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Out of control government is out of control.
Looks like a dozen other flowers. These awful rules need to be rolled back. Who would know that something in their yard was endangered?
Ridiculous...Time to get rid of these ridiculous “claims”.
you get what you vote for.
Lovely.
Do they have to give up all of their LA Dodgers souvenirs and World Series rings too? How about all their Beach Boy vinyls?
Fuel to the fire.
Yeah, I know. /s
Maybe they didn’t get the memo.
Given what is newly being exposed on cali government:
No surprise here.
Weird. Your image wouldn’t load for me until after I posted mine. Now it loads fine.
Who called the government on these people?
This idiocy is WHAT CAUSED THE FIRES!!!
Publish the name of anyone who put in place and enforced these rules .
They are responsible for the fires!
The reason some woodpeckers and owls are endangered is largely due to the government protecting them at the expense of landowners. See one, Shoot one. That is what happens to “protected” species. I don’t mean to sound cold, I love animals, but the government will take your land if they find one of those #%>£ on it. They will, at minimum fine you if you do anything about it. Best that one not be found on your land.
Who ratted them out?
Hey, California Native Plant Society, nice building you got there. (Insert what should be following this...)
People lost their lives and homes because of crap like this.
Eco Fascists need to be fired or sent to monitor Polar Bear Mating habitats in Barrow, Alaska if they have civil service protection
This “endangered species” crap is just another way for government to eliminate private property. They’re sneaky. They have hated the Constitution all their lives, and have found a way to nullify it.
If a fire swept through the area and destroyed the plants, would the fine still stick?
what next? No building, or mowing, or lawn maintenance if dandelions are discovered on lawns?
Every blade of grass you see here is native (almost all Bromus vulgaris). The grand mountain dandelions are Agoseris grandiflora, and you should see those with dew on them, as they're unbelievably gorgeous. Before the Clarkia comes up is a crop of native clover (Trifolium wildenovii). There is also a mix of Madia exigua in it too. In other words, for these plants to express this kind of beauty demands understanding and redeveloping an entire plant community that is beyond the technical capability of most of the zealots in CNPS!
Given the illegitimate regulatory environment these landowners face, they would have been better served had they started growing some in anonther location on their property. Now don't get me wrong. I'm not into forcing anybody to do something that demanding. I am saying that CNPS and the bureaucrats are doing more damage to native plant habitat with this heavy-handed approach. Helping people grow the stuff and learn to appreciate what they moved into the area to enjoy works better. Had the eco-NAZIs approached the situation rationally, the plant would not be rare.
In this case, grading could actually be advantageous to Clarkia, as long as they're willing to weed it aggressively. It's exotics that are the usual threat to this plant, not soil disturbance that can actually help it.
I would bet that if there was a person who wanted to build a housing project for retired democrat bureaucrats it would be ok.