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2 Brief contractors on the requirements to avoid damaging the elderberry plants and the possible penalties for not complying with these provisions. These areas should be adequately signed with the following information: "This area is habitat of the valley elderberry longhorn beetle, a threatened species, and must not be disturbed. This species is protected by the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. violators are subject to prosecution, fines and imprisonment." The signs should be clearly readable from a distance of at least twenty feet. Work crews should be informed about the status of the threatened valley elderberry longhorn beetle and the need to protect its eldarberry host plant. All on-site personnel should receive instruction regarding the presence of the federally protected animal. Transplant Elderberry 3hrabs Elderberry shrubs should be transplanted if they can not be avoided by the proposed project. All elderberry plants with a stem diameter of 1.0 inch or greater in size should be transplanted to a mitigation area. In some c-ases, a shrub that would be extremely difficult to remove because of access problems or one that is in such poor condition that it is unlikely to survive being transplanted maybe exempted from this requirement at the Service's discretion. A qualified biologist (monitor) should be on-site for the duration of the transplanting of the elderberxy shrubs to insure that no unnecessary take of the valley elderberry longhorn beetle occurs. The biologist utilized should have the authority to stop all activities until appropriate corrective measures have been completed. The biologist should also be required to report violations immediately to the Scrvice and the california Department of Fish and Came. 1. Ti- mini.--Elderberry'shrubs with stems equal to or greater than 1.0 inches in diameter should be transplanted when the plant is dormant (approximately November L11ruu911 the first two weeks in Fnhruary) after i they have lost their leaves and, thus, the plants essentially are not transpiring or aetivaly growing. Planting during the non-growing season will reduce the shock to the plant and increase transplantation success. 2. Procedure to 91 t elderber sh a. Cut tree back to 3 to 6 feet from the ground or to 50 percent of its height (whichever is greater) by removing branches and stems above this i height. The trunk and all stems greater than 1.0 inches in diarseter i (treasured I to 6 inches from thn ground surface) should be replanted. b. Excavate a holo 3 to 4 feat chop to receive the planting; c. Dig plant up using Vemeer spade, backhoe, front end loader, or other i suitable equipment, taking as much of the root ball as possLbla, and raplant immediately at the compensatioa site. Move plant only.by the to be moved and transplanted off site, wrap root ball. If the plant i.r M'd LLEa WdEZ:7 E66I -SZ bdW 7ET6ZSL9T6 :01 SJIddO OH 013dS SM_-Sn:WCa:4