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