HomeMy WebLinkAboutF&G - Notice of Findings for Cascades Frog Commissioners STATE OF CALIFORNIA Valerie Termini,Executive Director
Eric Sklar,President Edmund G.Brown Jr.,Governor 1416 Ninth Street,Room 1320
Saint Helena Sacramento,CA 95814
Jacque Hostler-Carmesin,Vice President (916)653-489%ME COUNTY
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Anthony C.Williams, Member
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Peter S.Silva,Member '_' OROVILLE,CALIFORNIA
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Wildlife Heritage and Conservation
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October 23, 2017
TO ALL AFFECTED AND INTERESTED PARTIES:
This is to provide you with a Notice of Findings regarding the petition to list Cascades
frog as threatened or endangered lander the California Endangered Species Act. This
notice will be published in the California Regulatory Notice Register on October 27,
2017.
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Associate Governmental Program Analyst
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Commissioners STATE OF CALIFORNIA Valerie Termini,Executive Director
Eric Sklar,President Edmund G. Brown Jr.,Governor 1416 Ninth Street,Room 1320
Saint Helena Sacramento,CA 95814
Jacque Hostler-Carmesin,Vice President (916)653-4899
McKinleyville Fish and Game Commission www.fgc.ca.gov
Anthony C.Williams,Member
Huntington Beach
Russell E.Burns,Member
Napa iiSt
Peter S.Silva,Member
El Cajon
Wildlife Heritage and.Conservation
Since 1870
CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME COMMISSION
NOTICE OF FINDINGS
Cascades Frog
(Rana cascadae)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 2074.2 of the
Fish and Game Code, the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission), at its
October 11, 2017, meeting in Atascadero, California, accepted for consideration the
petition submitted to list Cascades frog (Rana cascadae) as a threatened or
endangered species. Pursuant to subdivision (e)(2) of Section 2074.2 of the Fish and
Game Code, the Commission determined that the amount of information contained in
the petition, when considered in light of the Department of Fish and Wildlife's
(Department) written report, the comments received, and the remainder of the
administrative record, would lead a reasonable person to conclude there is a substantial
possibility the requested listing could occur.
Based on that finding and the acceptance of the petition, the Commission is also
providing notice that the aforementioned species is a candidate species as defined by
Section 2068 of the Fish and Game Code.
Within one year of the date of publication of this notice of findings, the Department shall
submit a written report, pursuant to Section 2074.6 of the Fish and Game Code,
indicating whether the petitioned action is warranted. Copies of the petition, as well as
minutes of the October 11, 2017 Commission meeting, are on file and available for
public review from the agency representative, Valerie Termini, Executive Director, Fish
and Game Commission, 1416 Ninth Street, Room 1320, Sacramento, California 95814,
phone (916) 653-4899. Written comments or data related to the petitioned action should
be directed to the Commission at the aforementioned address.
Fish and Game Commission
October 17, 2017 Valerie Termini
Executive Director