The California tiger salamander is among the species that are of long-term concern to Stanford.
Stanford Report, December 10, 2012 - Stanford is beginning the process of implementing a 50-year Habitat Conservation Plan under the auspices of the Endangered Species Act. The extensive plan includes permanent conservation easements focusing on habitats of the California tiger salamander, California red-legged frog and San Francisco garter snake. By Kate Chesley On Nov. 23, the federal government published a final Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that constitute the next step in receiving approval for Stanford to begin implementing measures for protected species on campus. HCPs, made possible by the U.S. Endangered Species Act, allow landholders to create long-term conservation plans, rather than rely on short-term, limited mitigations for specific projects that might affect threatened or endangered species. At Stanford, those types of projects include road maintenance, field research, construction or conservation activities. The species that are of long-term concern to Stanford are California tiger salamander, steelhead, California red-legged frog, Western pond turtle and an intergrade form of San Francisco garter snake.
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