Appendix 1
PROTECTED SPECIES AND HABITAT

The following species and habitats are protected in the city of Langley:

1. Species. The following species are highly sensitive to disturbance or habitat alteration and, therefore, are designated as “protected species.”

Bald eagle

Pileated woodpecker

Common loon

Great blue heron

Trumpeter swan

Vaux’s swift

Snow goose

Short eared owl

River otter

Black crowned night heron

Brandt

Virginia rail

Bittern

Salmon

Smelt

Muskrat

Beaver

Brown creeper

Peregrine falcon

Northern sea lion

Osprey

Marbled murrelet

Migratory waterfowl (pintail, brant, mergansers)

Great horned owl

Cavity nesting waterfowl (golden eyes, woodducks, hooded merganser, harlequin duck)

Shellfish

Herring

Native residential fish

Red fox

Harbor seals

Goshawk.

2. Habitat. The following are considered highly sensitive to alteration and are regionally rare:

Eelgrass beds

Peat bogs

Mature forested wetlands

Riparian habitat with native fish populations or significant wildlife usage

Kelp beds

Estuaries/mud flats/rocky shores

Garry oak remnants

Freshwater ponds

Freshwater marshes

Perennial streams. (Ord. 861, 2005; Ord. 619, 1992)