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FINAL List of Tables Table AQ 12 CRLF-1. Summary of California Red-legged Frog Protocol-level Survey Results. List of Maps Map AQ 12 CRLF-1. 2009 California Red-legged Frog Survey Locations. List of Appendices Appendix A. USFWS March 28, 2008 Letter. Appendix B. Biologist Resumes. Appendix C. California Red-legged Frog Protocol-level Survey Datasheets. Appendix D. California Red-legged Frog Survey Photographs. FINAL_AQ 12_CRLF_Text_Feb 2010 ii
FINAL 1.0 INTRODUCTION This report provides the results of California red-legged frog (CRLF) (Rana draytonii) protocol-level presence/absence surveys conducted for the relicensing of Placer County Water Agency’s (PCWA’s) Middle Fork American River Project (MFP or Project). Specifically, this report provides a detailed description of the methods and results of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) protocol-level presence/absence surveys completed in 2009. In 2008, a protocol-level site assessment was prepared in accordance with the USFWS Revised Guidance on Site Assessments and Field Surveys for California Red-legged Frogs (Guidance) (USFWS 2005) and with the study approach for CRLF site assessment surveys described in PCWA’s AQ 12 – Special-Status Amphibian and Aquatic Reptile Technical Study Plan (TSP). The study area for the CRLF Site Assessment encompassed one mile around all existing Project facilities and features, Project recreation facilities, stakeholder-identified dispersed concentrated use areas, and river/stream reaches potentially affected by the MFP within the historic range of the species (below 5,000 feet in elevation) (PCWA 2008). The study area also included one mile around potential Project betterments/improvements (less than 5,000 feet in elevation), including proposed new facilities, roads, trails; staging and disposal sites; as well as potential new inundation areas. On March 27, 2008, USFWS provided a letter to PCWA stating that following review of the CRLF Site Assessment Report (PCWA 2008), USFWS determined that protocollevel presence/absence surveys of four aquatic features that appeared to provide suitable habitat for the CRLF were required for relicensing of the MFP. The four aquatic features identified by USFWS as potential breeding habitat for CRLF included the Ralston Ridge Pond and three Horseshoe Bar ponds (C, E, and F; Map AQ 12 CRLF- 1). Refer to Appendix A for a copy of this letter (PCWA 2008). 2.0 STUDY OBJECTIVES The objectives of the CRLF protocol-level surveys as described in the AQ 12 – TSP are: Document the distribution and abundance of CRLF populations in the study area, as required by USFWS. 3.0 STUDY IMPLEMENTATION Study elements described in the AQ 12 – TSP were initiated in 2007 and completed in 2009. A summary of the study elements that have been completed for this report, any deviations from the TSP, outstanding study elements, and proposed modifications to the TSP are described below. FINAL_AQ 12_CRLF_Text_Feb 2010 1
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June 2008 i TABLE OF CONTENTS Page
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1.0 INTRODUCTION This report presen
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Hell Hole Reservoir (207,590 ac-ft
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PCWA also implements routine mainte
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2.4.2 French Meadows Powerhouse Cap
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3.3 CRLF HABITAT CHARACTERISTICS Av
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Refer to the Draft Physical Habitat
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4.2 KNOWN CRLF RECORDS 4.2.1 Record
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4.4 UPLAND AND AQUATIC HABITAT CHAR
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v-shape to a wider u-shaped cross-s
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The following briefly describes aqu
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composed of small to medium-sized a
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The North and South Fork Long Canyo
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(USDA-FS 2003). The surveyor conclu
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granite wall and a sandbar. The pon
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and: (3) support dense, bramble-for
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Table 1. Aquatic Habitats in the CR
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APPENDIX B Descriptions of Upland V
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Upper Montane Mixed Chaparral (CX)
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(Quercus lobata), or blue oak, in a
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Willow-Alder (QY) This community is
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California Red-Legged Frog Habitat
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