believe that
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the potential decrease in residential housing development that could be
caused by this designation of critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool
species would minimize impacts to and potentially provide some
protection to the species, the vernal pool complexes where they reside,
and the physical and biological features essential to their
conservation (i.e., their primary constituent elements). Thus, this
decrease in residential housing development would directly translate
into a potential benefit to the species that would result from this
designation.
Another possible benefit of a critical habitat designation is
education of landowners and the public regarding the potential
conservation value of these areas. This may focus and contribute to
conservation efforts by other parties by clearly delineating areas of
high conservation values for certain species. However, we believe that
this education benefit has largely been achieved, or is being achieved
in equal measure by other means. As explained above, this is the second
iteration of the critical habitat process for these lands, which has
included both public comment periods and litigation, all with
accompanying publicity. In addition, we published the Draft Recovery
Plan for Vernal Pool Ecosystems of California and Southern Oregon in
October, 2004, and are working to finalize this plan by the court-
ordered deadline of December 15, 2005. The draft recovery plan
identifies areas that are important for the conservation of each of the
15 listed vernal pool species. Upon publication of the draft recovery
plan, we held numerous workshops throughout the state to educate the
public about recovery strategies for the species covered by the plan,
including all 15 of the listed vernal pool species considered in this
final rule. In addition to identifying specific areas that are
important for the conservation of the 15 listed vernal pool species,
the recovery plan details the actions necessary to achieve self-
sustaining populations of each listed species in the wild so they will
no longer require protection under the Act. The recovery plan provides
information geared to the general public, landowners, and agencies
about areas that are important for the conservation of each listed
vernal pool species and what actions they can implement to further the
conservation of vernal pool species within their own jurisdiction and
capabilities, and contains provisions for ongoing public outreach and
education as part of the recovery process.
In summary, we believe that inclusion of the 23 census tracts as
critical habitat would provide some additional Federal regulatory
benefits for the species. However, that benefit is limited to some
degree by the fact that the proposed critical habitat is occupied by
the species, and therefore there must, in any case, be consultation
with the Service over any Federal action which may affect one or more
of the 14 listed vernal pool species within those 23 census tracts. The
additional educational benefits which might arise from critical habitat
designation are largely accomplished through the multiple opportunities
for public notice and comments which accompanied the development of
this regulation, publicity over the prior litigation, and public
outreach associated with the development of the draft and, ultimately,
the implementation of the final recovery plan for vernal pool species.
(2) Benefits of Exclusion of the 23 Excluded Census Tracts
The economic analysis conducted for this proposal estimates that
the costs associated with designating these 23 census tracts would be
approximately $740,920,792. These costs would be associated with each
of the 14 listed vernal pool species in amounts shown in Table 2 above.
By excluding these census tracts, some or all of these costs will be
avoided. Two important public-sector projects, UC Merced and the
widening of Highway 99, will avoid the costs associated with critical
habitat designation.
(3) Benefits of Exclusion Outweigh the Benefits of Inclusion of the 23
Census Tracts
We believe that the benefits from excluding these lands from the
designation of critical habitat--avoiding the potential economic and
human costs, both in dollars and jobs, predicted in the economic
analysis--exceed the educational and regulatory benefits which could
result from including those lands in this designation of critical
habitat.
We have evaluated and considered the potential economic costs on
the residential development industry relative to the potential benefit
for the 15 vernal pool species and their primary constituent elements
derived from the designation of critical habitat. We believe that the
potential economic impact of up to approximately $800 million on the
development industry significantly outweighs the potential conservation
and protective benefits for the species and their primary constituent
elements derived from the residential development not being constructed
as a result of this designation.
We also believe that excluding these lands, and thus helping
landowners avoid the additional costs that would result from the
designation, will contribute to a more positive climate for Habitat
Conservation Plans and other active conservation measures which provide
greater conservation benefits than would result from designation of
critical habitat--even in the post-Gifford Pinchot environment--which
requires only that the there be no adverse modification resulting from
actions with a Federal nexus. We therefore find that the benefits of
excluding these areas from this designation of critical habitat
outweigh the benefits of including them in the designation.
We believe that the ongoing recovery planning process provides at
least equivalent value to the public, State and local governments,
scientific organizations, and Federal agencies in providing information
about habitat that is essential to the conservation of the three vernal
pool crustacean species and 11 vernal pool plants, and in facilitating
conservation efforts through heightened public awareness of the plight
of the listed species. The draft recovery plan contains explicit
objectives for ongoing public education, outreach, and collaboration at
local, state, and federal levels, and between the private and public
sectors, in recovering the four listed crustaceans.
(4) Exclusion Will Not Result in Extinction of the Species
Conservancy Fairy Shrimp, Vernal Pool Fairy Shrimp, Vernal Pool Tadpole
Shrimp
We believe that exclusion of these lands will not result in the
extinction of Conservancy fairy shrimp, vernal pool fairy shrimp or
vernal pool tadpole shrimp, as they are considered occupied habitat.
Actions which might adversely affect these four crustaceans are
expected to have a Federal nexus, and would thus undergo a section 7
consultation with the Service. The jeopardy standard of section 7, and
routine implementation of habitat preservation through the section 7
process, as discussed in the economic analysis, provide assurance that
the species will not go extinct. In addition, the three crustaceans are
protected from take under section 9 of the Act. The exclusion leaves
these protections unchanged from those that would exist if the excluded
areas were designated as critical habitat.
Critical habitat is being designated for all three species in other
areas that will
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be accorded the protection from adverse modification by Federal actions
using the conservation standard based on the Ninth Circuit decision in
Gifford Pinchot. Additionally, all species occur on lands protected and
managed either explicitly for the species, or indirectly through more
general objectives to protect natural values, this provides protection
from extinction while recovery measures are being implemented. For
example, Conservancy fairy shrimp is protected on lands such as
conservation banks and other natural areas protected by perpetual
conservation easements and managed specifically for the species e.g.,
Viera-Sandy Mush, Vina Plains. The species also occurs on lands managed
to protect and enhance wetland values under the Wetlands Reserve
Program of the Natural Resource Conservation Service. Vernal pool fairy
shrimp are protected on lands such as conservation banks protected by
perpetual conservation easements and managed specifically for the
species and its habitat, e.g., Arroyo Seco, Bryte Ranch, Clay Station,
Laguna Creek, Sunrise Douglas, Aqua Fria, Viera Sandy Mush, Kennedy
Table, Dolan Ranch, Dove Ridge, Wildlands--Sheridan, Stillwater Plains,
Campbell Ranch and Fitzgerald Ranch; National Wildlife Refuges, e.g.,
Sacramento NWR Complex, San Francisco NWR, and San Luis NWR Complex;
and also on a variety of natural areas managed to maintain and enhance
natural values, e.g., Vina Plains Ecological Reserve, Jepson Plains,
Grasslands Ecological Area, Stone Corral Ecological Preserve, Howard
Ranch. Vernal pool tadpole shrimp occur on lands with perpetual
conservation easements managed explicitly for the species on
conservation banks, e.g., Stillwater Plains, Campbell Ranch, Arroyo
Seco, Bryte Ranch, Clay Station, Laguna Creek, Sunrise Douglas, Viera
Sanda Mush, Kennedy Table, Dolan Ranch, Dove Ridge, Wildlands--
Sheridan, and Fitzgerald Ranch; National Wildlife Refuges, e.g.,
Sacramento NWR Complex, San Francisco NWR, and San Luis NWR Complex;
and a variety of natural areas managed to maintain and enhance natural
values, e.g., Nature Conservancy easements, Vina Plains Ecological
Reserve, Jepson Plains, Grasslands Ecological Area, Dale's Lake
Ecological Reserve, Stone Corral Ecological Preserve, Big Table
Mountain Ecological Preserve.
We believe that exclusion of the 23 census tracts will not result
in extinction of any of the 11 listed vernal pool plants, as they are
considered occupied habitat. Federal Actions which might adversely
affect these 11 listed plants would thus undergo a consultation with
the Service under the requirements of section 7 of the Act. The
jeopardy standard of section 7, and routine implementation of habitat
preservation as part of the section 7 process, as discussed in the
draft economic analysis, provide insurance that the species will not go
extinct. The exclusion leaves these protections unchanged from those
that would exist if the excluded areas were designated as critical
habitat.
Critical habitat is being designated for all 11 species in other
areas that will be accorded the protection from adverse modification by
federal actions using the conservation standard based on the Ninth
Circuit decision in Gifford Pinchot. Additionally, all species occur on
lands protected and managed either explicitly for the species, or
indirectly through more general objectives to protect natural values,
this factor acting in concert with the other protections provided under
the Act for these lands absent designation of critical habitat on them,
and acting in concert with protections afforded each species by the
remaining critical habitat designation for each species, lead us to
find that exclusion of these 23 census tracts will not result in
extinction of any of these 11 listed vernal pool plants. Limnanthes
floccosa ssp. californica occurs on land protected by conservation
easements on several small reserves in Butte County and at the Dove
Ridge Conservation Bank. Lasthenia conjugens exists on protected lands
on San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Fort Ord, and Travis Air
Force Base, and the State Route 4 Preserve. Chamaesyce hooveri occurs
on the Sacramento NWR Complex, the Vina Plains Ecological Preserve,
Stone Corral Ecological Reserve, and the Bert King Ranch. Castilleja
campestris spp. succulenta occurs on protected lands within the Big
Table Mountain Ecological Reserve and the Big Table Mountain Preserve,
the Kennedy Table Conservation Bank, and the Flying M Ranch. Neostapfia
colusana occurs on protected lands within the Jepson Prairie Preserve
and the Flying M Ranch. Tuctoria greenei occurs on protected lands
within the Vina Plains Preserve and on the Sacramento NWR Complex.
Orcuttia pilosa occurs on protected lands within the Vina Plains
Preserve and the Sacramento NWR Complex. Orcuttia viscida occurs on
protected lands within the Phoenix Field Ecological Reserve, the Arroyo
Seco Conservation Bank, and the Sunrise Douglas preserve. Orcuttia
inaequalis occurs on protected lands on the Flying M Ranch and on an
ecological reserve managed by the California Department of Fish and
Game. Orcuttia tenuis occurs on protected lands at the Boggs Lake
Preserve, the Vina Plains Preserve, the Dale's Lake Ecological Reserve,
the Stillwater Plains Conservation Banks, the Arroyo Seco Conservation
Bank, and the Sunrise Douglas preserve. Tuctoria mucronata occurs on
protected land on the Jepson Prairie Preserve.
Required Determinations
Regulatory Planning and Review
In accordance with Executive Order 12866, this document is a
significant rule in that it may raise novel legal and policy issues,
but will not have an annual effect on the economy of $100 million or
more or affect the economy in a material way. Due to the tight timeline
for publication in the Federal Register, the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) has not formally reviewed this rule. As explained above,
we prepared an economic analysis of this action. We used this analysis
to meet the requirement of section 4(b)(2) of the Act to determine the
economic consequences of designating the specific areas as critical
habitat. We also used it to help determine whether to exclude any area
from critical habitat, as provided for under section 4(b)(2), if we
determine that the benefits of such exclusion outweigh the benefits of
specifying such area as part of the critical habitat, unless we
determine, based on the best scientific and commercial data available,
that the failure to designate such area as critical habitat will result
in the extinction of the species.
Regulatory Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)
Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) (as amended by the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) of 1996),
whenever an agency is required to publish a notice of rulemaking for
any proposed or final rule, it must prepare and make available for
public comment a regulatory flexibility analysis that describes the
effect of the rule on small entities (i.e., small businesses, small
organizations, and small government jurisdictions). However, no
regulatory flexibility analysis is required if the head of an agency
certifies the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. The SBREFA amended the RFA to
require Federal agencies to provide a statement of factual basis for
certifying
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that the rule will not have a significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities. The SBREFA also amended the RFA
to require a certification statement.
Small entities include small organizations, such as independent
nonprofit organizations; small governmental jurisdictions, including
school boards and city and town governments that serve fewer than
50,000 residents; as well as small businesses. Small businesses include
manufacturing and mining concerns with fewer than 500 employees,
wholesale trade entities with fewer than 100 employees, retail and
service businesses with less than $5 million in annual sales, general
and heavy construction businesses with less than $27.5 million in
annual business, special trade contractors doing less than $11.5
million in annual business, and agricultural businesses with annual
sales less than $750,000. To determine if potential economic impacts to
these small entities are significant, we consider the types of
activities that might trigger regulatory impacts under this rule, as
well as the types of project modifications that may result. In general,
the term ``significant economic impact'' is meant to apply to a typical
small business firm's business operations.
To determine if the rule could significantly affect a substantial
number of small entities, we consider the number of small entities
affected within particular types of economic activities (e.g., housing
development, grazing, oil and gas production, timber harvesting). We
apply the ``substantial number'' test individually to each industry to
determine if certification is appropriate. However, the SBREFA does not
explicitly define ``substantial number'' or ``significant economic
impact.'' Consequently, to assess whether a ``substantial number'' of
small entities is affected by this designation, this analysis considers
the relative number of small entities likely to be impacted in an area.
In some circumstances, especially with critical habitat designations of
limited extent, we may aggregate across all industries and consider
whether the total number of small entities affected is substantial. In
estimating the number of small entities potentially affected, we also
consider whether their activities have any Federal involvement.
Designation of critical habitat only affects activities conducted,
funded, or permitted by Federal agencies. Some kinds of activities are
unlikely to have any Federal involvement and so will not be affected by
critical habitat designation. In areas where the species is present,
Federal agencies already are required to consult with us under section
7 of the Act on activities they fund, permit, or implement that may
affect bull trout. Federal agencies also must consult with us if their
activities may affect critical habitat. Designation of critical
habitat, therefore, could result in an additional economic impact on
small entities due to the requirement to reinitiate consultation for
ongoing Federal activities.
Small Business Impacts
Small businesses represent a substantial share of firms in the new
home construction sector. Critical habitat is not expected to result in
significant small business impacts since revenue losses are less than
one percent of total small business revenues in affected areas.
In general, two different mechanisms in section 7 consultations
could lead to additional regulatory requirements for the approximately
four small businesses, on average, that may be required to consult with
us each year regarding their project's impact on the 15 vernal pool
species and their habitats. First, if we conclude, in a biological
opinion, that a proposed action is likely to jeopardize the continued
existence of a species or adversely modify its critical habitat, we can
offer ``reasonable and prudent alternatives.'' Reasonable and prudent
alternatives are alternative actions that can be implemented in a
manner consistent with the scope of the Federal agency's legal
authority and jurisdiction, that are economically and technologically
feasible, and that would avoid jeopardizing the continued existence of
listed species or result in adverse modification of critical habitat. A
Federal agency and an applicant may elect to implement a reasonable and
prudent alternative associated with a biological opinion that has found
jeopardy or adverse modification of critical habitat. An agency or
applicant could alternatively choose to seek an exemption from the
requirements of the Act or proceed without implementing the reasonable
and prudent alternative. However, unless an exemption were obtained,
the Federal agency or applicant would be at risk of violating section
7(a)(2) of the Act if it chose to proceed without implementing the
reasonable and prudent alternatives.
Second, if we find that a proposed action is not likely to
jeopardize the continued existence of a listed animal or plant species,
we may identify reasonable and prudent measures designed to minimize
the amount or extent of take and require the Federal agency or
applicant to implement such measures through non-discretionary terms
and conditions. We may also identify discretionary conservation
recommendations designed to minimize or avoid the adverse effects of a
proposed action on listed species or critical habitat, help implement
recovery plans, or to develop information that could contribute to the
recovery of the species.
Based on our experience with consultations pursuant to section 7 of
the Act for all listed species, virtually all projects--including those
that, in their initial proposed form, would result in jeopardy or
adverse modification determinations in section 7 consultations--can be
implemented successfully with, at most, the adoption of reasonable and
prudent alternatives. These measures, by definition, must be
economically feasible and within the scope of authority of the Federal
agency involved in the consultation. We can only describe the general
kinds of actions that may be identified in future reasonable and
prudent alternatives. These are based on our understanding of the needs
of the species and the threats it faces, as described in the final
listing rule and this critical habitat designation. Within the final
CHUs, the types of Federal actions or authorized activities that we
have identified as potential concerns are:
(1) Regulation of activities affecting waters of the United States
by the Corps under section 404 of the Clean Water Act;
(2) Regulation of timber harvest, grazing, mining, and recreation
by the USFS and BLM;
(3) Road construction and maintenance, right-of-way designation,
and regulation of agricultural activities;
(4) Hazard mitigation and post-disaster repairs funded by the
Federal Emergency Management Agency; and
(5) Activities funded by the EPA, U.S. Department of Energy, or any
other Federal agency.
It is likely that a developer or other project proponent could
modify a project or take measures to protect the 15 vernal pool
species. The kinds of actions that may be included if future reasonable
and prudent alternatives become necessary include conservation set-
asides, management of competing nonnative species, restoration of
degraded habitat, and regular monitoring. These are based on our
understanding of the needs of the species and the threats it faces, as
described in the final listing rule and proposed critical habitat
designation. These measures are not likely to result
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in a significant economic impact to project proponents.
In summary, we have considered whether this would result in a
significant economic effect on a substantial number of small entities.
We have determined, for the above reasons and based on currently
available information, that it is not likely to affect a substantial
number of small entities. Federal involvement, and thus section 7
consultations, would be limited to a subset of the area designated. The
most likely Federal involvement could include Corps permits, permits we
may issue under section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act, Federal Housing
Administration funding for road improvements, hydropower licenses
issued by FERC, and regulation of timber harvest, grazing, mining, and
recreation by the USFS and BLM. A regulatory flexibility analysis is
not required.
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (5 U.S.C 801 et
seq.) (SBREFA)
Under SBREFA, this rule is not a major rule. Our detailed
assessment of the economic effects of this designation is described in
the economic analysis. Based on the effects identified in the economic
analysis, we believe that this rule will not have an annual effect on
the economy of $100 million or more, will not cause a major increase in
costs or prices for consumers, and will not have significant adverse
effects on competition, employment, investment, productivity,
innovation, or the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to compete with
foreign-based enterprises. Refer to the final economic analysis for a
discussion of the effects of this determination.
Executive Order 13211
On May 18, 2001, the President issued Executive Order 13211 on
regulations that significantly affect energy supply, distribution, and
use. Executive Order 13211 requires agencies to prepare Statements of
Energy Effects when undertaking certain actions. This final rule to
designated critical habitat for the 15 vernal pool species is not
expected to significantly affect energy supplies, distribution, or use.
Therefore, this action is not a significant energy action and no
Statement of Energy Effects is required.
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.)
In accordance with the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (2 U.S.C. 1501
et seq.), we make the following findings:
(a) This rule will not produce a Federal mandate. In general, a
Federal mandate is a provision in legislation, statute, or regulation
that would impose an enforceable duty upon State, local, Tribal
governments, or the private sector and includes both ``Federal
intergovernmental mandates'' and ``Federal private sector mandates.''
These terms are defined in 2 U.S.C. 658(5)-(7). ``Federal
intergovernmental mandate'' includes a regulation that ``would impose
an enforceable duty upon State, local, or tribal governments'' with two
exceptions. It excludes ``a condition of federal assistance.'' It also
excludes ``a duty arising from participation in a voluntary Federal
program,'' unless the regulation ``relates to a then-existing Federal
program under which $500,000,000 or more is provided annually to State,
local, and tribal governments under entitlement authority,'' if the
provision would ``increase the stringency of conditions of assistance''
or ``place caps upon, or otherwise decrease, the Federal Government's
responsibility to provide funding'' and the State, local, or Tribal
governments ``lack authority'' to adjust accordingly. (At the time of
enactment, these entitlement programs were: Medicaid; Aid to Family
with Dependent Children work programs; Child Nutrition; Food Stamps;
Social Services Block Grants; Vocational Rehabilitation State Grants;
Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, and Independent Living; Family
Support Welfare Services; and Child Support Enforcement.) ``Federal
private sector mandate'' includes a regulation that ``would impose an
enforceable duty upon the private sector, except (i) a condition of
Federal assistance; or (ii) a duty arising from participation in a
voluntary Federal program.''
The designation of critical habitat does not impose a legally
binding duty on non-Federal government entities or private parties.
Under the Act, the only regulatory effect is that Federal agencies must
ensure that their actions do not destroy or adversely modify critical
habitat under section 7. While non-Federal entities who receive Federal
funding, assistance, permits or otherwise require approval or
authorization from a Federal agency for an action may be indirectly
impacted by the designation of critical habitat, the legally binding
duty to avoid destruction or adverse modification of critical habitat
rests squarely on the Federal agency. Furthermore, to the extent that
non-Federal entities are indirectly impacted because they receive
Federal assistance or participate in a voluntary Federal aid program,
the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act would not apply; nor would critical
habitat shift the costs of the large entitlement programs listed above
on to State governments.
(b) We do not believe that this rule will significantly or uniquely
affect small governments because it will not produce a Federal mandate
of $100 million or greater in any year, that is, it is not a
``significant regulatory action'' under the Unfunded Mandates Reform
Act. The designation of critical habitat imposes no obligations on
State or local governments. As such, Small Government Agency Plan is
not required.
Federalism
In accordance with Executive Order 13132, the rule does not have
significant Federalism effects. A Federalism assessment is not
required. In keeping with Department of Interior and Department of
Commerce policy, we requested information from, and coordinated
development of, this final critical habitat designation with
appropriate State resource agencies in California and Oregon. The
designation of critical habitat in areas currently occupied by the 15
vernal pool species imposes no additional restrictions to those
currently in place and, therefore, has little incremental impact on
State and local governments and their activities. The designation may
have some benefit to these governments in that the areas essential to
the conservation of the species are more clearly defined, and the PCEs
of the habitat necessary to the survival of the species are
specifically identified. While making this definition and
identification does not alter where and what federally sponsored
activities may occur, it may assist these local governments in long-
range planning (rather than waiting for case-by-case section 7
consultations to occur).
Civil Justice Reform
In accordance with Executive Order 12988, the Office of the
Solicitor has determined that the rule does not unduly burden the
judicial system and meets the requirements of sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2)
of the Order. We are designating critical habitat in accordance with
the provisions of the Endangered Species Act. This final rule uses
standard property descriptions and identifies the PCEs within the
designated areas to assist the public in understanding the habitat
needs of the 15 vernal pool species.
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Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.)
This rule does not contain any new collections of information that
require approval by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) under the
Paperwork Reduction Act. This rule will not impose recordkeeping or
reporting requirements on State or local governments, individuals,
businesses, or organizations. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and
a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information
unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number.
National Environmental Policy Act
It is our position that, outside the Tenth Circuit, we do not need
to prepare environmental analyses as defined by the NEPA in connection
with designating critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended. We published a notice outlining our reasons for this
determination in the Federal Register on October 25, 1983 (48 FR
49244). This assertion was upheld in the courts of the Ninth Circuit
(Douglas County v. Babbitt, 48 F.3d 1495 (9th Cir. Ore. 1995), cert.
denied 116 S. Ct. 698 (1996).]
Government-to-Government Relationship With Tribes
In accordance with the President's memorandum of April 29, 1994,
``Government-to-Government Relations with Native American Tribal
Governments'' (59 FR 22951), Executive Order 13175, and the Department
of Interior's manual at 512 DM 2, we readily acknowledge our
responsibility to communicate meaningfully with recognized Federal
Tribes on a government-to-government basis. We have excluded Tribal
trust lands of the Mechoopda Indian Tribe of Chico Rancheria,
California, from this final critical habitat designation pursuant to
section 4(b)(2) of the Act. Please refer to Relationship of Critical
Habitat to Tribal Lands for further discussion of our exclusion of
these Tribal trust lands.
References Cited
A complete list of all references cited in this rulemaking is
available upon request from the Field Supervisor, Sacramento Fish and
Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (see ADDRESSES
section).
Author(s)
Primary authors of this package are the staff of the Sacramento
Fish and Wildlife Office.
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17
Endangered and threatened species, Exports, Imports, Reporting and
Recordkeeping requirements, Transportation.
Regulation Promulgation
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Accordingly, we amend part 17, subchapter B of chapter I, title 50 of
the Code of Federal Regulations, as set forth below:
PART 17--[AMENDED]
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1. The authority citation for part 17 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361-1407; 16 U.S.C. 1531-1544; 16 U.S.C.
4201-4245; Pub. L. 99-625, 100 Stat. 3500; unless otherwise noted.
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2. Amend Sec. 17.11(h) by revising the entries for ``Fairy shrimp,
Conservancy'', ``Fairy shrimp, longhorn'', ``Fairy shrimp, vernal
pool'', and ``Tadpole shrimp, vernal pool'' under CRUSTACEANS in the
List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife to read as follows:
Sec. 17.11 Endangered and threatened wildlife.
* * * * *
(h) * * *
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Species Vertebrate
-------------------------------------------------------- population where Critical Special
Historic range endangered or Status When listed habitat rules
Common name Scientific name threatened
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* * * * * * *
Crustaceans
* * * * * * *
Fairy shrimp, Conservancy........ Branchinecta U.S.A. (CA)........ Entire............. E 552 17.97 NA
conservatio.
Fairy shrimp, longhorn........... Branchinecta U.S.A. (CA)........ Entire............. E 552 17.97 NA
longiantenna.
* * * * * * *
Fairy shrimp, vernal pool........ Branchinecta lynchi. U.S.A. (CA, OR).... Entire............. E 552 17.97 NA
* * * * * * *
Tadpole shrim, vernal pool....... Lepidurus packardi.. U.S.A. (CA)........ Entire............. E 552 17.97 NA
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3. Amend Sec. 17.12(h) by revising the entries for Castilleja
campestris ssp. succulenta (fleshy owl's-clover), Chamaesyce hooveri
(Hoover's spurge), Lasthenia conjugens (Contra Costa goldfields),
Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica (Butte County meadowfoam),
Neostapfia colusana (Colusa grass), Orcuttia inaequalis (San Joaquin
Valley Orcutt grass), Orcuttia pilosa (hairy Orcutt grass), Orcuttia
tenuis (slender Orcutt grass), Orcuttia viscida (Sacramento Orcutt
grass), Tuctoria greenei (Greene's tuctoria), and Tuctoria mucronata
(Solano grass) under FLOWERING PLANTS in the List of Endangered and
Threatened Plants to read as follows:
Sec. 17.12 Endangered and threatened plants.
* * * * *
(h) * * *
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Species
-------------------------------------------------------- Historic range Family Status When listed Critical Special
Scientific name Common name habitat rules
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FLOWERING PLANTS
* * * * * * *
Castilleja campestris ssp. Fleshy owl's-clover. U.S.A. (CA)........ Scrophulariaceae... T 611 17.97 NA
succulenta.
* * * * * * *
Chamaesyce hooveri............... Hoover's spurge..... U.S.A. (CA)........ Euphorbiaceae...... T 611 17.97 NA
* * * * * * *
Lasthenia conjugens.............. Contra Costa U.S.A. (CA)........ Asteraceae......... E 619 17.97 NA
goldfields.
* * * * * * *
Limnanthes floccosa ssp. Butte County U.S.A. (CA)........ Limnanthaceae...... E 471 17.97 NA
californica. meadowfoam.
* * * * * * *
Neostapfia colusana.............. Colusa grass........ U.S.A. (CA)........ Poaceae............ T 611 17.97 NA
* * * * * * *
Orcuttia inaequalis.............. San Joaquin Valley U.S.A. (CA)........ Poaceae............ T 611 17.97 NA
Orcutt grass.
Orcuttia pilosa.................. Hairy Orcutt grass.. U.S.A. (CA)........ Poaceae............ T 611 17.97 NA
Orcuttia tenuis.................. Slender Orcutt grass U.S.A. (CA)........ Poaceae............ T 611 17.97 NA
Orcuttia viscida................. Sacramento Orcutt U.S.A. (CA)........ Poaceae............ T 611 17.97 NA
grass.
* * * * * * *
Tuctoria greenei................. Greene's tuctoria... U.S.A. (CA)........ Poaceae............ T 611 17.97 NA
Tuctoria mucronata............... Solano grass........ U.S.A. (CA)........ Poaceae............ T 44 17.97 NA
* * * * * * *
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4. In Sec. 17.95(h), remove the critical habitat entries for
Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), longhorn fairy
shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), vernal pool fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta lynchi), and vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus
packardi).
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5. In Sec. 17.96(a), remove the critical habitat entries for Family
Asteraceae: Lasthenia conjugens (Contra Costa goldfields), Family
Euphorbiaceae: Chamaesyce hooveri (Hoover's spurge), Family
Limnanthaceae: Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica (Butte County
meadowfoam), Family Poaceae: Neostapfia colusana (Colusa grass), Family
Poaceae: Orcuttia inaequalis (San Joaquin Valley Orcutt grass), Family
Poaceae: Orcuttia pilosa (hairy Orcutt grass), Family Poaceae: Orcuttia
tenuis (slender Orcutt grass), Family Poaceae: Orcuttia viscida
(Sacramento Orcutt grass), Family Poaceae: Tuctoria greenei (Greene's
tuctoria), Family Poaceae: Tuctoria mucronata (Solano grass), and
Family Scrophulariaceae: Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta (fleshy
owl's-clover).
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6. Add a new Sec. 17.97 to read as follows:
Sec. 17.97 Critical habitat; 15 vernal pool species in California and
southern Oregon.
(a) The paragraphs in this section provide maps and legal
descriptions of general critical habitat areas designated for the
following 15 species: Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), vernal
pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), vernal pool tadpole shrimp
(Lepidurus packardi), Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta (fleshy
owl's-clover), Chamaesyce hooveri (Hoover's spurge), Lasthenia
conjugens (Contra Costa goldfields), Limnanthes floccosa ssp.
californica (Butte County meadowfoam), Neostapfia colusana (Colusa
grass), Orcuttia inaequalis (San Joaquin Valley Orcutt grass), Orcuttia
pilosa (hairy Orcutt grass), Orcuttia tenuis (slender Orcutt grass),
Orcuttia viscida (Sacramento Orcutt grass), Tuctoria greenei (Greene's
tuctoria), and Tuctoria mucronata (Solano grass).
(b) Critical habitat units are depicted for Jackson County, Oregon,
and the following counties in California: Alameda, Amador, Butte,
Colusa, Contra Costa, Fresno, Glenn, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Madera,
Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Monterey, Napa, Placer, Plumas,
Sacramento, San Benito, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara,
Shasta, Siskiyou, Solano, Stanislaus, Tehama, Tulare, Tuolumne,
Ventura, Yolo, and Yuba.
(c) Within the areas designated as critical habitat for the 15
vernal pool species, the primary constituent elements are as follows:
(1) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for
Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio) are the habitat
components that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by mounds and swales and
depressions within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result in
complexes of continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in
the swales connecting the pools described in paragraph (c)(1)(ii) of
this section, providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of
adequate length in the pools;
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water for a minimum of 19 days, in all
but the driest years; thereby providing adequate water for
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incubation, maturation, and reproduction. As these features are
inundated on a seasonal basis, they do not promote the development of
obligate wetland vegetation habitats typical of permanently flooded
emergent wetlands;
(iii) Sources of food, expected to be detritus occurring in the
pools, contributed by overland flow from the pools' watershed, or the
results of biological processes within the pools themselves, such as
single-celled bacteria, algae, and dead organic matter, to provide for
feeding; and
(iv) Structure within the pools described in paragraph (c)(1)(ii)
of this section, consisting of organic and inorganic materials, such as
living and dead plants from plant species adapted to seasonally
inundated environments, rocks, and other inorganic debris that may be
washed, blown, or otherwise transported into the pools, that provide
shelter.
(2) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for
longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna) are the habitat
components that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by mounds and swales and
depressions within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result in
complexes of continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in
the swales connecting the pools described in paragraph (c)(2)(ii) of
this section, providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of
adequate length in the pools;
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water for a minimum of 23 days, in all
but the driest years; thereby providing adequate water for incubation,
maturation, and reproduction. As these features are inundated on a
seasonal basis, they do not promote the development of obligate wetland
vegetation habitats typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands;
(iii) Sources of food, expected to be detritus occurring in the
pools, contributed by overland flow from the pools' watershed, or the
results of biological processes within the pools themselves, such as
single-celled bacteria, algae, and dead organic matter, to provide for
feeding; and
(iv) Structure within the pools described in paragraph (c)(2)(ii)
of this section, consisting of organic and inorganic materials, such as
living and dead plants from plant species adapted to seasonally
inundated environments, rocks, and other inorganic debris that may be
washed, blown, or otherwise transported into the pools, that provide
shelter.
(3) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for vernal
pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi) are the habitat components that
provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by mounds and swales and
depressions within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result in
complexes of continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in
the swales connecting the pools described in paragraph (c)(3)(ii) of
this section, providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of
adequate length in the pools;
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water for a minimum of 18 days, in all
but the driest years; thereby providing adequate water for incubation,
maturation, and reproduction. As these features are inundated on a
seasonal basis, they do not promote the development of obligate wetland
vegetation habitats typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands;
(iii) Sources of food, expected to be detritus occurring in the
pools, contributed by overland flow from the pools' watershed, or the
results of biological processes within the pools themselves, such as
single-celled bacteria, algae, and dead organic matter, to provide for
feeding; and
(iv) Structure within the pools described in paragraph (c)(3)(ii)
of this section, consisting of organic and inorganic materials, such as
living and dead plants from plant species adapted to seasonally
inundated environments, rocks, and other inorganic debris that may be
washed, blown, or otherwise transported into the pools, that provide
shelter.
(4) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for vernal
pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi) are the habitat components
that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by mounds and swales and
depressions within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result in
complexes of continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in
the swales connecting the pools described in paragraph (c)(4)(ii) of
this section, providing for dispersal and promoting hydroperiods of
adequate length in the pools;
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water for a minimum of 41 days, in all
but the driest years; thereby providing adequate water for incubation,
maturation, and reproduction. As these features are inundated on a
seasonal basis, they do not promote the development of obligate wetland
vegetation habitats typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands;
(iii) Sources of food, expected to be detritus occurring in the
pools, contributed by overland flow from the pools' watershed, or the
results of biological processes within the pools themselves, such as
single-celled bacteria, algae, and dead organic matter, to provide for
feeding; and
(iv) Structure within the pools described in paragraph (c)(4)(ii)
of this section, consisting of organic and inorganic materials, such as
living and dead plants from plant species adapted to seasonally
inundated environments, rocks, and other inorganic debris that may be
washed, blown, or otherwise transported into the pools, that provide
shelter.
(5) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for
Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica (Butte County meadowfoam) are the
habitat components that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in paragraph (c)(5)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
(6) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for
Lasthenia conjugens (Contra Costa goldfields) are the habitat
components that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
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in paragraph (c)(6)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools;
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands; and
(7) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for
Chamaesyce hooveri (Hoover's spurge) are the habitat components that
provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
(8) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for
Castilleja campestris ssp. succulenta (Fleshy owl's-clover) are the
habitat components that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in paragraph (c)(8)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
(9) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for
Neostapfia colusana (Colusa grass) are the habitat components that
provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in paragraph (c)(9)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
(10) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for
Tuctoria greenei (Greene's tuctoria) are the habitat components that
provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in paragraph (c)(10)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
(11) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for
Orcuttia pilosa (hairy Orcutt grass) are the habitat components that
provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in paragraph (c)(11)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
(12) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for
Orcuttia viscida (Sacramento Orcutt grass) are the habitat components
that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in paragraph (c)(12)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and
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nonnative upland plant species in all but the driest years. As these
features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they do not promote the
development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats typical of
permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
(13) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for
Orcuttia inaequalis (San Joaquin Valley Orcutt grass) are the habitat
components that provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in paragraph (c)(13)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
(14) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for
Orcuttia tenuis (slender Orcutt grass) are the habitat components that
provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in paragraph (c)(14)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
(15) The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for
Tuctoria mucronata (Solano grass) are the habitat components that
provide:
(i) Topographic features characterized by isolated mound and
intermound complex within a matrix of surrounding uplands that result
in continuously, or intermittently, flowing surface water in the
depressional features including swales connecting the pools described
in paragraph (c)(15)(ii) of this section, providing for dispersal and
promoting hydroperiods of adequate length in the pools; and
(ii) Depressional features including isolated vernal pools with
underlying restrictive soil layers that become inundated during winter
rains and that continuously hold water or whose soils are saturated for
a period long enough to promote germination, flowering, and seed
production of predominantly annual native wetland species and typically
exclude both native and nonnative upland plant species in all but the
driest years. As these features are inundated on a seasonal basis, they
do not promote the development of obligate wetland vegetation habitats
typical of permanently flooded emergent wetlands.
(d) Maps of the critical habitat for Conservancy fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
longiantenna), vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), vernal
pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi), Limnanthes floccosa ssp.
californica (Butte County meadowfoam), Lasthenia conjugens (Contra
Costa goldfields), Chamaesyce hooveri (Hoover's spurge), Castilleja
campestris ssp. succulenta (fleshy (or succulent) owl's-clover),
Neostapfia colusana (Colusa grass), Tuctoria greenei (Greene's
tuctoria), Orcuttia pilosa (hairy Orcutt grass), Orcuttia viscida
(Sacramento Orcutt grass), Orcuttia inaequalis (San Joaquin Valley
Orcutt grass), Orcuttia tenuis (slender Orcutt grass), and Tuctoria
mucronata (Solano grass) follow. The legal descriptions of these
critical habitat units are provided in paragraph (e) of this section.
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(e) Critical habitat for Conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta
conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), vernal
pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), vernal pool tadpole shrimp
(Lepidurus packardi), Limnanthes floccosa ssp. californica (Butte
County meadowfoam), Lasthenia conjugens (Contra Costa goldfields),
Chamaesyce hooveri (Hoover's spurge), Castilleja campestris ssp.
succulenta (fleshy (or succulent) owl's-clover), Neostapfia colusana
(Colusa grass), Tuctoria greenei (Greene's tuctoria), Orcuttia pilosa
(hairy Orcutt grass), Orcuttia viscida (Sacramento Orcutt grass),
Orcuttia inaequalis (San Joaquin Valley Orcutt grass), Orcuttia tenuis
(slender Orcutt grass), and Tuctoria mucronata (Solano grass), consists
of the following areas:
(1) Subunit 1A; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Shady Cove. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27
coordinates (E,N): 514395, 4710603; 514395, 4710103; 514195, 4710103;
514195, 4709703; 513995, 4709703; 513995, 4709503; 513695, 4709503;
513695, 4709603; 513595, 4709603; 513595, 4709803; 513795, 4709803;
513795, 4710103; 513295, 4710103; 513295, 4710403; 513195, 4710403;
513195, 4710603; returning to 514395, 4710603.
(2) Subunit 1B; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Shady Cove. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27
coordinates (E,N): 514195, 4707303; 514195, 4707103; 514095, 4707103;
514095, 4707003; 513995, 4707003; 513995, 4706803; 513695, 4706803;
513695, 4707103; 513795, 4707103; 513795, 4707203; 513895, 4707203;
513895, 4707303; 513495, 4707303; 513495, 4707803; 514795, 4707803;
514795, 4707503; 514695, 4707503; 514695, 4707403; 514295, 4707403;
514295, 4707303; returning to 514195, 4707303.
(3) Subunit 1C; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Shady Cove. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27
coordinates (E,N): 511895, 4707603; 511895, 4707103; 511995, 4707103;
511995, 4706603; 512095, 4706603; 512095, 4706403; 511895, 4706403;
511895, 4706503; 511395, 4706503; 511395, 4706603; 511295, 4706603;
511295, 4706703; 511195, 4706703; 511195, 4706803; 511095, 4706803;
511095, 4707003; 511195, 4707003; 511195, 4707103; 511295, 4707103;
511295, 4707203; 511195, 4707203; 511195, 4707303; 511295, 4707303;
511295, 4707403; 511495, 4707403; 511495, 4707503; 511695, 4707503;
511695, 4707603; returning to 511895, 4707603.
(4) Subunit 1D; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Eagle Point and Shady Cove. Land bounded by the following
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 515995, 4706503; 515995, 4706303;
516095, 4706303; 516095, 4706203; 516195, 4706203; 516195, 4706403;
516095, 4706403; 516095, 4706503; 515995, 4706503; 515995, 4706803;
516295, 4706803; 516295, 4706703; 516395, 4706703; 516395, 4706503;
516495, 4706503; 516495, 4706603; 516595, 4706603; 516595, 4706803;
516795, 4706803; 516795, 4706703; 516995, 4706703; 516995, 4706803;
517095, 4706803; 517095, 4706903; 517195, 4706903; 517195, 4706703;
517495, 4706703; 517495, 4706503; 517395, 4706503; 517395, 4706303;
517295, 4706303; 517295, 4706203; 517195, 4706203; 517195, 4706103;
516795, 4706103; 516795, 4705403; 516595, 4705403; 516595, 4705303;
516695, 4705303; 516695, 4705203; 516795, 4705203; 516795, 4704603;
516695, 4704603; 516695, 4704403; 516395, 4704403; 516395, 4704303;
516495, 4704303; 516495, 4704203; 516595, 4704203; 516595, 4704103;
515895, 4704103; 515895, 4704403; 516095, 4704403; 516095, 4704503;
515595, 4704503; 515595, 4704603; 515495, 4704603; 515495, 4704903;
515595, 4704903; 515595, 4705003; 515795, 4705003; 515795, 4705103;
515895, 4705103; 515895, 4705703; 515795, 4705703; 515795, 4706003;
515695, 4706003; 515695, 4706203; 515595, 4706203; 515595, 4706303;
515195, 4706303; 515195, 4706503; 515095, 4706503; 515095, 4706703;
514795, 4706703; 514795, 4706803; 514695, 4706803; 514695, 4707003;
514795, 4707003; 514795, 4707103; 515095, 4707103; 515095, 4707003;
515195, 4707003; 515195, 4706903; 515295, 4706903; 515295, 4706803;
515395, 4706803; 515395, 4706603; 515495, 4706603; 515495, 4706503;
515595, 4706503; 515595, 4706403; 515695, 4706403; 515695, 4706503;
returning to 515995, 4706503.
(5) Subunit 1E; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Boswell Mountain and Shady Cove. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 510895, 4706903;
510895, 4706703; 511095, 4706703; 511095, 4706303; 510795, 4706303;
510795, 4706103; 510595, 4706103; 510595, 4705803; 510495, 4705803;
510495, 4705903; 510395, 4705903; 510395, 4706103; 510195, 4706103;
510195, 4706203; 510095, 4706203; 510095, 4706303; 509895, 4706303;
509895, 4706503; 510095, 4706503; 510095, 4706703; 510195, 4706703;
510195, 4706803; 510295, 4706803; 510295, 4706703; 510595, 4706703;
510595, 4706803; 510695, 4706803; 510695, 4706903; returning to 510895,
4706903.
(6) Subunit 1F; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Eagle Point and Shady Cove. Land bounded by the following
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 511395, 4705803; 511395, 4705703;
511595, 4705703; 511595, 4704903; 511495, 4704903; 511495, 4704603;
511295, 4704603; 511295, 4704803; 511095, 4704803; 511095, 4705003;
510995, 4705003; 510995, 4705103; 510895, 4705103; 510895, 4705703;
511095, 4705703; 511095, 4705803; 511395, 4705803; and excluding land
bound by 511295, 4705303; 511295, 4705103; 511395, 4705103; 511395,
4705303; returning to 511295, 4705303.
(7) Subunit 1G; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Eagle Point. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 517695, 4704903; 517695, 4704803; 517895,
4704803; 517895, 4704703; 517995, 4704703; 517995, 4704603; 519195,
4704603; 519195, 4704503; 519395, 4704503; 519395, 4704403; 519495,
4704403; 519495, 4704103; 519195, 4704103; 519195, 4704003; 518695,
4704003; 518695, 4703903; 517995, 4703903; 517995, 4704003; 517795,
4704003; 517795, 4703803; 517295, 4703803; 517295, 4703903; 517195,
4703903; 517195, 4704103; 517095, 4704103; 517095, 4704503; 516995,
4704503; 516995, 4704703; 517095, 4704703; 517095, 4704803; 517195,
4704803; 517195, 4704903; returning to 517695, 4704903.
(8) Subunit 2A; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Eagle Point. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 514295, 4699003; 514295, 4698603; 514395,
4698603; 514395, 4698703; 514495, 4698703; 514495, 4698803; 514995,
4698803; 514995, 4698703; 515195, 4698703; 515195, 4698903; 515295,
4698903; 515295, 4698803; 515595, 4698803; 515595, 4698603; 515695,
4698603; 515695, 4698803; 515795, 4698803; 515795, 4698703; 515895,
4698703; 515895, 4698303; 515595, 4698303; 515595, 4698503; 515495,
4698503; 515495, 4698403; 515395, 4698403; 515395, 4698303; 515195,
4698303; 515195, 4698403; 514995, 4698403; 514995, 4698303; 514495,
4698303; 514495, 4698403; 514395, 4698403; 514395, 4698203; 513495,
4698203; 513495, 4698303; 513395, 4698303;
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513395, 4698403; 513495, 4698403; 513495, 4698503; 513595, 4698503;
513595, 4698603; 513795, 4698603; 513795, 4698803; 513895, 4698803;
513895, 4698903; 513995, 4698903; 513995, 4699003; returning to 514295,
4699003.
(9) Subunit 2B; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Brownsboro and Eagle Point. Land bounded by the following
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 517395, 4698203; 517395, 4698103;
517595, 4698103; 517595, 4698003; 517695, 4698003; 517695, 4698103;
517995, 4698103; 517995, 4697603; 518595, 4697603; 518595, 4697503;
518695, 4697503; 518695, 4697403; 518895, 4697403; 518895, 4697503;
519195, 4697503; 519195, 4697403; 519395, 4697403; 519395, 4697303;
519495, 4697303; 519495, 4697203; 519595, 4697203; 519595, 4697103;
519795, 4697103; 519795, 4697003; 519895, 4697003; 519895, 4696903;
520095, 4696903; 520095, 4696603; 519995, 4696603; 519995, 4696503;
520495, 4696503; 520495, 4696403; 520595, 4696403; 520595, 4696103;
520495, 4696103; 520495, 4695903; 520595, 4695903; 520595, 4696003;
520695, 4696003; 520695, 4695903; 520795, 4695903; 520795, 4695703;
520695, 4695703; 520695, 4695603; 520595, 4695603; 520595, 4695303;
520795, 4695303; 520795, 4695203; 520895, 4695203; 520895, 4694203;
520795, 4694203; 520795, 4694303; 520595, 4694303; 520595, 4694403;
520495, 4694403; 520495, 4694503; 520395, 4694503; 520395, 4694603;
519995, 4694603; 519995, 4694703; 519595, 4694703; 519595, 4695003;
519495, 4695003; 519495, 4695403; 519395, 4695403; 519395, 4695603;
519295, 4695603; 519295, 4695703; 519195, 4695703; 519195, 4695803;
519095, 4695803; 519095, 4696003; 519395, 4696003; 519395, 4696103;
519195, 4696103; 519195, 4696203; 518995, 4696203; 518995, 4696303;
518895, 4696303; 518895, 4696203; 518695, 4696203; 518695, 4696503;
518595, 4696503; 518595, 4696603; 518495, 4696603; 518495, 4696703;
518395, 4696703; 518395, 4696803; 518295, 4696803; 518295, 4696903;
518195, 4696903; 518195, 4697003; 517695, 4697003; 517695, 4697103;
517395, 4697103; 517395, 4697203; 517195, 4697203; 517195, 4697403;
517095, 4697403; 517095, 4697603; 516995, 4697603; 516995, 4698203;
returning to 517395, 4698203.
(10) Subunit 2C; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Eagle Point. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 516195, 4697603; 516195, 4697203; 515095,
4697203; 515095, 4697603; 515295, 4697603; 515295, 4697503; 515395,
4697503; 515395, 4697603; returning to 516195, 4697603.
(11) Subunit 2D; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Eagle Point. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 517095, 4697003; 517095, 4696903; 517295,
4696903; 517295, 4696803; 517395, 4696803; 517395, 4696703; 517495,
4696703; 517495, 4696403; 517295, 4696403; 517295, 4696503; 516895,
4696503; 516895, 4696403; 516395, 4696403; 516395, 4696303; 516295,
4696303; 516295, 4696003; 515995, 4696003; 515995, 4696703; 516195,
4696703; 516195, 4696803; 516595, 4696803; 516595, 4696903; 516895,
4696903; 516895, 4697003; returning to 517095, 4697003.
(12) Subunit 2E; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Eagle Point. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 515595, 4696403; 515595, 4696203; 515195,
4696203; 515195, 4696103; 515295, 4696103; 515295, 4695603; 515095,
4695603; 515095, 4695703; 514595, 4695703; 514595, 4695603; 514395,
4695603; 514395, 4695703; 514295, 4695703; 514295, 4695803; 514195,
4695803; 514195, 4695703; 514095, 4695703; 514095, 4695603; 513995,
4695603; 513995, 4695703; 513895, 4695703; 513895, 4696403; 513595,
4696403; 513595, 4696603; 515695, 4696603; 515695, 4696403; 515595,
4696403; and excluding land bound by 514595, 4696303; 514595, 4696203;
514395, 4696203; 514395, 4696303; 514295, 4696303; 514295, 4696203;
514195, 4696203; 514195, 4696103; 514795, 4696103; 514795, 4696303;
returning to 514595, 4696303.
(13) Subunit 3A; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Eagle Point. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 511695, 4698703; 511695, 4698803; 511495,
4698803; 511495, 4698903; 511195, 4698903; 511195, 4699003; 510795,
4699003; 510795, 4699103; 510695, 4699103; 510695, 4699303; 510995,
4699303; 510995, 4699403; 511295, 4699403; 511295, 4699503; 511395,
4699503; 511395, 4699703; 511495, 4699703; 511495, 4699803; 511595,
4699803; 511595, 4699703; 511695, 4699703; 511695, 4699603; 511795,
4699603; 511795, 4699703; 511995, 4699703; 511995, 4698703; returning
to 511695, 4698703.
(14) Subunit 3B; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Eagle Point and Sams Valley. Land bounded by the following
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 511695, 4698703; 511695, 4698403;
511395, 4698403; 511395, 4698503; 511295, 4698503; 511295, 4698403;
511095, 4698403; 511095, 4698303; 510795, 4698303; 510795, 4698403;
510595, 4698403; 510595, 4698303; 509695, 4698303; 509695, 4697903;
509495, 4697903; 509495, 4697803; 509295, 4697803; 509295, 4697603;
509395, 4697603; 509395, 4697403; 509495, 4697403; 509495, 4697003;
509595, 4697003; 509595, 4696803; 510195, 4696803; 510195, 4696903;
511795, 4696903; 511795, 4696803; 511995, 4696803; 511995, 4696203;
510895, 4696203; 510895, 4696103; 510695, 4696103; 510695, 4696203;
510395, 4696203; 510395, 4696303; 509795, 4696303; 509795, 4696403;
509695, 4696403; 509695, 4696303; 508995, 4696303; 508995, 4696403;
508695, 4696403; 508695, 4696503; 508495, 4696503; 508495, 4696603;
508395, 4696603; 508395, 4696703; 508295, 4696703; 508295, 4696803;
508195, 4696803; 508195, 4696903; 508095, 4696903; 508095, 4697103;
508195, 4697103; 508195, 4697403; 508495, 4697403; 508495, 4697503;
508695, 4697503; 508695, 4697603; 508595, 4697603; 508595, 4697803;
508495, 4697803; 508495, 4698203; 508595, 4698203; 508595, 4698303;
508895, 4698303; 508895, 4698403; 508995, 4698403; 508995, 4698103;
509095, 4698103; 509095, 4698203; 509195, 4698203; 509195, 4698403;
509295, 4698403; 509295, 4698503; 509595, 4698503; 509595, 4698703;
509895, 4698703; 509895, 4698803; 510195, 4698803; 510195, 4698903;
511095, 4698903; 511095, 4698803; 511395, 4698803; 511395, 4698703;
511695, 4698703; and excluding land bound by 508895, 4697603; 508895,
4697503; 509195, 4697503; 509195, 4697603; returning to 508895,
4697603; and excluding land bound by 508595, 4697103; 508595, 4696903;
508695, 4696903; 508695, 4697103; returning to 508595, 4697103.
(15) Subunit 3C; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Sams Valley. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 506895, 4697403; 506895, 4697303; 506995,
4697303; 506995, 4697103; 506895, 4697103; 506895, 4697003; 506795,
4697003; 506795, 4696503; 507095, 4696503; 507095, 4696803; 506995,
4696803; 506995, 4697003; 507095, 4697003; 507095, 4697203; 507195,
4697203; 507195, 4697303; 507295, 4697303; 507295, 4697203; 507395,
4697203;
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507395, 4697103; 507495, 4697103; 507495, 4696903; 507595, 4696903;
507595, 4696803; 507695, 4696803; 507695, 4696703; 507795, 4696703;
507795, 4696503; 507995, 4696503; 507995, 4695803; 508395, 4695803;
508395, 4694803; 507895, 4694803; 507895, 4695003; 507495, 4695003;
507495, 4695203; 506995, 4695203; 506995, 4695603; 506895, 4695603;
506895, 4695703; 506495, 4695703; 506495, 4695603; 505695, 4695603;
505695, 4695803; 505895, 4695803; 505895, 4696503; 506295, 4696503;
506295, 4696603; 506195, 4696603; 506195, 4697103; 506295, 4697103;
506295, 4697403; returning to 506895, 4697403.
(16) Subunit 4A; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Sams Valley. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 507295, 4703303; 507295, 4703203; 507395,
4703203; 507395, 4703103; 507895, 4703103; 507895, 4703003; 507995,
4703003; 507995, 4702903; 508095, 4702903; 508095, 4702803; 508195,
4702803; 508195, 4702703; 508295, 4702703; 508295, 4702603; 508395,
4702603; 508395, 4702503; 508495, 4702503; 508495, 4702303; 508595,
4702303; 508595, 4702103; 508695, 4702103; 508695, 4701703; 508895,
4701703; 508895, 4701303; 508795, 4701303; 508795, 4701203; 508695,
4701203; 508695, 4701103; 508495, 4701103; 508495, 4701303; 508395,
4701303; 508395, 4701703; 508295, 4701703; 508295, 4701803; 508195,
4701803; 508195, 4701903; 508095, 4701903; 508095, 4702003; 507995,
4702003; 507995, 4702103; 507895, 4702103; 507895, 4702203; 507795,
4702203; 507795, 4702303; 507695, 4702303; 507695, 4702203; 507595,
4702203; 507595, 4702103; 507395, 4702103; 507395, 4702003; 507495,
4702003; 507495, 4701903; 507695, 4701903; 507695, 4701803; 507795,
4701803; 507795, 4701603; 507895, 4701603; 507895, 4701503; 507995,
4701503; 507995, 4701203; 507795, 4701203; 507795, 4701303; 507695,
4701303; 507695, 4701403; 507395, 4701403; 507395, 4701503; 507195,
4701503; 507195, 4701603; 507095, 4701603; 507095, 4701703; 506995,
4701703; 506995, 4701803; 506895, 4701803; 506895, 4702003; 506795,
4702003; 506795, 4702203; 506695, 4702203; 506695, 4702303; 506595,
4702303; 506595, 4702503; 506695, 4702503; 506695, 4702703; 506795,
4702703; 506795, 4702903; 506895, 4702903; 506895, 4703203; 507095,
4703203; 507095, 4703303; returning to 507295, 4703303.
(17) Subunit 4B; Jackson County, Oregon. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Sams Valley. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 503895, 4700703; 503895, 4700603; 503995,
4700603; 503995, 4700503; 504095, 4700503; 504095, 4700403; 504395,
4700403; 504395, 4700303; 504495, 4700303; 504495, 4699303; 504295,
4699303; 504295, 4699003; 504195, 4699003; 504195, 4698903; 504095,
4698903; 504095, 4698703; 503895, 4698703; 503895, 4698803; 503795,
4698803; 503795, 4699203; 503895, 4699203; 503895, 4699603; 503795,
4699603; 503795, 4700703; returning to 503895, 4700703.
(18) Subunit 5A; Siskiyou County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Timbered Crater. Land bounded by the following UTM
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 627995, 4565802; 628095, 4565602;
628295, 4565602; 628295, 4565402; 628395, 4565002; 628095, 4564802;
627995, 4564502; 628095, 4564202; 627995, 4564002; 627995, 4563802;
627995, 4563602; 628195, 4563502; 628295, 4563402; 628195, 4563102;
628295, 4563002; 628295, 4562802; 628395, 4562702; 628695, 4562602;
628695, 4562402; 628795, 4562302; 628995, 4562102; 628995, 4561802;
628795, 4561702; 628595, 4561602; 628495, 4561602; 628195, 4561502;
628095, 4561402; 627995, 4561302; 627895, 4561202; 627695, 4561202;
627625, 4561132; 626095, 4561402; 626095, 4562002; 626295, 4562702;
625906, 4563713; 626095, 4563902; 626195, 4564102; 626295, 4564202;
626395, 4564402; 626495, 4564502; 626495, 4564702; 626595, 4564902;
626795, 4564902; 626795, 4565202; 626895, 4565402; 627095, 4565502;
627095, 4565802; 627195, 4565902; 627395, 4566002; 627595, 4566002;
627795, 4566002; 627895, 4565902; returning to 627995, 4565802.
(19) Subunit 5B; Modoc and Shasta County, California. From USGS
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Day, Timbered Crater. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 633974, 4560278;
634095, 4560602; 634595, 4561102; 634695, 4560702; 635095, 4560502;
635195, 4560802; 635795, 4560802; 636091, 4560901; 636747, 4560348;
637395, 4559802; 637495, 4559102; 637395, 4558702; 636995, 4558502;
636795, 4558102; 636195, 4557802; 634995, 4557702; 634195, 4558102;
633995, 4558802; 633795, 4559802; returning to 633974, 4560278.
(20) Subunit 5C; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Dana, Burney Falls. Land bounded by the following UTM
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 616995, 4548802; 616895, 4548802;
615995, 4549302; 615795, 4549602; 615695, 4549702; 615695, 4549802;
615595, 4549902; 615495, 4550002; 615395, 4550202; 615395, 4550402;
615695, 4550502; 615995, 4550502; 616295, 4550302; 616495, 4550102;
616795, 4549902; 616895, 4549602; 617095, 4549202; 617195, 4548902;
returning to 616995, 4548802.
(21) Subunit 5D; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Burney. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 613095, 4536303; 613095, 4536003; 612895,
4535803; 612795, 4535803; 612695, 4535903; 612695, 4536003; 612595,
4536103; 612595, 4536303; 612395, 4536303; 612395, 4536503; 612395,
4536903; 612595, 4537203; 612595, 4537403; 612695, 4537503; 612795,
4537503; 612995, 4537603; 613095, 4537703; 613095, 4537903; 612995,
4538103; 612995, 4538303; 613095, 4538403; 613195, 4538603; 613495,
4538703; 613695, 4538803; 613795, 4538903; 613895, 4538903; 613995,
4538903; 614095, 4538803; 614195, 4538703; 614295, 4538603; 614495,
4538503; 614495, 4538403; 614395, 4538303; 614195, 4538203; 614095,
4538203; 613895, 4538103; 613695, 4537903; 613495, 4537703; 613495,
4537503; 613495, 4537303; 613295, 4537203; 613295, 4536903; 613195,
4536603; returning to 613095, 4536303.
(22) Subunit 5E; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Burney. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 609795, 4535803; 610395, 4535303; 610595,
4534803; 610695, 4534403; 610595, 4533503; 610895, 4532503; 611095,
4532303; 611095, 4532203; 611195, 4531903; 611395, 4531703; 611595,
4531403; 611595, 4531203; 611695, 4531003; 611895, 4530903; 612095,
4530803; 612295, 4530603; 612295, 4530303; 612195, 4529903; 611995,
4529703; 611795, 4529703; 611595, 4529703; 611095, 4529703; 610595,
4530003; 610495, 4530103; 610295, 4530203; 610295, 4530403; 610395,
4530703; 610695, 4530903; 610595, 4531203; 610295, 4531403; 610295,
4531603; 610195, 4532003; 610195, 4532403; 610095, 4532603; 610095,
4532803; 609995, 4533003; 609995, 4533303; 609795, 4533703; 609695,
4533903; 609695, 4534103; 609695, 4534403; 609695, 4534603; 609695,
4535003; 609595, 4535103; 609395, 4535203; 609195, 4535303; 608895,
4535403; 608695, 4535403; 608395, 4535503; 608295, 4535603; 608095,
4535603;
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608195, 4535803; returning to 609795, 4535803.
(23) Subunit 5F; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Merken Bench. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 632495, 4522703; 632095, 4521403; 631295,
4521403; 631195, 4521503; 630995, 4521403; 630595, 4521403; 630395,
4521103; 630195, 4521003; 629995, 4521003; 628995, 4522603; 629295,
4523303; 629695, 4523703; 631095, 4523903; 631895, 4523303; returning
to 632495, 4522703.
(24) Subunit 5G; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Murken Bench, Old Station. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 636095, 4512903;
636095, 4512603; 636095, 4512203; 635695, 4511903; 635595, 4511503;
635595, 4511203; 635495, 4511003; 635195, 4510703; 634895, 4510603;
634695, 4511003; 634495, 4511203; 634695, 4512203; 634295, 4512603;
634395, 4512803; 634495, 4512703; 634895, 4512703; 635195, 4513003;
635895, 4513003; returning to 636095, 4512903.
(25) Subunit 5H; Lassen County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Poison Lake, Swains Hole. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 651595, 4507403;
651895, 4506303; 652295, 4505503; 651795, 4504703; 651595, 4504903;
650895, 4504203; 650395, 4504503; 649595, 4504703; 648895, 4504403;
648995, 4503603; 648795, 4503403; 648195, 4503803; 647495, 4505203;
647895, 4505703; 647595, 4506403; 647795, 4507003; 648895, 4507403;
649595, 4507203; 650395, 4507403; 651295, 4507503; returning to 651595,
4507403.
(26) Subunit 5I; Lassen and Shasta County, California. From USGS
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Swains Hole. Land bounded by the following
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 641929, 4502903; 642195, 4502903;
642195, 4503003; 642595, 4503103; 642795, 4503103; 643095, 4503203;
643295, 4503303; 643495, 4503403; 644095, 4503303; 644195, 4503303;
644295, 4503203; 644495, 4503103; 645095, 4503203; 645295, 4503003;
645295, 4502703; 645595, 4502003; 645595, 4501503; 645395, 4501103;
645395, 4500403; 645295, 4500003; 644895, 4499903; 644395, 4500103;
643595, 4500203; 642495, 4500603; 641957, 4501022; 641595, 4501303;
641295, 4502503; 641395, 4502703; 641695, 4502703; 641795, 4502903;
returning to 641929, 4502903.
(27) Subunit 5J; Lassen County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Harvey Mtn., Poison Lake, Pine Creek Valley, Bogard
Buttes. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates
(E,N): 662895, 4502103; 661695, 4500903; 661395, 4499403; 660895,
4498603; 660795, 4498403; 660795, 4498003; 660895, 4497803; 661095,
4497803; 661195, 4497503; 659995, 4497703; 659395, 4497503; 657595,
4498803; 655595, 4500503; 655095, 4501003; 654995, 4501503; 655195,
4501403; 655695, 4501603; 656695, 4502403; 656795, 4502603; 657795,
4503003; 658795, 4503003; 660095, 4503403; 661395, 4504203; 662295,
4504803; 662995, 4504903; 663695, 4504503; 664295, 4504303; 664495,
4504103; 664495, 4502903; 664195, 4502803; returning to 662895,
4502103.
(28) Subunit 5K; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Old Station, West Prospect Peak. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 634695, 4495403;
634695, 4495203; 634895, 4495203; 635095, 4495003; 635095, 4494703;
635295, 4494603; 635295, 4494303; 635195, 4494203; 634895, 4493803;
635195, 4493304; 635095, 4493204; 635295, 4492904; 634995, 4492704;
634395, 4492704; 634395, 4493504; 634195, 4493704; 634195, 4493904;
633695, 4494203; 632595, 4494903; 631995, 4495104; 631395, 4495004;
631095, 4494804; 630795, 4494304; 630595, 4493804; 630595, 4493204;
630495, 4493104; 630495, 4492504; 629995, 4492904; 629395, 4493304;
629195, 4493504; 629395, 4494004; 629595, 4494504; 629495, 4494604;
629495, 4495004; 629795, 4495304; 630595, 4495504; 630595, 4496303;
631795, 4496903; 631795, 4497403; 631895, 4497803; 631995, 4498003;
632095, 4498203; 632195, 4498203; 632495, 4498203; 633995, 4497703;
634295, 4496603; 634295, 4496503; 634195, 4496403; 634195, 4496103;
634495, 4495903; 634495, 4495603; returning to 634695, 4495403.
(29) Subunit 5L; Plumas County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Almanor. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 654995, 4453204; 655395, 4452704; 655495,
4452404; 655495, 4451904; 655095, 4451904; 654995, 4452304; 654495,
4452504; 654195, 4452804; 653995, 4453004; 653795, 4453004; 653495,
4452804; 652695, 4452804; 652395, 4453304; 651995, 4453504; 651695,
4454204; 651695, 4454504; 652095, 4455204; 652495, 4455304; 652795,
4455504; 653295, 4455104; 653095, 4454904; 653095, 4454604; 653395,
4454204; 653595, 4453904; 653995, 4453704; 654595, 4453504; returning
to 654995, 4453204.
(30) Subunit 6A; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Enterprise. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 559296, 4490004; 559296, 4489804; 559496,
4489604; 559496, 4489104; 559296, 4488804; 558896, 4488704; 558596,
4488704; 558096, 4488804; 558096, 4489604; 558196, 4489604; 558396,
4489704; 558296, 4489904; 558096, 4489904; 558096, 4490304; 558096,
4490819; 558411, 4490625; 558419, 4490621; 558770, 4490407; 558813,
4490381; 558887, 4490336; 559083, 4490215; 559096, 4490208; 559096,
4490204; returning to 559296, 4490004.
(31) Subunit 6B; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Enterprise, Cottonwood. Land bounded by the following
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 559096, 4486604; 559096, 4483804;
559396, 4483804; 559396, 4483704; 559596, 4483704; 559896, 4483404;
560796, 4483404; 560996, 4483304; 560596, 4483304; 560596, 4482404;
560196, 4482304; 559996, 4482304; 559996, 4481804; 559496, 4481804;
558996, 4482204; 558996, 4482704; 558996, 4483404; 558396, 4483404;
558296, 4483704; 558296, 4484304; 558096, 4484604; 558096, 4484904;
558096, 4485104; 557896, 4485404; 557696, 4485704; 557396, 4485904;
557396, 4487204; 559096, 4487204; returning to 559096, 4486604.
(32) Subunit 6C; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Balls Ferry, Cottonwood, Enterprise, and Palo Cedro.
Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N):
562596, 4487204; 562796, 4486904; 562996, 4487004; 563296, 4487004;
563396, 4486804; 563396, 4486504; 563896, 4486204; 564396, 4484504;
564396, 4484204; 564596, 4483904; 564596, 4483604; 564696, 4483504;
564696, 4483204; 564496, 4482904; 564196, 4482604; 564196, 4482404;
564396, 4482404; 564396, 4482204; 564396, 4482104; 564296, 4482004;
564196, 4481904; 564096, 4481904; 564296, 4481604; 564296, 4480704;
563696, 4480704; 563396, 4480804; 563196, 4480704; 562996, 4480704;
562596, 4481004; 562496, 4481304; 562496, 4481504; 562396, 4482204;
562096, 4482304; 561996, 4482604; 561896, 4483104; 561596, 4483504;
561096, 4483804; 560796, 4485204; 560796, 4486304; 560896, 4486504;
561096, 4486704; 561296, 4486804; 561396, 4487404; 561696, 4487704;
562096, 4487704; returning to 562596, 4487204.
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(33) Subunit 6D; Shasta County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Palo Cedro, Balls Ferry. Land bounded by the following
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 566996, 4477104; 566796, 4477104;
566196, 4478004; 565996, 4478704; 565596, 4479004; 565596, 4479104;
565696, 4479404; 565396, 4479504; 565396, 4479704; 565496, 4480004;
566196, 4480204; 566196, 4480504; 565796, 4480604; 565796, 4480804;
565796, 4481104; 565796, 4481504; 565596, 4482304; 565196, 4482404;
564996, 4482704; 564996, 4482904; 565096, 4483104; 565496, 4483604;
565796, 4484704; 566496, 4485204; 567496, 4484804; 568196, 4483604;
568196, 4483104; 568496, 4482804; 568496, 4481904; 568296, 4481404;
567596, 4481104; 567596, 4480004; 567796, 4479204; 567796, 4478204;
567596, 4477604; returning to 566996, 4477104.
(34) Subunit 6E; Tehama County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Henleyville, Corning, West of Gerber, Gerber, Red
Bluff West, Red Bluff East. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 563496, 4444304; 563496, 4444204; 563596,
4444204; 563796, 4444204; 563896, 4443604; 564296, 4443604; 564396,
4443404; 564296, 4443204; 564196, 4443004; 564096, 4443004; 564096,
4442804; 564196, 4442804; 564196, 4442604; 564196, 4442504; 564196,
4442404; 564296, 4442404; 564396, 4442704; 564496, 4442904; 564496,
4443204; 564796, 4443204; 565296, 4443204; 565596, 4443104; 565896,
4442704; 566196, 4442704; 566296, 4442304; 566196, 4442204; 566196,
4441904; 565896, 4441704; 566096, 4441404; 566096, 4441304; 565496,
4441004; 565596, 4440804; 565496, 4440604; 565496, 4440004; 565496,
4438804; 566196, 4438804; 566196, 4439104; 566596, 4439704; 566496,
4440204; 566096, 4440404; 567596, 4441004; 567996, 4441004; 568769,
4440386; 568496, 4440204; 568396, 4439704; 568796, 4438904; 569596,
4439204; 569946, 4438554; 570290, 4437905; 569496, 4438004; 569096,
4438104; 568696, 4438204; 567896, 4438204; 567696, 4438204; 567496,
4438004; 567096, 4437904; 567096, 4437804; 566896, 4437504; 566896,
4437204; 566296, 4437204; 566296, 4438004; 565996, 4438204; 565496,
4437804; 564296, 4437804; 564296, 4437604; 563996, 4437604; 563696,
4437404; 563496, 4437204; 563496, 4436704; 563496, 4436404; 563296,
4436404; 563296, 4436004; 563296, 4435604; 563596, 4435604; 563796,
4435904; 564296, 4436204; 564596, 4436304; 564796, 4436304; 564996,
4436204; 564996, 4436004; 564896, 4435604; 565196, 4435604; 564896,
4435304; 564596, 4435304; 564496, 4435204; 564296, 4435004; 564196,
4434804; 563896, 4434704; 563696, 4434504; 563596, 4434304; 563496,
4434304; 563296, 4434004; 563696, 4434004; 563696, 4432404; 563796,
4432404; 563596, 4431904; 564596, 4431773; 564596, 4431304; 565496,
4431304; 565496, 4431204; 567096, 4431104; 567096, 4430504; 566896,
4430304; 567496, 4430304; 567596, 4429404; 566896, 4429404; 566396,
4429404; 566196, 4429504; 566196, 4428904; 566096, 4429004; 565896,
4429104; 565596, 4429004; 565396, 4429004; 565196, 4428804; 564696,
4428804; 564396, 4428504; 564096, 4428504; 563796, 4428304; 563796,
4428004; 564196, 4428004; 564696, 4428004; 565596, 4428104; 566696,
4427904; 566696, 4427804; 567096, 4427804; 567196, 4427704; 567396,
4427004; 566996, 4427004; 566196, 4426704; 566096, 4426504; 565596,
4426504; 565496, 4426404; 565392, 4426404; 565403, 4427187; 564372,
4427175; 564365, 4427817; 564375, 4427959; 564039, 4427941; 563783,
4427939; 563691, 4427935; 563702, 4427185; 563784, 4427182; 563785,
4426344; 564036, 4426357; 564896, 4426380; 564896, 4426004; 564896,
4425704; 563796, 4425604; 562696, 4424904; 562396, 4424804; 562196,
4424804; 562096, 4424804; 561896, 4424704; 561796, 4424604; 561696,
4424604; 561596, 4424604; 561396, 4424604; 561296, 4424604; 560996,
4424704; 560796, 4424704; 560496, 4424804; 560196, 4424704; 559896,
4424604; 559896, 4424304; 559796, 4424204; 559496, 4424104; 559396,
4424204; 559296, 4424304; 559196, 4424304; 558996, 4424504; 558796,
4424604; 558396, 4424604; 558196, 4424604; 557996, 4424404; 557796,
4424304; 557396, 4424104; 557096, 4424004; 556896, 4423904; 556696,
4423904; 556196, 4423804; 555996, 4423804; 555896, 4423704; 555896,
4423604; 555596, 4423604; 555496, 4423604; 555396, 4423504; 555296,
4423404; 555196, 4423404; 555096, 4423404; 554696, 4424704; 555196,
4425404; 557296, 4426104; 557896, 4426604; 558396, 4426304; 559596,
4428104; 558296, 4428004; 557896, 4428304; 557496, 4429104; 558096,
4429704; 558696, 4429804; 558696, 4430904; 560096, 4431404; 559296,
4431704; 558396, 4431804; 557496, 4432004; 557496, 4432404; 558496,
4432904; 558496, 4433404; 557896, 4433404; 557596, 4433604; 557396,
4434204; 555196, 4434604; 555196, 4435204; 557096, 4436004; 557996,
4438804; 557096, 4438804; 554696, 4437204; 553296, 4436804; 553296,
4437404; 554596, 4437904; 555496, 4439504; 556596, 4439604; 556596,
4441604; 558596, 4442404; 558596, 4442804; 557496, 4442704; 557096,
4442804; 556896, 4443204; 557596, 4444104; 558096, 4443504; 558496,
4443504; 559896, 4443704; 559896, 4443504; 559796, 4443304; 559796,
4443004; 559996, 4443204; 560096, 4443304; 560596, 4443304; 560796,
4443404; 561096, 4443504; 561796, 4443704; 562496, 4443804; 562596,
4443904; 562696, 4443904; 562696, 4444304; 562996, 4444304; returning
to 563496, 4444304.
(35) Subunit 6F; Glenn and Tehama Counties, California. From USGS
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Black Butte Dam and Kirkwood. Land bounded by
the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 563310, 4405483;
563296, 4405505; 562896, 4405605; 561496, 4406005; 560996, 4406005;
560696, 4406105; 560596, 4406205; 560496, 4406405; 560496, 4406704;
560896, 4406705; 560896, 4407104; 561296, 4407104; 561296, 4411104;
565596, 4411104; 565596, 4410304; 568496, 4410304; 568496, 4410404;
568496, 4411204; 570596, 4411204; 570896, 4411504; 571496, 4411304;
571596, 4410804; 572196, 4410704; 572196, 4409904; 571896, 4409404;
570596, 4408804; 570296, 4408804; 570296, 4409104; 569796, 4409104;
569796, 4408804; 569896, 4407505; 569996, 4406805; 569896, 4405905;
569896, 4405447; 569896, 4405305; 569496, 4405305; 569203, 4405451;
568696, 4405705; 568396, 4405705; 567904, 4405459; 567596, 4405305;
567296, 4405305; 565096, 4405305; 564865, 4405478; 564696, 4405605;
564196, 4405605; 563956, 4405485; 563796, 4405405; 563496, 4405205;
returning to 563310, 4405483.
(36) Subunit 7A; Shasta County, Tehama County, California. From
USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangle Balls Ferry. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 569496, 4471491;
569496, 4471604; 569696, 4471704; 569696, 4471804; 569996, 4472004;
570296, 4471904; 570544, 4471821; 570555, 4471529; 570555, 4471529;
570555, 4471528; 570504, 4471512; 570478, 4471518; 570452, 4471544;
570431, 4471571; 570400, 4471571; 570393, 4471576; 570375, 4471572;
570336, 4471562; 570306, 4471565; 570292, 4471547; 570279, 4471542;
570268, 4471538; 570256, 4471509; 570252, 4471484; 570252, 4471482;
570246, 4471475; 570235, 4471460; 570235, 4471458;
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570235, 4471449; 570214, 4471432; 570188, 4471428; 570185, 4471428;
570167, 4471427; 570150, 4471427; 570102, 4471428; 570071, 4471445;
570048, 4471443; 570009, 4471442; 569989, 4471429; 569962, 4471427;
569948, 4471428; 569917, 4471401; 569906, 4471378; 569885, 4471377;
569857, 4471378; 569853, 4471379; 569831, 4471347; 569818, 4471378;
569772, 4471385; 569754, 4471385; 569740, 4471388; 569721, 4471387;
569701, 4471389; 569653, 4471389; 569630, 4471397; 569613, 4471402;
569590, 4471410; 569561, 4471419; 569534, 4471426; 569511, 4471433;
569496, 4471433; returning to 569496, 4471491.
(37) Subunit 7B; Shasta and Tehama County, California. From USGS
1:24,000 scale quadrangles Tuscan Buttes NE, Balls Ferry, Shingletown,
Dales, Bend, Red Bluff East. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 571332, 4471716; 571334, 4471766; 571340,
4471796; 571333, 4471846; 571340, 4471873; 571343, 4471927; 571345,
4471968; 571367, 4471968; 571459, 4471969; 571501, 4471942; 571556,
4471947; 571556, 4471947; 571563, 4471948; 571620, 4471970; 571637,
4471970; 571637, 4471970; 571731, 4471970; 571743, 4471975; 571810,
4472002; 571819, 4472004; 571835, 4472004; 571996, 4472004; 572250,
4472089; 572250, 4472087; 572252, 4472088; 572254, 4472031; 572258,
4472029; 572264, 4472031; 572277, 4472030; 572304, 4472029; 572315,
4472027; 572327, 4472023; 572337, 4472021; 572378, 4472019; 572403,
4472019; 572421, 4472017; 572428, 4472016; 572596, 4471904; 573996,
4471904; 574247, 4472594; 574303, 4472618; 574308, 4472620; 574315,
4472618; 574334, 4472612; 574351, 4472608; 574367, 4472604; 574389,
4472602; 574417, 4472601; 574438, 4472602; 574456, 4472606; 574465,
4472611; 574480, 4472615; 574499, 4472619; 574523, 4472627; 574546,
4472632; 574565, 4472634; 574579, 4472636; 574585, 4472638; 574584,
4472727; 574584, 4472736; 574584, 4472745; 574583, 4472755; 574583,
4472755; 574583, 4472755; 574555, 4472750; 574538, 4472746; 574521,
4472744; 574507, 4472742; 574493, 4472740; 574486, 4472738; 574475,
4472733; 574469, 4472731; 574461, 4472728; 574452, 4472724; 574449,
4472724; 574438, 4472723; 574442, 4472729; 574454, 4472759; 574561,
4472824; 574544, 4472824; 574541, 4472841; 574431, 4472775; 574422,
4472751; 574393, 4472724; 574374, 4472726; 574357, 4472744; 574349,
4472755; 574327, 4472779; 574318, 4472791; 574396, 4473004; 574850,
4473004; 575035, 4473004; 575196, 4473004; 575552, 4473217; 575696,
4473304; 575720, 4473327; 576096, 4473704; 576203, 4473704; 576555,
4473704; 576696, 4473704; 576979, 4473704; 577165, 4473704; 577396,
4473704; 577440, 4473737; 577447, 4473742; 577796, 4474004; 578696,
4474004; 578781, 4474028; 578899, 4474062; 578899, 4474062; 579396,
4474204; 579733, 4474204; 580096, 4474204; 580696, 4474504; 581086,
4474504; 581543, 4474504; 581996, 4474504; 582027, 4474541; 582496,
4475104; 583096, 4475204; 583296, 4475204; 583706, 4474876; 583796,
4474804; 584296, 4475004; 584696, 4475004; 585496, 4474304; 586096,
4473404; 586196, 4473204; 585896, 4472404; 585596, 4471904; 584896,
4471704; 584596, 4471404; 584596, 4471204; 584796, 4470904; 584796,
4470604; 584596, 4470304; 583496, 4469504; 583196, 4469204; 582696,
4468304; 582696, 4467404; 582796, 4466704; 582796, 4466504; 581996,
4465604; 581096, 4465304; 580696, 4465004; 580496, 4463804; 580296,
4463104; 578996, 4462504; 578596, 4462104; 578196, 4461804; 577896,
4460704; 577796, 4459804; 576796, 4459104; 576696, 4458604; 576896,
4458104; 576896, 4456904; 576496, 4456504; 575596, 4456604; 574996,
4456604; 574196, 4455704; 573596, 4455404; 572396, 4455104; 572096,
4455104; 571696, 4455404; 571496, 4455204; 571196, 4454704; 570696,
4454704; 570296, 4454604; 570296, 4454804; 570696, 4455704; 570096,
4455904; 569596, 4456104; 569396, 4456304; 568996, 4456304; 568696,
4456304; 568096, 4456604; 567996, 4456904; 567996, 4457804; 568496,
4458604; 569196, 4459604; 569696, 4460304; 569596, 4460604; 569096,
4460404; 568396, 4460504; 567596, 4460504; 566896, 4459804; 566496,
4459804; 565996, 4460904; 565896, 4461204; 565896, 4461504; 566096,
4461804; 565896, 4462104; 565996, 4462204; 565896, 4462304; 565996,
4462404; 565896, 4462604; 565996, 4462704; 565996, 4462804; 566096,
4462904; 566396, 4462904; 566596, 4463104; 566596, 4463404; 566796,
4463504; 566896, 4463504; 566996, 4463404; 567196, 4463304; 567296,
4463404; 567696, 4463204; 568396, 4463004; 569896, 4463004; 570696,
4463704; 570896, 4464104; 572096, 4465004; 572096, 4466104; 572196,
4466404; 572896, 4467104; 573596, 4468404; 573496, 4468804; 573196,
4469204; 572996, 4469404; 572696, 4469404; 571896, 4468604; 571496,
4467904; 571096, 4467704; 571096, 4468504; 571296, 4468504; 571196,
4469004; 571296, 4469304; 571296, 4470304; 570596, 4470704; 570556,
4470724; 570556, 4470736; 570562, 4470735; 570557, 4471158; 570882,
4471152; 571325, 4471157; 571331, 4471712; 571332, 4471716; and
excluding land bounded by 579424, 4466287; 579440, 4463592; 580153,
4465463; 580228, 4465617; 580280, 4465722; 580409, 4465868; 580935,
4466259; returning to 579424, 4466287.
(38) Subunit 7C; Butte County, Tehama County, California. From USGS
1:24,000 scale quadrangles Acorn Hollow, Campbell Mound, Richardson
Springs Northwest, and Vina. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 588835, 4429627; 588996, 4429304; 589596,
4429304; 589596, 4428404; 589596, 4427804; 589896, 4426904; 590596,
4426204; 590596, 4425104; 591296, 4424204; 591596, 4423104; 591658,
4422362; 590621, 4423490; 590082, 4424078; 589912, 4424262; 589224,
4425011; 588550, 4426026; 588521, 4426069; 588374, 4426290; 588309,
4426387; 588309, 4426388; 588308, 4426389; 588263, 4426456; 588110,
4426687; 588008, 4426841; 588096, 4427104; 587996, 4427104; 587898,
4427006; 587852, 4427075; 587233, 4427967; 587203, 4428047; 586868,
4428574; 586847, 4428605; 586996, 4428704; 587396, 4428904; 588396,
4429404; 588596, 4429804; 588796, 4429704; 588829, 4429638; returning
to 588835, 4429627.
(39) Subunit 7D; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Richardson Springs. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 593796, 4420704; 593259, 4420620; 592425,
4421527; 592354, 4421604; 593096, 4421604; 593196, 4421304; 593596,
4421204; returning to 593796, 4420704.
(40) Subunit 7E; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Richardson Springs. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 594596, 4420104; 593977, 4419839; 593466,
4420395; 594096, 4420604; 594496, 4420404; returning to 594596,
4420104.
(41) Subunit 7F; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Paradise West, Richardson Springs, Chico. Land bounded by
the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 597196, 4416204;
597196, 4415404; 597140, 4415330; 596896, 4415004; 597196, 4414804;
597896, 4415304; 598196, 4415004; 597696, 4414404; 597696, 4414204;
597396, 4413604; 597396, 4413104; 598296, 4413704; 598496, 4413704;
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598496, 4413404; 597518, 4411742; 597376, 4412187; 597055, 4413207;
596736, 4414221; 596716, 4414286; 596400, 4415288; 596399, 4415293;
596226, 4415844; 596187, 4415965; 596124, 4416162; 596107, 4416216;
596089, 4416270; 596078, 4416304; 596096, 4416304; 596196, 4416204;
596296, 4416304; 596396, 4416404; 596496, 4416504; 596596, 4416504;
596596, 4416604; 596696, 4416604; returning to 597196, 4416204.
(42) Subunit 7G; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Hamlin Canyon, Chico. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 598996, 4411605; 599496, 4411505; 599896,
4411505; 599896, 4410805; 599396, 4410505; 599196, 4410605; 599096,
4410605; 598896, 4410405; 598596, 4410205; 598396, 4409905; 598196,
4409805; 598166, 4409775; 598147, 4409798; 598133, 4409815; 598110,
4409888; 597901, 4410542; 597820, 4410795; 597557, 4411620; 597530,
4411705; 597696, 4411705; 598396, 4412504; 598596, 4413104; 598996,
4413104; returning to 598996, 4411605.
(43) Subunit 7H; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Cherokee, Hamlin Canyon. Land bounded by the following UTM
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 600396, 4405805; 601296, 4405405;
601896, 4405405; 602096, 4405305; 602296, 4405005; 602596, 4405005;
602796, 4404705; 603396, 4404505; 604596, 4404005; 605296, 4404005;
605696, 4403805; 605696, 4403405; 605196, 4403105; 604796, 4403205;
604596, 4403105; 604571, 4402980; 604496, 4402905; 604396, 4402905;
604296, 4402805; 604196, 4402705; 604096, 4402705; 603896, 4402605;
603896, 4402405; 603696, 4402205; 603496, 4402205; 603296, 4402305;
603196, 4402205; 602996, 4402205; 602996, 4401905; 602796, 4401905;
602396, 4402405; 602396, 4402505; 601896, 4403105; 601810, 4403105;
601648, 4403304; 601597, 4403304; 601561, 4403425; 601415, 4403468;
601322, 4403400; 601185, 4403376; 601074, 4403308; 600997, 4403374;
600955, 4403251; 600800, 4403371; 600638, 4403280; 600603, 4403335;
600568, 4403368; 600548, 4403385; 600464, 4403455; 600439, 4403447;
600328, 4403409; 600079, 4403484; 600069, 4403483; 599897, 4403467;
599821, 4403522; 599747, 4403502; 599588, 4403644; 599424, 4403666;
599397, 4403670; 599365, 4403674; 599180, 4403439; 599120, 4403416;
599082, 4404205; 599076, 4404348; 599067, 4404527; 599050, 4405192;
599049, 4405263; 599047, 4405333; 599043, 4405482; 599029, 4405524;
599015, 4405554; 599009, 4405567; 598980, 4405599; 598938, 4405651;
598881, 4405710; 598869, 4405726; 598818, 4405777; 598807, 4405787;
598790, 4405805; 598731, 4405863; 598694, 4405907; 598679, 4405931;
598663, 4405964; 598645, 4406015; 598640, 4406038; 598636, 4406060;
598628, 4406226; 598618, 4406620; 598611, 4406938; 598607, 4407300;
598609, 4407320; 598621, 4407372; 598623, 4407375; 598623, 4407394;
598676, 4407617; 598896, 4407705; 598996, 4407905; 599296, 4408205;
600296, 4408705; 600396, 4408605; 600396, 4408205; 600096, 4407905;
600496, 4407405; 599596, 4406505; 599596, 4406005; returning to 600396,
4405805.
(44) Subunit 7I; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Hamlin Canyon, Shipee. Land bounded by the following UTM
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 607696, 4401105; 607896, 4400905;
607596, 4400605; 606996, 4400605; 605196, 4399605; 605196, 4399405;
606596, 4399305; 606893, 4399135; 606873, 4399104; 606820, 4399056;
606664, 4399070; 606624, 4399076; 606575, 4399084; 606573, 4399084;
606490, 4399069; 606458, 4399042; 606425, 4399015; 606370, 4398974;
606305, 4398940; 606221, 4398927; 606156, 4398927; 606063, 4398936;
605995, 4398939; 605953, 4398938; 605918, 4398935; 605885, 4398921;
605877, 4398942; 605870, 4398953; 605860, 4398957; 605859, 4398956;
605797, 4398947; 605685, 4398921; 605600, 4398911; 605528, 4398915;
605415, 4398869; 605329, 4398849; 605269, 4398839; 605230, 4398828;
605230, 4398828; 605223, 4398828; 605205, 4398828; 605176, 4398829;
605159, 4398830; 605097, 4398855; 605053, 4398874; 605003, 4398897;
604125, 4399313; 603992, 4399240; 603982, 4399239; 603974, 4399241;
603396, 4399327; 603396, 4399405; 602996, 4399405; 603596, 4399605;
604796, 4400005; 604396, 4401105; 604496, 4401205; 604596, 4401105;
604696, 4401105; 604696, 4401205; 604896, 4401205; 604996, 4401205;
604896, 4401405; 605396, 4401705; 605996, 4401805; 606496, 4401605;
607196, 4401205; returning to 607696, 4401105.
(45) Subunit 7J; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Cherokee, Oroville, Shippee. Land bounded by the following
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 610454, 4388429; 610496, 4388305;
609396, 4387905; 609396, 4387705; 608896, 4387605; 608896, 4389105;
607696, 4389105; 607696, 4389305; 607596, 4389405; 607496, 4389405;
607496, 4389705; 607396, 4389805; 607496, 4389805; 607596, 4389905;
607496, 4390105; 607496, 4390305; 607396, 4390405; 607396, 4390605;
607196, 4390805; 605796, 4392105; 605896, 4392105; 606096, 4392305;
606196, 4392505; 605996, 4392705; 605896, 4392705; 605696, 4392605;
606124, 4392947; 606383, 4392656; 606442, 4392590; 606586, 4392442;
606633, 4392398; 607213, 4391850; 607740, 4391343; 607844, 4391243;
607922, 4391168; 608323, 4390783; 608633, 4390441; 608948, 4390093;
609241, 4389770; 609487, 4389499; 609817, 4389134; 609831, 4389118;
609986, 4388947; 610218, 4388694; 610283, 4388624; 610335, 4388559;
610417, 4388468; returning to 610454, 4388429.
(46) Subunit 7K; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangles Oroville, and Shippee. Land bounded by the following UTM
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 616960, 4387371; 616948, 4387464;
616937, 4387853; 616938, 4387886; 616946, 4388066; 617025, 4388461;
617078, 4388655; 617271, 4389323; 617291, 4389377; 617397, 4389892;
617404, 4389930; 617457, 4390159; 617476, 4390213; 617505, 4390300;
617537, 4390394; 617565, 4390486; 618696, 4390405; 618896, 4390005;
618896, 4389505; 617896, 4388105; 617296, 4387505; returning to 616960,
4387371.
(47) Subunit 7L; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Hamlin Canyon, Shippee. Land bounded by the following UTM
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 612389, 4386215; 612396, 4386105;
612096, 4385905; 611396, 4384305; 611096, 4384305; 611096, 4383405;
610496, 4383405; 610496, 4383005; 610396, 4383005; 610396, 4382905;
610296, 4382805; 610396, 4382805; 610496, 4382705; 610596, 4382705;
610596, 4382605; 610596, 4382505; 610596, 4382405; 610296, 4382105;
610196, 4382205; 610296, 4382305; 610296, 4382405; 610296, 4382505;
610196, 4382405; 609996, 4382205; 609910, 4382119; 608596, 4383105;
608896, 4383605; 609596, 4384005; 609596, 4384305; 609396, 4384805;
609696, 4385105; 609396, 4385605; 609596, 4385805; 609996, 4385905;
610196, 4385905; 610196, 4386205; 610296, 4386305; 610596, 4386505;
611196, 4386905; 611496, 4387205; 611460, 4387320; 611983, 4386741;
612310, 4386376; returning to 612389, 4386215.
(48) Subunit 7M; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Cherokee, Oroville, Shippee.
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Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N):
618688, 4384311; 618688, 4384311; 618656, 4384349; 618608, 4384406;
618473, 4384567; 618453, 4384600; 618382, 4384720; 618321, 4384953;
618303, 4385024; 618281, 4385143; 618113, 4385826; 618093, 4385912;
618046, 4386016; 618026, 4386061; 617997, 4386086; 617935, 4386166;
617827, 4386246; 617781, 4386268; 617763, 4386270; 617760, 4386283;
617521, 4386430; 617796, 4386705; 618096, 4386505; 618296, 4386505;
618796, 4386705; 619096, 4386805; 619296, 4387005; 619396, 4387005;
619596, 4387205; 619596, 4387405; 619796, 4387405; 619896, 4387505;
619996, 4387805; 620296, 4387805; 620696, 4388205; 620796, 4388205;
620796, 4387005; 621396, 4387005; 621696, 4386305; 621496, 4385405;
620996, 4385305; 620696, 4384705; 620496, 4384605; 619696, 4384905;
618696, 4384305; returning to 618688, 4384311.
(49) Subunit 7N; Butte County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Oroville, Shippee. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 618596, 4382306; 618596, 4382305; 619396,
4381105; 619596, 4380805; 619596, 4380305; 620896, 4378705; 620996,
4378205; 620396, 4377505; 618896, 4376805; 617896, 4376205; 617196,
4376005; 616996, 4375805; 617596, 4374605; 617596, 4374305; 617396,
4374005; 615511, 4373926; 615500, 4374159; 615415, 4374258; 614979,
4373925; 614761, 4374187; 614666, 4374554; 614396, 4374532; 614396,
4375505; 614696, 4375505; 614696, 4376405; 614896, 4376405; 614996,
4376505; 615196, 4376605; 615196, 4376805; 615996, 4376805; 616396,
4376805; 616396, 4377905; 614996, 4377905; 614996, 4378105; 614796,
4378105; 614796, 4378305; 614596, 4378305; 614596, 4378605; 614696,
4378705; 614696, 4379505; 614296, 4379505; 614296, 4381105; 612696,
4381105; 612696, 4382705; 613596, 4382805; 613796, 4382905; 613896,
4383005; 614096, 4383305; 614296, 4383805; 614296, 4384005; 614896,
4384005; 615169, 4384005; 615902, 4383609; 616800, 4383109; 617362,
4382796; 617423, 4382762; 617659, 4382634; 617685, 4382617; 618083,
4382368; 618443, 4382135; 618464, 4382111; 618541, 4382082; 618540,
4382106; 618553, 4382177; 618559, 4382213; returning to 618596,
4382306.
(50) Subunit 8A; Mendocino County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Point Arena. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 441396, 4314002; 441696, 4313502; 441796,
4313302; 442296, 4313202; 442596, 4313102; 442996, 4312602; 443296,
4312102; 443396, 4311802; 443396, 4311602; 442596, 4311602; 442496,
4311802; 442296, 4311802; 441396, 4310802; 441096, 4310702; 440796,
4310702; 440596, 4310902; 440296, 4310902; 440096, 4311102; 439596,
4310802; 438996, 4310802; 438596, 4311202; 438596, 4311602; 438596,
4312302; 438596, 4312502; 438796, 4312802; 439096, 4312902; 439196,
4313302; 439396, 4313702; 439596, 4313802; 439896, 4313702; 440196,
4313802; 441096, 4313802; 441296, 4314002; returning to 441396,
4314002.
(51) Subunit 9A; Lake County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Kelseyville, The Geysers. Land bounded by the following UTM
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 520696, 4304503; 520796, 4304203;
521296, 4303703; 521296, 4303303; 520996, 4303203; 520096, 4302703;
519696, 4302703; 519296, 4303003; 518696, 4303403; 518496, 4303803;
517796, 4304303; 517796, 4305303; 518096, 4305603; 518996, 4305603;
519496, 4305403; 519496, 4305003; 520696, 4304503; and excluding land
bound by 519229, 4304318; 519282, 4304316; 519286, 4304383; 519355,
4304340; 519671, 4304397; 519803, 4304319; 519978, 4304007; 520024,
4303964; 520021, 4303917; 519881, 4303816; 519825, 4303689; 519774,
4303779; 519731, 4303720; 519735, 4303496; 519936, 4303493; 519942,
4303707; 520021, 4303683; 520033, 4303584; 520071, 4303585; 520076,
4304308; 520048, 4304313; 520040, 4304404; 519226, 4304415; returning
to 519229, 4304318.
(52) Subunit 9B; Lake County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Middletown. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27
coordinates (E,N): 538796, 4301004; 539196, 4300404; 540096, 4299804;
540796, 4299504; 541096, 4299104; 541196, 4298504; 540796, 4298104;
540296, 4298204; 539196, 4298904; 538896, 4299004; 538496, 4299004;
538196, 4299304; 538396, 4300004; 537996, 4300504; 537496, 4300404;
536996, 4299704; 536396, 4299504; 536096, 4299504; 535196, 4300204;
535096, 4300604; 535096, 4301004; 535196, 4301604; 535396, 4302004;
535796, 4302204; 536196, 4302204; 536996, 4302104; returning to 538796,
4301004.
(53) Subunit 9C; Napa County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Capell Valley, Yountville. Land bounded by the following UTM
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 566896, 4250704; 567396, 4250304;
568196, 4250304; 568396, 4249904; 568196, 4249804; 568496, 4249204;
568596, 4249104; 568396, 4248904; 567896, 4248804; 567596, 4248704;
567496, 4248404; 567396, 4247904; 567296, 4248104; 567096, 4249604;
566796, 4249804; 566496, 4250104; 566196, 4250204; 566096, 4250304;
565596, 4250304; 565196, 4250304; 565196, 4250604; 565496, 4251004;
566096, 4251604; 566696, 4251404; returning to 566896, 4250704.
(54) Subunit 10A; Colusa County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Meridian, Colusa. Land bounded by the following UTM
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 587096, 4337905; 587596, 4337405;
587796, 4337605; 588896, 4336505; 588996, 4336505; 589196, 4336305;
589196, 4336705; 589296, 4336705; 589296, 4335705; 587996, 4335705;
587996, 4335805; 587496, 4336405; 587396, 4336605; 586996, 4337605;
586796, 4337605; 586796, 4337505; 586496, 4337505; 586496, 4336605;
586396, 4336405; 586096, 4336405; 585896, 4336705; 585896, 4337005;
585996, 4337005; 585996, 4338005; 586196, 4338005; 586196, 4338205;
586896, 4338705; 587096, 4338305; 587096, 4338205; 586896, 4338005;
returning to 587096, 4337905.
(55) Subunit 10B; Yolo County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangles Davis, and Saxon. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 615496, 4262105; 615496, 4260505; 614596,
4260505; 614596, 4261305; 614296, 4261305; 614296, 4261605; 614096,
4261605; 614096, 4262105; returning to 615496, 4262105.
(56) Subunit 10C; Solano County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Dozier. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 600496, 4242805; 600496, 4242005; 601396,
4242005; 601396, 4241220; 601098, 4241220; 600974, 4241220; 600543,
4241219; 600117, 4241218; 599096, 4241216; 599096, 4242105; 599696,
4242105; 599696, 4242805; returning to 600496, 4242805.
(57) Subunit 10D; Solano County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Elmira. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 593296, 4242004; 593296, 4240404; 593307,
4240404; 593351, 4239612; 592127, 4239598; 592158, 4239931; 592140,
4239942; 592122, 4239975; 592122, 4239986; 592127, 4240065; 592396,
4240604; 592196, 4240604; 591896, 4240804; 591796, 4240904; 591696,
4241004; 591696, 4241104; 591696, 4241504; 591796, 4241504; 591896,
4241404;
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591996, 4241404; 592096, 4241304; 592296, 4241104; 592396, 4240704;
returning to 593296, 4242004.
(58) Subunit 10E; Solano County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Denverton, and Elmira. Land bounded by the following
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 589496, 4233804; 589096, 4234204;
588596, 4234204; 588596, 4236204; 588645, 4236253; 589040, 4236356;
589620, 4236362; 589766, 4236364; 589794, 4236364; 589696, 4234704;
589796, 4234704; 589796, 4234304; 590196, 4234304; 590196, 4233868;
590196, 4233804; returning to 589496, 4233804.
(59) Subunit 10F; Solano County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Denverton, Elmira, and Fairfield South. Land bounded
by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 589275, 4230706;
589276, 4230706; 589337, 4230698; 589370, 4230694; 589411, 4230699;
589417, 4230713; 589410, 4230984; 589112, 4231020; 589196, 4231104;
589196, 4231504; 588696, 4231404; 588536, 4231484; 588513, 4232204;
588596, 4232204; 588596, 4232304; 588696, 4232304; 588696, 4232604;
588496, 4232804; 588696, 4233104; 588796, 4233304; 590096, 4233304;
590196, 4233304; 590196, 4233104; 590696, 4233104; 591196, 4232604;
591234, 4232629; 591239, 4232624; 591280, 4232660; 591796, 4233004;
592610, 4233095; 592690, 4233095; 592690, 4233104; 592696, 4233104;
592696, 4233604; 592996, 4233504; 592996, 4233555; 592998, 4233555;
592996, 4233558; 592996, 4233604; 593496, 4233904; 594296, 4233904;
594396, 4234704; 594596, 4234704; 594986, 4235200; 595012, 4233903;
595013, 4233118; 595140, 4233114; 595164, 4233100; 595227, 4233071;
595270, 4233031; 595285, 4233015; 595335, 4232955; 595418, 4232782;
595519, 4232583; 595579, 4232471; 595649, 4232328; 595795, 4232048;
596062, 4231522; 595023, 4231515; 594541, 4231511; 594505, 4231477;
594506, 4231420; 594530, 4231344; 594570, 4231298; 594592, 4231261;
594594, 4231219; 594607, 4231174; 594639, 4231161; 594671, 4231147;
594699, 4231145; 594711, 4231142; 594712, 4231130; 594714, 4231115;
594710, 4231094; 594702, 4231089; 594679, 4231079; 594669, 4231072;
594653, 4231049; 594646, 4231013; 594639, 4230983; 594596, 4231004;
593896, 4231004; 593696, 4230304; 593387, 4230319; 593387, 4230319;
593796, 4229704; 594096, 4229504; 593996, 4229404; 593996, 4229304;
594096, 4229204; 593996, 4229104; 593996, 4228904; 594396, 4228804;
594396, 4228304; 593796, 4228204; 593596, 4227904; 592896, 4227904;
592796, 4227804; 592696, 4227804; 592596, 4227704; 592296, 4227604;
592096, 4227304; 591796, 4227204; 591596, 4227004; 591296, 4226904;
590996, 4226804; 590796, 4226904; 590496, 4226904; 589496, 4227204;
589361, 4227204; 589122, 4227268; 588803, 4227384; 588075, 4227674;
588069, 4227676; 587563, 4227840; 587435, 4227881; 587106, 4228001;
587029, 4228138; 586996, 4228204; 586796, 4228304; 586696, 4228804;
586496, 4228904; 586296, 4228904; 586196, 4229104; 585496, 4229704;
585496, 4229904; 585596, 4230004; 585096, 4230104; 585196, 4230204;
585096, 4230304; 585207, 4230371; 585220, 4230354; 585423, 4230389;
585415, 4230433; 585391, 4230453; 585366, 4230466; 585596, 4230604;
585696, 4230904; 585999, 4230904; 586005, 4230876; 586022, 4230869;
586052, 4230862; 586135, 4230865; 586141, 4230878; 586141, 4230892;
586123, 4230901; 586119, 4230904; 586364, 4230904; 586369, 4230888;
586420, 4230842; 586436, 4230799; 587532, 4230821; 587978, 4230857;
588064, 4230915; 588087, 4230928; 588112, 4230930; 588131, 4230927;
588171, 4230904; 588182, 4230901; 588213, 4230899; 588796, 4230704;
588939, 4230704; 589021, 4230702; 589085, 4230703; 589186, 4230717;
returning to 589275, 4230706.
(60) Subunit 10G; Solano County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Fairfield South. Land bounded by the following UTM
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 583208, 4232797; 583252, 4232811;
583641, 4232942; 583715, 4232965; 583726, 4232969; 583822, 4233000;
583875, 4233018; 583796, 4232704; 583196, 4231704; 582796, 4231604;
582496, 4231304; 582396, 4230504; 582096, 4230504; 581996, 4230204;
581796, 4230204; 581796, 4230904; 581896, 4230904; 581896, 4231404;
581396, 4231404; 581396, 4231804; 581596, 4232004; 581596, 4231704;
581796, 4231704; 581796, 4232704; 581996, 4232704; 582896, 4232804;
583196, 4232804; returning to 583208, 4232797.
(61) Subunit 10H; Solano County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Fairfield South. Land bounded by the following UTM
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 577696, 4229504; 577796, 4229404;
578196, 4229604; 578196, 4229504; 577996, 4228904; 577396, 4229204;
577296, 4229604; 577496, 4229804; 577696, 4229604; returning to 577696,
4229504.
(62) Subunit 11A; Yuba County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangles Browns Valley, and Wheatland. Land bounded by the following
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 635096, 4332005; 635096, 4329705;
634696, 4329705; 633896, 4329705; 633696, 4329905; 633596, 4329905;
633396, 4329905; 633396, 4330105; 632796, 4329905; 632496, 4329705;
632496, 4328805; 631396, 4328805; 631396, 4329005; 631696, 4329005;
631696, 4329605; 631996, 4329605; 631996, 4330405; 632896, 4330405;
633096, 4330705; 633096, 4331105; 633196, 4331305; 633596, 4331505;
633896, 4331305; 633896, 4332005; returning to 635096, 4332005.
(63) Subunit 11B; Placer County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Lincoln. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 647996, 4313205; 647996, 4312505; 648096,
4312305; 647996, 4311305; 647796, 4311305; 647696, 4311105; 647396,
4311205; 646996, 4311205; 646996, 4311105; 647296, 4311105; 647596,
4311005; 647896, 4311005; 647996, 4310905; 647896, 4310805; 646996,
4310805; 646896, 4310705; 646896, 4310605; 647496, 4310605; 647596,
4310705; 647696, 4310605; 647896, 4310505; 648096, 4310505; 648096,
4309805; 648096, 4309505; 647296, 4309505; 647296, 4309005; 646796,
4308905; 646796, 4308605; 646696, 4308605; 646196, 4308905; 646196,
4308005; 646222, 4307980; 646108, 4308064; 646063, 4308099; 646012,
4308132; 645918, 4308192; 645433, 4308547; 645310, 4308646; 645196,
4308747; 644293, 4309663; 644291, 4309665; 644289, 4309667; 644244,
4309719; 643560, 4310423; 643796, 4310305; 644096, 4310705; 644396,
4310205; 645496, 4310205; 645896, 4310005; 646196, 4310005; 646396,
4309805; 647596, 4309805; 647596, 4310005; 646896, 4310005; 646596,
4310105; 646596, 4310405; 646696, 4310505; 646196, 4310505; 645996,
4310605; 645996, 4311005; 646196, 4310905; 646596, 4310905; 646596,
4311005; 646396, 4311005; 646396, 4311205; 646496, 4311505; 646896,
4311505; 646896, 4311705; 646896, 4311805; 646996, 4311905; 646896,
4312305; 647096, 4312405; 647196, 4312605; 647396, 4312605; 647496,
4312505; 647496, 4312605; 647396, 4312705; 647196, 4312705; 646896,
4312503; 646896, 4312805; 646996, 4313205; 647196, 4313605; 647396,
4314005; 648396, 4314005; 648396, 4313705; returning to 647996,
4313205.
(64) Subunit 11C; Placer County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Lincoln. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 644496, 4306482;
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644496, 4305705; 644796, 4305705; 644796, 4305205; 644896, 4305205;
644896, 4305005; 645196, 4305005; 645196, 4304905; 645296, 4304805;
645496, 4304905; 645622, 4304905; 645597, 4304892; 645552, 4304878;
645509, 4304874; 645500, 4304876; 645489, 4304870; 645473, 4304845;
645440, 4304828; 645410, 4304815; 645373, 4304793; 645354, 4304775;
645331, 4304746; 645324, 4304743; 645303, 4304721; 645241, 4304661;
645164, 4304612; 645083, 4304568; 645000, 4304539; 644924, 4304536;
644892, 4304538; 644873, 4304543; 644859, 4304549; 644859, 4304548;
644840, 4304549; 644803, 4304531; 644763, 4304503; 644722, 4304474;
644696, 4304454; 644671, 4304439; 644659, 4304439; 644656, 4304441;
644650, 4304444; 644636, 4304458; 644622, 4304469; 644611, 4304461;
644579, 4304457; 644535, 4304451; 644484, 4304448; 644453, 4304448;
644423, 4304445; 644412, 4304440; 644396, 4304436; 644396, 4304705;
644196, 4304705; 644196, 4304805; 644096, 4304805; 644096, 4306474;
returning to 644496, 4306482.
(65) Subunit 11D; Sacramento County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Folsom. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 655336, 4279155; 655196, 4279155; 655150,
4279167; 655156, 4279185; 655186, 4279195; 655186, 4279365; 655156,
4279385; 655136, 4279395; 655116, 4279415; 655106, 4279445; 655086,
4279455; 655056, 4279525; 655036, 4279575; 655036, 4279605; 655196,
4279605; 655197, 4279611; 655316, 4279615; 655306, 4279955; 655386,
4279955; 655314, 4279951; 655326, 4279736; 655474, 4279733; 655466,
4279725; 655376, 4279725; 655366, 4279665; 655366, 4279635; 655356,
4279605; 655346, 4279555; 655336, 4279505; 655336, 4279445; returning
to 655336, 4279155.
(66) Subunit 11E; Sacramento County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Carmichael. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 649731, 4266483; 649796, 4266505; 649890,
4266499; 650296, 4266905; 650496, 4266805; 650696, 4266805; 650896,
4267005; 650996, 4267305; 650896, 4267705; 650596, 4267605; 650396,
4267905; 649996, 4268205; 649496, 4267905; 649196, 4267605; 649196,
4267305; 649496, 4267205; 649296, 4266905; 648496, 4266905; 648396,
4267505; 648096, 4267805; 648696, 4268305; 649496, 4268705; 649496,
4269005; 649696, 4269405; 649896, 4269405; 649896, 4268505; 650496,
4268705; 650896, 4268605; 651096, 4268605; 651096, 4269205; 651896,
4269105; 651596, 4268605; 651696, 4267705; 651696, 4266305; 651596,
4266205; 651596, 4266105; 651196, 4266105; 651196, 4265805; 651666,
4265617; 651685, 4264881; 651696, 4264205; 651496, 4264205; 651496,
4264005; 650596, 4264005; 650596, 4264105; 650496, 4264105; 650496,
4264405; 650096, 4264505; 649996, 4264905; 649496, 4264905; 649196,
4264805; 648996, 4264905; 648796, 4264905; 648796, 4265105; 648796,
4265305; 649996, 4265305; 649996, 4265805; 648396, 4265805; 648396,
4266005; 648596, 4266205; 648796, 4266005; 649096, 4266005; 649396,
4266205; 649496, 4266405; returning to 649731, 4266483.
(67) Subunit 11F; Sacramento County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Sloughhouse. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 660757, 4256313; 660777, 4255924; 660696,
4256005; 660396, 4255905; 660096, 4256005; 659896, 4256105; 659946,
4256255; 659996, 4256405; 660296, 4256305; 660396, 4256605; 660612,
4256533; 660729, 4256449; 660742, 4256432; returning to 660757,
4256313.
(68) Subunit 11G; Amador County, Sacramento County, California.
From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangles Carbondale, Clay, Goose Creek, and
Sloughhouse. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27
coordinates (E,N): 654796, 4248555; 654796, 4248605; 654796, 4248805;
655196, 4248805; 655896, 4248805; 656396, 4249505; 656696, 4249305;
657296, 4250005; 656796, 4250905; 657796, 4250905; 657796, 4251305;
656796, 4251205; 656796, 4251905; 656596, 4252105; 656596, 4252405;
657096, 4253505; 657496, 4254405; 657896, 4254105; 657896, 4254005;
658196, 4253805; 658996, 4253305; 659096, 4253305; 659396, 4253105;
660096, 4254305; 660196, 4254605; 660296, 4254705; 660396, 4255005;
660696, 4255105; 660796, 4255205; 660896, 4255805; 660850, 4255851;
660873, 4255851; 661637, 4255865; 661651, 4255601; 661827, 4252068;
661832, 4251947; 662276, 4251977; 662409, 4251980; 662679, 4251997;
663105, 4252023; 663215, 4252003; 663317, 4252039; 663371, 4252095;
663408, 4252146; 663420, 4252196; 663440, 4252251; 663474, 4252316;
663486, 4252396; 663505, 4252516; 663533, 4252575; 663606, 4252695;
663642, 4252719; 663686, 4252727; 663726, 4252712; 663822, 4252705;
663857, 4252706; 663896, 4252721; 663914, 4252764; 663920, 4252796;
663857, 4252880; 663747, 4253004; 663747, 4253037; 663763, 4253091;
663837, 4253213; 663903, 4253293; 663928, 4253295; 664001, 4253291;
664058, 4253303; 664135, 4253365; 664184, 4253407; 664222, 4253422;
664315, 4253500; 664344, 4253504; 664409, 4253477; 664465, 4253411;
664567, 4253418; 664662, 4253481; 664688, 4253505; 664743, 4253559;
664849, 4253655; 664950, 4253758; 664964, 4253805; 664973, 4253929;
664952, 4253998; 664979, 4254043; 665073, 4254139; 665214, 4254225;
665270, 4254273; 665323, 4254297; 665409, 4254269; 665487, 4254229;
665610, 4254195; 665715, 4254243; 665752, 4254299; 665819, 4254352;
665853, 4254363; 665896, 4254358; 665949, 4254318; 665976, 4254298;
666052, 4254239; 666056, 4254207; 666125, 4254170; 666163, 4254172;
666210, 4254184; 666264, 4254197; 666332, 4254245; 666369, 4254253;
666406, 4254245; 666435, 4254240; 666513, 4254210; 666547, 4254168;
666587, 4254124; 666619, 4254114; 666677, 4254117; 666748, 4254111;
666801, 4254066; 666818, 4254035; 666836, 4253969; 666838, 4253889;
666860, 4253792; 666887, 4253752; 666922, 4253724; 666945, 4253718;
667011, 4253723; 667073, 4253756; 667153, 4253781; 667238, 4253802;
667349, 4253785; 667373, 4253769; 667398, 4253773; 667409, 4253786;
667411, 4253813; 667473, 4253839; 667578, 4253845; 667714, 4253831;
667897, 4253780; 668055, 4253686; 668263, 4253626; 668456, 4253639;
668519, 4253655; 668621, 4253643; 668739, 4253609; 668796, 4253548;
668896, 4253471; 668974, 4253415; 669094, 4253336; 669194, 4253292;
669267, 4253288; 669347, 4253276; 669424, 4253270; 669495, 4253201;
669557, 4253129; 669654, 4253082; 669715, 4253062; 669761, 4253063;
669955, 4253052; 670108, 4252985; 670239, 4252978; 670337, 4252993;
670375, 4252990; 670416, 4252964; 670467, 4252910; 670515, 4252879;
670595, 4252812; 670633, 4252797; 670690, 4252732; 670722, 4252678;
670738, 4252653; 670759, 4252648; 670808, 4252657; 670828, 4252680;
670812, 4252712; 670823, 4252726; 670852, 4252739; 670903, 4252728;
670946, 4252729; 670979, 4252701; 671008, 4252634; 671046, 4252594;
671071, 4252579; 671137, 4252568; 671206, 4252564; 671287, 4252468;
671366, 4252374; 671412, 4252343; 671472, 4252324; 671534, 4252310;
671605, 4252270; 671627, 4252253; 671655, 4252255; 671699, 4252295;
671727, 4252314; 671770, 4252320; 671812, 4252316; 671869, 4252308;
671923, 4252302; 671944, 4252281; 672031, 4252224; 672039, 4252232;
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672059, 4252259; 672086, 4252263; 672100, 4252240; 672139, 4252205;
672204, 4252111; 672213, 4252089; 672226, 4252061; 672230, 4252049;
672249, 4252035; 672255, 4252005; 672249, 4251995; 672244, 4251985;
672207, 4251970; 672200, 4251954; 672205, 4251906; 672210, 4251885;
672209, 4251860; 672204, 4251786; 672216, 4251713; 672247, 4251698;
672274, 4251711; 672281, 4251706; 672295, 4251670; 672309, 4251635;
672342, 4251607; 672359, 4251589; 672367, 4251580; 672367, 4251592;
672361, 4251922; 672360, 4252004; 672343, 4252721; 672342, 4252746;
672327, 4253475; 672321, 4253759; 672320, 4253811; 672316, 4253962;
672315, 4254034; 672314, 4254092; 672288, 4255416; 672296, 4255405;
672496, 4255405; 672796, 4256205; 673296, 4256205; 672896, 4254905;
672896, 4254605; 673196, 4254705; 673896, 4254705; 674096, 4254405;
674096, 4254205; 674596, 4253805; 674596, 4253505; 674196, 4253305;
674196, 4252705; 674396, 4252105; 674596, 4251705; 674596, 4251405;
673496, 4251305; 673396, 4251205; 673396, 4251005; 673996, 4250805;
674096, 4250305; 674396, 4249805; 674396, 4249605; 674296, 4249505;
673996, 4249505; 673696, 4249705; 672596, 4249705; 672411, 4249798;
671996, 4250005; 671396, 4250005; 671196, 4250305; 671096, 4250305;
671096, 4249605; 670796, 4249605; 670796, 4249305; 670896, 4249105;
670896, 4248805; 670996, 4248705; 670996, 4248305; 670596, 4248105;
670596, 4247930; 670596, 4247905; 670496, 4247905; 670496, 4247805;
670196, 4247805; 670196, 4247605; 670596, 4247305; 671196, 4247305;
671696, 4247505; 671896, 4247405; 671996, 4247105; 671996, 4246905;
671596, 4246605; 671696, 4246405; 671896, 4245805; 671396, 4245205;
671351, 4245169; 670896, 4244805; 670096, 4244005; 670096, 4243905;
670596, 4243605; 670296, 4243205; 670296, 4243105; 670396, 4243005;
670496, 4242905; 670696, 4242405; 671296, 4242705; 671696, 4242805;
671696, 4242505; 670796, 4241905; 669896, 4241905; 669396, 4241705;
668996, 4241705; 668796, 4241605; 668596, 4241405; 668496, 4241405;
668296, 4241505; 668096, 4241805; 667996, 4241805; 667496, 4241405;
667496, 4241605; 666496, 4241505; 665496, 4241505; 665496, 4242505;
665096, 4242505; 665096, 4242105; 664896, 4242105; 664896, 4242005;
664796, 4242005; 664696, 4241905; 664596, 4241905; 664596, 4241105;
664096, 4241105; 664096, 4240805; 663596, 4240805; 663596, 4240705;
663496, 4240605; 663396, 4240605; 663396, 4240405; 663196, 4240405;
663196, 4240705; 662896, 4240705; 662896, 4240305; 662796, 4240205;
662796, 4239805; 662596, 4239805; 662596, 4239405; 662196, 4239405;
662196, 4239205; 662096, 4239105; 661796, 4239105; 661796, 4239005;
661496, 4238805; 661496, 4239705; 661596, 4239705; 661596, 4241405;
661596, 4241705; 661796, 4241805; 662296, 4241805; 662296, 4241405;
662996, 4241405; 662896, 4242105; 662596, 4242105; 662696, 4242805;
662996, 4242905; 663496, 4242905; 663496, 4243605; 663146, 4243605;
663126, 4243646; 663096, 4243649; 663096, 4243705; 662596, 4243705;
662796, 4244505; 662896, 4244605; 662946, 4244605; 663096, 4244705;
663196, 4245105; 663896, 4245105; 663996, 4245305; 664496, 4245405;
664596, 4245005; 664696, 4245005; 664846, 4245043; 664996, 4245080;
664996, 4245105; 665096, 4245105; 664996, 4245505; 664996, 4246305;
664496, 4246305; 663996, 4246505; 662596, 4246105; 662330, 4246105;
662296, 4246105; 662196, 4246205; 661796, 4246205; 661996, 4246805;
662096, 4247105; 661896, 4247305; 660996, 4247305; 660996, 4246945;
660996, 4246905; 660946, 4246905; 659796, 4246905; 659596, 4247105;
659596, 4248105; 660096, 4248105; 659996, 4249405; 660096, 4249705;
659996, 4250005; 659496, 4249505; 659496, 4249305; 659396, 4249005;
659196, 4248805; 659196, 4248705; 659296, 4248605; 659196, 4248505;
658996, 4248505; 658896, 4248405; 658696, 4248405; 658596, 4248605;
658496, 4248705; 658296, 4248805; 658296, 4248705; 658396, 4248505;
658596, 4248305; 658596, 4248205; 658496, 4248105; 658496, 4247705;
658196, 4247705; 658096, 4248305; 656796, 4248305; 656396, 4248705;
655996, 4248005; 656196, 4247905; 656196, 4247805; 656096, 4247605;
655296, 4247605; 655296, 4247005; 654796, 4247005; returning to 654796,
4248555.
(69) Subunit 11H; Sacramento, San Joaquin County, California. From
USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangle Lockeford, Clay. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 654171, 4234569;
654196, 4234605; 655196, 4234605; 655506, 4234373; 655596, 4234305;
655784, 4234399; 655996, 4234505; 656082, 4234505; 656096, 4234505;
656096, 4234305; 656896, 4234305; 656896, 4234505; 657696, 4234505;
657996, 4234805; 658896, 4235005; 658796, 4234905; 658796, 4234405;
659296, 4234405; 659296, 4234505; 659096, 4234705; 660596, 4235105;
661096, 4235105; 661196, 4234905; 660796, 4234505; 660396, 4234205;
660096, 4234105; 659696, 4233205; 656996, 4233205; 654196, 4233005;
654096, 4233005; 654096, 4232505; 653696, 4232505; 653696, 4233905;
returning to 654171, 4234569.
(70) Subunit 12A; Napa County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Napa, Cuttings Wharf. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 564896, 4233104; 564896, 4232904; 564696,
4233004; 564196, 4232604; 563896, 4232804; 563896, 4233404; 563896,
4234904; 563896, 4235004; 563996, 4235104; 564296, 4235204; 564496,
4235104; 564596, 4234904; 564796, 4234804; 564796, 4234704; 564896,
4234504; 564796, 4234204; 564896, 4234004; 564796, 4233904; 564796,
4233804; 564896, 4233604; returning to 564896, 4233104.
(71) Subunit 12B; Napa County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale
quadrangle Cuttings Wharf. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 563296, 4230404; 563896, 4229304; 564196,
4229404; 564396, 4229004; 563296, 4228704; 563096, 4228704; 562896,
4228304; 562718, 4228304; 562357, 4228448; 561986, 4228585; 561853,
4228635; 561894, 4228673; 561961, 4228724; 562294, 4228870; 562253,
4229105; 562516, 4229162; 562580, 4229331; 562627, 4229327; 562716,
4229356; 562748, 4229378; 562751, 4229445; 562700, 4229489; 562634,
4229585; 562577, 4229661; 562624, 4230099; 562554, 4230302; 562577,
4230372; 562573, 4230413; 562573, 4230496; 562561, 4230550; 562572,
4230604; 562596, 4230604; 563296, 4230704; returning to 563296,
4230404.
(72) Subunit 12C; Contra Costa County, California. From USGS
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Benicia, Mare Island. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 566896, 4208304;
566896, 4207804; 566996, 4207804; 566996, 4207704; 566996, 4207604;
567196, 4207604; 567196, 4207704; 567096, 4207704; 567096, 4207804;
567196, 4207904; 567296, 4208004; 567596, 4207604; 567996, 4207204;
568296, 4207004; 568596, 4206904; 568496, 4206904; 568396, 4206804;
568296, 4206804; 568296, 4206904; 568196, 4206904; 568196, 4206804;
567996, 4206904; 567796, 4207004; 567696, 4207004; 567696, 4206904;
567596, 4206904; 567296, 4206904; 566696, 4207504; 566496, 4207304;
565996, 4207204; 565796, 4207504; 566507, 4208304; returning to 566896,
4208304.
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(73) Subunit 13A; Contra Costa County, California. From USGS
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Antioch South, Brentwood. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 612596, 4195704;
611796, 4194304; 611796, 4194104; 611496, 4193204; 610996, 4193304;
610296, 4193504; 609996, 4193704; 609796, 4193804; 609196, 4193804;
608196, 4194104; 608596, 4194704; 608496, 4194904; 608696, 4195104;
608696, 4195704; 609696, 4195704; 609596, 4195404; 609296, 4194904;
609296, 4194804; 609396, 4194704; 609996, 4194604; 610296, 4194604;
610596, 4194904; 611296, 4195704; 612196, 4196104; returning to 612596,
4195704.
(74) Subunit 13B; Contra Costa County, California. From USGS
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Byron Hot Springs, Clifton Court Forebay.
Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N):
617896, 4187704; 618296, 4187904; 618596, 4188104; 618496, 4188404;
617796, 4188604; 617896, 4188704; 617715, 4188659; 617496, 4188804;
617496, 4189004; 618296, 4189304; 618196, 4189604; 618296, 4189904;
618796, 4190104; 618796, 4190504; 619096, 4190804; 619396, 4190904;
619696, 4190904; 619896, 4190504; 619996, 4190504; 620196, 4190704;
620496, 4190704; 620596, 4191004; 621896, 4191004; 622296, 4190504;
622396, 4190204; 622371, 4190204; 622496, 4189704; 623096, 4189104;
622996, 4188504; 622296, 4188504; 622196, 4188604; 621996, 4188804;
621796, 4189104; 621496, 4189504; 621296, 4189804; 621296, 4190204;
621196, 4190204; 621196, 4188504; 620996, 4188504; 620696, 4188204;
620496, 4188404; 620496, 4187904; 620596, 4187704; 620696, 4187604;
620796, 4187504; 620996, 4187504; 621196, 4187304; 620596, 4186904;
620596, 4186704; 621396, 4187104; 621417, 4187094; 621434, 4187085;
621696, 4187204; 622096, 4186804; 622496, 4186204; 622696, 4185904;
622596, 4185804; 622596, 4185604; 622096, 4185104; 621296, 4185104;
621096, 4185304; 620896, 4185304; 620596, 4185004; 620296, 4185104;
619996, 4185404; 619696, 4185304; 619496, 4185504; 618296, 4186404;
618196, 4186904; 617796, 4187204; returning to 617896, 4187704.
(75) Subunit 13C; Contra Costa County, California. From USGS
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Byron Hot Springs. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 614896, 4185204;
615196, 4185004; 615196, 4185304; 615396, 4185304; 615496, 4185004;
615696, 4184704; 615896, 4184704; 616096, 4184604; 616096, 4184504;
615896, 4184304; 615796, 4184304; 615596, 4184004; 615196, 4184004;
614896, 4184004; 614796, 4183804; 614696, 4183804; 614696, 4184304;
614996, 4184804; 614696, 4185104; 614696, 4185704; 614796, 4185704;
returning to 614896, 4185204.
(76) Subunit 13D; Alameda County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Byron Hot Springs. Land bounded by the following UTM
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 615596, 4181004; 615596, 4180904;
615696, 4180904; 615796, 4181104; 615896, 4181004; 616096, 4180404;
616096, 4180304; 616296, 4180004; 616296, 4179704; 615996, 4179704;
615996, 4179504; 616296, 4179304; 616296, 4178804; 616196, 4178804;
615996, 4179004; 615996, 4179204; 615796, 4179404; 615596, 4179904;
615196, 4180304; 614896, 4180604; 614496, 4180704; 614196, 4180904;
614696, 4181304; 614796, 4181304; 614796, 4181504; 614996, 4181504;
615296, 4181204; 615496, 4181104; returning to 615596, 4181004.
(77) Subunit 13E; Alameda County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Altamont, Livermore. Land bounded by the following UTM
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 612496, 4175704; 612496, 4176104;
612196, 4176104; 612196, 4176204; 612096, 4176304; 611896, 4176304;
611696, 4176304; 611696, 4175104; 611496, 4175104; 611296, 4175204;
610996, 4175204; 610896, 4175704; 610496, 4175704; 610396, 4175004;
610296, 4174904; 610096, 4174804; 610096, 4174604; 609196, 4175204;
608696, 4175404; 608496, 4175704; 610096, 4175704; 610096, 4176304;
610496, 4176304; 610496, 4178304; 610896, 4178104; 610896, 4177304;
610896, 4177004; 611296, 4177004; 611996, 4176504; 612396, 4176504;
612496, 4176504; 612496, 4177004; 613396, 4177004; 613496, 4176804;
613396, 4176704; 613396, 4176604; 613396, 4176504; 613296, 4176504;
613296, 4176104; 613496, 4176104; 613496, 4176004; 613596, 4176004;
613596, 4176104; 613696, 4176204; 613796, 4176204; 613796, 4176404;
614496, 4175304; 614396, 4175204; 614296, 4175204; 614196, 4175104;
614096, 4175104; 613996, 4175004; 613896, 4174904; 613796, 4174904;
613796, 4175004; 613696, 4175004; 613696, 4175904; 613396, 4175904;
613296, 4175704; 613196, 4175704; 612896, 4175904; 612796, 4175904;
612596, 4175704; returning to 612496, 4175704.
(78) Subunit 14A; Stanislaus County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Ripon. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 662496, 4168105; 661696, 4167805; 661696,
4168105; 660396, 4167605; 660696, 4167305; 660896, 4167005; 660096,
4167005; 659596, 4168605; 661696, 4168605; 661696, 4169205; 662496,
4169205; returning to 662496, 4168105.
(79) Subunit 14B; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Gustine, San Luis Ranch, and Stevinson. Land bounded
by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 688396, 4128805;
688696, 4128605; 689196, 4128705; 689296, 4128605; 689496, 4128405;
689896, 4128305; 689996, 4128105; 690296, 4128105; 690496, 4128005;
690596, 4127805; 690696, 4125305; 692796, 4125305; 693296, 4124805;
693196, 4124605; 693196, 4124205; 693396, 4123505; 693696, 4123205;
693896, 4122805; 694096, 4122705; 694175, 4122626; 694131, 4122595;
692549, 4121476; 692396, 4121705; 692296, 4121805; 692296, 4122305;
692196, 4122505; 691896, 4122605; 691496, 4122605; 691357, 4122884;
691358, 4122902; 691359, 4122918; 691363, 4122960; 691369, 4123003;
691363, 4123043; 691344, 4123077; 691313, 4123096; 691296, 4123099;
691296, 4123305; 691207, 4123484; 691223, 4123482; 691245, 4123487;
691252, 4123499; 691262, 4123523; 691273, 4123544; 691287, 4123575;
691290, 4123598; 691296, 4123605; 691291, 4123615; 691297, 4123654;
691311, 4123697; 691316, 4123747; 691310, 4123785; 691288, 4123825;
691268, 4123854; 691247, 4123877; 691223, 4123893; 691195, 4123900;
691167, 4123900; 691151, 4123895; 690996, 4124205; 690655, 4124205;
690655, 4124207; 690665, 4124222; 690678, 4124232; 690679, 4124252;
690673, 4124271; 690660, 4124287; 690642, 4124298; 690622, 4124307;
690619, 4124307; 690619, 4124324; 690596, 4124329; 690571, 4124335;
690565, 4124343; 690541, 4124375; 690484, 4124395; 690449, 4124397;
690276, 4124454; 690223, 4124494; 690179, 4124500; 690121, 4124588;
690116, 4124659; 690092, 4124705; 690085, 4124810; 690048, 4124861;
690008, 4124900; 689952, 4124924; 689915, 4124989; 689884, 4125015;
689844, 4125034; 689796, 4125105; 689754, 4125400; 689761, 4125400;
689768, 4125408; 689742, 4125562; 689726, 4125598; 689696, 4125805;
689796, 4126005; 689696, 4126405; 689496, 4126405; 689372, 4126343;
689335, 4126386; 689285, 4126469; 689231, 4126483; 689217, 4126487;
689165, 4126532; 689164, 4126657; 689116, 4126766; 689086, 4126798;
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689007, 4126783; 688999, 4126800; 689009, 4126811; 689196, 4126905;
689120, 4127000; 689121, 4127012; 689045, 4127097; 689027, 4127129;
689019, 4127127; 688951, 4127212; 688919, 4127259; 688876, 4127308;
688831, 4127386; 688819, 4127426; 688792, 4127455; 688780, 4128049;
688289, 4128040; 688196, 4128505; returning to 688396, 4128805.
(80) Subunit 14C; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles San Luis Ranch, and Stevinson. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 693218, 4125475;
693196, 4125505; 693242, 4125551; 693296, 4125605; 693796, 4125705;
693796, 4127105; 693896, 4127105; 693996, 4126805; 694296, 4126705;
694696, 4126205; 694696, 4126005; 694796, 4125805; 695275, 4125531;
695496, 4125405; 695596, 4121805; 694996, 4122205; 694796, 4122505;
694596, 4122705; 694596, 4122905; 694196, 4123205; 693896, 4123305;
693896, 4123605; 693596, 4123705; 693596, 4124305; 693796, 4124505;
693896, 4124805; 693696, 4125005; 693496, 4125105; returning to 693218,
4125475.
(81) Subunit 14D; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Arena, San Luis Ranch, Stevinson, and Turner Ranch.
Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N):
702966, 4121510; 703296, 4120905; 703996, 4120305; 704696, 4119605;
704696, 4119605; 704796, 4119505; 698996, 4119405; 698896, 4119505;
698639, 4119762; 698655, 4119775; 698597, 4119816; 698600, 4119874;
698722, 4120002; 698758, 4119882; 698790, 4119918; 698764, 4120921;
698760, 4121315; 698690, 4121313; 698696, 4121405; 699996, 4121405;
700096, 4120205; 700296, 4120205; 700296, 4122505; 697096, 4122405;
696996, 4124905; 697796, 4124905; 697796, 4125105; 697696, 4125205;
697796, 4125405; 698096, 4125505; 698296, 4125605; 698396, 4125905;
698796, 4126305; 699596, 4126305; 699696, 4126105; 699396, 4126105;
699396, 4125205; 700196, 4125205; 700296, 4125805; 700696, 4125505;
701196, 4125105; 701196, 4124105; 700396, 4124105; 700396, 4123605;
700596, 4123605; 700696, 4123305; 701196, 4123205; 701296, 4123005;
701496, 4122905; 701696, 4122505; 701996, 4122305; 702696, 4122005;
returning to 702966, 4121510.
(82) Subunit 14E; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Arena, and Turner Ranch. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 706796, 4121905;
706896, 4120705; 706796, 4120305; 706796, 4119505; 708196, 4119505;
708196, 4119405; 708096, 4119305; 707996, 4119005; 707996, 4118805;
708096, 4118705; 708396, 4118705; 708396, 4117905; 707996, 4117905;
707596, 4118305; 706596, 4118305; 706096, 4118705; 705696, 4119105;
705296, 4119505; 704896, 4119805; 704796, 4119905; 704796, 4120205;
705196, 4120205; 705196, 4120405; 704996, 4120505; 704996, 4120605;
705196, 4120605; 704996, 4120805; 705096, 4120905; 705196, 4121505;
705296, 4121505; 705396, 4121805; 705796, 4121905; 705796, 4122005;
705496, 4122105; 705396, 4122205; 705596, 4122405; 705496, 4122405;
705396, 4122305; 705296, 4122305; 705196, 4122305; 704996, 4122305;
704996, 4122505; 704896, 4122605; 704596, 4122605; 704396, 4122705;
704096, 4122605; 703996, 4122705; 703496, 4124205; 703396, 4124405;
701396, 4126305; 700196, 4127405; 700563, 4128872; 700596, 4129005;
700596, 4130405; 701096, 4130405; 701096, 4129905; 701196, 4129605;
701296, 4129605; 701196, 4129905; 701196, 4130405; 701796, 4130405;
701796, 4129005; 701896, 4129005; 702896, 4129005; 703096, 4128605;
703396, 4128605; 703996, 4128605; 703996, 4128805; 704296, 4128805;
704296, 4128305; 703396, 4128205; 703496, 4128105; 703496, 4127705;
703596, 4127605; 703896, 4127305; 703796, 4127105; 703596, 4127105;
703496, 4126905; 703496, 4125905; 703596, 4125905; 704496, 4125905;
704396, 4125805; 704496, 4125705; 704596, 4125105; 704596, 4124605;
705096, 4124605; 705096, 4125105; 705796, 4125105; 705796, 4124705;
706696, 4124805; 706796, 4123505; returning to 706796, 4121905.
(83) Subunit 14F; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Sandy Mush, and Turner Ranch. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 706796, 4121905;
711596, 4122005; 711596, 4121505; 711596, 4121005; 709996, 4121105;
709996, 4121705; 709896, 4121705; 709896, 4121605; 709796, 4121305;
709596, 4121305; 709396, 4121405; 708896, 4121205; 708796, 4121105;
706896, 4121105; returning to 706796, 4121905.
(84) Subunit 14G; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Sandy Mush and Turner Ranch. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 711296, 4120305;
711496, 4120205; 711596, 4120305; 711696, 4119405; 711996, 4119405;
711996, 4119205; 712196, 4119105; 712396, 4119105; 712396, 4119005;
712696, 4119005; 712896, 4118605; 711696, 4118505; 711696, 4118305;
711496, 4118305; 711396, 4118205; 711196, 4117905; 709996, 4117905;
709996, 4118605; 709996, 4118805; 709796, 4118805; 709796, 4119405;
710396, 4119405; 710396, 4119705; 710796, 4119705; 710796, 4119805;
710696, 4119805; 710696, 4119905; 710796, 4120005; 710696, 4120105;
710796, 4120205; 710796, 4120305; 710996, 4120205; 711196, 4120205;
returning to 711296, 4120305.
(85) Subunit 14H; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Sandy Mush. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 714696, 4114805; 713396, 4114805; 713196,
4115105; 713396, 4115105; 713896, 4115205; 713896, 4116405; 715496,
4116405; 715596, 4116305; 715596, 4115623; 714696, 4115605; returning
to 714696, 4114805.
(86) Subunit 14I; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles El Nido, and Sandy Mush. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 718196, 4119755;
718196, 4119805; 718596, 4119805; 718596, 4120705; 718996, 4120705;
718996, 4119805; 719396, 4119805; 719496, 4120005; 719696, 4119905;
720296, 4119905; 720396, 4120005; 720796, 4120005; 720996, 4119805;
721596, 4119805; 721696, 4119905; 722096, 4119905; 722196, 4119805;
722296, 4120005; 722296, 4120105; 722996, 4120105; 722996, 4119405;
722196, 4119305; 722296, 4118205; 725496, 4118305; 725496, 4118383;
725496, 4118387; 726196, 4118405; 726196, 4119905; 728696, 4119905;
728696, 4119005; 727896, 4119005; 727796, 4118405; 727696, 4118305;
727596, 4118305; 727596, 4118205; 727596, 4116705; 726896, 4116705;
726796, 4116705; 726896, 4115105; 725996, 4115105; 725996, 4116705;
724396, 4116705; 724396, 4117405; 722790, 4117311; 722696, 4117405;
721896, 4117405; 721896, 4118205; 720296, 4118205; 720296, 4117405;
719496, 4117405; 719496, 4116505; 718696, 4116505; 718696, 4116905;
718296, 4116905; 718296, 4117005; 718396, 4117105; 718496, 4117205;
718696, 4117205; 718696, 4117305; 718696, 4118096; 718996, 4118105;
718996, 4118705; 718896, 4118805; 718796, 4118805; 718696, 4118905;
717796, 4118905; 717796, 4119705; 718196, 4119705; returning to 718196,
4119755.
(87) Subunit 14J; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Sandy Mush. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27
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coordinates (E,N): 721396, 4120605; 720596, 4120605; 720596, 4121405;
721396, 4121405; 721396, 4121005; returning to 721396, 4120605.
(88) Subunit 14K; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle El Nido. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 722996, 4121605; 721896, 4121605; 722296,
4122305; 722996, 4122305; returning to 722996, 4121605.
(90) Subunit 14L; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles El Nido, and Plainsburg. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 731796, 4116805;
730496, 4116805; 730496, 4118405; 730296, 4118405; 730196, 4119105;
730096, 4119505; 730096, 4119705; 730196, 4120005; 730996, 4120005;
730996, 4121205; 731396, 4121305; 731896, 4121205; 732796, 4121105;
734096, 4121005; 734296, 4120905; 734296, 4120105; 733496, 4120105;
733496, 4118505; 731796, 4118505; returning to 731796, 4116805.
(91) Subunit 14M; Kings County and Tulare County, California. From
USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangles Burris Park, Monson, Remnoy, and
Traver. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates
(E,N): 276838, 4031116; 276881, 4031202; 277581, 4031302; 278281,
4031702; 279581, 4031602; 279081, 4032702; 280581, 4032702; 281481,
4033102; 281881, 4033002; 283081, 4034102; 283881, 4034202; 284780,
4035002; 286880, 4034902; 287080, 4034902; 288580, 4034902; 288580,
4035402; 287780, 4035502; 287780, 4036502; 289380, 4036502; 289480,
4037202; 291180, 4037202; 291180, 4037002; 291880, 4037002; 291980,
4036602; 291980, 4035402; 292733, 4035590; 292727, 4035432; 292680,
4035202; 291980, 4035202; 291780, 4035202; 291780, 4035402; 290580,
4035502; 290580, 4035902; 289880, 4035902; 289880, 4035502; 289480,
4035502; 289480, 4034302; 288580, 4034302; 288580, 4034002; 287780,
4034002; 287780, 4034302; 287080, 4034402; 287080, 4034102; 285080,
4034202; 285080, 4033602; 283181, 4033602; 283181, 4032902; 282681,
4032902; 282681, 4032402; 282281, 4032402; 282181, 4031602; 282181,
4030902; 280181, 4030902; 280181, 4030602; 279081, 4030402; 278781,
4030302; 278581, 4029902; 278181, 4029802; 278088, 4029807; 276481,
4029902; 275781, 4029402; 275581, 4029002; 275381, 4028402; 275081,
4028102; 274781, 4027902; 274781, 4029602; 275681, 4029602; 276181,
4030202; 276481, 4030402; returning to 276838, 4031116.
(92) Subunit 14N; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Alpaugh, Cocoran, and Taylor Weir. Land bounded by
the following UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 276581, 3997103;
276781, 3997003; 278181, 3997002; 278181, 3995402; 279681, 3995403;
279681, 3993803; 278081, 3993803; 278081, 3992203; 278881, 3992203;
278881, 3991403; 279681, 3991403; 279681, 3990603; 279681, 3989803;
279681, 3989003; 278781, 3989003; 278781, 3987403; 279281, 3987403;
279281, 3986303; 278981, 3986303; 278981, 3986503; 278681, 3987003;
278581, 3987203; 278381, 3987303; 277181, 3987403; 276981, 3988303;
276981, 3988803; 276581, 3988803; 276081, 3989703; 275981, 3990603;
276181, 3990803; 276181, 3991303; 276481, 3991303; 276481, 3992103;
276481, 3992303; 274481, 3992303; 274481, 3993903; 274881, 3993903;
274881, 3994503; 274981, 3994703; 275781, 3994703; 273781, 3997102;
returning to 276581, 3997103.
(93) Subunit 14O; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Alpaugh, and Pixley. Land bounded by the following
UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 288081, 3974303; 288081, 3974703;
288481, 3974703; 288481, 3975003; 288881, 3975003; 288881, 3975903;
285481, 3975903; 285181, 3976103; 285081, 3976603; 284981, 3977103;
284681, 3977303; 284681, 3977503; 283281, 3977503; 282981, 3977203;
284081, 3976203; 284081, 3976003; 283981, 3976003; 282081, 3976003;
281081, 3977703; 282281, 3977703; 282681, 3977403; 282881, 3977503;
282881, 3977703; 283181, 3977903; 283181, 3978003; 283281, 3978003;
283281, 3979203; 286581, 3979203; 286581, 3980003; 287381, 3980003;
287381, 3979103; 287781, 3979103; 287781, 3977603; 287781, 3977603;
289081, 3977603; 288981, 3976003; 290581, 3975903; 290481, 3975803;
290481, 3975003; 291481, 3975003; 291481, 3975103; 291581, 3975103;
291481, 3974203; 291381, 3974203; 291282, 3973411; 290484, 3973428;
290481, 3974303; 288481, 3974303; returning to 288081, 3974303.
(94) Subunit 14P; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Alpaugh, and Pixley. Land bounded by the following
UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 288081, 3974303; 288081, 3973503;
287281, 3973503; 287281, 3973403; 287281, 3973403; 287281, 3972803;
285881, 3972803; 285881, 3973403; 285581, 3973403; 285581, 3973503;
285081, 3973503; 285081, 3972603; 283981, 3972603; 283081, 3974303;
returning to 288081, 3974303.
(95) Subunit 14Q; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Delano West. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone
11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 290033, 3972047; 290022, 3971848; 290454,
3971840; 290438, 3971046; 289595, 3971055; 289581, 3971055; 289581,
3972303; 290467, 3972303; 290460, 3972041; returning to 290033,
3972047.
(96) Subunit 15A; San Joaquin County, California. From USGS
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Peters, Farmington, Linden, Valley Springs
SW. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N):
676096, 4212205; 676696, 4211005; 676396, 4211005; 676496, 4210805;
676397, 4210405; 676297, 4210305; 676197, 4210305; 675897, 4210105;
675697, 4210005; 675797, 4209805; 675997, 4209505; 675997, 4209405;
676597, 4209405; 676797, 4209905; 676796, 4210605; 676896, 4210705;
677296, 4211105; 678796, 4211105; 678896, 4210305; 680296, 4210205;
680296, 4209505; 681196, 4209505; 681896, 4210105; 682099, 4210068;
682109, 4209560; 682119, 4209092; 681596, 4208905; 681396, 4208305;
680896, 4208205; 680896, 4205905; 680596, 4205505; 680496, 4204905;
679796, 4204405; 679796, 4203105; 679296, 4203105; 679296, 4203205;
679096, 4203205; 679096, 4203105; 678597, 4203105; 678497, 4202905;
678397, 4202905; 678397, 4202805; 678497, 4202705; 678497, 4202505;
677797, 4202005; 677697, 4201505; 677597, 4201505; 677522, 4201430;
677463, 4201405; 675897, 4201405; 675797, 4202805; 675997, 4202805;
675997, 4203005; 675797, 4203005; 675797, 4204605; 672597, 4204505;
672597, 4205405; 672897, 4205605; 672897, 4206105; 672197, 4206105;
672197, 4206305; 671897, 4206305; 671697, 4206505; 671697, 4206905;
673297, 4206905; 673297, 4207205; 674097, 4207205; 674097, 4207505;
674797, 4207305; 674797, 4207005; 675197, 4207005; 675697, 4207205;
675697, 4207905; 675397, 4207905; 675397, 4207805; 674597, 4207805;
674497, 4207905; 674297, 4208005; 674027, 4208185; 674004, 4208506;
674897, 4208605; 674797, 4209105; 674697, 4209105; 674697, 4209405;
673997, 4209405; 673997, 4209605; 673597, 4209505; 673297, 4209405;
673297, 4209305; 673197, 4209305; 673196, 4211705; 673596, 4211605;
673996, 4211505; 673997, 4211205; 674197, 4211205; 674197, 4211305;
674397, 4211305; 674396, 4211405; 674997, 4211205; 675296, 4211305;
675296, 4211505; 675396, 4211605; 675396,
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4211671; 675446, 4211705; 675596, 4211705; 675596, 4211805; 675596,
4212205; returning to 676096, 4212205.
(97) Subunit 15B; Tuolumne and Stanislaus County, California. From
USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangle Keystone, Knights Ferry. Land bounded by
the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 706708, 4189617;
706796, 4189905; 707396, 4190505; 707896, 4190505; 708496, 4189805;
708796, 4189805; 709296, 4189105; 709296, 4188405; 710196, 4188005;
710015, 4186646; 710009, 4186600; 709573, 4186981; 709372, 4187156;
708531, 4187889; 708447, 4187963; 708360, 4188038; 708228, 4188154;
708095, 4188270; 707735, 4188584; 707703, 4188612; 707661, 4188649;
706981, 4189243; 706692, 4189494; 706674, 4189509; returning to 706708,
4189617.
(98) Subunit 15C; Stanislaus County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Paulsell, and Waterford. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 699396, 4176489;
700596, 4176531; 701301, 4176555; 701378, 4176635; 701442, 4176570;
701852, 4176583; 701696, 4176505; 701696, 4176305; 701696, 4176005;
701796, 4175705; 701896, 4175605; 702096, 4175605; 702096, 4174905;
701696, 4174905; 701696, 4174005; 701996, 4173505; 701896, 4173405;
701796, 4173305; 701796, 4173105; 701796, 4173005; 701696, 4173005;
701596, 4172905; 701596, 4172805; 701696, 4172805; 701696, 4172605;
701596, 4172405; 701396, 4172305; 701196, 4172405; 700796, 4172405;
700696, 4172405; 700596, 4172505; 700596, 4172705; 700496, 4172705;
700496, 4172605; 700196, 4172505; 699696, 4172505; 699596, 4172605;
699396, 4172605; 699196, 4172305; 698896, 4172305; 698796, 4172405;
698496, 4172205; 698196, 4172605; 698296, 4172805; 697496, 4174105;
697396, 4174105; 697396, 4174305; 697896, 4174305; 697896, 4176105;
697796, 4176105; 697796, 4176242; 698187, 4176203; 698182, 4176418;
698181, 4176447; returning to 699396, 4176489.
(99) Subunit 15D; Stanislaus County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Paulsell. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 703196, 4177305; 703096, 4177105; 703008,
4177164; 703002, 4177308; 703196, 4177313; returning to 703196,
4177305.
(100) Subunit 15E; Stanislaus County, Tuolumne County, California.
From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangles Cooperstown, Keystone, La Grange,
and Paulsell. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27
coordinates (E,N): 705196, 4174505; 705496, 4175205; 705096, 4175705;
705396, 4176105; 705796, 4176505; 705796, 4176805; 705796, 4177305;
705196, 4177305; 705096, 4177105; 704896, 4177105; 704896, 4176905;
704696, 4176905; 704596, 4177005; 704596, 4177205; 704396, 4177305;
704296, 4177105; 704096, 4177105; 703896, 4176905; 703596, 4177105;
703596, 4177455; 703757, 4177460; 703741, 4177798; 703896, 4178005;
704096, 4178005; 704196, 4177905; 704296, 4177905; 704296, 4178205;
703996, 4178205; 703996, 4178605; 703896, 4178705; 703996, 4178905;
703996, 4179005; 703685, 4179005; 703683, 4179046; 704531, 4178989;
705326, 4179286; 706238, 4179131; 708158, 4179213; 708755, 4178373;
709373, 4178848; 709975, 4179310; 710001, 4179330; 711355, 4179383;
711346, 4179738; 711724, 4179792; 711695, 4180558; 711674, 4180690;
713135, 4181130; 713537, 4181279; 714099, 4181546; 714637, 4181825;
714723, 4181878; 714730, 4181882; 715078, 4182097; 715141, 4182136;
715046, 4182231; 714819, 4182405; 715196, 4182405; 715596, 4183205;
715896, 4183205; 716096, 4182505; 716996, 4182505; 717196, 4182305;
717196, 4181805; 716996, 4181105; 717296, 4180705; 717296, 4180405;
717203, 4180188; 716996, 4179705; 717579, 4179851; 717796, 4179905;
718596, 4179805; 718796, 4179005; 719396, 4178505; 719551, 4178078;
719796, 4177405; 720222, 4177476; 720396, 4177505; 720796, 4177505;
720841, 4176920; 720896, 4176205; 721496, 4175705; 722296, 4175105;
722796, 4175005; 722896, 4173405; 723096, 4173305; 723296, 4173405;
723796, 4173405; 724096, 4173105; 724196, 4172105; 722896, 4172005;
721796, 4171005; 721668, 4170448; 721596, 4170305; 721496, 4170205;
721296, 4170105; 721096, 4169905; 721096, 4169405; 720996, 4169405;
720096, 4168305; 718996, 4167805; 718796, 4167905; 718196, 4168305;
718096, 4168305; 717996, 4168405; 716296, 4168405; 715996, 4168305;
715696, 4168105; 715596, 4168005; 715496, 4168105; 715496, 4169205;
714996, 4169705; 714996, 4169805; 715196, 4169805; 715296, 4170005;
715396, 4170005; 715396, 4170205; 715396, 4170212; 715396, 4171005;
715296, 4171005; 715296, 4170805; 715196, 4170805; 715196, 4170505;
714996, 4170505; 714996, 4170105; 713996, 4169605; 713896, 4169705;
713096, 4169305; 712596, 4169205; 712296, 4169205; 712096, 4169405;
711596, 4169705; 711396, 4169705; 710596, 4168905; 709396, 4168905;
709196, 4169305; 709196, 4169505; 708996, 4169505; 708896, 4169705;
708796, 4169705; 708696, 4169605; 708596, 4169705; 708496, 4169805;
708796, 4170005; 708896, 4170105; 708996, 4170205; 709196, 4170305;
709296, 4170405; 709496, 4170405; 709496, 4170605; 709396, 4170605;
709296, 4170705; 709196, 4170605; 708896, 4170505; 708896, 4170405;
708596, 4170305; 708496, 4170105; 708196, 4170005; 707996, 4170005;
707996, 4170105; 708196, 4170305; 708296, 4170305; 708296, 4170405;
708096, 4170405; 708296, 4170605; 708296, 4170705; 708196, 4170705;
707996, 4170505; 707796, 4170505; 707796, 4170605; 707696, 4170705;
707496, 4170705; 707196, 4170905; 707196, 4171005; 707296, 4171105;
707396, 4171005; 707596, 4171105; 707896, 4171405; 707996, 4171405;
708196, 4171405; 708296, 4171505; 708196, 4171605; 708196, 4171705;
708396, 4171705; 708396, 4171905; 708496, 4171905; 708596, 4172005;
708596, 4172105; 708796, 4172205; 708896, 4172305; 708896, 4172405;
708796, 4172505; 708596, 4172505; 708496, 4172605; 708396, 4172505;
708296, 4172505; 708196, 4172405; 708096, 4172305; 707996, 4172305;
707896, 4172505; 707696, 4172405; 707496, 4172305; 707496, 4172405;
707296, 4172505; 707196, 4172105; 707096, 4172005; 706796, 4172005;
706796, 4172105; 706596, 4172105; 706496, 4172105; 706496, 4172205;
706296, 4172405; 706396, 4172505; 706496, 4172605; 706396, 4172605;
706296, 4172605; 706196, 4172705; 705996, 4172905; 705896, 4173105;
705896, 4173305; 706096, 4173605; 705996, 4173705; 705896, 4173905;
705796, 4174005; 705596, 4174005; 705496, 4173905; 705496, 4173505;
705296, 4173005; 705196, 4173005; 705196, 4172405; 704996, 4172205;
704896, 4171905; 704696, 4171905; 704596, 4171705; 704496, 4171605;
704696, 4171205; 704796, 4171305; 704996, 4171005; 704796, 4170905;
704996, 4170805; 704896, 4170705; 704696, 4170705; 704696, 4170505;
704896, 4170005; 705196, 4170005; 705096, 4169905; 705096, 4169305;
704896, 4169105; 704196, 4169105; 703596, 4169305; 703496, 4169405;
703496, 4169905; 703696, 4170005; 703696, 4170105; 703596, 4170105;
703596, 4170605; 703496, 4170705; 703496, 4171105; 703296, 4171305;
703496, 4171305; 703496, 4171605; 703696, 4171605; 703696, 4173805;
704396, 4173805; 704396, 4173505; 705263, 4173505; returning to 705196,
4174505.
(101) Subunit 15F; Stanislaus County, California. From USGS
1:24,000 scale
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quadrangle Paulsell. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27
coordinates (E,N): 700596, 4170338; 700596, 4170705; 700396, 4170705;
700396, 4170905; 700396, 4171605; 701296, 4171605; 702096, 4171605;
702096, 4169605; 702296, 4169605; 702296, 4169505; 702296, 4169463;
702296, 4169005; 701796, 4168805; 701396, 4168605; 701296, 4168405;
701096, 4168405; 701096, 4169417; 701096, 4169505; 700796, 4169505;
700796, 4170205; 700796, 4170305; 700646, 4170305; 700596, 4170305;
returning to 700596, 4170338.
(102) Subunit 15G; Stanislaus County, California. From USGS
1:24,000 scale quadrangles Montpelier, and Paulsell. Land bounded by
the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 704896, 4167305;
705096, 4167205; 705396, 4167205; 705396, 4166205; 705096, 4166105;
704496, 4166105; 704296, 4166005; 704096, 4166005; 703896, 4166205;
703496, 4166405; 703496, 4166605; 703596, 4166605; 703696, 4166705;
703796, 4166805; 703796, 4167005; 704696, 4167405; 704796, 4167405;
returning to 704896, 4167305.
(103) Subunit 15H; Merced County, Stanislaus County, California.
From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangles Cooperstown, La Grange, Merced
Falls, Montpelier, Paulsell, and Turlock Lake. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 712996, 4163605;
712996, 4163505; 713196, 4163605; 713596, 4163805; 713696, 4163805;
713696, 4163905; 713796, 4164105; 714296, 4164105; 714496, 4164305;
714596, 4164605; 714696, 4164605; 714896, 4164505; 714896, 4164005;
714496, 4163805; 714496, 4163405; 714596, 4163305; 715296, 4163805;
715396, 4164005; 715496, 4164005; 715396, 4163705; 715196, 4163505;
715096, 4163305; 714896, 4163105; 714996, 4163005; 715096, 4163005;
715796, 4163005; 715996, 4162905; 716096, 4162705; 716196, 4162605;
716296, 4162605; 716396, 4162705; 716496, 4162805; 716596, 4162905;
716696, 4163005; 716696, 4163305; 716596, 4163405; 716596, 4163605;
716696, 4163905; 716896, 4164305; 716796, 4164705; 716896, 4165105;
717296, 4165605; 717296, 4165905; 717096, 4166205; 716696, 4166205;
716496, 4166105; 716496, 4166705; 716696, 4166705; 716896, 4166905;
716896, 4167105; 717096, 4167205; 717596, 4167205; 718196, 4167105;
718596, 4166905; 718696, 4166405; 718796, 4166205; 719196, 4166505;
719396, 4166605; 719596, 4166605; 719596, 4166305; 719696, 4166205;
719696, 4165905; 719896, 4165905; 719996, 4166105; 719996, 4166005;
720796, 4166005; 720796, 4163505; 721629, 4163505; 721796, 4163505;
722496, 4163905; 722496, 4163961; 722496, 4165105; 722296, 4165105;
722296, 4165205; 721596, 4165205; 721596, 4165905; 721096, 4166105;
720796, 4166305; 720996, 4166405; 721096, 4166505; 721196, 4166705;
721096, 4166805; 720396, 4166805; 720196, 4166705; 720296, 4166505;
720296, 4166405; 720196, 4166305; 720096, 4166305; 719896, 4166605;
719596, 4167205; 719596, 4167405; 719796, 4167605; 720596, 4167605;
720796, 4167505; 720996, 4167305; 721196, 4167205; 721396, 4167505;
721796, 4167505; 722096, 4167405; 722596, 4167405; 722996, 4167305;
723396, 4167205; 723096, 4168205; 723096, 4169005; 723396, 4169505;
723896, 4169605; 724196, 4169605; 724696, 4169005; 724796, 4168105;
725196, 4167705; 725396, 4167005; 726296, 4166905; 726596, 4166605;
726596, 4166405; 726824, 4166235; 727396, 4165805; 727796, 4165605;
729096, 4165605; 730196, 4165205; 730496, 4164905; 730596, 4164705;
730796, 4163905; 731396, 4163905; 731796, 4163605; 731896, 4163205;
732296, 4162605; 732296, 4162305; 732796, 4162505; 733096, 4162405;
733696, 4161905; 733796, 4161305; 733696, 4160805; 734696, 4160205;
734823, 4160078; 734896, 4160005; 734896, 4159940; 734896, 4159305;
734496, 4158505; 734396, 4157905; 734596, 4157705; 734796, 4157805;
734996, 4158105; 735096, 4158605; 735596, 4158605; 735601, 4158601;
735601, 4158601; 735796, 4158405; 735771, 4158278; 735696, 4157905;
736267, 4157334; 736296, 4157305; 736896, 4157105; 736996, 4156905;
736996, 4156305; 736808, 4156305; 736396, 4156305; 736096, 4156105;
735596, 4156105; 734196, 4156705; 733496, 4156905; 731796, 4156705;
730996, 4156305; 728996, 4156405; 728796, 4156505; 728796, 4156605;
728696, 4156705; 728396, 4156705; 728196, 4156605; 727996, 4156605;
727196, 4156605; 726996, 4156405; 726796, 4156305; 726396, 4156305;
726196, 4156405; 725896, 4156305; 725696, 4156205; 725596, 4156105;
725496, 4156005; 725196, 4155905; 725096, 4155805; 724996, 4155805;
724896, 4155905; 724396, 4155905; 724396, 4155505; 723896, 4155505;
723996, 4155105; 723396, 4155205; 722796, 4154905; 722796, 4155205;
722396, 4155205; 722396, 4156605; 722996, 4156605; 722996, 4157205;
723596, 4157205; 723596, 4156805; 723796, 4156805; 723796, 4156705;
724396, 4156705; 724396, 4157205; 724296, 4157205; 724296, 4157205;
724196, 4158005; 723896, 4158005; 723796, 4158805; 722596, 4158805;
722596, 4159005; 722496, 4159005; 722396, 4159105; 722296, 4159105;
721696, 4159105; 721696, 4159305; 721596, 4159405; 721596, 4159605;
721696, 4159605; 721696, 4159705; 721796, 4159705; 721796, 4160305;
721196, 4160305; 721196, 4159905; 720896, 4159905; 720896, 4160305;
719596, 4160305; 719596, 4160105; 720096, 4159405; 719696, 4159405;
719696, 4159305; 719596, 4159305; 719496, 4159305; 719396, 4159205;
719196, 4159205; 719096, 4159205; 718996, 4159105; 718796, 4158905;
718696, 4158805; 718696, 4158705; 718496, 4158705; 718296, 4158605;
718296, 4158505; 718396, 4158405; 718496, 4158305; 718596, 4158305;
718696, 4158205; 718796, 4158205; 718996, 4158105; 719096, 4157905;
719096, 4157705; 718796, 4157405; 718096, 4157505; 717896, 4157205;
717996, 4157005; 718096, 4156805; 718496, 4157105; 718796, 4156505;
718796, 4156105; 717596, 4156105; 717596, 4156505; 717196, 4156505;
717196, 4156105; 716696, 4156105; 716696, 4155605; 716396, 4155505;
716296, 4154805; 715996, 4154705; 715996, 4154905; 715896, 4155005;
715896, 4155105; 715796, 4155205; 715696, 4155505; 715596, 4155605;
715496, 4155605; 715396, 4156405; 715496, 4156405; 715496, 4157005;
715496, 4157205; 715596, 4157205; 715596, 4157405; 717696, 4157405;
717696, 4159505; 718196, 4160005; 718296, 4160305; 718496, 4160605;
718796, 4160905; 716896, 4160905; 716896, 4160205; 715349, 4160205;
714996, 4160205; 714996, 4160705; 715096, 4160705; 715096, 4160805;
715296, 4160805; 715296, 4160905; 714496, 4160905; 714496, 4161005;
713796, 4161005; 713796, 4160905; 713396, 4160905; 713296, 4161005;
713196, 4160905; 713196, 4160805; 713496, 4160505; 713496, 4160405;
713696, 4160305; 713896, 4160605; 713996, 4160605; 714096, 4160505;
714096, 4160205; 711230, 4160106; 711196, 4161705; 709596, 4161705;
709596, 4163305; 707996, 4163305; 707996, 4162905; 707096, 4162905;
707096, 4165405; 707496, 4165405; 707496, 4165605; 706796, 4165905;
706596, 4165605; 706296, 4165805; 706396, 4166105; 706296, 4166205;
706296, 4166305; 706396, 4166305; 706396, 4166505; 706296, 4166505;
706296, 4166905; 706596, 4166905; 706796, 4166505; 706896, 4166505;
706896, 4166105; 707096, 4166105; 707096, 4165905; 707296, 4165905;
707296, 4166505; 707496, 4166505; 707896, 4165805;
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707896, 4165405; 708096, 4165605; 708296, 4165605; 708496, 4165505;
708496, 4165305; 708296, 4165205; 708296, 4165105; 708396, 4165005;
708496, 4165005; 708596, 4165105; 708696, 4165205; 708896, 4165205;
709196, 4164905; 710296, 4164905; 710296, 4166205; 710196, 4166205;
710196, 4166305; 710096, 4166305; 709996, 4166305; 709996, 4166505;
709896, 4166505; 709896, 4166905; 710296, 4166605; 711096, 4167405;
711696, 4167605; 712496, 4167605; 712496, 4167105; 712996, 4167105;
712996, 4167005; 712696, 4166705; 711896, 4166805; 711696, 4166605;
711696, 4166405; 711896, 4166305; 711896, 4166405; 711996, 4166405;
712096, 4166105; 712196, 4166305; 712296, 4166305; 712396, 4166205;
712596, 4166205; 712596, 4166005; 712796, 4166005; 712796, 4166105;
712896, 4166105; 713096, 4165905; 713019, 4165867; 712896, 4165805;
712796, 4165605; 712596, 4165605; 712596, 4165405; 712796, 4165405;
712696, 4165205; 712496, 4165305; 712396, 4165205; 712596, 4165105;
712596, 4165005; 712496, 4164905; 712696, 4164905; 712696, 4164805;
712696, 4164705; 712796, 4164605; 712696, 4164505; 712596, 4164605;
712496, 4164605; 712496, 4164105; 712896, 4164305; 713196, 4164105;
713296, 4163905; returning to 712996, 4163605.
(104) Subunit 15I; Merced County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Turlock Lake. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone
10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 713896, 4155205; 712696, 4155005; 712696,
4156605; 712996, 4156605; 712996, 4156905; 714896, 4157005; 714896,
4156605; 714396, 4156105; 714296, 4156005; 714096, 4155305; 714096,
4155205; returning to 713896, 4155205.
(105) Subunit 15J; Madera County, Mariposa County, Merced County,
California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangles Haystack Mountain,
Illinois Hill, Indian Gulch, Le Grand, Merced, Merced Falls, Owens
Reservoir, Plainsburg, Planada, Raynor Creek, Snelling, Winton, and
Yosemite Lake. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27
coordinates (E,N): 736505, 4134005; 733996, 4134005; 733996, 4134605;
733896, 4134705; 733896, 4134805; 733096, 4134805; 733096, 4135605;
732596, 4135605; 730396, 4135505; 730296, 4135405; 730196, 4135405;
729996, 4135505; 729996, 4136305; 729996, 4136505; 730096, 4136505;
730196, 4136405; 730296, 4136405; 730396, 4136405; 730496, 4136505;
730596, 4136605; 730696, 4136705; 730696, 4136805; 730696, 4137005;
730696, 4137105; 730596, 4137205; 730496, 4137305; 730396, 4137305;
729996, 4137505; 729896, 4137505; 729796, 4137405; 729496, 4137405;
729396, 4137605; 729396, 4138205; 729296, 4138305; 729096, 4138205;
728896, 4138505; 728496, 4138605; 728296, 4138605; 727996, 4138405;
727796, 4138305; 727696, 4138205; 727496, 4138105; 727496, 4137605;
727396, 4137605; 727396, 4137405; 727496, 4137405; 727496, 4137305;
727396, 4137305; 727396, 4137205; 727496, 4137205; 727496, 4137005;
726596, 4137005; 726596, 4136305; 726496, 4136205; 725896, 4136205;
725896, 4137005; 725096, 4137005; 724996, 4138605; 725596, 4138605;
725596, 4138505; 725896, 4138505; 725896, 4138605; 725996, 4138605;
725996, 4139305; 726596, 4139305; 726596, 4139405; 725996, 4139405;
725896, 4139405; 725896, 4140005; 725996, 4140005; 725996, 4140705;
725496, 4140705; 725496, 4140605; 725196, 4140605; 725196, 4140805;
724996, 4140805; 724996, 4141005; 724196, 4141005; 724196, 4141405;
723496, 4141405; 723496, 4140905; 723296, 4140905; 723296, 4140405;
723496, 4140305; 723496, 4139305; 724096, 4139305; 724096, 4139205;
723996, 4138705; 723996, 4138505; 723596, 4138005; 723496, 4138005;
723496, 4138105; 723096, 4138105; 723096, 4138505; 723096, 4138705;
723196, 4138905; 723296, 4139205; 723396, 4139305; 722196, 4139305;
722096, 4140305; 721996, 4140905; 721996, 4141705; 721996, 4143205;
720896, 4143205; 720996, 4141605; 721096, 4141305; 721096, 4141005;
721196, 4140905; 721096, 4140805; 717896, 4140705; 717796, 4142305;
714596, 4142205; 714596, 4144705; 715596, 4144705; 715596, 4144805;
715896, 4144805; 715996, 4144805; 716096, 4144805; 716196, 4144905;
716196, 4145005; 716096, 4145005; 715996, 4145105; 715996, 4145205;
716096, 4145305; 716096, 4145405; 716196, 4145505; 717096, 4145505;
717796, 4145105; 717896, 4145105; 717896, 4145005; 717896, 4144905;
717696, 4144705; 717696, 4144605; 717696, 4144505; 717896, 4144305;
717996, 4144405; 718296, 4144405; 718496, 4144305; 718796, 4144305;
718796, 4144605; 718696, 4144805; 718796, 4144905; 718796, 4145405;
718696, 4145405; 718696, 4145505; 718796, 4145605; 718696, 4145705;
718596, 4145805; 718596, 4145905; 718696, 4146005; 718696, 4146305;
718396, 4146305; 718296, 4146405; 718296, 4146605; 718396, 4146605;
718596, 4146705; 718696, 4146805; 718696, 4146905; 718496, 4147005;
718596, 4147105; 718596, 4147405; 718796, 4147405; 718796, 4147205;
719096, 4147305; 719196, 4147505; 719396, 4147405; 719696, 4147705;
719796, 4147805; 719796, 4147905; 719896, 4148005; 720096, 4148005;
720696, 4148005; 720696, 4148105; 720796, 4148205; 720896, 4148205;
720996, 4148305; 722796, 4148305; 722796, 4148405; 722996, 4148405;
723296, 4148505; 723496, 4148505; 723296, 4148405; 723196, 4148305;
723096, 4148205; 723296, 4148005; 723496, 4148005; 723596, 4148105;
723696, 4148205; 723696, 4148305; 723896, 4148305; 723896, 4148205;
723996, 4148205; 723996, 4148305; 724096, 4148505; 724296, 4148305;
724296, 4148705; 724396, 4148805; 724396, 4148905; 724596, 4148805;
724596, 4149105; 724796, 4149205; 724996, 4149405; 725096, 4149505;
725096, 4149805; 724996, 4149905; 725096, 4150005; 725296, 4150005;
725396, 4150205; 725496, 4150305; 725496, 4150405; 725196, 4150705;
724796, 4150705; 724796, 4153205; 725096, 4153305; 725496, 4153705;
725696, 4153905; 725896, 4154005; 726096, 4154105; 726296, 4153805;
726396, 4153605; 726396, 4153505; 727896, 4153405; 727896, 4153205;
727996, 4153205; 727996, 4153305; 728496, 4153405; 728796, 4153505;
729096, 4153505; 729096, 4153405; 729196, 4153305; 729396, 4153205;
729496, 4153205; 729496, 4153105; 729396, 4153005; 729596, 4152905;
729896, 4152905; 729996, 4153005; 729996, 4154005; 730096, 4154005;
730196, 4154105; 730696, 4154105; 730796, 4154205; 731096, 4154405;
731296, 4154505; 731596, 4154505; 731896, 4154705; 732296, 4154705;
732696, 4154605; 733296, 4154305; 733496, 4154305; 733796, 4154105;
734796, 4154105; 734996, 4154405; 735196, 4154605; 735196, 4154705;
735596, 4155105; 735696, 4155105; 735896, 4155305; 736196, 4155705;
737196, 4155205; 737253, 4155173; 737896, 4154805; 738296, 4154005;
738396, 4153105; 739096, 4152605; 739196, 4152005; 740296, 4151605;
740896, 4151305; 740896, 4150105; 741196, 4149705; 741796, 4149205;
742196, 4148305; 742196, 4146905; 743496, 4145905; 744096, 4145405;
744496, 4144405; 744396, 4143705; 743996, 4142505; 744096, 4141805;
744296, 4141505; 745596, 4140105; 746196, 4139305; 746896, 4138305;
747796, 4137505; 748596, 4135605; 748796, 4134905; 749596, 4133805;
749596, 4133804; 750268, 4132516; 750795, 4131505; 751695, 4130305;
752095, 4130005; 752195, 4130005; 752268, 4130005; 752268, 4130004;
752253, 4129985;
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752895, 4129905; 753395, 4130205; 753595, 4130205; 753995, 4130005;
754095, 4129105; 753495, 4128205; 753995, 4127505; 754495, 4127505;
754695, 4127205; 755395, 4128205; 755495, 4128205; 755695, 4127505;
756995, 4126205; 757895, 4125605; 758495, 4126105; 758595, 4126105;
758695, 4125805; 757995, 4124905; 757495, 4124905; 757895, 4124205;
757895, 4123805; 758295, 4123805; 758595, 4123405; 758895, 4123405;
759095, 4123705; 759395, 4123705; 759795, 4123305; 759795, 4123205;
759295, 4122705; 760395, 4121105; 761095, 4120805; 761395, 4120105;
762050, 4119369; 762063, 4119354; 761813, 4119070; 761796, 4119063;
761793, 4119062; 761739, 4119040; 761614, 4118979; 761592, 4118963;
761571, 4118947; 761507, 4118899; 761450, 4118857; 761339, 4118774;
761202, 4118699; 760953, 4118644; 760846, 4118560; 760689, 4118439;
760373, 4118414; 760323, 4118410; 760215, 4118402; 760179, 4118399;
760179, 4118399; 760103, 4118393; 759837, 4118317; 759624, 4118257;
759470, 4118163; 759425, 4118132; 759268, 4118020; 758878, 4117890;
758636, 4117875; 758131, 4117787; 758029, 4117769; 758005, 4117760;
757907, 4117723; 757903, 4117722; 757892, 4117719; 757789, 4117670;
757717, 4117616; 757715, 4117615; 757711, 4117613; 757686, 4117605;
757627, 4117586; 757580, 4117547; 757571, 4117532; 757570, 4117531;
757545, 4117506; 757506, 4117466; 757473, 4117432; 757473, 4117432;
757447, 4117405; 757445, 4117403; 757316, 4117273; 757277, 4117238;
757212, 4117223; 757181, 4117215; 757142, 4117205; 757080, 4117190;
757013, 4117174; 756967, 4117147; 756919, 4117105; 756880, 4117073;
756854, 4117048; 756840, 4117036; 756730, 4116933; 756719, 4116929;
756687, 4116917; 756686, 4116915; 756685, 4116915; 756595, 4117005;
756318, 4117098; 756295, 4117105; 755895, 4117005; 755795, 4117005;
755795, 4116965; 755795, 4116505; 755795, 4116405; 755595, 4116305;
755495, 4116305; 754995, 4116105; 754895, 4116105; 754895, 4116405;
753795, 4116405; 753795, 4116205; 753395, 4116205; 753395, 4115405;
753195, 4115305; 752795, 4115205; 752495, 4115105; 752295, 4115005;
752295, 4115405; 751895, 4115405; 752095, 4115605; 751995, 4115805;
751495, 4115905; 751195, 4116105; 751395, 4116105; 751395, 4116705;
751195, 4116705; 750911, 4116705; 750895, 4116705; 750795, 4116805;
750095, 4116605; 749395, 4116605; 749395, 4116416; 749395, 4116305;
746895, 4116305; 746095, 4116305; 746095, 4116325; 746095, 4116405;
745295, 4116405; 745295, 4117605; 744695, 4117605; 744695, 4118405;
743695, 4118405; 743695, 4118805; 745495, 4118805; 745495, 4119505;
744795, 4119505; 744795, 4120305; 745395, 4120305; 745595, 4120405;
745695, 4120505; 746095, 4120505; 746095, 4121205; 746295, 4121305;
746295, 4121405; 746495, 4121505; 746495, 4121605; 747695, 4120505;
746595, 4120505; 746595, 4119505; 747095, 4119505; 747095, 4120105;
747895, 4120105; 747895, 4119805; 748495, 4119805; 747895, 4120305;
747895, 4121205; 748695, 4121205; 748695, 4121705; 747895, 4121705;
747895, 4123105; 748395, 4123105; 748395, 4123305; 748595, 4123305;
748695, 4123305; 748695, 4123705; 747895, 4123705; 747895, 4124405;
747495, 4124905; 747495, 4125305; 746995, 4125305; 746996, 4125569;
746998, 4125572; 747017, 4125623; 747066, 4125676; 747093, 4125703;
747099, 4125707; 747237, 4125776; 747398, 4125792; 747453, 4125805;
747295, 4125805; 747237, 4125776; 747218, 4125774; 747165, 4125755;
747099, 4125707; 747096, 4125705; 746996, 4125705; 746696, 4125605;
746396, 4125505; 746296, 4125405; 746296, 4125305; 745796, 4125305;
745796, 4124905; 744596, 4124905; 744596, 4125105; 744496, 4125105;
744496, 4125005; 743796, 4125005; 743796, 4125605; 744596, 4125605;
744596, 4126005; 743796, 4126005; 743796, 4126805; 743696, 4126805;
742796, 4126805; 742496, 4126805; 742096, 4127005; 742096, 4128405;
742896, 4128405; 742896, 4128905; 742996, 4128905; 743096, 4128905;
743096, 4129005; 743496, 4129105; 743696, 4129305; 743696, 4130505;
743596, 4130505; 743596, 4130705; 743196, 4130705; 743096, 4130605;
743096, 4130405; 742496, 4130405; 742496, 4130605; 742096, 4130605;
742096, 4130905; 741296, 4130905; 741396, 4130805; 741596, 4130805;
741696, 4130705; 741696, 4130505; 741496, 4130205; 741396, 4130005;
740496, 4130005; 740496, 4130105; 740396, 4130105; 740396, 4130905;
740596, 4130905; 740596, 4131005; 740796, 4131005; 740796, 4131105;
740896, 4131205; 741096, 4131205; 741096, 4131305; 741196, 4131305;
741196, 4131405; 741096, 4131705; 741096, 4131905; 740896, 4132005;
740796, 4132005; 740596, 4131905; 740496, 4131905; 740496, 4132005;
740396, 4132005; 740296, 4132005; 740296, 4132105; 739996, 4132405;
740096, 4132405; 740396, 4132605; 740396, 4133305; 738896, 4133305;
738396, 4133405; 738196, 4133405; 737196, 4133205; 737196, 4134005;
736796, 4134005; 736696, 4134005; returning to 736505, 4134005.
(106) Subunit 15K; Madera County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Kismet. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 764595, 4105205; 761810, 4105205; 761795,
4105705; 762195, 4105705; 762995, 4106105; 763395, 4106005; 764195,
4106505; 764195, 4106005; 764595, 4106005; 764595, 4106205; 764895,
4106105; 765295, 4106205; 765795, 4106305; 765995, 4106505; 766195,
4106505; 766195, 4106305; 766395, 4106205; 766695, 4106105; 766695,
4104905; 764595, 4104805; returning to 764595, 4105205. Subunit 16A;
Alameda County, California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangle
Milpitas. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates
(E,N): 590197, 4150203; 590578, 4150013; 590549, 4149963; 590480,
4150004; 590417, 4150034; 590409, 4150019; 590406, 4150019; 590403,
4150019; 590400, 4150018; 590397, 4150017; 590394, 4150017; 590391,
4150016; 590388, 4150015; 590299, 4150066; 590297, 4150067; 590296,
4150068; 590294, 4150069; 590292, 4150069; 590290, 4150070; 590288,
4150071; 590286, 4150071; 590284, 4150072; 590281, 4150072; 590279,
4150073; 590277, 4150073; 590275, 4150073; 590273, 4150074; 590271,
4150074; 590269, 4150074; 590267, 4150074; 590265, 4150073; 590262,
4150073; 590260, 4150073; 590258, 4150073; 590256, 4150072; 590254,
4150072; 590252, 4150071; 590250, 4150071; 590248, 4150070; 590246,
4150069; 590244, 4150068; 590242, 4150067; 590240, 4150066; 590238,
4150065; 590237, 4150064; 590235, 4150063; 590233, 4150062; 590231,
4150061; 590230, 4150059; 590027, 4149887; 590023, 4149883; 590018,
4149880; 590013, 4149876; 590008, 4149873; 590003, 4149870; 589998,
4149867; 589993, 4149864; 589988, 4149862; 589982, 4149860; 589977,
4149857; 589971, 4149856; 589966, 4149854; 589960, 4149852; 589954,
4149851; 589949, 4149850; 589943, 4149849; 589937, 4149848; 589931,
4149847; 589925, 4149847; 589920, 4149847; 589914, 4149847; 589908,
4149847; 589902, 4149848; 589896, 4149848; 589890, 4149849; 589885,
4149850; 589879, 4149852; 589873, 4149853; 589868, 4149855; 589862,
4149857; 589857, 4149859; 589851, 4149861; 589846, 4149863; 589841,
4149866; 589836, 4149869; 589831, 4149872; 589826, 4149875; 589821,
4149878; 589816,
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4149882; 589812, 4149886; 589807, 4149889; 589803, 4149893; 589799,
4149897; 589795, 4149902; 589791, 4149906; 589738, 4149968; 589997,
4149903; returning to 590197, 4150203.
(107) Subunit 15L; Fresno County, and Madera County, California.
From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangles Daulton, Friant, Gregg, Lanes
Bridge, Little Table Mountain, and Millerton Lake West. Land bounded by
the following UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 233282, 4106500;
233311, 4106904; 233377, 4107821; 233380, 4107865; 233491, 4107900;
233596, 4107902; 233644, 4107900; 233680, 4107899; 233697, 4107898;
233759, 4107917; 233786, 4107935; 233808, 4107948; 233855, 4107979;
233917, 4108019; 234009, 4108041; 234065, 4108039; 234115, 4108015;
234132, 4107992; 234164, 4107785; 234176, 4107596; 234202, 4107547;
234340, 4107386; 234351, 4107345; 234350, 4107272; 234350, 4107220;
234366, 4107153; 234379, 4107097; 234738, 4106944; 235151, 4106911;
235179, 4106923; 235232, 4106995; 235284, 4107100; 235307, 4107122;
235346, 4107136; 235464, 4107102; 235607, 4107034; 235721, 4106941;
235896, 4106926; 235929, 4106912; 235981, 4106872; 235996, 4106864;
236033, 4106845; 236109, 4106843; 236426, 4106897; 236896, 4106742;
237015, 4106706; 237841, 4106782; 237878, 4106776; 237918, 4106750;
237936, 4106738; 237948, 4106725; 238168, 4106555; 238180, 4106552;
238462, 4106471; 238828, 4106150; 238944, 4106006; 238993, 4105943;
239006, 4105826; 239100, 4105747; 239267, 4105801; 239366, 4105805;
239431, 4105771; 239471, 4105749; 239538, 4105670; 239643, 4105628;
239722, 4105631; 239833, 4105709; 240041, 4105959; 240067, 4105976;
240261, 4106168; 240427, 4106288; 240646, 4106271; 240794, 4106317;
240850, 4106318; 240934, 4106300; 240987, 4106306; 241085, 4106346;
241224, 4106484; 241277, 4106485; 241297, 4106477; 241340, 4106458;
241379, 4106421; 241397, 4106400; 241441, 4106368; 241480, 4106339;
241490, 4106331; 241493, 4106329; 241503, 4106323; 241525, 4106272;
241540, 4106109; 241542, 4105926; 241535, 4105887; 241523, 4105819;
241524, 4105756; 241577, 4105660; 241599, 4105639; 241724, 4105475;
241867, 4105341; 241980, 4105195; 242164, 4104984; 242178, 4104953;
242237, 4104895; 242317, 4104855; 242489, 4104677; 242540, 4104667;
242663, 4104686; 242759, 4104765; 242821, 4104791; 242886, 4104779;
242948, 4104711; 242989, 4104648; 242998, 4104610; 242993, 4104521;
242985, 4104499; 242980, 4104448; 242963, 4104380; 242919, 4104259;
242848, 4104109; 242842, 4104071; 242846, 4104030; 242887, 4103988;
242888, 4103988; 243018, 4104116; 243184, 4104236; 243402, 4104219;
243551, 4104265; 243607, 4104266; 243690, 4104248; 243744, 4104254;
243841, 4104294; 243980, 4104432; 244034, 4104433; 244054, 4104424;
244096, 4104406; 244136, 4104369; 244153, 4104348; 244198, 4104316;
244236, 4104287; 243739, 4103748; 243317, 4103327; 243816, 4102872;
243846, 4102853; 243907, 4102851; 243986, 4102869; 244022, 4102866;
244057, 4102847; 244076, 4102821; 244081, 4102803; 244073, 4102727;
244009, 4102604; 243979, 4102483; 243945, 4102446; 243883, 4102405;
243820, 4102346; 243819, 4102297; 243843, 4102246; 243860, 4102225;
243888, 4102163; 243881, 4102105; 243825, 4101926; 243822, 4101835;
243834, 4101797; 243851, 4101768; 244052, 4101607; 244109, 4101572;
244248, 4101531; 244380, 4101479; 244407, 4101441; 244430, 4101366;
244452, 4101345; 244500, 4101326; 244546, 4101327; 244677, 4101372;
244714, 4101355; 244832, 4101207; 244887, 4101188; 244959, 4101191;
245044, 4101145; 245089, 4101146; 245123, 4101168; 245251, 4101294;
245310, 4101305; 245330, 4101299; 245390, 4101254; 245425, 4101238;
246089, 4101180; 246223, 4101151; 246407, 4101186; 246461, 4101199;
246514, 4101195; 246564, 4101173; 246679, 4101038; 246919, 4100757;
246964, 4100704; 246971, 4100694; 246979, 4100681; 246985, 4100673;
247008, 4100642; 247049, 4100559; 247047, 4100501; 247020, 4100441;
246965, 4100376; 246863, 4100273; 246778, 4100153; 246774, 4100105;
246785, 4100067; 246825, 4100027; 247177, 4099742; 247300, 4099594;
247305, 4099590; 247362, 4099549; 247775, 4099331; 247859, 4099331;
248018, 4099400; 248083, 4099418; 248143, 4099394; 248162, 4099381;
248287, 4099295; 248341, 4099296; 248564, 4099356; 248620, 4099357;
248645, 4099343; 248672, 4099320; 248742, 4099198; 248791, 4099151;
249007, 4099043; 249036, 4099019; 249079, 4098987; 249116, 4098867;
249248, 4098690; 249371, 4098554; 249433, 4098527; 249542, 4098509;
249826, 4098495; 249867, 4098479; 249903, 4098417; 249908, 4098382;
249911, 4098362; 249922, 4098349; 249922, 4098324; 249933, 4098287;
249944, 4098243; 249974, 4098207; 250003, 4098180; 250034, 4098156;
250057, 4098130; 250087, 4098111; 250197, 4098102; 250324, 4098087;
250385, 4098079; 250403, 4098084; 250439, 4098077; 250481, 4098081;
250518, 4098093; 250556, 4098104; 250580, 4098115; 250605, 4098127;
250637, 4098137; 250660, 4098138; 250679, 4098131; 250703, 4098112;
250714, 4098088; 250730, 4098044; 250736, 4098012; 250753, 4097975;
250759, 4097946; 250782, 4097926; 250783, 4097925; 250800, 4097901;
250829, 4097888; 250860, 4097868; 250884, 4097855; 250901, 4097842;
250925, 4097829; 250944, 4097818; 250968, 4097797; 250997, 4097773;
251026, 4097754; 251062, 4097723; 251086, 4097697; 251110, 4097670;
251133, 4097647; 251152, 4097621; 251156, 4097596; 251168, 4097577;
251167, 4097549; 251179, 4097518; 251178, 4097494; 251170, 4097461;
251162, 4097446; 251151, 4097425; 251138, 4097401; 251120, 4097371;
251100, 4097340; 251087, 4097305; 251068, 4097281; 251055, 4097258;
251048, 4097239; 251054, 4097215; 251078, 4097190; 251107, 4097171;
251143, 4097137; 251167, 4097132; 251196, 4097099; 251208, 4097088;
251219, 4097051; 251225, 4097001; 251228, 4096934; 251233, 4096886;
251237, 4096818; 251242, 4096774; 251242, 4096762; 251258, 4096707;
251270, 4096640; 251284, 4096582; 251290, 4096536; 251289, 4096504;
251275, 4096456; 251250, 4096389; 251229, 4096336; 251216, 4096280;
251208, 4096251; 251214, 4096231; 251231, 4096188; 251254, 4096151;
251282, 4096101; 251301, 4096071; 251324, 4096032; 251335, 4095995;
251327, 4095947; 251332, 4095892; 251331, 4095849; 251335, 4095812;
251347, 4095799; 251359, 4095787; 251383, 4095780; 251384, 4095797;
251379, 4095822; 251435, 4097407; 251437, 4097464; 251437, 4097466;
251449, 4097800; 251453, 4097924; 251444, 4098034; 251452, 4098139;
251454, 4098317; 251457, 4098365; 251459, 4098412; 251479, 4098782;
251492, 4099462; 251492, 4099478; 251514, 4100214; 251519, 4100308;
251536, 4100428; 251545, 4100495; 251558, 4100507; 251633, 4100726;
251669, 4100817; 251916, 4101267; 252362, 4102020; 252382, 4102000;
252382, 4101200; 252982, 4100800; 253782, 4101400; 254582, 4101400;
255781, 4101800; 257881, 4101800; 258981, 4100900; 259081, 4098600;
259281, 4098200; 259281, 4098187; 259281, 4098066; 259273, 4098055;
259263, 4098040; 259229, 4097992; 259005, 4097673; 258907, 4097686;
258572, 4097694; 258481, 4097660; 258407, 4097624; 258381, 4097632;
258314, 4097564; 258289, 4097564;
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258283, 4097527; 258184, 4097642; 258181, 4097636; 258181, 4097700;
258081, 4097800; 256781, 4098100; 256281, 4098100; 256281, 4096500;
255082, 4096600; 254981, 4094900; 256162, 4094900; 256123, 4094849;
256058, 4094384; 256055, 4094364; 256046, 4094295; 256037, 4094227;
255930, 4093459; 255877, 4093070; 255875, 4093057; 255891, 4093056;
255865, 4092898; 255775, 4092898; 255737, 4091904; 255827, 4091855;
255896, 4091964; 255981, 4091993; 255981, 4091984; 255981, 4091882;
255749, 4091668; 255725, 4091647; 255481, 4091500; 255256, 4091246;
255189, 4091172; 255172, 4091162; 255110, 4091082; 254948, 4090900;
254886, 4090900; 253782, 4090900; 253744, 4090862; 253681, 4090800;
253606, 4090800; 253582, 4090800; 253482, 4090800; 253481, 4090400;
253506, 4090400; 253840, 4090400; 253882, 4090400; 253881, 4090300;
254082, 4090300; 253881, 4090200; 253782, 4090200; 253681, 4090100;
253581, 4089900; 253482, 4089900; 253381, 4089800; 253282, 4089700;
253182, 4089500; 253082, 4089300; 252782, 4089100; 252482, 4088800;
251582, 4088800; 251582, 4088300; 252582, 4088300; 252509, 4087866;
252483, 4087712; 252482, 4087700; 252471, 4087700; 252382, 4087700;
252280, 4087650; 252182, 4087600; 251982, 4087400; 251882, 4087300;
251782, 4087300; 251682, 4087200; 251582, 4087100; 251482, 4087000;
251482, 4086900; 251282, 4086900; 251182, 4089100; 251282, 4089800;
251582, 4089800; 251582, 4089900; 251982, 4089900; 251982, 4090200;
252482, 4090200; 252482, 4091000; 251282, 4091000; 251282, 4091400;
251682, 4091400; 251682, 4091800; 251282, 4091800; 251282, 4092000;
251082, 4092000; 250682, 4092000; 250482, 4092000; 250482, 4092600;
250482, 4092600; 250482, 4092700; 246382, 4092800; 245582, 4092800;
242382, 4092900; 242382, 4094800; 242582, 4094900; 244082, 4094800;
244082, 4096500; 244882, 4096400; 244982, 4098000; 245782, 4098000;
245782, 4099600; 242582, 4099800; 242482, 4095000; 242382, 4095000;
239582, 4095000; 237682, 4095000; 237682, 4096000; 237782, 4098300;
239682, 4098200; 239782, 4099800; 236182, 4099900; 236182, 4100200;
237582, 4101700; 238482, 4102500; 238882, 4103100; 239382, 4103900;
238982, 4104100; 238882, 4104200; 238857, 4104194; 238482, 4104100;
238296, 4103914; 238282, 4103900; 238282, 4103400; 238082, 4103200;
237982, 4103100; 237882, 4103100; 237882, 4103946; 237882, 4104000;
237882, 4104100; 238182, 4104100; 237182, 4104100; 237182, 4105500;
235582, 4105600; 235582, 4106400; 233317, 4106498; 233317, 4106498;
233312, 4106499; 233312, 4106499; returning to 233282, 4106500
excluding land bounded by 250582, 4094600; 250557, 4094200; 250519,
4093451; 250497, 4093000; 250497, 4093000; 250882, 4093000; 250922,
4093000; 251282, 4093300; 251374, 4094600; 250582, 4094600; returning
to 250582, 4094600.
(108) Subunit 15M; Madera County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Millerton Lake East, and North Fork. Land bounded by
the following UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 270881, 4108600;
271381, 4108200; 271581, 4107600; 271681, 4107100; 271281, 4106600;
270281, 4106600; 269981, 4106800; 269981, 4107400; 270181, 4108400;
269381, 4108100; 269081, 4108500; 268581, 4108500; 268381, 4109800;
268881, 4110200; 268981, 4110800; 268381, 4111100; 268581, 4111300;
268681, 4112100; 268881, 4112200; 270681, 4112200; 270881, 4111900;
270781, 4111100; 269681, 4110600; 269781, 4110300; 270081, 4110000;
270681, 4109500; returning to 270881, 4108600.
(109) Subunit 15N; Fresno County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Academy, and Millerton Lake East. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 266981, 4097100;
267081, 4097400; 267881, 4098100; 268181, 4098500; 268181, 4098700;
268081, 4098900; 267481, 4099600; 267481, 4100100; 267781, 4100600;
268181, 4101200; 268681, 4101200; 269181, 4100900; 269681, 4100900;
269881, 4101100; 269981, 4101300; 269681, 4102000; 269281, 4102200;
268681, 4102600; 268781, 4103600; 269181, 4103600; 269681, 4102900;
270281, 4103300; 270381, 4103300; 270781, 4102300; 270581, 4102200;
270381, 4102000; 270381, 4101700; 270581, 4101300; 270681, 4100900;
270581, 4100800; 270281, 4100500; 269481, 4100300; 268381, 4100300;
268181, 4100100; 268181, 4099900; 268481, 4099600; 268681, 4099300;
268781, 4099000; 268781, 4098700; 268681, 4098100; 268581, 4097900;
268481, 4097600; 268181, 4097400; 267881, 4097200; 267381, 4097100;
returning to 266981, 4097100.
(110) Subunit 15O; Fresno County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Academy, Friant, and Round Mountain. Land bounded by
the following UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 259348, 4097383;
259581, 4097500; 259681, 4097500; 259881, 4097400; 259881, 4097200;
260081, 4097000; 260281, 4097000; 260381, 4096800; 260681, 4096600;
260881, 4096400; 261581, 4096400; 261881, 4096300; 262281, 4096400;
262481, 4096800; 263181, 4097000; 263381, 4097000; 263681, 4097000;
264981, 4096300; 264781, 4096100; 264281, 4096100; 263881, 4096300;
263881, 4095800; 263681, 4095700; 263581, 4095600; 263581, 4095500;
263581, 4095400; 263981, 4095400; 263981, 4095100; 263681, 4095100;
263681, 4094900; 263881, 4094900; 263881, 4094800; 263381, 4094500;
262381, 4094000; 261881, 4093400; 260781, 4093200; 259981, 4092100;
259981, 4091900; 260281, 4091900; 261281, 4092200; 262281, 4091300;
262981, 4091600; 263481, 4091100; 263481, 4089700; 263281, 4089600;
263181, 4089200; 264781, 4088500; 265081, 4087700; 265381, 4087400;
265981, 4087400; 265981, 4086600; 267081, 4086600; 267681, 4086800;
267881, 4086300; 267281, 4085300; 267481, 4084900; 268181, 4085100;
268381, 4085600; 269181, 4085600; 269881, 4085200; 270381, 4084700;
271181, 4084601; 271981, 4084900; 272281, 4085401; 272881, 4086000;
273081, 4087100; 273381, 4087500; 273281, 4088300; 273281, 4089400;
274781, 4089400; 275481, 4089800; 275681, 4090300; 275981, 4090600;
276581, 4090700; 277181, 4090700; 277181, 4090000; 276181, 4088700;
276181, 4087700; 276081, 4087300; 275481, 4087000; 275181, 4086400;
274981, 4085800; 274481, 4085301; 274081, 4084700; 273481, 4084200;
273481, 4083601; 273681, 4083200; 273681, 4082801; 272981, 4082700;
272881, 4082000; 272881, 4081201; 273081, 4080600; 273281, 4080300;
273581, 4079900; 273781, 4079501; 273881, 4078901; 274281, 4078401;
274381, 4077901; 273381, 4077900; 273381, 4076901; 273081, 4076401;
271381, 4076501; 271481, 4076701; 271781, 4076901; 271881, 4077101;
271881, 4077301; 271581, 4077501; 271181, 4077501; 271181, 4078001;
271381, 4078200; 271681, 4078701; 271881, 4078901; 272181, 4078901;
272181, 4079701; 271181, 4079700; 268081, 4079801; 268081, 4080400;
268381, 4080401; 268381, 4080600; 268081, 4080600; 268081, 4081100;
267581, 4081100; 267581, 4080701; 266581, 4080700; 266581, 4080900;
266381, 4080900; 266381, 4081101; 266681, 4081100; 266681, 4081501;
267081, 4082101; 267081, 4082200; 268381, 4082201; 268381, 4081500;
268481, 4081401; 268481, 4081000; 268881, 4081001; 268881, 4082600;
269681, 4082600; 269681, 4083000;
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270081, 4083000; 270181, 4083600; 268881, 4083300; 268881, 4083170;
268783, 4083242; 268754, 4083261; 268740, 4083277; 268724, 4083296;
268717, 4083328; 268704, 4083389; 268602, 4083754; 268597, 4083780;
268598, 4083808; 268608, 4083832; 268618, 4083854; 268634, 4083876;
268675, 4083938; 268694, 4083971; 268705, 4084033; 268716, 4084073;
268717, 4084108; 268717, 4084130; 268712, 4084156; 268709, 4084176;
268695, 4084200; 268682, 4084220; 268652, 4084236; 268397, 4084375;
268369, 4084390; 268339, 4084395; 268320, 4084391; 268301, 4084381;
268276, 4084377; 268246, 4084363; 268226, 4084354; 268197, 4084355;
268163, 4084356; 268134, 4084371; 268120, 4084387; 268105, 4084400;
268087, 4084426; 268025, 4084514; 268007, 4084539; 267994, 4084559;
267974, 4084575; 267954, 4084585; 267929, 4084591; 267916, 4084597;
267891, 4084592; 267861, 4084587; 267798, 4084565; 267769, 4084556;
267739, 4084552; 267710, 4084548; 267686, 4084548; 267656, 4084554;
267636, 4084569; 267619, 4084585; 267603, 4084605; 267590, 4084621;
267529, 4084743; 267501, 4084802; 267488, 4084826; 267474, 4084848;
267455, 4084863; 267431, 4084877; 267373, 4084903; 267310, 4084930;
267291, 4084945; 267277, 4084964; 267144, 4085292; 267141, 4085317;
267136, 4085337; 267142, 4085360; 267148, 4085380; 267162, 4085393;
267196, 4085414; 267346, 4085522; 267376, 4085567; 267396, 4085585;
267407, 4085600; 267411, 4085614; 267412, 4085638; 267420, 4085736;
267421, 4085780; 267417, 4085803; 267408, 4085819; 267389, 4085849;
267366, 4085881; 267332, 4085885; 267308, 4085914; 267271, 4085944;
267238, 4085981; 267227, 4085999; 267209, 4086020; 267122, 4086227;
267104, 4086256; 267084, 4086269; 267056, 4086283; 266906, 4086331;
266891, 4086342; 266882, 4086352; 266867, 4086372; 266849, 4086402;
266825, 4086426; 266801, 4086437; 266771, 4086445; 266747, 4086438;
266722, 4086426; 266687, 4086406; 266594, 4086390; 266560, 4086382;
266526, 4086381; 266501, 4086377; 266477, 4086377; 266376, 4086400;
266351, 4086401; 266327, 4086402; 266297, 4086403; 266247, 4086390;
266213, 4086381; 266184, 4086375; 266164, 4086377; 266140, 4086383;
266106, 4086398; 265972, 4086470; 265938, 4086490; 265928, 4086507;
265910, 4086537; 265892, 4086570; 265868, 4086595; 265829, 4086610;
265804, 4086620; 265785, 4086618; 265770, 4086609; 265755, 4086589;
265744, 4086563; 265738, 4086531; 265743, 4086505; 265733, 4086482;
265717, 4086458; 265692, 4086440; 265652, 4086425; 265604, 4086407;
265574, 4086399; 265549, 4086385; 265534, 4086369; 265519, 4086344;
265507, 4086302; 265493, 4086278; 265468, 4086253; 265433, 4086239;
265300, 4086200; 265255, 4086191; 265217, 4086197; 265173, 4086214;
265130, 4086230; 265096, 4086250; 265030, 4086310; 264977, 4086370;
264864, 4086462; 264686, 4086500; 264646, 4086646; 264145, 4086593;
263385, 4087492; 263250, 4087462; 262733, 4087787; 262377, 4088430;
262168, 4088625; 261938, 4088667; 261884, 4088677; 261847, 4088935;
261881, 4088900; 261845, 4088949; 261712, 4089859; 261816, 4090114;
261861, 4090181; 261946, 4090230; 262019, 4090628; 261877, 4091074;
261790, 4091345; 261561, 4091701; 261492, 4091853; 261478, 4091881;
261382, 4092067; 261066, 4092009; 260594, 4091923; 260082, 4091835;
259931, 4091809; 259927, 4091872; 259919, 4092031; 259969, 4092207;
260060, 4092294; 260115, 4092347; 260281, 4092532; 260323, 4092741;
260563, 4093046; 260514, 4093202; 260706, 4093697; 260542, 4093983;
260409, 4094216; 260399, 4094501; 260394, 4094638; 259681, 4095909;
259681, 4096500; 259568, 4096500; 259490, 4096685; 259560, 4096972;
259429, 4097248; 259437, 4097286; 259377, 4097317; returning to 259348,
4097383.
(111) Subunit 15P; Fresno County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Clovis. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 247982, 4091500; 247982, 4090700; 246682,
4090700; 246682, 4090300; 246482, 4090300; 246482, 4089900; 247082,
4089900; 247082, 4089200; 245882, 4089200; 245882, 4089600; 245482,
4089600; 245582, 4091600; 246182, 4091600; 246182, 4091000; 246582,
4091100; 246882, 4091200; 247282, 4091300; 247582, 4091400; 247882,
4091500; returning to 247982, 4091500.
(112) Subunit 15Q; Fresno County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Clovis. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 265581, 4081601; 264281, 4081601; 265554,
4082449; 265656, 4082509; 265781, 4082592; 265781, 4082301; 265681,
4082300; 265681, 4081700; 265581, 4081700; returning to 265581,
4081601.
(113) Subunit 15R; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Ivanhoe, and Stokes Mountain. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 300980, 4041602;
300280, 4041602; 299980, 4041702; 299680, 4041902; 299280, 4042502;
298980, 4042802; 298980, 4043102; 299280, 4043302; 299780, 4043302;
299780, 4044502; 300180, 4045102; 300780, 4045202; 301280, 4044702;
301480, 4044702; 301480, 4045002; 301380, 4045002; 301380, 4045602;
302280, 4045602; 302280, 4045402; 302580, 4045402; 303080, 4045702;
303180, 4045702; 303380, 4045502; 303680, 4045502; 303880, 4045902;
304380, 4045902; 304580, 4046102; 304780, 4046102; 304980, 4046602;
304780, 4047502; 304880, 4047702; 304780, 4048102; 304880, 4048302;
305480, 4048302; 305880, 4047802; 306080, 4047702; 306380, 4047702;
306580, 4047402; 306580, 4046802; 306380, 4046702; 306180, 4045702;
305980, 4045102; 305680, 4044902; 305480, 4044102; 305480, 4043902;
305980, 4043702; 305780, 4043202; 305780, 4042202; 305080, 4042202;
304980, 4041802; 304280, 4041802; 304180, 4041402; 301480, 4041502;
300980, 4041302; returning to 300980, 4041602 excluding land bounded by
299280, 4039193; 298499, 4039227; 298480, 4039302; 298580, 4039602;
298980, 4039702; 298980, 4040802; 299780, 4040802; 299380, 4041302;
300980, 4041302; 300980, 4041202; 300480, 4041202; 300480, 4039902;
300380, 4039902; 300380, 4039202; 300380, 4039102; 300080, 4039102;
300080, 4038402; 299280, 4038402; 299280, 4038639; 299293, 4039193;
299694, 4039182; 299695, 4039202; 299731, 4039993; 300093, 4039986;
300104, 4040440; 299864, 4040716; 299157, 4040740; 299141, 4040404;
299317, 4040392; 299299, 4040017; 299320, 4040016; 299294, 4039202;
299293, 4039193; returning to 299280, 4039193.
(114) Subunit 15S; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Auckland, Ivanhoe, Stokes Mountain, and Woodlake.
Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N):
309080, 4043702; 309680, 4043202; 311780, 4043202; 312180, 4042802;
312780, 4042802; 313080, 4042502; 313080, 4042102; 312580, 4041802;
311080, 4040802; 311080, 4040202; 310680, 4040002; 310680, 4039702;
310480, 4039702; 310480, 4039602; 310080, 4039602; 310080, 4039302;
309980, 4039202; 309980, 4039002; 309780, 4039002; 309380, 4039002;
309380, 4038602; 308980, 4038602; 308980, 4038202; 308180, 4038202;
308080, 4038002; 307980, 4038002; 307980, 4037402; 308180, 4037402;
308180, 4037202; 308380, 4037202; 308380,
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4037802; 308780, 4037802; 308780, 4037702; 308880, 4037602; 308780,
4037402; 308980, 4037402; 308980, 4037202; 308780, 4037202; 308780,
4037002; 309180, 4037002; 309180, 4036602; 308780, 4036602; 308780,
4036802; 308180, 4036802; 308180, 4036702; 308280, 4036702; 308280,
4036602; 308180, 4036602; 308180, 4036402; 308380, 4036402; 308380,
4036302; 308558, 4036302; 308480, 4035602; 308380, 4035602; 308380,
4035202; 308980, 4034802; 309080, 4034602; 308780, 4034602; 308780,
4033902; 308680, 4033902; 308680, 4033802; 308780, 4033702; 308580,
4033502; 308280, 4033602; 308080, 4033702; 308180, 4034102; 308080,
4034302; 308080, 4034702; 307780, 4034902; 307580, 4035202; 307480,
4035402; 307480, 4035602; 307280, 4036102; 306980, 4036702; 307180,
4037102; 306780, 4038102; 306780, 4038202; 306880, 4038302; 307080,
4038302; 307280, 4038402; 307180, 4038502; 307180, 4039702; 308180,
4040002; 308580, 4040502; 308280, 4041302; 307680, 4041302; 307180,
4041802; 307180, 4042402; 307780, 4043502; 307880, 4044302; 308280,
4044502; returning to 309080, 4043702.
(115) Subunit 15T; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Woodlake. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 312780, 4039402; 312780, 4039202; 313380,
4039202; 313580, 4038802; 313180, 4038402; 313780, 4038402; 313980,
4038302; 314180, 4037802; 314680, 4037802; 314880, 4037302; 314880,
4037002; 314080, 4036402; 314180, 4036202; 314980, 4036202; 315180,
4036402; 315580, 4036402; 316180, 4036202; 316480, 4035202; 316480,
4035002; 315980, 4034302; 314180, 4034402; 313480, 4034702; 312880,
4034802; 312880, 4034902; 313080, 4034902; 313080, 4035702; 312580,
4035702; 312580, 4035502; 312380, 4035502; 312180, 4035302; 312080,
4035302; 312080, 4034902; 311380, 4034902; 311380, 4035102; 311580,
4035102; 311580, 4035302; 311180, 4035402; 311180, 4035102; 311080,
4035002; 311080, 4034902; 310580, 4034902; 310480, 4034802; 310380,
4034902; 310380, 4035702; 310680, 4035702; 310680, 4036502; 310880,
4036502; 310880, 4036802; 310580, 4036802; 310580, 4036902; 310680,
4037202; 310480, 4037402; 309880, 4037402; 309980, 4038202; 310180,
4038202; 310180, 4038002; 310580, 4038002; 310580, 4037702; 310880,
4037702; 310880, 4038102; 311280, 4038102; 311280, 4038502; 311580,
4038502; 311580, 4038602; 311680, 4038602; 311680, 4038802; 311780,
4038902; 312080, 4038902; 312080, 4039302; 311880, 4039302; 311680,
4039402; 311780, 4039802; 311780, 4039802; 312180, 4040502; 312780,
4040802; 313080, 4040802; 313680, 4040302; 313780, 4040102; 313180,
4039402; returning to 312780, 4039402.
(116) Subunit 15U; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Monson. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 292780, 4036223; 292756, 4036224; 292733,
4035590; 291980, 4035402; 291980, 4036602; 292780, 4036602; 292780,
4037402; 291980, 4037502; 292080, 4039302; 292380, 4039002; 292880,
4039002; 292880, 4038302; 293280, 4038302; 293280, 4038202; 294477,
4038202; 294430, 4036802; 294380, 4035402; 294313, 4035402; 294270,
4035469; 294036, 4035567; 294043, 4035741; 294329, 4035733; 294329,
4035783; 293527, 4035814; 293548, 4036184; returning to 292780,
4036223.
(117) Subunit 15V; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Monson. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 297580, 4036102; 297580, 4035302; 297580,
4035002; 296880, 4035102; 296280, 4035102; 296780, 4036602; 297580,
4036502; returning to 297580, 4036102.
(118) Subunit 15W; Tulare County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Monson. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11,
NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 293431, 4033802; 292680, 4033802; 292680,
4033808; 292683, 4033807; 292686, 4034084; 293057, 4034063; 293438,
4034046; returning to 293431, 4033802.
(119) Subunit 16B; Alameda County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Niles, Milpitas. Land bounded by the following UTM
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 592097, 4150703; 592397, 4150403;
592397, 4150385; 592371, 4150407; 592373, 4150418; 592310, 4150478;
592292, 4150493; 592178, 4150572; 592123, 4150572; 592053, 4150638;
591927, 4150506; 591921, 4150499; 591701, 4150252; 591698, 4150252;
591695, 4150252; 591692, 4150252; 591689, 4150252; 591686, 4150252;
591683, 4150252; 591680, 4150251; 591677, 4150250; 591675, 4150250;
591672, 4150249; 591669, 4150248; 591666, 4150247; 591664, 4150246;
591661, 4150245; 591658, 4150244; 591656, 4150242; 591653, 4150241;
591651, 4150239; 591648, 4150238; 591646, 4150236; 591644, 4150234;
591641, 4150232; 591639, 4150230; 591637, 4150228; 591635, 4150226;
591633, 4150224; 591631, 4150222; 591629, 4150220; 591628, 4150217;
591626, 4150215; 591624, 4150213; 591623, 4150210; 591622, 4150208;
591620, 4150205; 591619, 4150202; 591618, 4150200; 591617, 4150197;
591616, 4150194; 591615, 4150191; 591614, 4150189; 591614, 4150186;
591613, 4150183; 591613, 4150180; 591613, 4150177; 591612, 4150174;
591612, 4150171; 591612, 4150168; 591612, 4150165; 591612, 4150163;
591613, 4150160; 591613, 4150157; 591539, 4150076; 591493, 4150122;
591340, 4149959; 591352, 4149949; 591366, 4149936; 591397, 4149907;
591428, 4149878; 591570, 4149746; 591647, 4149676; 591686, 4149643;
591717, 4149620; 591762, 4149591; 591785, 4149578; 591817, 4149565;
591874, 4149541; 591922, 4149523; 591968, 4149511; 592009, 4149501;
592054, 4149494; 592098, 4149489; 592161, 4149487; 592216, 4149493;
592333, 4150186; 592342, 4150188; 592341, 4150191; 592348, 4150192;
592349, 4150189; 592395, 4150195; 592297, 4149803; 592197, 4149403;
592097, 4149303; 592081, 4149303; 592200, 4149453; 592185, 4149451;
592155, 4149449; 592127, 4149450; 592091, 4149453; 592050, 4149459;
591983, 4149469; 591941, 4149480; 591880, 4149500; 591814, 4149526;
591748, 4149561; 591691, 4149598; 591654, 4149627; 591627, 4149653;
591550, 4149723; 591407, 4149856; 591376, 4149885; 591345, 4149914;
591332, 4149926; 591319, 4149937; 591317, 4149934; 591142, 4149751;
591013, 4149825; 591597, 4150603; 591697, 4150503; 591897, 4150503;
returning to 592097, 4150703.
(120) Subunit 17A; San Benito, Monterey Counties, California. From
USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangle Llanada, San Benito, Hernandez
Reservoir, Rock Springs Peak, Topo Valley, Hepsedam Peak, Lonoak,
Pinalito Canyon, Monarch Peak, Nattrass Valley. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 673301, 4024031;
673596, 4024104; 674896, 4026004; 674596, 4026304; 674696, 4026804;
674196, 4027104; 673096, 4026604; 672496, 4026804; 671696, 4028504;
670796, 4028504; 669796, 4028704; 669796, 4029904; 669896, 4030504;
670396, 4031904; 670796, 4034904; 671396, 4036904; 669196, 4037504;
669296, 4038404; 668796, 4040104; 669896, 4042504; 671996, 4043104;
674196, 4043304; 676096, 4045404; 677396, 4046504; 683096, 4043104;
683896, 4042004; 683796, 4040404; 682396, 4039504; 681396, 4038404;
681696, 4036804; 681796, 4035604; 680896, 4034304; 678896, 4035004;
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678096, 4035804; 677696, 4036904; 677296, 4037604; 676896, 4037704;
676196, 4038304; 675896, 4038804; 675096, 4038304; 675196, 4037804;
674796, 4037404; 673196, 4036804; 673896, 4036304; 674096, 4035304;
674796, 4034804; 675596, 4034504; 676096, 4033404; 676896, 4033104;
677696, 4032504; 678196, 4031904; 679096, 4031204; 679696, 4031004;
679996, 4031504; 679996, 4032504; 680596, 4032804; 681096, 4032304;
681596, 4031304; 682696, 4031004; 684496, 4028505; 685296, 4028505;
685596, 4028005; 687496, 4029305; 688096, 4030505; 688896, 4030905;
689796, 4031005; 691295, 4032405; 692095, 4032105; 692595, 4031405;
693295, 4031105; 693795, 4031105; 694395, 4030705; 693895, 4029305;
692695, 4028305; 693595, 4028305; 694395, 4027605; 694395, 4027005;
695195, 4025905; 696695, 4024705; 696695, 4023505; 697295, 4022405;
697995, 4022405; 698395, 4021305; 699295, 4020305; 699195, 4019205;
698595, 4019105; 698095, 4018505; 697195, 4018605; 695796, 4017705;
695496, 4016705; 695196, 4016305; 694996, 4015705; 694996, 4014805;
694952, 4014692; 694496, 4013505; 693896, 4012905; 693696, 4011905;
692496, 4010705; 692096, 4008905; 691696, 4008405; 690896, 4008405;
689596, 4009205; 689096, 4009905; 688996, 4010505; 687896, 4010805;
687196, 4010805; 685496, 4011905; 684996, 4013105; 683696, 4013905;
683496, 4014705; 682796, 4015005; 682596, 4016005; 683196, 4016405;
683196, 4016849; 683196, 4017505; 684296, 4019305; 684296, 4020305;
683496, 4022005; 681796, 4023305; 681196, 4023405; 680796, 4024205;
680696, 4025305; 679896, 4025504; 679396, 4026704; 678796, 4027104;
678196, 4026404; 677496, 4026204; 676096, 4025404; 676096, 4024804;
676696, 4024304; 676896, 4023504; 675896, 4022304; 675798, 4021666;
675696, 4021004; 675096, 4020004; 674296, 4019704; 672296, 4016504;
670896, 4015504; 670096, 4015504; 669596, 4015804; 669196, 4016504;
669696, 4017204; 669596, 4018404; 670196, 4019104; 670396, 4022004;
671096, 4022804; 672796, 4023904; returning to 673301, 4024031.
(121) Subunit 18A; Monterey County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Williams Hill, Jolon, Valleton, Bradley, San Miguel,
Wunpost. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates
(E,N): 668597, 3981705; 668797, 3981405; 668597, 3980905; 668797,
3980405; 669497, 3979905; 669897, 3980305; 670697, 3980505; 671497,
3980405; 671497, 3979305; 671997, 3979305; 672797, 3978405; 674797,
3978405; 675497, 3978005; 674697, 3976705; 674897, 3975505; 674997,
3975372; 674997, 3975305; 674797, 3975305; 674737, 3975786; 674736,
3976029; 674706, 3976031; 674697, 3976105; 673540, 3976105; 673514,
3976459; 673497, 3976459; 673497, 3976505; 673129, 3976505; 673126,
3976836; 673926, 3976848; 673934, 3977666; 673097, 3977663; 673097,
3977705; 672358, 3977674; 672298, 3978463; 670682, 3978454; 670706,
3977606; 670697, 3977605; 670697, 3977433; 670307, 3977714; 669890,
3978014; 669500, 3978298; 669301, 3978444; 669106, 3978599; 668788,
3978852; 668773, 3978864; 668728, 3978899; 668672, 3978944; 668639,
3978959; 668524, 3979010; 668452, 3979050; 668397, 3979105; 667234,
3979977; 668252, 3979993; 668234, 3980797; 667835, 3980800; 667819,
3981613; 667417, 3981606; 667411, 3981905; 668097, 3981905; returning
to 668597, 3981705.
(122) Subunit 19A; Monterey County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Bradley, San Miguel, Wunpost, Valleton. Land bounded
by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 706395, 3974906;
706595, 3974206; 706496, 3971706; 706696, 3970606; 707096, 3969906;
707096, 3969206; 706896, 3969006; 706896, 3968006; 706696, 3967305;
705596, 3965306; 705496, 3965306; 705385, 3970275; 706163, 3970285;
706139, 3972736; 705331, 3972723; 705296, 3974306; 705250, 3974306;
705250, 3974310; 705026, 3974306; 704096, 3974306; 703796, 3973606;
703796, 3973206; 703325, 3972358; 703266, 3972286; 702996, 3972106;
702696, 3971806; 702596, 3971706; 702027, 3971042; 702019, 3971042;
701981, 3971006; 701696, 3971006; 701396, 3970806; 700896, 3970806;
700096, 3970806; 700096, 3970206; 699096, 3970216; 699096, 3970306;
699296, 3970506; 699896, 3972006; 700296, 3972606; 700496, 3973406;
700896, 3974106; 701396, 3974506; 701796, 3975306; 702996, 3976106;
703296, 3976706; 704295, 3977606; 704895, 3977706; 705495, 3977706;
706195, 3978106; 706795, 3978506; 706795, 3978106; 706295, 3976506;
706195, 3975306; returning to 706395, 3974906.
(123) Subunit 19B; Monterey, San Luis Obispo Counties, California.
From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangle Bradley. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 694826, 3962816;
694896, 3963306; 695496, 3963306; 695796, 3963206; 695851, 3963206;
695857, 3962893; 695688, 3962837; 695596, 3962806; 695596, 3962772;
695566, 3962771; 695596, 3961437; 695596, 3961206; 694396, 3961206;
694396, 3961006; 694296, 3961206; 694896, 3961606; 694996, 3962206;
694796, 3962606; returning to 694826, 3962816.
(124) Subunit 19C; Monterey, San Luis Obispo Counties, California.
From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangle San Miguel. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 706573, 3963024;
706896, 3963306; 707696, 3963306; 707659, 3963047; 707596, 3962606;
707996, 3962306; 708196, 3961806; 707596, 3961106; 706996, 3961106;
706996, 3961206; 706889, 3961286; 706888, 3961340; 706905, 3962663;
706746, 3962700; 706639, 3962753; 706585, 3962809; 706506, 3962813;
706384, 3962858; returning to 706573, 3963024.
(125) Subunit 19D; San Luis Obispo County, California. From USGS
1:24,000 scale quadrangle San Miguel. Land bounded by the following UTM
Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 705696, 3959606; 705996, 3959206;
706045, 3958909; 705731, 3958904; 705722, 3959308; 705396, 3959304;
705396, 3960906; 705559, 3960924; 706296, 3960931; 706296, 3960906;
706096, 3960806; returning to 705696, 3959606.
(126) Subunit 19E; San Luis Obispo County, California. From USGS
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Paso Robles, and San Miguel. Land bounded by
the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 705796, 3956906;
705407, 3956906; 705396, 3957463; 705396, 3958495; 706383, 3958510;
706696, 3958406; 706996, 3957806; 706996, 3957406; 706496, 3957006;
returning to 705796, 3956906.
(127) Subunit 19F; San Luis Obispo County, California. From USGS
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Paso Robles, Adelaida. Land bounded by the
following UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 705896, 3956306;
706396, 3955806; 707996, 3955906; 707996, 3955206; 708196, 3954906;
707696, 3953806; 707396, 3953406; 705796, 3952406; 705096, 3952606;
703296, 3952006; 703096, 3952006; 703096, 3953306; 702296, 3953306;
702209, 3954002; 703137, 3954834; 705448, 3954885; 705447, 3954906;
705496, 3954906; 705424, 3956054; 705415, 3956506; 705496, 3956506;
returning to 705896, 3956306.
(128) Subunit 19G; Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties,
California. From USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangle Creston, Paso Robles,
Estrella, Ranchito Canyon, Cholame Hills. Land bounded by the following
UTM Zone 10, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 724752, 3963363; 725195, 3963806;
725195, 3963369;
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725195, 3963106; 725095, 3961906; 725695, 3961506; 726195, 3961506;
726195, 3961106; 725295, 3960206; 725195, 3959006; 724795, 3958106;
724395, 3956506; 724795, 3956306; 725295, 3954806; 724195, 3953406;
723895, 3952506; 723495, 3951806; 723195, 3950406; 723595, 3949506;
723595, 3948806; 724195, 3948306; 723595, 3948206; 722395, 3948706;
719295, 3948706; 719295, 3949506; 718395, 3949506; 718396, 3948706;
718995, 3948706; 719095, 3948506; 719295, 3948506; 719295, 3947906;
720095, 3947906; 720095, 3946306; 720295, 3946206; 720895, 3945506;
721095, 3945006; 721195, 3944706; 721196, 3943206; 720196, 3943206;
718796, 3942006; 717796, 3941506; 717496, 3941506; 717096, 3941706;
717296, 3942306; 715196, 3944706; 715396, 3945006; 714596, 3945706;
714896, 3946006; 714696, 3946206; 714096, 3946206; 713296, 3946806;
713296, 3947006; 713696, 3947606; 713596, 3948206; 713296, 3948506;
712896, 3947706; 712696, 3947706; 712596, 3947806; 712596, 3948606;
711696, 3948906; 711396, 3949106; 711296, 3949606; 710696, 3949706;
710596, 3949806; 710596, 3950006; 710996, 3950206; 710996, 3950406;
710696, 3950506; 709496, 3950306; 709396, 3951906; 709896, 3952606;
709896, 3954606; 709596, 3955006; 709596, 3955406; 710296, 3955406;
710496, 3955306; 711096, 3955106; 711596, 3954406; 711696, 3953406;
713996, 3953406; 714296, 3953806; 714596, 3953606; 715096, 3953506;
715396, 3953306; 715596, 3953206; 715796, 3953206; 716096, 3953506;
716595, 3953506; 716895, 3953406; 717695, 3953506; 717995, 3954006;
718595, 3954406; 718995, 3954606; 719395, 3954706; 720495, 3955406;
721495, 3956506; 722295, 3958206; 722595, 3960206; 723395, 3961906;
724295, 3962306; 724495, 3963106; returning to 724752, 3963363.
(129) Subunit 20A; San Luis Obispo, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangle Simmler. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 11,
NAD 27 coordinates (E,N): 229082, 3913702; 231982, 3913003; 233382,
3913003; 234382, 3912703; 235182, 3911903; 235382, 3911003; 233982,
3909903; 233782, 3909503; 235382, 3908803; 235782, 3908303; 237282,
3907303; 237782, 3906103; 238014, 3905871; 238008, 3905871; 237194,
3905886; 237184, 3905886; 236403, 3905898; 236380, 3905898; 236429,
3907546; 235115, 3907587; 234832, 3907596; 234824, 3907373; 234770,
3905961; 233642, 3906004; 231878, 3906076; 231889, 3906496; 231732,
3906501; 231682, 3906803; 231982, 3908603; 231882, 3909202; 229482,
3910003; 227282, 3911002; 227382, 3913202; 228182, 3913602; returning
to 229082, 3913702.
(130) Subunit 21A; Santa Barbara County, California. From USGS
1:24,000 scale quadrangle Santa Ynez, Lake Cachuma, Los Olivos,
Figueroa Mtn. Land bounded by the following UTM Zone 10, NAD27
coordinates (E,N): 775096, 3831708; 774296, 3831608; 773696, 3831708;
772596, 3831608; 772196, 3831208; 771496, 3831308; 770496, 3830808;
769896, 3830708; 769396, 3830908; 769196, 3831108; 768596, 3832408;
768596, 3833108; 768796, 3833508; 769996, 3834508; 770296, 3834508;
771996, 3835008; 772396, 3835108; 772896, 3834808; 773196, 3834808;
773196, 3835108; 773796, 3835108; 773796, 3835508; 773696, 3835908;
773296, 3836708; 773896, 3836908; 774396, 3836308; 774996, 3836108;
thence east to UTM zone 11, land bounded by the following UTM 11 NAD 83
coordinates (E, N): 225183, 3836002; 225383, 3836203; 225683, 3836802;
226683, 3838302; 228283, 3839102; 229883, 3838802; 232283, 3840302;
232483, 3841502; 232383, 3842502; 231683, 3842902; 230383, 3844702;
230083, 3846003; 230883, 3846202; 231283, 3846002; 231783, 3846002;
232083, 3846302; 232883, 3846802; 233883, 3846802; 234583, 3846202;
234783, 3845402; 235283, 3845402; 235983, 3844303; 236483, 3844002;
236483, 3843602; 235983, 3843402; 235783, 3843102; 235583, 3842802;
235283, 3842702; 235183, 3842602; 235183, 3841802; 235383, 3841102;
235283, 3840503; 234783, 3839802; 234983, 3839502; 234683, 3839302;
234683, 3839102; 234383, 3839102; 233883, 3839102; 233183, 3838002;
232983, 3837802; 232383, 3837702; 232183, 3838002; 231883, 3838202;
231483, 3838302; 230783, 3837502; 230883, 3837002; 230383, 3836402;
230183, 3835902; 230083, 3835502; 229183, 3835102; 228983, 3834702;
228883, 3833602; 228083, 3833102; 227483, 3833002; 227083, 3832602;
226783, 3832202; 226183, 3832202; 225883, 3832302; 225283, 3831802;
225083, 3831702; 224883, 3831702; thence west to UTM zone 10 to the
point of beginning at UTM 10 NAD 27 coordinates 775096, 3831708.
(131) Subunit 22A; Ventura County, California. From USGS 1:24,000
scale quadrangles Alamo Mountain, Lion Canyon, Lockwood Valley, San
Guillermo, and Topatopa Mountains. Land bounded by the following UTM
Zone 11, NAD27 coordinates (E,N): 315281, 3843603; 315781, 3842204;
316581, 3840904; 317282, 3837903; 317281, 3836804; 317205, 3836464;
316582, 3833703; 315782, 3833103; 315282, 3833903; 314082, 3833903;
313182, 3832003; 311582, 3830603; 310182, 3830303; 309482, 3830803;
308482, 3830703; 307282, 3830403; 306082, 3831003; 304782, 3831103;
303482, 3831903; 302182, 3832403; 301682, 3833403; 300482, 3833403;
299282, 3833803; 298282, 3834203; 297782, 3835103; 297982, 3837103;
299582, 3837303; 301282, 3838203; 301582, 3839103; 303482, 3840803;
303882, 3842503; 304982, 3843403; 305882, 3843403; 307782, 3843204;
309582, 3843204; 310582, 3844003; 311982, 3844404; 313481, 3845203;
314581, 3843903; returning to 315281, 384360.
Dated: August 1, 2005.
Craig Manson,
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 05-15569 Filed 8-10-05; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P