Service Releases Draft Recovery Plan for Chaparral Species in Northern California

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today released a draft plan to protect chaparral and coastal scrub, signature California landscapes that are imperiled by urbanization and other threats. The plan covers portions of Alameda, Contra Costa, Santa Clara and San Joaquin counties, in Northern California just east of San Francisco Bay.

The draft recovery plan focuses on two federally threatened species, the Alameda whipsnake and pallid manzanita, and four species of concern