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i of the 1994-95 winter. Instead, it was apparently one very heavy rain series in mid-January, 1995, which sent enough + water down the narrow upper Hospital Creek canyon to produce this . overflow. This event occurred as this report was being prepared, and thus no sampling for the newly listed special status crustaceans (Conservancy fairy shrimp, longhorn fairy shrimp, 3 vernal pool tadpole shrimp and fairy shrimps) was conducted. SRecial Status Plants and Insects A search for specimens of the large-flowered fiddle neck, the only special status plant species listed by the California Native ' Plant Society as occurring within the USGS quadrangle in which ; the project site is located, was made during the transect SJKF :: F den search in August, 1994. Although most annual forbs have died' t and dried at this time, the large flower stalk of fiddleneck.: species remains well preserved. This genus is also relatively unpalatable and indeed poisonous to most livestock, and thus often remains in pasture areas throughout the summer. During the plant search specimens of elderberry (Genus Sambucus) were also sought. The valley elderberry long-horned beetle lays its eggs only within the pithy stems of this plant genus, and . thus its status on a site determine that of the threatened insect also. RESULTS OF SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES SURVEYS AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE A. San Joaquin Kit- Fox Baited Track Stations 5 Table 2: Species whose tracks were recovered from baited ( track boards during both survey periods. Station # Species I coyote, striped skunk, rabbit, cat 2 coyote, cat, dog ( 3 ground squirrel, rabbit, cat 4 coyote, striped skunk, dog 5 ground squirrel, rabbit, dog 6 striped skunk, opossum, red fox, dog 7 striped skunk, coyote, dog 8 opossum, coyote, dog �. The most significant result of the track station work was that no.: tracks of the SJKF were recovered. Dogs dominated the track records, especially in the area east of I-580. This is primarily *" due to the resident watch dogs at the quarry site which accompanied the night watchman in his rounds of the entire' quarry-orchard area. A farmstead just north of the project site.. segment west of I-580 also has a dog and cat population, and this is reflected in board numbers one through three. f k. 8 r }