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U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE REPROPOSES CRITICAL HABITAT FOR CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COASTAL PLANT
August 5, 2008
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announced it has proposed 38,447 acres of critical habitat for La Graciosa thistle in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. The federally-endangered native California plant grows in coastal dunes and wetland areas.
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TAXONOMIC REVISION AND CRITICAL HABITAT DESIGNATED FOR SIERRA NEVADA BIGHORN SHEEP
August 4, 2008
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will publish a final rule designating approximately 417,577 acres of land in portions of Tuolumne, Mono, Fresno, Inyo, and Tulare counties in California, for the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana), a federally listed endangered species in the Federal Register on August 5, 2008. The Service will also announce the final revision of taxonomy for the Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep from a distinct population segment of California bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) to a subspecies, (Ovis canadensis sierrae), based on recent published information.
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PUBLIC COMMENTS INVITED ON DRAFT REVISED RECOVERY PLAN FOR THE MOJAVE POPULATION OF DESERT TORTOISE
August 1, 2008
Strategies for recovering the threatened desert tortoise are the subject of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) Draft Revised Recovery Plan for the Mojave population of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Notice of availability of the Draft Recovery Plan will publish in the August 4, 2008, Federal Register and opens a 90-day public comment period that will end on November 3, 2008.
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DRAFT STOCK ASSESSMENT REPORT AVAILABLE FOR SEA OTTERS OFF THE CALIFORNIA COAST
June 9, 2008
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a draft stock assessment report for the southern sea otter (Enhydra lutris nereis) off the California coast. This report was developed in accordance with the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA).
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TEHACHAPI UPLANDS MSHCP NOI CLARIFIED, CORRECTED, COMMENT PERIOD EXTENDED
June 4, 2008
Tejon Ranch is preparing the MSHCP to apply for a 50-year incidental take permit under Section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, (Act). The permit is needed to authorize the incidental take of threatened and endangered species that could occur as a result of activities covered by the plan.
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