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Tuesday afternoon update: Deal enhances protection for troubled species; State’s largest ‘safe harbor’ land deal signed

Posted by: Maven on June 2, 2009 at 4:04 pm

From the Sacramento Bee:

An agreement being signed today will help three federal protected species on property in portions of San Joaquin, Amador and Calaveras counties.

The agreement being signed at Pardee Reservoir Observation Point in Amador County between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and East Bay Municipal Utility District will cover the Valley elderberry longhorn beetle, the California red-legged frog and the California tiger salamander.

The agreement will enhance and manage habitat for the three species on EBMUD land in the Mokelumne River watershed.

The Central Valley Times has reaction from officials:

“We are very pleased to be signing this landmark agreement with East Bay MUD,” says Susan Moore, field supervisor with the Sacramento office of the Fish and Wildlife Service. “It is the result of a cooperative effort between the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, EBMUD, and Environmental Defense Fund, to provide for enhancement and management of habitat for federally listed species within EBMUD lands in the Mokelumne River watershed.”

“With this agreement, the East Bay Municipal Utility District is helping to restore Mark Twain’s celebrated jumping frog to Calaveras County,” says Eric Holst, managing director of the Center for Conservation Incentives of Environmental Defense Fund.

The EBMUD agreement centers on habitat surrounding two large dams and their reservoirs, Camanche and Pardee, plus lands adjacent to the Mokelumne River for a half-mile below Camanche Dam.

Read more from the Central Valley Business Times by clicking here; brief coverage from the Sacramento Bee by clicking here.

June 2, 2009 · Filed Under Wildlife & Endangered Species

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