VFWO History
Before becoming the VFWO, this office was called VESRO which stands for this ______.
What is Ventura Endangered Species Recovery Office
This person managed a pet store.
Who is Mike Glenn?
This is the definition of "threatened" in the ESA.
What is a species that is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future?
The three species of amphibians in Santa Cruz County.
What are the CRLF, CTS, and SC long-toed salamander?
This person worked for nearly 5 years for the San Luis Obispo County Public Works Department.
Who is Kristie Scarazzo?
Before VFWO was its own field office, it was a sub-office to __________.
What is Laguna Niguel FWO?
This person licked a poison dart frog.
Who is Cat Darst?
This is the first thing the Service does when we are petitioned to list a species.
What is a 90-day finding?
Is the only listed reptile in Ventura County.
What is the blunt-nosed leopard lizard?
Before coming to the VFWO, this person worked for the BLM-Medford District.
Who is Mark M?
Before moving to Portola Street, the VFWO was located on this street.
What is Eastman?
This person was hit by lightning twice.
Who is Chris Kofron?
This is the year the ESA was passed.
What is 1973?
The Giant kangaroo rat's is designated with this listing status.
What is endangered?
In this year, the desert division of the VFWO was transferred to the Palm Springs office.
What is 2014?
These are the two species the Ventura Office originally worked on.
What are California condor and southern sea otter?
This person was a SCEP with the Pacific Islands Fish and Wildlife Office.
Who is Leilani Takano?
Name two of the three things required by the ESA to be in a recovery plan.
What are:
1) measureable, objective criteria
2) recovery actions
3) cost
The three invertebrates listed in Santa Cruz County.
What are the Mount Hermon June beetle, the Zanyante band-winged grasshopper, and the Ohlone tiger beetle?
Name four of the six office staff who began working in the VFWO in 2016.
Who are:
Dou, David, Hazel, Heather, Raphie, and Karen
Name, in order from first to most recent, the last four VFWO staff to retire.
Who are Rick Farris, Connie Rutherford, Jane Touth and Carmen Unchangco.
This person worked as a Soil Ecology Laboratory Assistant at UCSB.
Who is Jenny Marek?
This is the smallest division of a taxonomic species permitted to be listed. It must be discrete and significant in relation to other populations of the species.
What is a distinct population segment?
These are the three listed mammals in Santa Barbara County.
What are the Giant kangaroo rat, southern sea otter, and San Joaquin kit fox?
This person worked for the State of Arizona from 2009-2013.
Who is Mark O?