WCB 5/2018: CA to Buy North LA County River Campground to Connect parks

About 30,000 Acres of CA Forests and Habitat to Be Saved in May

HIGHLIGHT: The State board will fund the buy-out of a 51 acre KOA campground which is a key connection in the Pacific Crest Trail in LA County, and its acquisition would bridge a gap between two portions of Angeles National Forest. Over twenty-four acres of critical habitat for the federally-listed arroyo toad would be permanently protected in public ownership; along with other federally- and state-listed species.The Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority has tentatively agreed to assume ownership once the property is acquired.

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Meeting of CA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD (WCB)

May 24, 2018, 10:00 a.m.

Preliminary Agendas:

http://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=156685&inline

https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=157556&inline
MAPS: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=162197&inline

SUMMARY:

SAN MATEO COUNTY: 160 ACRES OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS

TULARE/KERN COUNTIES: 36 ACRES

SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERT: 367 ACRES

SISKIYOU COUNTY: 5849 ACRES PLUS DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OF 1346 ACRRES

MENDOCINO COUNTY: 23,681 ACRES

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE: 359 ACRES

NORTH LA COUNTY IN SOLEDAD CANYON: 51 ACRES

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DETAILS, SO FAR:

Restoration of 3000 acre Sanhedrin Ranch, owned by Trust For Public Land, in Mendocino National Forest (approximately 9000 acres of the ranch is still privately owned)

#8, Sinnott Parcel, near Pescadero in San Mateo County

$75,000 from WCB to CADFW to buy 160 acre conservation easement

#9, Allensworth Ecological Reserve, Expansion 58-68, in Tulare and Kern Counties

purchase of 36 acres in fee by CADFW with a WCB grant of $61,000

#10, Morongo Basin and Expansion 1, San Bernardino County

A WCB grant of $186,000 to Mojave Desert Land Trust to buy 367 acres in fee

#13, McCloud Soda Springs Working Forest, in Siskiyou County

A WCB grant of $610,000 to the Pacific Forest Trust to buy a 1346 acre forest conservation easement; CalTrans is also contributing money

DETAILS:

https://www.pacificforest.org/mccloud-soda-springs-cdfw-grant-press-release/

MAP: https://www.pacificforest.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/PFT_McCloud-Soda-Springs-WFCEMAPS.pdf

https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=152352

#14, Shasta Big Springs Fee Acquisition, near Montague, in Siskiyou County

A WCB grant of $2.44 million to CADFW to buy 5849 acres in fee

DETAILS: http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/news/20180423/siskiyou-board-maintains-opposition-to-states-big-springs-ranch-purchase

#15, Lyme Redwoods Company, Ten Mile River, near Fort Bragg in Mendocino County

WCB grant of $4.48 million to the Nature Conservancy to buy a 23,681 acre forest conservation easement. Also providing funding are CalFire, The State Coastal Conservancy, and the California Natural Resources Agency.

DETAILS: http://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2017/1709/20170928Board06_Ten_Mile_River_South_Fork_Conservation_Easement.pdf

map: http://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2017/1709/20170928Board06_Ten_Mile_River_South_Fork_Conservation_Easement_Ex1.pdf

#18, Fay Canyon Wildlife Area Expansion 1 - Jobs Peak Ranch/Barber Creek, near South Lake Tahoe in Alpine County

WCB grant of $1.4 million to CADFW to buy 359 acres in fee

#19, Robin's Nest riverside campground, along Santa Clara River in north Los Angeles County.

A WCB grant of $1.6 million to the Trust For Public Land to buy 51 acres in fee, in cooperation with the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy

MAP: http://smmc.ca.gov/pdf/attachment4514_Map.pdf

http://smmc.ca.gov/pdf/attachment4514_Staff%20Report.pdf