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Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Page IV.F-23 Forward Inc. Landfill 2018 Expansion Project 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 rare 3-1. 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 amphibians40, and fully protected fish41. 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 35 14 CCR 670.2 and 14 CCR 670.5,respectively 3614 CCR Section 460 37 CFGC Section 2081 38 CFGC§3511 39§4700 40 5050 41§5515