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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFish & Game Notice - Receipt of Petition to list the flat-tailed horned lizard as endangeredCommissioners Michael Sutton, President Monterey Jack Baylis, Vice President Los Angeles Jim Kellogg, Member Discovery Bay Richard Rogers, Member Santa Barbara Jacque Hostler-Carmesin, Member McKinleyville July 14, 2014 STATE OF CALIFORNIA Edmund G. Brown Jr., Governor G•Me CpM � i M r e N ye°yrinI 10 '.�: TO ALL AFFECTED AND INTERESTED PARTIES: Sonke Mastrup, Executive Director 1416 Ninth Street, Room 1320 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916)653-4899 (916) 653-5040 Fax w Jgc.ca.gov 1RA IT OYN JUL ` S 2014 OkOVILU_ CALjp(O NIA This is to provide you with a Notice of Receipt of Petition to list the flat -tailed horned lizard as endangered under the California Endangered Species Act. This notice was published in the California Regulatory Notice Register on July 11, 2014. Sincerely, her1 iemann Associate Governmental Program Analyst Attachment LC - 3tvlwt aw- �j (6vyh .fir Commissioners STATE OF CALIFORNIA Michael Sutton, President Edmund G. Brown Jr., Governor Monterey Jack Baylis, Vice President - Los Angeles Jim Kellogg, Member Fish and Game Commission Discovery Bay Richard Rogers, Member Santa Barbara ... Jacque Hostler-Carmesin, Member McKinleyville CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME COMMISSION NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF PETITION Sonke Mastrup, Executive Director 1416 Ninth Street, Room 1320 Sacramento, CA 95614 (916) 653-4899 (916) 653-5040 Fax w .tgc.ca.gov 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 June 10, 2014, received a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity to list the flat -tailed horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcalln) as endangered under the California Endangered Species Act. Flat -tailed horned lizards inhabit the Colorado and Sonoran Deserts in southeastern California, the extreme southwestern portion of Arizona, and into Baja California and Sonora, Mexico. The species is restricted to hot, and desert habitats typically below 1,000 feet in elevation. Pursuant to Section 2073 of the Fish and Game Code, on June 12, 2014 the Commission transmitted the petition to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife 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 December 3, 2014 meeting. Interested parties may contact Ms. Laura Patterson, Department of Fish and Wildlife, 1812 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95811, or telephone 916-341-6981, for information on the petition or to submit information to the Department relating to the petitioned species. June 27, 2014 Fish and Game Commission Sonke Mastrup Executive Director