Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan for Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle for the University of California, Davis 2001-2002 Campus Project

Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan for Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle for the University of California, Davis 2001-2002 Campus Project

Implementing the UC Davis Low-Effect Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) for Valley Elderberry Longhorn Beetle (VELB) will involve relocating or removing a total of 12 elderberry shrubs or clusters of shrubs from 3 areas within the UC Davis main campus. Ten shrubs/clusters will be relocated to the Russell Ranch mitigation site along Putah Creek, west of campus. Two shrubs/clusters cannot be relocated without damaging the plant and structure that the plant has wither grown under or around. All of these shrubs or clusters have stems more than 1 inch in diameter and therefore potentially support VELB, a federally-listed endangered species. No shrubs had evidence of VELB occurrence (I.e., emergence holes or adults beetles). For the two shrubs that cannot be relocated, cuttings will be taken from the shrubs for use in propagating plants for mitigation. The Habitat Conservation Plan will be used t obtain an incidental take permit from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to comply with the Federal Endangered Species Act.

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