State Hands out $34 million for New
River Parks and Trails
2012 PROPOSITION 84, ROUND 2, RIVER PARKWAYS GRANT
RECIPIENTS
11/26/2012--The California
Natural Resources Agency today announced over $34 million in funding for 33
proposed river parkway projects statewide. These projects will create
recreation opportunities for families, restore fish and wildlife habitat,
provide flood management, and enhance California’s
river parkways.
…In total, the grants will
fund more than 31 miles of trails and more than 7,500 acres of wildlife habitat
restoration and land acquisition.
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LIST OF LAND PURCHASES TO BE FUNDED:
Alpine County parks dept.: 6 acres--Markleeville Creek Acquisition -
$136,000
El Dorado
County: American River Conservancy –2,566 acres-- Cosumnes River Parkway
- $1,800,000
Yuba and Nevada
Counties: Bear Yuba Land
Trust – Rice’s Crossing: Yuba River Acquisition - $1,900,000
Acquire the 2,706-acre Rice’s Crossing property immediately
below New Bullards Bar Dam adjacent to Yuba River State Park to provide trails for public
use and improve river health for salmon fisheries.
The Rice's Crossing property spans both sides of the Middle Yuba River and is bounded by Bullards Bar Reservoir to the
north and South Yuba River State Park to the south.
… "This property knits
together more than 8,500 acres of protected open space and contains six miles
of the Yuba River,"
said Markley Bavinger, project manager for the Trust for Public Land.
(BELOW: RICE'S CROSSING LOCATION)
L.A./San Bernardino County line: The Conservation Fund – Mount Baldy Ranch Land Acquisition - $868,000. Acquire 237 acres along San Antonio Creek in the San Gabriel Mountains
Humboldt County: Redwood Forest Foundation, Inc. – Ryan Creek
Community Forest
Project - $1,000,000. Acquire approximately 1,200 acres of timberland adjacent
to Ryan Creek,
establishing a Community Forest for the city of Eureka, which will practice sustainable
timber management.
Tulare
County: Sequoia
Riverlands Trust – Kaweah Oaks Preserve Acquisition $410,181
Acquire approximately 22 acres of riparian habitat adding
approximately one-half mile of creek frontage along Deep Creek to the Kaweah
Oaks Preserve.
Nevada
County: The Sierra Fund – Deer Creek Tribute Trail
& Restoration Project (Acquisition) $739,111. Acquire approximately 32
acres of riparian habitat for the purpose of habitat restoration/enhancement
and public access.
Sonoma County parks dept: Mark
West Creek
Regional Park
and Open Space Preserve - $1,000,000
Acquire 297 acres in the Mark West Creek watershed creating
a 1,100-acre regional park and open space preserve providing hikers, cyclists
and equestrians access to 20 miles of developed trails crossing grasslands,
woodlands and creeks.
Placer County: Trust for Public
Land – North
Fork American River – Big Bend
Acquisition - $1,368,000. Acquire 460 acres known as the Big Bend Property
which is bisected by the North
Fork American River to protect habitat and wildlife
corridors and improve public access to the river.
8/6/2012--The
Truckee Donner Land Trust and The Trust for Public Land have reached an
agreement to purchase the 3,000-acre Royal Gorge property at Donner
Summit after a proposed 950-home development at the site went into
foreclosure. The Land Trust has been looking forward to this day for the
last 20 years. We now have our best shot in a generation to protect all
of Royal Gorge’s remarkable meadows, peaks, forests, streams, and
lakes. We now face a Dec. 20, 2012 deadline to raise $13.5 million to
complete the project. With your help, we can do this! Please donate now
and help us protect this remarkable property.
