California Species Of Special Concern
"Species of special concern" is a protective legal designation assigned by the California Department of Fish & Game (CDFG) to wildlife species that are at risk. It is often abbreviated as SSC or CSC.
A Species of Special Concern is a species, subspecies, or distinct population of an animal native to California that currently satisfies one or more of the following (not necessarily mutually exclusive) criteria:
- it is extirpated from the State or, in the case of birds, in its primary seasonal or breeding role;
- it is listed as threatened or endangered under the Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) but not under the State ESA;
- it meets the State ESA definition of threatened or endangered but has not formally been listed under the State ESA;
- it is experiencing, or formerly experienced, serious (noncyclical) population declines or range retractions (that have not been reversed) that, if continued or resumed, could qualify it for threatened or endangered status under the State ESA;
- it has naturally small populations exhibiting high susceptibility to risk from any factor(s), that if realized, could lead to declines that would qualify it for threatened or endangered status under the State ESA.
Read more about California Species Of Special Concern: Definitions From The California Department of Fish and Game
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