LISTED AND PROPOSED ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES AND CRITICAL HABITAT; CANDIDATE SPECIES; AND SPECIES OF CONCERN

IN KITSAP COUNTY

AS PREPARED BY

THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE

WESTERN WASHINGTON FISH AND WILDLIFE OFFICE

(Revised November 1, 2007)

LISTED

Bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) [marine waters]

Marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) [marine waters]

Major concerns that should be addressed in your Biological Assessment of project impacts to listed species include:

1.         Level of use of the project area by listed species.

2.         Effect of the project on listed species' primary food stocks, prey species, and foraging areas in all areas influenced by the project.

3.         Impacts from project activities and implementation (e.g., increased noise levels, increased human activity and/or access, loss or degradation of habitat) that may result in disturbance to listed species and/or their avoidance of the project area.

DESIGNATED

None

PROPOSED

None

CANDIDATE

Yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)

SPECIES OF CONCERN

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

Long-eared myotis (Myotis evotis)

Long-legged myotis (Myotis volans)

Northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)

Northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni)

Northwestern pond turtle (Emys (= Clemmys) marmorata marmorata)

Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata)

Pacific Townsend=s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii)

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

River lamprey (Lampetra ayresi)

Tailed frog (Ascaphus truei)

Western toad (Bufo boreas)