Statewide Nutria Eradication Projecet
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2017118455
- Lead Agency
- Fish & Wildlife (HQ) Environmental Services (California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Environmental Services Division)
- Document Title
- Statewide Nutria Eradication Projecet
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 11/29/2017
- Document Description
- After eradicated from CA in the 1970s, in March 2017, a nutria, an invasive mammal regulated by both CDFW and CDFA, was captured in Merced County. Too prevent further degradation to aquatic habits, vegetation, and agriculture, surveys for additional nutria and potentially subsequent eradication efforts, will be conducted.
- Contact Information
-
Valerie Cook Fletcher
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Environmental Servic
1416 Ninth Street, 12th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone : (916) 654-4267
Location
- Regions
- Statewide
- Other Location Info
- Central Valley
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Categorical Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- S:15307, Class 7
- Reasons for Exemption
- This project is for the elimination/control of an undesirable species for the protection of native wildlife dependent upon wetland habitat, aquatic and riparian vegetation, and California's agricultural crops.
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