Anacapa Island Restoration Project, Channel Islands National Park,Ventura County, California; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement

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Pursuant to Sec. 102 (2)(C) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (Public Law 91-190) and Council on Environmental Quality regulations (40 CFR 1508.22), the National Park Service intends to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement that addresses eradicating the non-native Black Rat (Rattus rattus) from Anacapa Island. In addition, park managers desire to implement preventative actions to keep rats and other non-native rodents from establishing on other islands in the park. These proposed activities would take place within Channel Islands National Park, Ventura County, California. Background: Anacapa Island, located 17 miles southwest of the Ventura Coast, is comprised of three islets totaling about 700 acres. Known for both its beauty and its biological diversity, Anacapa Island serves as both a destination for visitors as well as habitat for marine and terrestrial species. Anacapa Island as a whole is the largest California Brown Pelican colony in the Southern California Bight. To protect the California Brown Pelican (listed as Endangered under the Endangered Species Act) and its habitat, the west islet has been set aside as a Research Natural Area. The non-native Blac