Download or read book The Status of Rare, Threatened, and Endangered Animals and Plants of California written by and published by . This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Calif. Endangered Species Act (CESA) of 1984 delineated the state Dept. of Fish & Game's (DFG) responsibility for California's threatened & endangered fish, wildlife & plants. The CESA requires DFG to prepare an annual report summarizing the status of all State-listed endangered, threatened, & candidate species. This 2000 report describes California's listed species including 77 animals & 216 plants, as well as 2 plant species currently considered candidates for listing. Each of these species is depicted in a drawing. Species listed in this report do not comprise all Calif. species that are threatened or endangered in a biological sense. The Federal list contains additional species which occur in Calif. some of which are not State listed.