2.
Response
to
Comments
2.9
Individual
Responses
to
Comments
from
Organizations
(
Cicuta
douglasii
)
and
Oenanthe
;
these
plants
are
still
used,
but
far
less
frequently
than
non-native
host
plant
species
(ICE
2014).
Both
sexes
exhibit
a
wide
array
of
nectar
flowers.
Sources:
[NABA
2014].
North
American
Butterfly
Association.
2014.
http://www.naba.org/.
(Accessed:
April
11,
2014).
San
Bruno
Mountain
Watch.
2014.
http://www.mountainwatch.org/
naba-sbm-butterfly-count.
(Accessed:
April
11,
2014).
Opler,
P.
A.,
K.
Lotts,
and
T.
Naberhaus,
coordinators.
2012.
Butterflies
and
Moths
of
North
America.
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/.
(Accessed
April
11,
2014).
[ICE
2014].
Information
Center
for
the
Environment
(ICE).
Art
Shapiro's
Butterfly
Site.
University
of
California,
Davis.
http://butterfly.ucdavis.edu/butterfly.
(Accessed
April
11,
2014).
Table
4.C-1
has
been
updated
in
the
Final
EIR
to
include
recent
detection
of
this
species
(see
Chapter
3.0
of
the
Final
EIR).
The
San
Francisco
forktail
damselfly
(
Ischnura
gemina
)
is
considered
an
IUCN
Vulnerable
(VU)
species
and
has
a
state
rank
of
S2
which
is
defined
as
1,000-3,000
individuals
or
2,000-
10,000
acres.
This
species
is
not
listed
as
threatened
or
endangered
by
CDFW
or
USFWS,
but
is
considered
rare
in
its
range.
This
species
is
endemic
to
the
San
Francisco
Bay
Area.
The
San
Francisco
forktail
damselfly
requires
permanent
freshwater
marshes
or
other
open
aquatic
habitats
for
mating
and
reproduction.
This
species
has
been
known
to
inhabit
temporary
urban
pools
found
at
construction
sites,
and
has
also
been
sighted
at
the
base
of
steep
hills
where
freshwater
has
seeped
down
and
accumulated.
In
March
2014
biologists
attempted
to
contact
Dr.
John
Hafernick
to
discuss
this
comment
regarding
the
reported
find
of
a
forktail
damselfly
in
local
wetlands;
however,
there
has
been
no
response
to
date.
The
California
Natural
Diversity
Database
(CNDDB)
indicates
a
forktail
damselfly
population
was
observed
in
a
marsh
near
the
Southern
Pacific
Railroad
across
from
Industrial
Boulevard,
by
Bayshore
Boulevard
in
Brisbane
in
April
1978
(CDFW
2014).
Two
male
and
two
female
larvae
were
collected
by
R.
Garison
in
1978.
There
are
no
CNDDB
records
or
other
known
observations
to
support
presence
of
this
species
on
the
Baylands
Project
Site
for
over
thirty
years,
and
Dr.
Hafernick
is
unavailable
to
provide
additional
detail
regarding
when
and
where
he
observed
this
species
more
recently.
San
Francisco
forktail
damselfly
is
included
in
the
CNDDB
list
in
Appendix
E,
and
this
response
provides
additional
detail
regarding
the
CNDDB
record
that
supports
historical
presence
of
this
species
on
the
project
site.
Brisbane
Baylands
Final
EIR
2.9.2-61
May
2015