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• • Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.F-23 Forward Inc. Landfill 2018 Expansion Project • • stream-dependent terrestrial wildlife'. The proposed relocation of 3000 feet of the South • Branch of the South Fork of Littlejohn's Creek to a new 3200 foot channel would require issuance of a Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement from the CDFW. • • Other sections of the CFGC protect various groups of wildlife species, including fish, • crustaceans, mollusks,birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. • The CESA31 includes provisions for the protection and management of species listed by the State • as endangered or threatened or designated as candidates for such listing. The CESA states that • "it is the policy of the state that state agencies should not approve projects as proposed which • would jeopardize the continued existence of any endangered species or threatened species or • result in the destruction or adverse modification of habitat essential to the continued existence • of those species"32. The CESA also contains a general prohibition, applicable generally and not just to state agencies, against the "take" of listed species absent approval of an Incidental Take • Permit or, in the case of plants, except in conformity with the California Native Plant Protection • Act (CNPPA33) and the California Desert Native Plants Act(CDNPA34). The California Fish and • Game Commission has formally listed plant and animal species as endangered, threatened, or • rare3s. • State law also prohibits the take, possession, purchase or sale of protected furbearers36 • Additionally, the CDFW maintains lists of"Species of Special Concern" that are defined as • species that appear to be vulnerable to extinction because of declining populations, limited • ranges, and/or continuing threats. The CDFW may provide comments on a Project's CEQA document and may incorporate all CEQA and USFWS/NMFS mitigation measures into the • Section 1602 Lake and Streambed Alteration Agreement and Incidental Take Permit37. • • The CDFW enforces the CFGC, which designates fully protected birds38, fully protected • mammals39, fully protected reptiles and amphibians901 and fully protected fish9l. With the • exception of permitted scientific research, no take of any fully protected species is allowed. • The CDFW administers the CNPPA, which allows the California Fish and Game Commission to • designate rare and endangered rare plant species and to notify landowners of the presence of • such species. It also allows the commission to regulate the"taking, possession, propagation, • • 31 CFGC Sections 2050-2068 • 32 CFGC Section 2053 33 CFGC Sections 1900-1913 • 34 CFGC Sections 2080,2081 • 3514 CCR 670.2 and 14 CCR 670.5,respectively • 3614 CCR Section 460 37 CFGC Section 2081 • 38 CFGC§3511 • 39§4700 • 90§5050 41 §5515 • • • •