Yreka FWO Winter-Spring newsletter 2020

Yreka FWO Winter-Spring newsletter 2020
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Join our trek led by several of the intrepid 'Reptiles and Amphibians' in this issue published in June 2020. Learn about these unique, secretive and sometimes slippery critters and a variety of projects to conserve them so they may thrive in our ecosystems.

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A rocky shoreline of a river. The water is calm. Mist and green branches line the river.
The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...
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Baileys Crossroads,VA
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A Shasta salamander on a rock with moss

ESA status: not listed, at risk (May 2021)

The Shasta salamander (Hydromantes shastae) is a member of the family Plethodontidae, the Lungless Salamanders.  It has the smallest known range of any Pacific Northwest amphibian (Stebbins 1985). It is...

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a brown salamander with large dark eyes on a flat rock covered in leaves

ESA status: not listed, at risk (May 2021)

The Siskiyou Mountains salamander is a completely terrestrial, medium- sized, slender-bodied salamander with short limbs and a dorsal stripe. This species is found in or near talus (loose surface rock) and fissured rock...

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Animalia
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An olive green frog sits partially covered by shallow water

ESA status: Endangered - South Sierra DPS and South Coast DPS; Threatened - North Feather DPS and Central Coast DPS 

The foothill yellow-legged frog is a small to medium-sized frog with rough, pebbly skin that is generally mottled gray, olive or brown. The frog...

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Animalia
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Pacific Southwest