1981•OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)Requires access
Inventory of San Joaquin kit fox on land proposed as Phase II, Kesterson Reservoir, Merced County, California
Patrick M. McCue, T.T. Kato, M.L. Sauls, T.P. O'Farrell
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Abstract
A survey of potential San Joaquin kit fox, Vulpes macrotis mutica, habitat was conducted for the US Department of the Interior Water and Power Resource Service between 23 and 25 March 1981 on lands proposed as Phase II, Kesterson Reservoir, Merced County, California. Results of ground transects covering approximately 3000 acres revealed no sign (dens, tracks, or scats) of kit fox. No kit fox were observed during four night spotlight surveys. Neither completion of Phase II nor subsequent operation and maintenance activities will have any known negative impact on the endangered San Joaquin kit fox.