CA Wildlife Board Funds Purchase of
18,175 acres of Habitat and Buys 13,333 Acres of Development Rights
Taken from the Agendas for the
California Wildlife Conservation Board for November 2014 to March
2015....
http://wcb.ca.gov
ON THE NORTH COAST:
Blue Creek, Humboldt/Del Norte County
$5,035,000
--grant to Western Rivers Forestry for
a cooperative project with the State Coastal Conservancy, Wyss
Foundation, the Yurok Tribe and the New Market Tax Credit Program to
acquire 6,479± acres of land near the town of Klamath, and
traversing both Humboldt and Del Norte Counties. WCB 11/20/2014 and 3/12/2015
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA:
East Contra Costa County NCCP/HCP
(Viera/Perley) $882,500
--acquire 260± acres located in the
Diablo Mountain Range, about 6 miles southeast of the Town of Clayton
in Contra Costa County. WCB 2/25/2015
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CENTRAL VALLEY AND SIERRAS:
Granite Chief Wilderness--American River Headwaters, Placer
County $3,500,000
--grant to American River Conservancy
for a cooperative project with the California Natural Resources
Agency and private donations to acquire 9,955± acres of land to help
preserve alpine forests on the headwaters of the Middle and North
Forks of the American River in Placer County. WCB
2/25/2015
Mt. Shasta Headwaters Forest, Hancock
Phase I (Town Block), Siskiyou/Shasta County
$9,090,000
--grant to the Pacific Forest Trust for
a cooperative project with the California Department of
Transportation to acquire a forest conservation
easement over 12,644± acres of land covering a
significant portion of the upper
watershed of the McCloud River, located near the town of McCloud and
transversing both Siskiyou and Shasta Counties. WCB 11/20/2014
Little Shasta Valley Conservation
Easement, Fogg Gulch, Siskiyou County, $53,000
--grant to the Rocky Mountain Elk
Foundation to acquire a conservation easement over
645± acres of land. WCB 11/20/2014
Allensworth Ecological Reserve,
Expansion 50-56, Tulare County, $0.00
--acquisition of 8 separate parcels of
land totaling 12.98+/- acres. The funding source is being
provided by the California Department
of Corrections Statewide Electric Fence Project mitigation fund. WCB
11/20/2014
Allensworth Ecological Reserve,
Expansion 57, Tulare County $0.00
--acquisition of two separate parcels
totaling four± acres of land. WCB 2/25/2015
Barry Point Fire Forest Restoration,
Modoc County $2,500,000
--grant to the Pacific Forest Trust for
a cooperative project with the landowner to restore forest habitat
within the privately-owned Collins Timber Company’s 32,686-acre
Lakeview Tract, located just west of Goose Lake, approximately 30
miles north of the city of Alturas in Modoc County. WCB 11/20/2014
San Joaquin Wetlands Associates
Settlement (MID Eminent Domain) Stanislaus County $0.00
--accept a perpetual conservation
easement over 44± acres of natural and managed wetlands, upland
habitats, and riparian areas on 12
privately-owned parcels in western Stanislaus County as part of a
Settlement Agreement related to the Modesto Irrigation District’s
Westley to Rosemore Transmission Line Project. WCB 2/25/2015
East Sacramento County Blue Oak Legacy
Area, Expansion 3 (Graves) $810,000
--grant to the Sacramento Valley
Conservancy to acquire 100± acres approximately six miles south of
the city of Folsom and three miles north of the community of Rancho
Murrieta. WCB 2/25/2015
San Joaquin River Parkway, Jenco Farms
, Fresno County, $911,400
--acquisition of 23± acres, WCB
2/25/2015
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CENTRAL COAST:
Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve, SLC
Lease Amendment, Santa Barbara County, $0.00
-- adding 175± acres of land currently
under the jurisdiction of the California State Lands Commission. WCB
2/25/2015
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY:
Liberty Canyon Wildlife Crossing, Los
Angeles County $650,000
--grant to the Resource Conservation
District of the Santa Monica Mountains for a cooperative project with
Caltrans, Los Angeles County, a private landowner, and the Mountains
Recreation and Conservation Authority to enhance an existing
undercrossing to allow wildlife to cross Highway
101, located approximately nine miles
east of Thousand Oaks in Los Angeles County.
WCB 11/20/2014
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:
Western Riverside - Monte Cristo,
$60,800
--acquire 21± acres of land near the
community of Murrieta. WCB 11/20/2014
Western Riverside - Oldar, $95,000
--acquire 157± acres of land near the
community of Temecula. WCB 11/20/2014
Western Riverside, Evandel
– Wilson, $146,200
--acquire 80± acres
of land near the community of Murrieta. WCB
2/25/2015
Western Riverside, Evandel
– Bergstein, $218,565
--acquire 108±
acres near the community of Murrieta. WCB
2/25/2015
Metcalf Meadow, Recovery Land
Acquisition Grant (2013), San Bernardino County $570,000
--grant to the San Bernardino Mountains
Land Trust to acquire14± acres located within the city of Big Bear.
WCB 11/20/2014
Puma Canyon, Expansion 5 (Saylor) San
Bernardino County $44,000
--grant to Transition Habitat
Conservancy to acquire six± acres of land, to conserve lower montane
chaparral and woodland habitat for the benefit of deer, mountain lion
and other wildlife species, located in Puma Canyon on the lower
northern slopes of the San Bernardino Mountains, near the community
of Pinon Hills in San Bernardino County. WCB
2/25/2015
County of San Diego (PWRG) San Diego
County, $227,090
--grant to the Endangered Habitat
Conservancy (EHC) to acquire fee title to 79± acres and then
transfer the property to the State CDFW, located near El Cajon. WCB
2/25/2015
County of San Diego, $1,625,295
--grant to the Endangered Habitats
Conservancy to acquire a total of 634± acres from three separate
landowners near the city of El Cajon.WCB 2/25/2015
City of Carlsbad (Cielo del Norte,
Phase ll) San Diego County, $10,000
--grant to The Escondido Creek
Conservancy to acquire fee title to 242+/- acres of land
for the protection of California
gnatcatcher habitat in San Diego County. WCB
2/25/2015
