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The Ventura Fish & Wildlife Office disseminates information about Service actions in our area and solicits public comment through our Web site, press conferences and briefings, community events, printed materials and educational programs.
Public involvement, understanding and support are critical for the mission of the Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office and for conserving California 's natural resources.
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE DESIGNATES CRITICAL HABITAT FOR LA GRACIOSA THISTLE IN SANTA BARBARA AND SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES
November 2, 2009
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced it has designated 24,103 acres of critical habitat for La Graciosa thistle (Cirsium loncholepis) in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. The federally-endangered native California plant grows in coastal dunes and wetland areas.
SERVICE COMPLETES 5 YEAR REVIEWS FOR 50 SPECIES IN CALIFORNIA, NEVADA AND SOUTHERN OREGON
October 20, 2009
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced the completion of 5-year reviews for 51 species in California, Nevada, and southern Oregon. Of the reviews being announced today, the Service has recommended uplisting the Bay checkerspot butterfly from threatened to endangered. The Service has recommended downlisting the arroyo toad, Modoc sucker, and Santa Cruz cypress from endangered to threatened. The Service has recommended no change in status for the 47 other species reviewed.
SERVICE RE-PROPOSES CRITICAL HABITAT FOR ENDANGERED ARROYO TOAD
October 9, 2009
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is re-proposing 109,110 acres of critical habitat for the endangered arroyo toad (Anaxyrus californicus) in Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange, and San Diego counties, and opening a 60-day public comment period, which ends on December 14, 2009.
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE REVISES DRAFT ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC COSTS FOR NEW CALIFORNIA RED-LEGGED FROG CRITICAL HABITAT
October 7, 2009
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) today revised an economic impact analysis of its 2008 proposal to designate 1.8 million acres of critical habitat for the threatened California red-legged frog (Rana aurora draytonii).
SERVICE SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON POST-DELISTING MONITORING OF BROWN PELICANS
September 30, 2009
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is requesting public comment on the draft post-delisting monitoring plan of the brown pelican. The agency first proposed removing the remaining protected populations of brown pelicans from the list of threatened and endangered species in February 2008.
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT PROTECTION FOR ASHY-STORM PETREL IS NOT WARRANTED
August 18, 2009
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the ashy storm-petrel, a seabird that lives off the California coast, does not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
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