FINAL DETERMINATION BY THE COMMISSION The Commission has weighed and evaluated the evidence presented for and against designating gray wolf as an endangered species under CESA. This information includes the Petition; the Department’s Petition Evaluation Report; the Department’s status review; the Department’s related recommendations; written and oral comments received from members of the public, the regulated community, various public agencies, and the scientific community; and other evidence included in the Commission’s record of proceedings. Based upon the evidence in the record the Commission has determined that the best information available indicates that the continued existence of the one or more gray wolves in California is in serious danger of extinction or threatened by present or threatened overexploitation, predation, disease, or other natural occurrences or human-related activities, where such factors are considered individually or in combination. (See generally Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 670.1, subd. (i)(1)(A); Fish & G. Code, §§ 2062, 2067.) The Commission determines that there is sufficient evidence in the record to indicate that designating the gray wolf as an endangered species under CESA is warranted at this time and, with the adoption and publication of these findings and further proceedings under the California Administrative Procedure Act, the gray wolf shall be listed as endangered. See Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 670.1, subd. (i)(1)(A). fgc.ca.gov/CESA/gwfindingslistingwarranted.pdf
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