National Marine Fisheries Service/NOAA, Commerce § 226.211 and the following DOI, USGS, 1:500,000 (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Critical habitat scale hydrologic unit maps: State of is designated to include all river Oregon, 1974 and State of California, reaches accessible to listed coho salm- 1978 which are incorporated by ref- on between Cape Blanco, Oregon, and erence. This incorporation by reference Punta Gorda, California. Critical habi- was approved by the Director of the tat consists of the water, substrate, Federal Register in accordance with 5 and adjacent riparian zone of estuarine U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 CFR part 51. Copies and riverine reaches (including off- of the USGS publication and maps may channel habitats) in hydrologic units be obtained from the USGS, Map Sales, and counties identified in Table 6 of Box 25286, Denver, CO 80225. Copies may this part. Accessible reaches are those be inspected at NMFS, Protected Re- within the historical range of the ESU sources Division, 525 NE Oregon that can still be occupied by any life Street—Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232– stage of coho salmon. Inaccessible 2737, or NMFS, Office of Protected Re- sources, 1315 East-West Highway, Sil- reaches are those above specific dams ver Spring, MD 20910, or at the Na- identified in Table 6 of this part or tional Archives and Records Adminis- above longstanding, naturally impass- tration (NARA). For information on able barriers (i.e., natural waterfalls in the availability of this material at existence for at least several hundred NARA, call 202–741–6030, or go to: http:// years). www.archives.gov/federallregister/ [64 FR 24061, May 5, 1999, as amended at 69 codeloflfederallregulations/ FR 18803, Apr. 9, 2004] ibrllocations.html. (a) Central California Coast Coho Salm- § 226.211 Critical habitat for Seven on (Oncorhynchus kisutch). Critical Evolutionarily Significant Units habitat is designated to include all (ESUs) of Salmon (Oncorhynchus river reaches accessible to listed coho spp.) in California. salmon from Punta Gorda in northern Critical habitat is designated in the California south to the San Lorenzo following California counties for the River in central California, including following ESUs as described in para- Arroyo Corte Madera Del Presidio and graph (a) of this section, and as further Corte Madera Creek, tributaries to San described in paragraphs (b) through (e) Francisco Bay. Critical habitat con- of this section. The textual descrip- sists of the water, substrate, and adja- tions of critical habitat for each ESU cent riparian zone of estuarine and are included in paragraphs (f) through riverine reaches (including off-channel habitats) in hydrologic units and coun- (l) of this section, and these descrip- ties identified in Table 5 of this part. tions are the definitive source for de- Accessible reaches are those within the termining the critical habitat bound- historical range of the ESU that can aries. General location maps are pro- still be occupied by any life stage of vided at the end of each ESU descrip- coho salmon. Inaccessible reaches are tion (paragraphs (f) through (l) of this those above specific dams identified in section) and are provided for general Table 5 of this part or above long- guidance purposes only, and not as a standing, naturally impassable barriers definitive source for determining crit- (i.e., natural waterfalls in existence for ical habitat boundaries. at least several hundred years). (a) Critical habitat is designated for (b) Southern Oregon/Northern Cali- the following ESUs in the following fornia Coasts Coho Salmon California counties: ESU StateÐcounties (1) California Coastal Chinook .................................................... CAÐHumboldt, Trinity, Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake, Napa, Glenn, Colusa, and Tehama. (2) Northern California Steelhead ............................................... CAÐHumboldt, Trinity, Mendocino, Sonoma, Lake, Glenn, Colusa, and Tehama. (3) Central California Coast Steelhead ....................................... CAÐLake, Mendocino, Sonoma, Napa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Alameda, Contra Costa, and San Joaquin. (4) South-Central Coast Steelhead ............................................. CAÐMonterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo. 361 VerDate Mar<15>2010 11:01 Jan 05, 2011 Jkt 220227 PO 00000 Frm 00371 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\50\220227.XXX ofr150 PsN: PC150 § 226.211 50 CFR Ch. II (10–1–10 Edition) ESU StateÐcounties (5) Southern California Steelhead ............................................... CAÐSan Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego. (6) Central Valley spring-run Chinook ......................................... CAÐTehama, Butte, Glenn, Shasta, Yolo, Sacramento, So- lano, Colusa, Yuba, Sutter, Trinity, Alameda, San Joaquin, and Contra Costa. (7) Central Valley Steelhead ....................................................... CAÐTehama, Butte, Glenn, Shasta, Yolo, Sacramento, Solona, Yuba, Sutter, Placer, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced, Alameda, Contra Costa. (b) Critical habitat boundaries. Critical wood, aquatic vegetation, large rocks habitat includes the stream channels and boulders, side channels, and under- within the designated stream reaches, cut banks supporting juvenile and and includes a lateral extent as defined adult mobility and survival. by the ordinary high-water line (33 (4) Estuarine areas free of obstruc- CFR 329.11). In areas where the ordi- tion and excessive predation with: nary high-water line has not been de- (i) Water quality, water quantity, fined, the lateral extent will be defined and salinity conditions supporting ju- by the bankfull elevation. Bankfull ele- venile and adult physiological transi- vation is the level at which water be- tions between fresh- and saltwater; gins to leave the channel and move (ii) Natural cover such as submerged into the floodplain and is reached at a and overhanging large wood, aquatic discharge which generally has a recur- vegetation, large rocks and boulders, rence interval of 1 to 2 years on the an- side channels; and nual flood series. Critical habitat in es- (iii) Juvenile and adult forage, in- tuaries (e.g. San Francisco-San Pablo- cluding aquatic invertebrates and Suisun Bay, Humboldt Bay, and Morro fishes, supporting growth and matura- Bay) is defined by the perimeter of the tion. water body as displayed on standard (d) Exclusion of Indian lands. Critical 1:24,000 scale topographic maps or the habitat does not include occupied habi- elevation of extreme high water, tat areas on Indian lands. The Indian whichever is greater. lands specifically excluded from crit- (c) Primary constituent elements. With- ical habitat are those defined in the in these areas, the primary constituent Secretarial Order, including: elements essential for the conservation (1) Lands held in trust by the United of these ESUs are those sites and habi- States for the benefit of any Indian tat components that support one or tribe; more life stages, including: (2) Land held in trust by the United (1) Freshwater spawning sites with States for any Indian Tribe or indi- water quantity and quality conditions vidual subject to restrictions by the and substrate supporting spawning, in- United States against alienation; cubation and larval development; (3) Fee lands, either within or outside (2) Freshwater rearing sites with: the reservation boundaries, owned by (i) Water quantity and floodplain the tribal government; and connectivity to form and maintain (4) Fee lands within the reservation physical habitat conditions and sup- boundaries owned by individual Indi- port juvenile growth and mobility; ans. (ii) Water quality and forage sup- (e) Land owned or controlled by the De- porting juvenile development; and partment of Defense. Additionally, crit- (iii) Natural cover such as shade, sub- ical habitat does not include the fol- merged and overhanging large wood, lowing areas owned or controlled by log jams and beaver dams, aquatic the Department of Defense, or des- vegetation, large rocks and boulders, ignated for its use, that are subject to side channels, and undercut banks. an integrated natural resources man- (3) Freshwater migration corridors agement plan prepared under section free of obstruction and excessive preda- 101 of the Sikes Act (16 U.S.C. 670a): tion with water quantity and quality (1) Camp Pendleton Marine Corps conditions and natural cover such as Base; submerged and overhanging large (2) Vandenberg Air Force Base; 362 VerDate Mar<15>2010 11:01 Jan 05, 2011 Jkt 220227 PO 00000 Frm 00372 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\50\220227.XXX ofr150 PsN: PC150 National Marine Fisheries Service/NOAA, Commerce § 226.211 (3) Camp San Luis Obispo; Fork Mad River (40.8687, –123.9649); (4) Camp Roberts; and Squaw Creek (40.9426, –124.0202); Warren (5) Mare Island Army Reserve Center. Creek (40.8901, –124.0402). (f) California Coastal Chinook Salmon (ii) North Fork Mad River 110920. Out- (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Critical let(s) = North Fork Mad River (Lat habitat is designated to include the 40.8687, Long –123.9649) upstream to areas defined in the following endpoint(s) in: Sullivan Gulch (40.8646, CALWATER Hydrologic units: –123.9553); North Fork Mad River (1) Redwood Creek Hydrologic Unit (40.8837, –123.9436). 1107—(i) Orick Hydrologic Sub-area (iii) Butler Valley 110930. Outlet(s) = 110710. Outlet(s) = Redwood Creek (Lat Mad River (Lat 40.8449, Long –123.9807) –41.2923, Long –124.0917) upstream to upstream to endpoint(s)