FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation intends to provide $542,926 to the Bureau of Land Management for the purchase of 1,387 acres within BLM’s Ciervo-Panoche Natural Area in Fresno County.
The purchase would permanently protect and manage habitats for threatened and endangered species like the San Joaquin kit fox, giant kangaroo rat, blunt-nose leopard lizard, and San Joaquin wooly-threads plant.
The proposed funding is from the Central Valley Project’s Improvement Act Habitat Restoration and Conservation Programs for mitigating and minimizing future impacts on threatened and endangered species. The property acquisition also contributes to the BLM’s long-range goals of preserving endangered species habitat and promoting species recovery through strategic, targeted land acquisitions and subsequent management activities to optimize habitat conditions.
Reclamation prepared an environmental assessment for the proposed action available at https://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/nepa_project_details.php?Project_ID=31121.
Written comments are due by close of business April 16, 2018, and may be sent to dkleinsmith@usbr.gov or Doug Kleinsmith, Bureau of Reclamation, 2800 Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825. The document may also be viewed at Reclamation’s Mid-Pacific regional office at the above address. For additional information or to receive a copy of the documents, please contact Kleinsmith at 916-978-5034 (TTY 800-877-8339).
Source: Bureau of Reclamation
