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Jim Kellogg,President ARNOLD SCHWARZENECGER 1416 Ninth Street
Discovery Bay Box 944209
Richard Rogers,Vice President 2`- Sacramento,CA 9241-2090
Montecito (916)653-4899
Michael Sutton,Member .r ° (916)653-5040 Far
Montereyfgc@fgc.ca.gov
Daniel W.Richards,Member
Upland Governor
Jack Baylis,Member
Los Angeles
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Fish and Game Commission
October 27, 2010
TO ALL AFFECTED AND INTERESTED PARTIES:
This is to provide you with a Notice of Receipt of Petition to list the Black-backed
Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) as threatened or endangered under the California
Endangered Species Act. This notice will appear in the California Regulatory Notice
Register on October 29, 2010.
Sincerely,
SOMM OFF SUPSRMSORS
peri Tiemann OCT 2
Staff Services Analyst OROVILLF.CALIFORNIA
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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME COMMISSION
NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF PETITION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, pursuant to the provisions of Section 2073.3 of the
Fish and Game Code, the California Fish and Game Commission, on October 1, 2010
received a petition from the John Muir Project of Earth Island Institute and the Center for
Biological Diversity to list the Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) as
threatened or endangered under the California Endangered Species Act.
Black-backed Woodpeckers occur in a wide variety of conifer-forest types, but the
greatest densities typically occur in unlogged, intensely burned conifer forests.
Pursuant to Section 2073 of the Fish and Game Code, on October 11, 2010 the
Commission transmitted the petition to the Department of Fish and Game for review
pursuant to Section 2073.5 of said code. It is anticipated that the Department's
evaluation and recommendation relating to the petition will be received by the
Commission at its February or March 2011 meeting. 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.
October 19, 2010 Fish and Game Commission
Jon K.'Fischer
Acting Executive Director
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