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Important Information About Your Species List How We Make Species Lists S F We store information about endangered and threatened species lists by U.S. Geological Survey 71/2 minute quads. The United States is divided into these quads, which are about the size of San Francisco: If you requested your list by quad name or number. that is what we used. Otherwise, we used the information you sent us to determine which quad or quads to use. F Animals FThe animals on your species list are ones that occur within. or may be affected,by projects within, the quads covered by the list. Fish and other aquatic species appear on your list if they are in the same watershed as your quad or if water use in your quad might affect them. Plants F" Any plants on your list are ones that have actually been observed in the quad or.quads covered by the list. We have also included either a county species list or a list of species in nearby quads. We recommend that you check your project area for these plants. Plants may exist in an area without ever having been detected there. Surveying Some of the species on your list may not be affected by your project. A trained biologist or botanist, familiar with the habitat requirements of the species on your list, should determine whether they or F habitats suitable for them may be affected by your project. 'We recommend that your surveys include any proposed and candidate species on your list. For plant surveys. we recommend using the enclosed FGuidelines.for Conducting and Reporting Botanical Inventories for- Federally Listed, Proposed and r Candidate Species.` The results of your surveys should be published in any environmental documents' prepared for your project. State-Listed Species Species listed as threatened or endangered by the California Department of Fish and Game do not appear on your species list unless they have also been listed by us or by the National Marine Fisheries Service. Call (916) 322-2493 or write Marketing Manager, California Department of Fish and Game. Natural Diversity Data Base, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento. California 95814 for information about state-listed species. f Your Responsibilities Under the Endangered Species Act All plants and animals identified as listed on Enclosure A are fully protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended. Section 9 of the Act and its implementing regulations prohibit the take of a federally listed wildlife species. Take is defined by the Act as "to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, F