51�Թ�

It also argues that old permits don’t take into account current habitats or sensitive species in the area, including those newly considered endangered or threatened, such as the steelhead, the tidewater goby and the California red-legged frog.

Greenwald anticipates the recent job cuts will harm more than just spotted owls, noting that mountain yellow-legged frogs and Southern California steelhead trout — both endangered — are among the species typically monitored by seasonal field workers.

“We also saw an unusually high number of Central Valley steelhead impacted by Delta pumping last year, exceeding thresholds established under the Endangered Species Act.”

Trump has issued two executive orders that would gut the federal Endangered Species Act to pump more delta water and reduce protection for declining salmon, steelhead trout and ancient sturgeon.

Ash from the Palisades fire had blown into a stream housing the last population of steelhead trout in the Santa Monica Mountains, degrading the water quality.