U.S. Fish And Wildlife Designates Critical Habitat For Two Plant Species From Central California Coast

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today designated critical habitat for two native California plant species on about 16,110 acres of federal, state, county and private land in Santa Barbara County. About 6,401 acres of critical habitat has been designated for the Lompoc yerba santa and 9,709 acres for the Gaviota tarplant.

The La Graciosa thistle, an endangered species that was included in the proposed critical habitat rule, is not included in today