The California Fish and Game Commission is poised to take public testimony with regard to the threatened-species status of the Siskyou Mountains salamander under the California Endangered Species Act. The Scott Bar salamander, a recently discovered subspecies of the Siskyou Mountains salamander, is accordingly protected unless the Commission decides otherwise, which they may consider at this hearing.
With one of the smallest ranges of any western terrestrial salamander, the Siskiyou Mountains salamander is highly imperiled by logging of its old-growth habitats. It needs continued protection. Please write the Fish and Game Commission and ask them to retain protection for the salamander.
If you can, attend the public hearing of the California Fish & Game Commission on Thursday, February 1, 2007, at 10:00am:
The Beach Resort Monterey
Bayview Conference Room
2600 Sand Dunes Drive
Monterey, CA
...and/or write to them at this address:
California Fish and Game Commission
1416 Ninth Street
Sacramento, CA 94244-2090
...or call them:
916-653-4899
