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Critical Habitat Expansion For Santa Ana Sucker


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#1 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 15 December 2010 - 12:59 PM

This designation was released yesterday in the Federal Register. The Rule is available at Santa Ana Sucker Rule.

"We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat for Santa Ana sucker (Catostomus santaanae) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. In total, approximately 9,331 acres (3,776 hectares) of habitat in the Santa Ana River in San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange Counties and the San Gabriel River and Big Tujunga Creek in Los Angeles County in southern California fall within the boundaries of the critical habitat designation. This final revised designation constitutes an overall increase of approximately 1,026 acres (415 hectares) from the 2005 designation of critical habitat for Santa Ana sucker."

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Posted 16 December 2010 - 02:41 PM

Nice!
Bet that was a hard pill to swallow for alot of folks out there.
What I love is all the other critters, plants etc that benefit but had no protection of their own.

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Posted 16 December 2010 - 06:32 PM

You're right, that's often a major benefit of protecting a focus species.

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Posted 20 December 2010 - 07:53 PM

Thanks....thats a bit of good news for a change.



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