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Online Species List Page 10 of 10 During formal consultation,the Federal agency,the applicant and the Service work together to avoid or minimize the impact on listed species and their habitat.Such consultation would result in a biological opinion by the Service addressing the anticipated effect of the project on listed and proposed species.The opinion may authorize a limited _ level of incidental take. • If no Federal agency is involved with the project,and federally listed species may be taken as part of the project,then you,the applicant,should apply for an incidental take permit.The Service may issue such a permit if you submit a satisfactory conservation plan for the species that would be affected by your project. Should your survey determine that federally listed or proposed species occur in the area and are likely to be affected by the project,we recommend that you work with this office and the California Department of Fish and Game to develop a plan that minimizes the project's direct and indirect impacts to listed species and compen-sates for project- related loss of habitat.You should include the plan in any environmental documents you file. Critical Habitat When a species is listed as endangered or threatened,areas of habitat considered essential to its conservation may be designated as critical habitat.These areas may require special management considerations or protection.They provide needed space for growth and normal behavior;food,water,air,light,other nutritional or physiological requirements;cover or shelter;and sites for breeding,reproduction,rearing of offspring,germination or seed dispersal. _ Although critical habitat may be designated on private or State lands,activities on these lands are not restricted unless there is Federal involvement in the activities or direct harm to listed wildlife. If any species has proposed or designated critical habitat within a quad,there will be a separate line for this on the species list.Boundary descriptions of the critical habitat may be found in the Federal Register.The information is also reprinted in the Code of Federal Regulations(50 CFR 17.95).See our critical habitat page for maps. — Candidate Species We recommend that you address impacts to candidate species.We put plants and animals on our candidate list when we have enough scientific information to eventually propose them for listing as threatened or endangered.By considering these species early in your planning process you may be able to avoid the problems that could develop if one of these candidates was listed before the end of your project — Species of Concern Your list may contain a section called Species of Concern.This is an informal term that refers to those species that the Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office believes might be in need of concentrated conservation actions.Such conservation actions vary depending on the health of the populations and degree and types of threats.At one extreme,there may only need to be periodic monitoring of populations and threats to the species and its habitat.At the other extreme,a species may need to be listed as a Federal threatened or endangered species.Species of concern receive no legal protection and the use of the term does not necessarily mean that the species will eventually be proposed for listing as a threatened or endangered species. Wetlands If your project will impact wetlands,riparian habitat,or other jurisdictional waters as defined by section 404 of the Clean — Water Act and/or section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act,you will need to obtain a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.Impacts to wetland habitats require site specific mitigation and monitoring.For questions regarding wetlands, please contact Mark Littlefield of this office at(916)414-6580. Updates Our database is constantly updated as species are proposed,listed and delisted If you address proposed,candidate and — special concern species in your planning,this should not be a problem.However,we recommend that you get an updated list every 90 days.That would be November 13,2005. http://www.fws.gov/pacific/sacrainento/es/spp_lists/auto_list.cfm 8/15/2005 —