Conservation
The State of California classified Marin Dwarf Flax as a threatened species in the year 1992, and the Federal Government listed this plant as threatened in 1995. In addition to the state of California and U.S. federal government protected designations, the California Native Plant Society has classified Marin Dwarf Flax: List 1B, R-E-D Code 3-3-3ru. In 2006 the Pacific Gas and Electric Company announced a program that has the potential for further reducing the habitat and population of H. congestum and a number of other listed species. In these activities Pacific Gas and Electric announced it would destroy or modify over 500,000 acres (2,000 km²) of habitat in California, some of which is known habitat for H. congestum. It is indicated that a full Environmental Impact Report would be prepared for public review prior to any of the proposed actions. The most destructive element of this proposed program is the use of herbicide to effect a kill of virtually all vegetation in large areas of power line rights-of-way.
Ring Mountain in Marin County, California is a location of occurrence of H. congestum; in fact the sole population that is actively managed is found on Ring Mountain, a nature reserve on the Tiburon Peninsula managed by The Nature Conservancy. Most of the present colonies are in San Mateo County; two of these in the vicinity of the Crystal Springs Reservoir are in danger of destruction by an expanded trail system proposed by the county. The proposed Jefferson-Martin 230 kV transmission line, (running from San Francisco to north San Mateo County, would traverse and impact known habitat of Marin Dwarf Flax.
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