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California

California

California supports the highest human population level in the United States and population growth is still continuing. An increasing human population results in increased demands on the State's resources, including land and water, as well as California’s rare plants and animals. Subsequently, many of these species are at risk and are declining. Currently, California has 309 federally listed threatened and endangered species. The Department of Fish and Game mission statement underscores the responsibility to conserve and recover California's rare, threatened, and endangered species. To learn more about this mission statement and the rare, threatened, and endangered species in California, please refer to the website at http://www.dfg.ca.gov/.

Species Group	Species Protected	Fed Status	State Status	Total Amount Expended
Mammal	Mouse, Salt Marsh Harvest	F/E	S/E	139,280
Bird	Plover, Western Snowy	F/T		189,853
Bird	Rail, California Clapper	F/E	S/E	149,469
Bird	Rail, Light-Footed Clapper	F/E	S/E	42,768
Mammal	Sheep, Bighorn	F/E	S/E	233,685
Bird	Tern, California Least	F/E	S/E	194,320
Bird	Vireo, Least Bell's	F/E	S/E	3,661
Bird	Murrelet, Marbled	F/T	S/E	11,953
Reptile	Tortoise, Desert	F/T	S/T	16,500
Total Species	9		Total	981,489

F/E – Federal Endangered
F/T – Federal Threatened
S/E – State Endangered
S/T – State Threatened

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California WS biologists and specialists worked on 43 projects to protect threatened and endangered species in fiscal year 2008.

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Last Modified: August 10, 2010