Kern Water Bank Master Permit (Permit Number PRT-83504) Covered Species

These are species for which Incidental Take (harm or harass) Authorization is acquired when a project is approved by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service as an Included Party in the Master Permit.

Incidental Take Authority is in effect for Listed Species, Incidental Take Authority for any of the Unlisted Species is effective upon their listing under the Federal Endangered Species Act.

Listed Species

Birds

Aleutian Canada goose Branta canadensis leucopareia American peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus anatum condor Gymnogyps californianus Least Bell's vireo Vireo bellii pusillus Southwestern willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus Western snowy plover (interior) Charadrius alexandrinus nivosus

Mammals

Buena Vista Lake shrew Sorex ornatus relictus Giant kangaroo rat Dipodomys ingens San Joaquin kit fox Vulpes macrotis mutica Tipton kangaroo rat Dipodomys nitratoides nitratoides

Reptiles and Amphibians

Blunt-nosed leopard lizard Gambelia sila California red-legged frog Rana aurora draytoni California tiger salamander Ambystoma californiense Giant garter snake Thamnophis gigas

Invertebrates

Conservancy fairy shrimp Branchinecta conservatio Longhorn fairy shrimp Branchinecta longiantenna Valley elderberry longhorn beetle Desmocerus californicus dimorphis Vernal pool fairy shrimp Branchinecta lynchi Vernal pool tadpole shrimp Lepidurus packardi

Plants

Bakersfield cactus Opuntia basilaris var. trleasei California jewelflower Caulanthus californicus Kern mallow Eremalche kernensis San Joaquin woolly-threads Monolopia congdonii

Unlisted Species

Birds

American bittern Botaurus lentiginosus American white pelican Pelecanus erythrohynchos Bank swallow Riparia riparia Bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Barn owl Tyto alba Black swift Cypseloides niger Black tern Chlidonias niger Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax Blue grosbeak Guiraca cearulea Burrowing owl Athene cunicularia Canvasback Aythya valisineria Caspian tern Sterna caspia Clark's grebe Aechmophorus clarkii Common loon Gavia immer Common nighthawk Chordeiles minor Cooper's hawk Accipiter cooperii Double-crested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Ferruginous hawk Buteo regalis Fulvous whistling duck Dendrocygna bicolor Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Great blue heron Ardea herodias Great egret Ardea alba Greater sandhill crane Grus canadensis tubida Green-backed heron Butorides striatus Hairy woodpecker Picoides villosus Le Conte's thrasher Toxostoma lecontei Least bittern Ixobrychus exilis Lesser nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis Lewis' woodpecker Melanerpes lewis Loggerhead shrike Lanius ludovicianus Long-eared owl Asio otus Long-billed curlew Numenius americanus Merlin Falco columbarius Mountain plover Charadrius montanus Northern goshawk Accipiter gentilis Northern harrier Circus cyaneus Osprey Pandion haliaetus Prairie falcon Falco mexicanus Purple martin Progne subis Red-shouldered hawk Buteo lineatus Sharp-shinned hawk Accipiter striatus Short-eared owl Asio flammeus Snowy egret Egretta thula Sora rail Porzana carolina Summer tanager Piranga rubra Swainson's hawk Buteo swainsoni Tricolored blackbird Agelaius tricolor Virginia rail Rallus limicola Western grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis Western yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus occidentalis White-faced ibis Plegadis chihi White-tailed kite Elanus caeruleus Wood duck Aix sponsa Yellow warbler Dendroica petechia Yellow-breasted chat Icteria virens

Mammals

American badger Taxidea taxus Beaver Castor canadensis Bobcat Lynx rufus Buena Vista Lake pocket gopher Thomomys bottae ingens Buttonwillow weasel Mustela frenata pulchra Greater western mastiff bat Eumops perotis californicus Heermann's kangaroo rat Dipodomys heermanni McKittrick pocket mouse Perognathus inornatus neglectus Mountain lion Felis concolor Nelson's (San Joaquin) antelope squirrel Ammospermophilus nelsoni Pacific western big-eared bat Plecotus townsendii Pallid bat Antrozous pallidus Pronghorn Antilocapra americana Ringtail Bassariscus astutus River otter Lontra canadensis San Joaquin myotis Myotis yumaensis oxalis San Joaquin pocket mouse Perognathus inornatus Short-nosed kangaroo rat Dipodomys nitratoides brevinasus Spotted bat Euderma maculatum Tulare grasshopper mouse Onychomys torridus tularensis Tulare kangaroo rat Dipodomys heermanni tularensis Tule elk Cervus elphus nannoides Yellow-cheeked weasel Mustela frenata pulchra

Reptiles and Amphibians

California glossy snake elegans California legless lizard Anniella pulchra Coast horned lizard Phrynosoma blainvillii Kern Canyon slender salamander Batrachoseps simatus Relictual slender salamander Batrachoseps relictus San Joaquin whipsnake Masticophis flagellum ruddocki Southern rubber boa Charina umbratica Southwestern black-headed snake Tantilla hobartsmithi Tehachapi slender salamander Batrachoseps stebbinsi Western patch-nosed snake Salvadora hexalepis Western pond turtle Emys marmorata Western spadefoot toad Spea hammondii Western yellow-bellied racer Coluber mormon

Invertebrates

Moestan blister beetle Lytta moesta Morrison's blister beetle Lytta morrisoni Hopping's blister beetle Lytta hoppingi Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus

Fish

Kern brook lamprey Entosphenus hubbsi Kern River rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss gilberti

Plants

Alkali mariposa lily Calochortus striatus Bakersfield smallscale Atriplex tularensis Brittlescale Atriplex depressa California spineflower Mucronea californica Comanche Point Cottony buckwheat Eriogonum gossypinum Coulter's goldfields Lasthenia grlabrata ssp. coulteri Crownscale Atriplex coronata var. coronata Gairdner's (California Gairdner's) yampah Perideridia gairdneri ssp. gairdneri Golden goodmania Goodmania luteola Heartscale Atriplex cordulata Hispid bird's beak Chloropyron molle ssp. hispidum Jared's peppergrass Lepidium jaredii ssp. jaredii Kern tarplant Deinandra pallida Large-flowered linanthus Leptosiphon grandflorus Lesser saltscale Atriplex minuscula Little mousetail Myosurus minimus ssp. apus Lost Hills crownscale Atriplex coronata var. vallicola Mason's neststraw Stylocline masonii Mexican mosquito fern Azolla microphylla Mojave indigo-bush Psorothamnus arborescens var. arborescens Munz's tidy-tips Oil neststraw Stylocline citroleum Pale-yellow layia Recurved larkspur Delphinium recurvatum Round woolly-marbles Psilocarphus chilensis Salinas Valley goldfields Lasthenia leptalea San Joaquin bluecurls Trichostema ovatum Sanford's arrowhead Sagittaria sanfordii Showy golden madia Madia radiata Slender (graceful) nemacladus Nemacladus gracilis Slough thistle Cirsium crassicaule Small-flowered morning-glory Convulvulus simulans Small-leaved monkeyflower Mimulus microphyllus Stinkbells Fritillaria agrestis Striped adobe-lily Fritillaria striata Tejon poppy Eschscholzia lemmonii ssp. kernensis Temblor buckwheat Eriogonum temblorense Vasek's clarkia Clarkia tembloriensis calientensis