One-Year Status Reviews of Candidate Species

Giant Garter Snake

State and Federally Threatened Giant Garter Snake (Thamnophis gigas)

large-flowered fiddleneck plant

State and Federally Endangered Large-Flowered Fiddleneck (Amsinckia grandiflora)

California tiger salamander adult

State and Federally Threatened California Tiger Salamander (Ambystoma californiense)

Tricolored black bird

State Threatened Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor)

Swainson's Hawk

State Threatened Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)

Blennosperma nanum

State Rare Point Reyes Blennosperma (Blennosperma nanum var. robustum)

As part of the CESA listing process, CDFW must prepare one-year status reviews for plants and animals designated as candidate by the California Fish and Game Commission(opens in new tab)(opens in new tab) (Commission). These one-year status reviews must be based on the best scientific information available to CDFW, must be scientifically peer-reviewed, and must include a recommendation to the Commission on whether listing is warranted. The table below includes links to one-year status reviews that have recently been completed by CDFW, and the Commission’s final determinations related to those species (if applicable). For more information on the CESA listing process and the Commission’s related proceedings, see the Commission’s page on Petitions to List Species Under the California Endangered Species Act(opens in new tab). For a current list of species that are listed under CESA, please see the Threatened or Endangered Plant Species List (PDF)(opens in new tab) and the Threatened or Endangered Animal Species List (PDF)(opens in new tab).

Table of Recently Completed One-Year Status Reviews of Candidate Species
Taxon Common Name (Scientific Name) Date of Review Fish and Game Commission Determination
Plants Inyo Rock Daisy (Perityle inyoensis synonym Laphamia inyoensis) (PDF)  August 2023  Determination Pending
Plants Lime Ridge Eriastrum (Eriastrum ertterae) (PDF)  August 2023 Determination Pending
Plants Western Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) (PDF)(opens in new tab) March 2022 Determination Pending
plants Milo Baker's Lupine (Lupinus milo-bakeri) (PDF)(opens in new tab) February 2022
Endangered
Mammals San Bernardino Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami parvus) (PDF)(opens in new tab) November 2021 Endangered
Plants Shasta Snow-wreath (Neviusia cliftonii) (PDF)(opens in new tab) November 2021 Threatened
Reptiles Pacific Leatherback Sea Turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) (PDF)(opens in new tab) July 2021 Endangered
Plants Clara Hunt's Milkvetch (Astragalus claranus) (PDF)(opens in new tab) March 2021 Endangered
Fishes Northern California Summer Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) (PDF)(opens in new tab) March 2021 Endangered
Fishes Upper Klamath-Trinity River Spring Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) (PDF)(opens in new tab) December 2020 Threatened
Amphibians Foothill Yellow-legged Frog (Rana boylii) (PDF)(opens in new tab) September 2019 Endangered (3 clades), Threatened (2 clades), Not Warranted (1 clade)
Mammals Humboldt Marten (Martes caurina humboldtensis) (PDF)(opens in new tab) June 2018 Endangered
Birds Tricolored Blackbird (Agelaius tricolor) (PDF)(opens in new tab) February 2018 Threatened
Plants Lassics Lupine (Lupinus constancei) (PDF)(opens in new tab) January 2018 Endangered
Plants Coast Yellow Leptosiphon (Leptosiphon croceus) (PDF)(opens in new tab) December 2017 Endangered
Mammals  Townsend's Big-eared Bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) (PDF)(opens in new tab) June 2016 Not Warranted
Birds Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) (PDF)(opens in new tab) January 2016 Threatened
Mammals Fisher (Pekania pennanti) (PDF)(opens in new tab) May 2015 Threatened (southern ESU), Not Warranted (northern ESU)