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CERTIFICATIONS & PERMITS

The Wildlife Project is certified as a minority owned and small business enterprise by a variety of federal, State and local agencies. These certifications may provide contracting benefits to our clients and project partners.

Business Certifications
Registered with the Dept of Industrial Relations - Public Works Contractor (#1000003269)
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) - Department of Transportation
Small Business Enterprise (SBE) - United States Small Business Administration
Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) - Public Utilities Commission, State of California
Emerging and Small Business Enterprise - City of Sacramento, California
Small, Minority, and Local Business Enterprise - Contra Costa County, California
We also maintain State and federal permits to aid in the recovery of four special-status amphibian and reptile species, as well as seven special-status species of branchiopods.  Our permit also allow us to utilize these species to train other biologists. 
Permits

We also maintain State and federal permits to aid in the recovery of four special-status amphibian and reptile species, and seven special-status species of branchiopods.  (Note: The nature of our permits also allows us to handle these species in order to train other biologists. 

Recovery permits [10(a)1(A)]

VERTEBRATES: Alameda whipsnake (Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus), California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense), California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii). 

Named as a permittee on the recovery permit of other biologists for San Francisco garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetratienia) for handling, trapping, and other recovery activites, and California Least Tern (Sterna antillarum browni) for conducting close-proximity colony survyes.

INVERTEBRATES: vernal pool fairy shrimp (Branchinecta lynchi), conservancy fairy shrimp (Branchinecta conservatio), longhorn fairy shrimp (Branchinecta longiantenna), San Diego fairy shrimp (Branchinecta sandiegonensis), Riverside fairy shrimp (Streptocephalus woottoni), and vernal pool tadpole shrimp (Lepidurus packardi).

State of California, Scientific Collectors Permit (SCP - 000040)

We recently added Ridgway's Rail as a permitted species with which we work!
Alameda whipsnake (Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus)
Alameda whipsnake
California tiger salamander Ambystoma californiense
California tiger salamander
california red-legged frog (Rana draytonii)
California red-legged frog juveniles