Is the Service proposing to designate critical habitat for the southern California DPS of mountain yellow-legged frog?
Not at this time. Although the Service has determined that designation of critical habitat for the southern California DPS of mountain yellow-legged frog is prudent, we are not proposing to designate critical habitat at this time. The deferral of the critical habitat designation for this DPS of mountain yellow-legged frog will allow us to concentrate our limited resources on higher priority critical habitat designations, and other listing actions. We will prepare a proposal for critical habitat designation for this species in the future when our available resources allow it. Even without the designation of critical habitat, section 9 of the Act prohibits any person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States to take’ (harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, collect or attempt any such conduct), import or export, transport in interstate or foreign commerce in the course of commercial activity, or sell or offer for sale in interstate or foreign commerce any li
