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44 Badgers are ferocious animals and have few natural predators, though they can be preyed upon by bear (Ursus americanus), bobcat, and cougar. As discussed above, the main threat to badgers comes from anthropogenic effects. Occurrence on the site. No potential badger dens have been observed on the proposed development area, and the site currently appears to lack a suitable prey base for this species due to a lack of ground squirrels and other small mammal prey. Additionally, there have been no documented occurrences in the CNDDB of badgers within a three-mile radius. However, it is possible that badgers occur on the site from time to time to forage or during movements between habitats to the north, east and south of the site. It is also possible that should ground squirrels from surrounding areas colonize the site in the future, badgers may also forage more frequently on the development area and establish dens there. 2.4 JURISDICTIONAL WATERS Jurisdictional waters include rivers, creeks, and drainages that have a defined bed and bank and which, at the very least, carry ephemeral flows. Jurisdictional waters also include lakes, ponds, reservoirs, and wetlands. Such waters may be subject to the regulatory authority of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), and the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB). See Section 3.2.4 of this report for additional information. Two wetland delineations have been conducted on the site, one by Olberding in 2008 which was subsequently verified by USACE, and one by LOA in January and April 2015. The second delineation was conducted due to the expiration of the Jurisdictional Determination (JD) for the prior delineation and because it appeared that the condition of wetlands on the site had changed since the 2008 delineation. A site verification visit was conducted with Keith Hess/USACE on June 30, 2016, however, although a new JD is forthcoming, at the time of the preparation of this report, it had not yet been issued by USACE.