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Online Species List Fage9 of lu Important Information About Your Species List How We Make Species Lists We store information about endangered and threatened species lists by U.S.Geological Survey 2Y:minute quads.The United States is divided into these quads,which are about the size of San Francisco. The 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. • Amphibians will be on the list for a quad or county if pesticides applied in that area may be carried to their habitat by air currents. • Birds are shown regardless of whether they are resident or migratory.Relevant birds on the county list should be considered regard-less of whether they appear on a quad list. Plants Any plants on your list are ones that have actually been observed in the quad or quads covered by the list.Plants may exist in an area without ever having been detected there.You can find out what's in the nine surrounding quads through the California Native Plant Society's online Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants. 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 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 Guidelines for Conducting and Reporting Botanical Inventories.The results of your surveys should be published in any environmental documents prepared for your project. State-Listed Species If a species has been listed as threatened or endangered by the State of California,but not by us nor by the National Marine Fisheries Service,it will appear on your list as a Species of Concern.However you should contact the California Department of Fish and Game Wildlife and Habitat Data Analysis Branch for official information about these species. Your Responsibilities Under the Endangered Species Act All plants and animals identified as listed above 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,shoot,wound,kill,trap,capture,or collect"any such animal. Take may include significant habitat modification or degradation where it actually kills or injures wildlife by significantly impairing essential behavioral patterns,including breeding,feeding,or shelter(50 CFR§17.3). Take incidental to an otherwise lawful activity may be authorized by one of two procedures: • If a Federal agency is involved with the permitting,funding,or carrying out of a project that may result in take,then that agency must engage in a formal consultation with the Service. http://www.fws.gov/pacific/sacramento/es/spp_lists/auto_list.cfin 8/15/2005