Chapter 3 - Natural Resources - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Chapter 3 - Natural Resources - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Chapter 3 - Natural Resources - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
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Integrated <strong>Natural</strong> <strong>Resources</strong> Management Plan [March 2012 - Update]<br />
California brown pelican and Initiation of a 5-Year Review was approved by the USFWS.<br />
This finding was based upon significant scientific evidence of recovery of the subspecies<br />
throughout its range as presented in the petition (USFWS 2006h). On 20 February 2008, a<br />
12-Month Petition Finding and Proposed Rule to delist the California brown pelican by the<br />
USFWS recommended that the species be removed from the Federal List of Endangered<br />
and Threatened Wildlife due to recovery; delisting was finalized on 17 December 2009.<br />
The California brown pelican remains protected under the MBTA, the Fish and Wildlife<br />
Coordination Act, and the Estuary Protection Act (USFWS 2008k & 2009i).<br />
California Status<br />
The CDFG listed the brown pelican as an endangered, fully protected species on 27 June<br />
1971 (CDFG 2005). On 19 December 2008, the California brown pelican was<br />
recommended as a State Candidate for Delisting (SCD) by the CDFG, and on 5 February<br />
2009 the recommendation for delisting was adopted (CDFG 2008 & SCFGC 2008). The<br />
CDFG finding was based upon the following criteria: 1) the breeding population size of the<br />
California brown pelican in the Channel Islands has increased from 1969 to the present,<br />
after the banning of DDT, and now exceeds the five-year mean 3,000 pair standard noted in<br />
the recovery plan (current Channel Islands population size for 2006 is roughly 8,500<br />
breeding pairs); 2) California brown pelicans have gradually expanded their nesting sites in<br />
the Channel Islands to former breeding sites, and numbers on Santa Barbara Island have<br />
increased substantially since 2001; 3) productivity has increased to 0.7 and now meets or<br />
exceeds the five-year mean 0.7 standard noted in the recovery plan for downlisting; 4)<br />
relative to the five-year mean standard for fledged young in the recovery plan, brown<br />
pelicans at West Anacapa Island have achieved the 2,700 fledgling standard for delisting 9<br />
times from 1997-2005; 5) in spite of known threats (e.g., oil spills, human disturbance,<br />
starvation events, domoic acid poisoning, fish hook/line mortality), the breeding population<br />
of brown pelicans in California has increased substantially; and 6) nesting sites are under<br />
generally-protective NPS ownership or management. The California brown pelican will<br />
remain a fully protected species under Fish and Game Code section 3511(b)(2) (SCFGC<br />
2008).<br />
Regional Status<br />
The California brown pelican is a covered species in the following southern California<br />
NCCP documents:<br />
• Cal. Dept. of Corrections Statewide Electrified Fence Project.<br />
• MHCP, City of Carlsbad Habitat Management Plan.<br />
• MSCP, City of Chula Vista Subarea Plan.<br />
• MSCP, City of La Mesa Subarea Plan.<br />
• MSCP, City of Poway Subarea Plan.<br />
• MSCP, City of San Diego Subarea Plan.<br />
• MSCP, County of San Diego Subarea Plan.<br />
• SDG&E.<br />
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