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Jim Kellogg, President
Discovery Hay
Richard Rogers, Vice President
Montecito
Michael Sutton, Memher
Monterey
Daniel W. Richards, Member
Upland
Jack Baylis, Member
Las Angeles
EDMUND G. BRAWN, JR.
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Governor
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Fish and Game Commission
May 24, 2411
TO ALL AFFECTED AND INTERESTED PARTIES:
1416 Ninth Street
Box 944209
SacramenEO,CA 94244-2690
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(91b) 653-5040 Fax
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This is to provide you with a Notice of Receipt of Amended Petition to list the American
pika (Ochotona princeps) as a threatened species. This notice will appear in the
California Regulatory Notice Register on May 27, 2411.
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Staff Services Analyst
Attachment
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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME COMMISSION
NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF AMENDED PETITION
NOTICE !S HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 2073.7 of the
Fish and Game Cade, the California Fish and Game Commission, at its May 4, 2011,
meeting in Ontario, determined that a 43-page letter dated March 31, 2011, from the
Center for Biological Diversity amounted to a substantive amendment of the petition
submitted to list the American pika (Ochotona princeps} as a threatened species.
The American pika inhabits talus fields fringed by suitable vegetation on rocky slopes of
alpine areas throughout western North America.
Pursuant to Sec#ion 2073.7 of the Fish and Game Code, the Commission transmitted
the amended petition to the Department of Fish and Game for review pursuant to
Section 2073.5 of said code. Interested parties may contact Dr. Eric Loft, Wildlife
Branch, Department of Fish and Game, 1812 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95811, or
telephone (916} 445-3555 for information on the petition or to submit information to the
Department relating to the petitioned species.
Fish and Game Commission
May 17, 2011 Jon K. Fischer
Acting Executive Director