Press Release
Service Designates Critical Habitat for Nevin’s Barberry Plant
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published in today's Federal Register a final rule designating approximately six acres of land as critical habitat for the federally endangered plant Nevins barberry, located in Riverside County, California. All lands designated as critical habitat are managed by the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service's Cleveland National Forest. The final designation will become effective on March 14, 2008.Of the 173 acres that do contain features essential to the conservation of Nevin's barberry, the Service is excluding approximately 167 acres of private lands because they are covered by the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan.
For the six acres designated as critical habitat, the final economic analysis estimates impacts solely attributable to the designation to be $5,000 (present value at a three percent discount rate).
Acreage totals in this final critical habitat rule are less then what was estimated in the February 2007 critical habitat proposed rule and October 17, 2007, revised proposed rule. The acreage reduction is due to new biological information and the use of a more refined mapping technique.
Copies of the final rule, economic analysis and other information about Nevin's barberry are available on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov, or http://www.fws.gov/Carlsbad/NevinsBarberry.htm. For questions about the final rule, please contact the Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office at 760-431-9440.
For the six acres designated as critical habitat, the final economic analysis estimates impacts solely attributable to the designation to be $5,000 (present value at a three percent discount rate).
Acreage totals in this final critical habitat rule are less then what was estimated in the February 2007 critical habitat proposed rule and October 17, 2007, revised proposed rule. The acreage reduction is due to new biological information and the use of a more refined mapping technique.
Copies of the final rule, economic analysis and other information about Nevin's barberry are available on the Internet at http://www.regulations.gov, or http://www.fws.gov/Carlsbad/NevinsBarberry.htm. For questions about the final rule, please contact the Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife Office at 760-431-9440.
