Endangered and Threatened Species; Receipt of Recovery Permit Applications
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received applications for permits to conduct activities intended to enhance the propagation or survival of endangered or threatened ...
Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comments.
SUMMARY:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have received applications for permits to conduct activities intended to enhance the propagation or survival of endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. We invite the public and local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies to comment on these applications. Before issuing any of the requested permits, we will take into consideration any information that we receive during the public comment period.
DATES:
We must receive your written comments on or before September 2, 2022.
ADDRESSES:
Document availability and comment submission:
Submit requests for copies of the applications and related documents and submit any comments by one of the following methods. All requests and comments should specify the applicant name(s) and application number(s) (
e.g.,
XXXXXX or PER0001234).
U.S. Mail:
Susie Tharratt, Regional Recovery Permit Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2606, Sacramento, CA 95825.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Susie Tharratt, via phone at 916-414-6561, or via email at
permitsR8ES@fws.gov.
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to comment on applications for permits under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531et seq.). The requested permits would allow the applicants to conduct activities
( printed page 47447)
intended to promote recovery of species that are listed as endangered or threatened under the ESA.
Background
With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits activities that constitute take of listed species unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activity. The ESA's definition of “take” includes such activities as pursuing, harassing, trapping, capturing, or collecting, in addition to hunting, shooting, harming, wounding, or killing.
A recovery permit issued by us under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the ESA authorizes the permittee to conduct activities with endangered or threatened species for scientific purposes that promote recovery or for enhancement of propagation or survival of the species. These activities often include such prohibited actions as capture and collection. Our regulations implementing section 10(a)(1)(A) for these permits are found in the Code of Federal Regulations at 50 CFR 17.22 for endangered wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.32 for threatened wildlife species, 50 CFR 17.62 for endangered plant species, and 50 CFR 17.72 for threatened plant species.
Permit Applications Available for Review and Comment
Proposed activities in the following permit requests are for the recovery and enhancement of propagation or survival of the species in the wild. The ESA requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits. Accordingly, we invite local, State, Tribal, and Federal agencies and the public to submit written data, views, or arguments with respect to these applications. The comments and recommendations that will be most useful and likely to influence agency decisions are those supported by quantitative information or studies.
Application No.
Applicant, city, state
Species
Location
Take activity
Permit action
PER0045066
Zachary E. Leisz, West Sacramento, California
• California tiger salamander (
Ambystoma californiense), Sonoma County and Santa Barbara County distinct population segments
CA
Survey, capture, handle, and release
New.
98083C
Sarah Willbrand, San Francisco, California
• California tiger salamander (
Ambystoma californiense), Sonoma County and Santa Barbara County distinct population segments
Capture, handle, mark, insert PIT (passive integrated transponder) tag, attach/remove radio transmitters, take biological samples, hold in captivity, release, provide treatment for sarcoptic mange, and collect tissue, seeds, and whole plants
Renew.
PER0045091
Environmental Solutions and Innovations, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio
Receive viable eggs, captive-bred condors, and condors from the wild from the Los Angeles Zoo, the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park, the World Center for Birds of Prey, and condor field sites; handle and provide veterinary care; conduct captive breeding; collect and transfer molted feathers
Renew.
778668
Bryan Mori, Watsonville, California
• California tiger salamander (
Ambystoma californiense), Sonoma County and Santa Barbara County distinct population segments Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (
Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum)
Survey by pursuit, handle, live capture, and release
Renew.
12511A
Kathryn Allan, San Francisco, California
• Salt marsh harvest mouse (
Reithrodontomys raviventris)
CA
Survey, capture, handle, and release
Renew.
094642
University of California, Los Angeles (Howard Shaffer), Los Angeles, California
• California tiger salamander (
Ambystoma californiense), Sonoma County and Santa Barbara County distinct population segments
• Santa Cruz long-toed salamander (
Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum)
CA
Capture, handle, mark, release, relocate; collect eggs, tissue, or small individuals for genetic analysis; sacrifice or remove from the wild for voucher specimens; test for diseases; keep and study in captivity; and conduct instructional workshops involving field survey methods
Renew and Amend.
64146A
Patricia Valcarel, San Francisco, California
• Conservancy fairy shrimp (
Branchinecta conservatio)
• Longhorn fairy shrimp (
Branchinecta longiantenna)
• Vernal pool tadpole shrimp (
Lepidurus packardi)
• Riverside fairy shrimp (
Streptocephalus woottoni)
• San Diego fairy shrimp (
Branchinecta sandiegonensis)
• San Francisco garter snake (
Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia)
Center for Natural Lands Management, Temecula, California
• Southwestern willow flycatcher (
Empidonax traillii extimus)
• Giant kangaroo-rat (
Dipodomys ingens)
• Stephens' kangaroo-rat (
Dipodomys stephensi)
• Tipton kangaroo-rat (
Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides)
• Morro Bay kangaroo-rat (
Dipodomys heermanni morroensis)
• San Bernardino Merriam's kangaroo-rat (
Dipodomys merriami parvus)
• Pacific pocket mouse (
Perognathus longimembris pacificus)
• California tiger salamander (
Ambystoma californiense), Sonoma County and Santa Barbara County distinct population segments
• Tidewater goby (
Eucyclogobius newberryi)
• Conservancy fairy shrimp (
Branchinecta conservatio)
• Longhorn fairy shrimp (
Branchinecta longiantenna)
• Vernal pool tadpole shrimp (
Lepidurus packardi)
• Riverside fairy shrimp (
Streptocephalus woottoni)
• San Diego fairy shrimp (
Branchinecta sandiegonensis)
• Quino checkerspot butterfly (
Euphydryas editha quino)
• San Diego ambrosia (
Ambrosia pumila)
• Least Bell's vireo (
Vireo bellii pusillus)
CA
Play recorded vocalizations; survey, capture, handle, release, conduct habitat restoration, and utilize tracking tubes; locate and monitor nests, and remove brown-headed cowbird (
Molothrus ater) eggs and chicks from parasitized nests; collect adult vouchers, and collect branchiopod cysts; pursue; collect tissue, seeds, and whole plants
Capture, handle, measure, mark, tag, and release; attach radio transmitters to captive individuals; conduct radio telemetry; inoculate adults and juveniles in captivity and in the wild with symbiotic bacteria; collect voucher specimens; collect blood, tissue, toe clippings/toe webbing biopsies, and/or urine samples; swab; transport; captive breed and rear; remove infertile eggs from egg masses released from captivity; collect sperm for cryopreservation efforts from wild and captive males; conduct studies in assisted reproduction and hormone treatments in captive breeding; conduct captive research, including disease treatment, behavior, husbandry, reintroduction, and interspecific competition studies; administer veterinary care; euthanize; release to the wild (translocate); conduct predator exposure research in the wild
Renew and Amend.
29522A
Kenneth Gilliland, Ventura, California
• Tidewater goby (
Eucyclogobius newberryi)
CA
Capture, handle, measure, relocate, release, and collect voucher specimens
• California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense), Sonoma County and Santa Barbara County distinct population segments
• Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog (
Rana sierrae)
CA
Survey, capture, handle, collect tissues, and release
Renew.
227263
Emilie Strauss, Berkeley, California
• California Ridgway's rail (
Rallus
[
longirostris]
obsoletus obsoletus)
CA
Survey, play recorded vocalizations
Renew.
( printed page 47452)
59234C
Advanced Solution for Earth's Future (Tania Asef) Los Angeles, California
Transport, captive-rear, provide veterinary treatment and husbandry, take skin swabs, clip toes or tails for genetic analysis, mark, provide disease treatment and immunization, perform behavioral and disease research, hold for educational display, release, sacrifice, and necropsy
Renew.
118356
Olofson Environmental, Inc., Oakland, California
• California Ridgway's rail (
Rallus
[
longirostris]
obsoletus obsoletus)
Survey, capture, handle, measure, take skin swabs, clip toes, insert PIT (passive integrated transponder) tags, mark with VIE (visual implant elastomer), attach radio transmitters, transport, translocate, emergency salvage, and release
Renew.
53825B
Zoological Society of San Diego (Ignacio Vilchis), San Diego, California
• California least tern (
Sterna antillarum browni)
CA
Survey, locate and monitor nests; mark and measure eggs; use decoys; utilize acoustic playback and recording devices in the colony; install and remove fence pens; radio tag (attach radio-transmitters to chicks) for the purposes of mark-recapture study; erect and use cameras to monitor nesting sites; use data loggers in nests; erect temporary hides inside the colony; deploy GPS loggers and nanotags, and remove geolocators from adults; collect blood and pull contour feathers from adults; collect or bury non-viable eggs; capture, handle, measure, band, color-band, and release
Survey, capture, handle, and release; collect adult vouchers, and collect branchiopod cysts
Renew.
026659
Ventana Wildlife Society, Monterey, California
• California condor (
Gymnogyps californianus)
CA
Capture, handle, and release; bring into and maintain in temporary captivity; collect biological samples; attach transmitters and wing tags; track; provide supplemental feed in the wild; transport; enter nests for management and monitoring purposes; collect and exchange wild and captive eggs; collect and transfer molted feathers; collect microtrash from nests; flush individuals at risk; and administer health and veterinary care
Survey, capture, handle, measure, relocate, and release
New.
035336
Vollmar Natural Lands Consulting, Berkeley, California
• Large-flowered fiddleneck (
Amsinckia grandiflora)
• Conservancy fairy shrimp (
Branchinecta conservatio)
• Longhorn fairy shrimp (
Branchinecta longiantenna)
• Vernal pool tadpole shrimp (
Lepidurus packardi)
• Riverside fairy shrimp (
Streptocephalus woottoni)
• San Diego fairy shrimp (
Branchinecta sandiegonensis)
• California tiger salamander (
Ambystoma californiense), Sonoma County and Santa Barbara County distinct population segments
CA
Collect tissue, seeds, and whole plants; survey, capture, handle, measure, relocate, release, and conduct habitat restoration activities; collect adult vouchers, and collect branchiopod cysts
Renew.
225974
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, Los Altos, California
• San Francisco garter snake (
Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia)
CA
Survey, capture, handle, transfer, mark, collect tissue, and release
Renew.
815144
Rosemary Thompson, Loveland, Colorado
• Tidewater goby (
Eucyclogobius newberryi)
• Unarmored threespine stickleback (
Gasterosteus aculeatus williamsoni)
• California tiger salamander (
Ambystoma californiense), Sonoma County and Santa Barbara County distinct population segments
Harass by survey, capture, handle, and release, collect adult vouchers, and collect branchiopod cysts
New.
157291
National Park Service—Pinnacles National Park, Paicines, California
• California condor (
Gymnogyps californianus)
CA
Capture, maintain in temporary captivity, collect biological samples and feathers, attach transmitters and wing tags, track, provide supplemental feed in the wild, transport, enter nests for management and monitoring purposes, collect and exchange wild and captive eggs, collect microtrash from nests, flush individuals at risk, and administer health and veterinary care
Renew.
027742
University of California, Davis—Fish Conservation and Culture Lab, Byron, California
• Delta smelt (
Hypomesus transpacificus)
CA
Capture, handle, collect, transport, hold in captivity, captive breed, captive rear, conduct captive research, and conduct research of contained specimens in the wild
Survey using recorded vocalization, locate and monitor nests, remove brown-headed cowbird (
Molothrus ater) eggs and chicks from parasitized nests, capture, handle, band, and release
Survey using recorded vocalizations; survey by pursuit and incidentally handle and release larvae during host plant seed collection; survey, capture, handle, and release; capture, handle, release; and collect adult vouchers and/or branchiopod cysts
Renew and Amend.
PER0038125
Carla Angulo, San Jose, California
• Salt marsh harvest mouse (
Reithrodontomys raviventris)
CA
Survey, capture, handle, and release
New.
02971C
University of California, Irvine, Stephen G. Weller, Irvine, California
•
Schiedea hawaiiensis
(ma' oli `oli)
CA, HI
Collect tissue, seeds, and whole plants, transfer, conduct genetic research
Renew.
144964
Derek S. Jansen, Brentwood, California
• California tiger salamander (
Ambystoma californiense), Sonoma County and Santa Barbara County distinct population segments
CA
Survey, capture, handle, and release
Renew.
823990
Wildwing, Atascadero, CA
• California least tern (
Sterna antillarum browni)
CA
Survey, locate nests, monitor nests
Renew.
793645
Donald W Alley, Brookdale, California
• Tidewater goby (
Eucyclogobius newberryi)
CA
Survey, capture, handle, release, and collect voucher specimens
Written comments we receive become part of the administrative record associated with this action. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can request in your comment that we withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. All submissions from organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of be made available for public disclosure in their entirety.
Next Steps
If we decide to issue permits to any of the applicants listed in this notice, we will publish a notice in the
Federal Register
.
Authority
We publish this notice under section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531et seq.).
Peter Erickson,
Acting Regional Endangered Species Program Manager, Pacific Southwest Region, Sacramento, California.