Livestock Removal Success: Peninsula Ranges Bighorn Sheep Critical Habitat
| Name: | Peninsula Ranges Bighorn Sheep Critical Habitat |
| State(s): | California |
| County(ies): | Riverside, San Diego, Imperial |
| Watershed(s): | Salton Sea Basin |
| Ecosystem Type: | Pinyon-juniper, Mojave desert |
| Species Benefited: | Peninsular ranges desert bighorn sheep |
| Federal Unit(s): | Santa Rosa National Monument (Bureau of Land Management) (BLM), San Bernadino National Forest |
| Acreage: | 244,008 acres |
| Method(s): | Litigation |
| Law(s) Invoked: | Endangered Species Act (ESA), California Desert Protection Act |
| Term of Removal: | Permanent |
| Prime Mover(s): | Center for Biological Diversity |
| Summary Explanation: |
As part of the larger California Desert Conservation Act lawsuit, the BLM agreed to remove cattle from all designated critical habitat for the endangered Peninsular Ranges desert bighorn sheep--226,026 acres, including 189,423 acres in the Santa Rosa Mountains National Monument. An earlier legal settlement removed livestock from all 17,982 acres of Peninsular Ranges bighorn critical habitat in the San Bernardino National Forest. |