Petition to list the Mohave Ground Squirrel - Defenders of Wildlife
Petition to list the Mohave Ground Squirrel - Defenders of Wildlife
Petition to list the Mohave Ground Squirrel - Defenders of Wildlife
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Table 1. <strong>Mohave</strong> <strong>Ground</strong> <strong>Squirrel</strong> GIS Results – Threats<br />
<strong>Petition</strong> <strong>to</strong> <strong>list</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Mohave</strong> ground squirrel<br />
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Summary Statistics Hectares Acres<br />
Percentage <strong>of</strong> <strong>Mohave</strong><br />
ground squirrel Range<br />
Mojave <strong>Ground</strong> <strong>Squirrel</strong> Range 1,980,937 4,892,913 100<br />
Total habitat disturbance 1,550,746 3,830,343 78.3<br />
Remaining Potential Habitat 430,190 1,062,570 21.7<br />
Type Hectares Acres<br />
Percentage <strong>of</strong> <strong>Mohave</strong><br />
ground squirrel Range Source<br />
Dry Lake Beds 49,562 122,418 2.5 NHD<br />
Rural Development 11,365 28,071 0.6 CALVEG<br />
Urban Development 44,063 108,836 2.2 BLM<br />
Agriculture 37,390 92,354 1.9 BLM<br />
DOD Land 683,825 1,689,048 34.5 CALVEG<br />
Assumed Curtailment <strong>of</strong> Range. (area south <strong>of</strong><br />
58 with <strong>the</strong> exception <strong>of</strong> Edwards Air Force<br />
Base) 410,460 1,013,837 20.7 CalTrans<br />
Authorized ORV Use - 3 Meter Buffer 2,939 7,258 0.1 Legacy<br />
Highways 400 Meter Buffer 66,224 163,573.68 3.3 CalTrans<br />
Fort Irwin Expansion 30,560 75,483 1.5 GreenInfo<br />
Current BLM Grazing Allotments - three<br />
categories: BLM<br />
Sheep 302,209 746,457 15.3 BLM<br />
Cattle 179,335 442,959 9.1 BLM<br />
Sheep & Cattle 52,391 129,406 2.6 BLM<br />
Total Grazing Allotments 533,936 1,318,822 27.0<br />
The following were included as current, active grazing allotments:<br />
• Cattle: Hunter Mountain, Lacey Cactus McCloud, Olancha, Walker Pass, Pilot Knob, Harper Dry Lake<br />
• Sheep: Cantil Common, Spangler Hills, Lava Mountains, Monolith Cantil, Bissell, Boron, Shadow Mountains, S<strong>to</strong>ddard Mountain Middle Unit,<br />
Buckhorn Canyon<br />
• Sheep with desert <strong>to</strong>r<strong>to</strong>ise CH acreage partially or completely excluded: Boron, Buckhorn Canyon, Cantil Common, Lava Mountains,<br />
Monolith Cantil, Shadow Mountains, S<strong>to</strong>ddard Mountain West Unit<br />
• Cattle with desert <strong>to</strong>r<strong>to</strong>ise CH acreage partially or completely excluded: Pilot Knob, Harper Dry Lake<br />
• Cattle and Sheep: Tunawee, Rudnick, Hansen
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