SCC 9/2017: September Purchases by Coastal Conservancy

State Coastal Conservancy to Help Save Over 23,000 Acres in Napa and Mendocino

http://scc.ca.gov/2017/09/15/coastal-conservancy-public-meeting-in-fort-bragg-september-28/

$1 million to The Nature Conservancy to acquire a conservation easement over approximately 23,000 acres of the Lyme Redwood Forest Company property within the Ten Mile River watershed in Mendocino County (Total cost: $17.2 million, $12 million of that from State taxpayers, another $4 million in private contributions)
STAFF REPORT: 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


$400,000 to the Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District for acquisition of the final 298 acres of the 709-acre Suscol Headwaters Preserve, which will close a gap of more than five miles in the Bay Area Ridge Trail and protect steelhead spawning habitat in Suscol Creek. (Total Cost: $2.6 million, with $2.1 million provided by State taxpayers, and $500,000 from Napa County)
STAFF REPORT: http://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2017/1709/20170928Board14_Suscol_Headwaters_Preserve_Acquisition.pdf
MAP: http://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2017/1709/20170928Board14_Suscol_Headwaters_Preserve_Acquisition_Ex1.pdf