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Revised Relocation Guidelines and Protocols
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has adopted revised Western Joshua Tree Relocation Guidelines and Protocols. The revisions include:
- New relocation percentages for bare root and tree spade methods
- Updated WJT Salvage Requirement Calculator Spreadsheet and WJTCA ITP Relocation Plan Template
- Simplified thresholds when relocation will be required
- Exemption for single, single-family residential projects
- Expanded the distance and elevational range WJT can be relocated
- A discussion on technical and legal limitations
- Maintenance and monitoring site visits may be conducted by a technician with relevant experience (desert native plant specialists are not required)
- Minor clarifications and grammatical edits
The updated Western Joshua Tree Relocation Guidelines and Protocols (dated April 2025) can be found on our Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act Incidental Take Permit website along with supplemental materials.
CDFW has also made a revision to the Census Instructions for Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act incidental take permits (WJTCA ITP). Applicants are now asked to provide the distance that project activities will be occurring from the base of each tree. This change is also reflected in census spreadsheet and in the Western Joshua Tree Census Survey123 form. Survey123 users will be prompted to update to the latest version of the Western Joshua Tree Census form when opening the form in Survey123.
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Other WJT Questions?
Please email us if you have other western Joshua tree questions
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Persons with disabilities needing reasonable accommodation to participate in public meetings or other CDFW activities are invited to contact CDFW's Accessibility Coordinator in the CRO Office at (916) 902-5577, or send an email to CivilRights@wildlife.ca.gov. Reasonable Accommodation requests for facility and/or meeting accessibility should be received at least 21 days prior to the event. Requests for American Sign Language Interpreters should be submitted at least two weeks prior to the event, and requests for Real-Time Captioning at least four weeks prior to the event. These timeframes are to help ensure that the requested accommodation is met. If a request for an accommodation has been submitted but due to circumstances is no longer needed, please contact the Accessibility Coordinator immediately. |
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