State
Buys 7300 acres of Development Rights and 1300 acres in full
(Wildlife Conservation Board meeting August 28, 2019)
for more details and maps:
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IN THE SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS:
Hornitos
Ranch Conservation Easement, Mariposa County, $98,944
grant
to Sierra Foothill Conservancy for a cooperative project with CDFW,
the California Department of Conservation, and the California
Wildlife Foundation to acquire a conservation easement over 7,100±
acres located near Hornitos, in Mariposa County
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Ash
Creek Wildlife Area Land Exchange, Lassen County $0
exchange
of 139± acres owned by the California Department of Fish and
Wildlife (CDFW) for 100± acres owned by Peter and Lynn Gerig to
serve as a consolidation and floodplain restoration of CDFW’s Ash
Creek Wildlife Area, located near Bieber in Lassen County.
Arrowhead
Ridge,CAL FIRE Conservation Easement,San
Bernardino County, $0
acceptance
of a conservation easement by the California Department of Forestry
and Fire Protection on 78± acres located near Lake Arrowhead in San
Bernardino County
Hearthstone
Quitclaim,
Ventura
County $0
To
consider the sale of a 1.6± access easement by CDFW to an adjacent
landowner for the purpose of enhancing management of CDFW lands near
Filmore in Ventura County.
Mendenhall
Ranch Conservation Easement,
San
Diego County, $61,250
grant
to the California Rangeland Trust for a cooperative project with the
U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources
Conservation Service to acquire a conservation easement over 118±
acres of land for the protection of a working landscape located in an
area known as Mendenhall Valley in north San Diego County.
Franklin
Ridge, Expansion 2,
Contra
Costa County, $2,000,000
grant
to the John Muir Land Trust for a cooperative project with the East
Bay Regional Park District to acquire in fee 281± acres and assist
in the expansion of the Bay Area Ridge Trail Corridor located near
the City of Martinez, in Contra Costa County.
Mormon
Meadows,
Mono
County $1,320,000
To
consider the allocation for a grant to the Wilderness Land Trust to
acquire in fee 960± acres located near Bridgeport in Mono County.
Colton
Sand Dunes,
San
Bernardino County $1,934,000
To
consider the allocation for a grant to Rivers & Lands Conservancy
(RLC) and the acceptance of two USFWS Habitat Conservation Plan Land
Acquisition grants and the approval to sub-grant these federal funds
to RLC to acquire in fee 34± acres located in the City of Colton in
San Bernardino County.
Liberty
Canyon Wildlife Underpass (enhancement) Project,
Los
Angeles County $390,000
To
consider the allocation for a grant to the Resource Conservation
District of the Santa Monica Mountains for a cooperative project with
Caltrans, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy,and the Mountains
Recreation and Conservation Authority to improve the ability of
wildlife to cross U.S. Highway 101 by restoring and enhancing an
existing wildlife undercrossing that was damaged in the 2019 Woolsey
Fire, located approximately nine miles east of Thousand Oaks in Los
Angeles County. (NOTE THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE PROPOSED WILDLIFE BRIDGE BETWEEN LIBERTY AND PALO COMADO CANYONS)
Mission
Center,
San
Diego County, $1,600,000
To
consider the allocation for a grant to the Endangered Habitats
Conservancy to acquire in fee 42± acres located near the City of San
Diegoin San Diego County.
