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RIN: 1018-AY07

Publication ID: Spring 2013

Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Critical Habitat Designation for Three Sierra Amphibians
Abstract: We will designate critical habitat for three Sierra amphibians pursuant to the Endangered Species Act: Yosemite toad (Bufo canorus), mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa) (Sierra distinct population segment), and Sierra yellow-legged frog (R. sierrae). Mountain yellow-legged frog has gone through a taxonomic change and has been split into two separate species; the split-off species is the Sierra yellow-legged frog. We will propose to recognize the new taxonomy and determine the status of all three species. The historic range of Yosemite toad is in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, from Alpine County to south of Kaiser Pass in Fresno County. The threats currently facing the Yosemite toad include cattle grazing, timber harvesting, recreation, disease, and the effects of climate change. The other two species inhabit the high-elevation lakes, ponds, and streams in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, and predation by introduced trout, disease, and the effects of climate change are the major threats. Part of a multidistrict litigation agreement. Proposed listing is under RIN 1018-AZ21.
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 17
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
NPRM	Judicial		09/30/2013

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	04/25/2013	78 FR 24516
NPRM Comment Period End	06/24/2013
Final Action	01/00/2014

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: Undetermined	Government Levels Affected: Undetermined
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Related RINs: Previously reported as 1018-AZ21
Agency Contact: Sarah Quamme Chief, Branch of Domestic Listing, Ecological Services Program Department of the Interior United States Fish and Wildlife Service 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES, Falls Church, VA 22041-3803 Phone:703 358-1796 Fax:703 358-1800 Email: sarah_quamme@fws.gov