Res 2024-045 approving the 2024 City of San Marcos Hazards Mitigation Action Plan (“HMAP”)

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SECTION 3: CITY PROFILE Wildlife Service to best protect the endangered species of the San Marcos and Comal rivers and springs. The plan has many projects in and along the San Marcos River that work together to protect and enhance the river's water quality and habitat.$ To further understand natural resources that may be vulnerable to a hazard event, as well as those that need consideration when implementing mitigation activities, it is important to identify at -risk species (i.e., endangered species) in the planning area. An endangered species is any species of fish, plant life, or wildlife that is in danger of extinction throughout all or most of its range. A threatened species is a species that is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range. Both endangered and threatened species are protected by law and any future hazard mitigation projects are subject to these laws. Candidate species are plants and animals that have been proposed as endangered or threatened but are not currently listed. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, as of August 2023, there are 12 federally endangered or threatened species in Hays County, with four additional species listed either as candidate endangered species or proposed to be added to the endangered / threatened list. These species are listed in Table 3-3. Two species found in Hays County, the bald eagle and the black -capped vireo, are currently listed as being in recovery from endangerment. Table 3-3. Endangered Species in Hays County' Amphibians San Marcos Salamander Eurycea nana Amphibians Texas Blind Salamander Eurycea rathbuni Barton Springs Amphibians Salamander Eurycea sosorum Birds Whooping Crane Grus americana Birds Red Knot Calidris canutus rufa Birds Golden-cheeked Warbler Setophaga chrysoparia Clams Guadalupe Orb Cyclonaias necki Clams Texas Fatmucket Lampsilis bracteata Crustaceans Peck's Cave Amphipod Stygobromus (Stygonectes) pecki Fishes Fountain Darter Etheostoma fonticola Flowering Plants Bracted Twistflower Streptanthus bracteatus Flowering Texas Wild -rice Zizania texana Plants Threatened Endangered Endangered Endangered Threatened Endangered Proposed Endangered Proposed Endangered Endangered Endangered Threatened Endangered 8 Source: https://www.sanmarcostx.gov/942/Habitat-Conservation-Plan 9 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Environmental Conservation Online System https://ecos.fvvs.gov/ecp/report/species- listings-by-cu rre nt-range-county?fips=48209 City of San Marcos I Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Update 2024 1 Page 6