Excerpted from a Coastsider article by Barry Parr.:
"The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published Thursday a revised proposal that reduces by 82 percent the area proposed to be designated as critical habitat for the threatened California red-legged frog. The Service also opened a public comment period on the proposal, which ends on Feb. 1, 2006. In northern San Mateo County, the habitat has been reduced from roughly the entire area between between Highway to 280 and the developed coastal zone, to the area around the Crystal Springs Reservoir…
…The Service is revising the habitat area because of a court order in a lawsuit brought by the Home Builders Association of Northern California, California Chamber of Commerce, California Building Industry Association, California Alliance for Jobs, and the Building Industry Legal Defense Fund.
Public comments on the proposed rule will be accepted until Feb. 1, 2006. Written comments on the proposal should be submitted to the Field Supervisor, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2800 Cottage Way, Suite W. 2605, Sacramento, CA 95825, or by facsimile to (916) 414-6712. Comments may also be sent by electronic mail to [email protected].
Requests for public hearings on the proposal must be submitted within 45 days to the Field Supervisor, Sacramento Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2800 Cottage Way, Suite W. 2605, Sacramento, CA 95825."
For the complete article and maps of affected area, go to http://coastsider.com/comments/1003_0_1_0_M/
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