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<br /> 31 <br />TABLE 2B: SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES THAT COULD OCCUR IN THE PROJECT VICINITY. <br />ANIMALS (adapted from CDFW 2023) <br />Species Listed as Threatened or Endangered under the State and/or Federal Endangered Species Acts <br />Common and scientific names Status <br />General habitat <br />description *Occurrence in the study area <br />Western bumble CCE In California, mainly <br />occurs within the <br />Northern California and <br />the Sierra Nevada <br />ranges within meadows <br />and grasslands and <br />some natural areas <br />within urban <br />environments. There is <br />some indication that the <br />current distribution is <br />potentially restricted to <br />high elevation and <br />coastal areas. <br />Historically occurred <br />from the Channel <br />Islands to the northern <br />California border. Flight <br />period is February to <br />late November, peaking <br />in late June and late <br />September. Tends to <br />construct nest <br />underground in animal <br />burrows on west and <br />south-west facing <br />slopes. Overwintering <br />sites are likely in friable <br />soils or in debris or leaf <br />litter. <br />Absent. This species appears to be <br />restricted to northern California <br />and the Siera Nevada (CDFW 2025 <br />Bumble Bee Watch 2025). <br />Vernal pool fairy shrimp <br />Branchinecta lynchi <br />FT Vernal pools of <br />California’s Central <br />Valley. <br />Absent. Vernal pools are absent <br />from the site. The nearest <br />documented occurrences of this <br />species are more than 3 miles from <br />the site.