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Petition Evaluation Flat-tailed Horned Lizard Photo credit: Eric Hollenbeck Fish and Game Commission Meeting Laura Patterson, Senior Environmental Scientist February 12, 2015

Presentation Overview Listing History Petition Evaluation Department Recommendation Advance to candidacy Photo credit: E

Listing History CDFG (1988-1989) USFWS (1993-2011) CDFW (2014) Department recommended Threatened status Commission voted not to list under CESA USFWS (1993-2011) Multiple proposed listing rules, lawsuits, and withdrawals Interagency Conservation Agreement Rangewide Management Strategy (RMS) CDFW (2014) June 10, 2014 – Center for Biological Diversity

Eric Hollenbeck (R5) and Jack Crayon (R6) Petition Evaluation Acknowledgments Eric Hollenbeck (R5) and Jack Crayon (R6) Photo credit: Gary Nafis

Range Smallest U.S. horned lizard range MX (70.4%), CA (25.3%), AZ (4.3%) Map source: Center for Biological Diversity

California Range

Rangewide Management Strategy Lands Map source: Leavitt (2013)

Rangewide Management Strategy Lands Map source: Leavitt (2013)

Rangewide Management Strategy Lands Map source: Leavitt (2013)

Rangewide Management Strategy Lands Map source: Leavitt (2013)

Rangewide Management Strategy Lands Map source: Leavitt (2013)

Rangewide Management Strategy Lands Map source: Leavitt (2013)

Population Trend/Abundance Difficult to assess Historic habitat loss Anecdotal accounts Fluctuating but stable Photo credit: Aimee Roach > 100K FTHLs in California (USFWS 2011) Graph source: Leavitt (2013)

Distribution Imperial Valley habitat loss (~50%) Salton Sea flooding Agriculture and urban development Coachella Valley habitat loss (83-92%) Two populations left Occupancy of Management Areas (MA) and Research Area is relatively high

Life History Dietary specialist Long activity period Low productivity Predator avoidance strategy Boom and bust population dynamics Rely on wet years to rebound Short-lived Photo credit: Jonathan Hakim

Necessary Habitat High quality habitat Low relief Sandy soils Windblown sand Creosote-bursage Photo credit: Gary Nafis

Necessary Habitat High quality habitat Low relief Sandy soils Windblown sand Creosote-bursage Photo credit: Gary Nafis Other habitat associations Mudhills Gravel flats Barren clay Stabilized dunes Vegetated edges of active dunes Photo credit: Bruce Edley

Threat Factors Development On- and off-road vehicles Fragmentation, barriers, edge effects Military training and border activities Non-native plants Climate change Photo credit: Katy McClelland

Threat Degree and Immediacy Increase in renewable energy development Off-road vehicle (ORV) habitat degradation Predation along edges and infrastructure Barriers to movement Sahara mustard proliferation Climate change uncertain Photo credit: USFWS

Existing Management Rangewide Management Strategy CA Desert Conservation Act Photo credit: Gary Nafis HCP/NCCP Coachella Valley MSHCP Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan Bureau of Land Management “Sensitive” California “Species of Special Concern”

Future Management ID and utilize better survey methods Further limit ORV use within the MAs Improve enforcement Expand/create MAs Restore habitat Site energy projects carefully Bury transmission lines Improve relocation success Photo credit: Marissa Maki

Department Recommendation Based on its review of the Petition and relevant available information, the Department finds the petitioned action may be warranted and recommends that the Commission accept the Petition for further consideration. Photo credit: Gary Nafis

Statewide Coordinator, Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Thank You / Questions Photo credit: Eric Hollenbeck Laura Patterson Statewide Coordinator, Amphibian and Reptile Conservation (916) 341-6981 Laura.Patterson@wildlife.ca.gov