EP 1130-2-540
15 Nov 96
w. Special Status Species. Any species which is listed or proposed for listing as
threatened or endangered by the FWS/NMFS under the provisions of the Endangered Species
Act; and any species which is listed and protected by state statute in a category implying potential
endangerment or extinction.
x. Take. As defined in the Endangered Species Act, means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt,
shoot, wound, capture, or collect animals; to destroy, cut, pick, remove, or transplant plants; or to
attempt to engage in any such conduct.
y. Threatened Species. Any species which is likely to become an endangered species
within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range, and has been so
listed by the FWS/NMFS also at 50 CFR 17.11 and 17.12.
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