State Protection Sample Clauses

State Protection. On December 28, 2011, a radio collared male wolf known as OR-7 entered California from Oregon. This was the first known occurrence of a wolf in California since it was extirpated in 1924. On February 27, 2012, a petition was submitted to the Commission to list the xxxx xxxx as endangered under CESA. On June 4, 2014, the Commission added the xxxx xxxx to the list of endangered species. CDFW initiated conservation work by securing a grant from the Service to fund the development of a xxxx xxxx plan. A final conservation plan was released in December 2016. The California Wolf Management Plan lists a series of strategies and specific actions that will occur in three phases in anticipation of wolf re-establishment and population growth. The strategies are summarized as: 1) assess and monitor California’s wolf population; 2) assess and address threats to wolf conservation; 3) manage native ungulate populations to provide abundant prey for wolves; 4) manage wolf-livestock conflicts to minimize livestock losses; 5) develop outreach with affected and interested publics; 6) manage wolf-human interactions to reduce human safety concerns, prevent habituation of wolves, and decrease the risk of conflicts between domestic dogs and wolves; 7) conduct surveys to gather information about the public’s knowledge, understanding of conservation issues, and attitudes towards wolves; 8) manage conflicts between wolves and state and federally listed/candidate species; 9) coordinate and cooperate with public agencies, landowners, and non-government entities; and 10) report on and evaluate implementation of the Plan (Xxxxxx et al. 2016). The first phase of the plan is now underway and will focus on management of an initial population during the period of wolf reestablishment in California. This will likely take the form of individual dispersing wolves initially, and later through formation of wolf packs. Phase 2 begins when there are four breeding pairs for two successive years confirmed in California and will correspond to the time when the wolf population’s growth is driven more by natural reproduction than by continued net immigration. Additional latitude to manage impacts of wolves on livestock or wolf predation on wild ungulate populations whose ranges overlap that of wolves may be warranted in Phase 2. Phase 3 begins when eight breeding pairs are confirmed for two consecutive years. During this period, a status review of the species will be conducted to evaluate whether the s...