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Incidental Take Forecast

Learn about incidental take in protecting threatened species, including definitions and estimates. Explore how thresholds are determined and implications for conservation efforts.

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Incidental Take Forecast

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  1. Incidental Take Forecast

  2. The official definition of take includes the attempt or action to “harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect” threatened and endangered species.Take may occur incidentally; meaning that take is “incidental to, and not the purpose of, the carrying out of an otherwise lawful activity.”

  3. 2013 Incidental Take Estimates for the EAHCP

  4. Normal years average7,750 fountain darters (FD) taken in the Comal system per year (USFWS).7,750 * 8-years = 62,000Drought of Record (DOR)105,000 FD taken each year (USFWS). 105,000 * 7-years (remaining)= 735,00062,000 + 735,000 = 797,000 FD take threshold in Comal System All incidental take (IT) scenarios were established by:

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