SMMC-MRCA 9/21 TO 12/21/2020

LA MOUNTAINS UPDATE

 

LA CITY PORTION OF SM MOUNTAINS:

SEPULVEDA PASS: Consideration of resolution authorizing acceptance of conservation easement, approximately 0.5 acres, over portions of APN 2279-022-022 (3485 Vista Haven Road), in the Sepulveda Pass and Mulholland Drive Scenic Corridor, City of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map 1] [Map 2] [Attachment] MRCA 11/4/2020

LAUREL CANYON: Consideration of resolution authorizing expenditure of Community Facilities District funding to contribute to the acquisition of APNs 5567-018-039, 5567-018-040 and 5567-018-050 in Laurel Canyon (0.29 acres) with the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority receiving conservation easements over all or some of said APNs, City of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 12/2/2020

WOODLAND HILLS: Consideration of resolution authorizing the acceptance of fee simple, conservation easement, or deed restriction donations or dedications of various areas within 6 acre APN 2076-023-019 and entering into any agreements necessary to secure such land interests, Woodland Hills, City of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 12/2/2020

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MALIBU

ESCONDIDO BEACH: Consideration of resolution authorizing acceptance of a public coastal access easement over Los Angeles County Assessor Parcel No. 4460-009-016 (PNRW LCC), Malibu, California. (This item may be heard in closed session pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8. Negotiators: Joseph T. Edmiston and PNRW LCC. Under consideration: price and terms.) [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] MRCA 12/2/2020

ESCONDIDO BEACH: Consideration of resolution authorizing acquisition of fee title to approximately 0.57 acres (APN 4460-028-012), Escondido Beach, Los Angeles County. Negotiators: Joseph T. Edmiston and Jerry Miller, Mansard Holdings Inc. Under consideration: price and terms. (This item may be heard in closed session pursuant to Section 54956.8 of the Government Code.) [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] MRCA 12/2/2020

AGOURA-CALABASAS:

AGOURA HILLS: Consideration of resolution authorizing the sale of a public road easement to the County of Los Angeles over of APNs 2055-010-901 and 2052-009-900 in Chesebro Canyon in Agoura Hills. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Attachment 3] [Attachment 4] [Map 1] [Map 2] MRCA 11/4/2020

STOKES CANYON: Consideration of resolution authorizing acceptance of agricultural easement, approximately 16 acres, over portions of APN 4455-028-044 in unincorporated Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Attachment 3]MRCA 11/4/2020

TOPANGA:

TOPANGA: Consideration of resolution authorizing acceptance of the offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 5-91-436 (BMIF/BSLF Rancho Malibu), Instrument No. 00-0235507, incorporated and unincorporated Malibu. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Attachment 3] [Map] MRCA 12/2/2020

Consideration of resolution authorizing acceptance of mitigation payment for settlement of California Coastal Commission enforcement action (V-5-19-0109) in Topanga State Park and vicinity. [Staff Report] [Resolution] MRCA 12/2/2020

SIMI HILLS:

CHATSWORTH PEAK: Consideration of resolution authorizing acceptance of conditional donation of APNs 648-0-270-325, 648-0-121-210, 648-0-121-440, and 648-0-121-540 (119.11 acres) by Chatsworth Peak, Simi Hills, unincorporated Ventura County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map 1] [Map 2] MRCA 12/2/2020

WCB 11/2020

 Conservation Land Deals by Our State Govt In November

11/2020 WCB agenda; for maps: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=184600&inline

(NOTE: CE means purchase of development rights, not outright purchase of the land)

NORTHERN CALIFONIA:

Bouvier ranch 1596 acre CE in Siskiyou county, grant $630,000 to Siskiyou LT (total price 630k)

Buck Mountain mitigation, expansion 1, Humboldt County, 114 acres, no funding required

Scott River Headwaters, Wildcat, 8269 acre CE in Siskiyou County. WCB grant of $2.5.million (total price)

Vanauken Creek CE in Humboldt County, 1320 acres CE, grant to Sanctuary Forest LT. Other funders include: CDFW $1.85 mil, Sanctuary Forest LT $595k, Weeden Foundation $45,000, Grace Us Foundation: $30,000

CENTRAL VALLEY:

Telegraph Ridge 2416 acre CE in Colusa County, $498,000 grant (total price) to Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Moody ridge in Placer county, grant of $195,000 to Placer land trust, 41 acres bought with $195,000 (TOTAL PRICE)

San joaquin river parkway, Slenders property, purchase 35 acres in Madera county, total grant and price $995,000

SJ River Parkway in Fresno County, transfer of public access easement from CDFW to SJRC (over private landfill)

San Joaquin river parkway, Sumner-Peck Ranch in Fresno County, purchase of 76 acres with WCB grant of $3.6 million to San Joaquin Parkway and Conservation Trust inc. which is providing $96,000

CENTRAL COAST:

Nicholson Ranch CE, $760,000 grant to Land Conservancy of SLO County to buy 717 acre CE. Additional funds are from Dept of Conservation $1 mil, SCC $600,000

 

 

SOUTHERN CALIF.

Morongo Basin expansion 9 in San Bernardino County, 79 acres bought with $539,000 from WCB and $95,000 for the Mojave Desert LT

Denk Mtn, expansion 1, $75,000 granted to the Center For Natural Lands Management to buy 6 acres in San Diego County. Funds include $140,000 from USFWS

LeoMar Preserve in San Diego County, 79 acres bought by Escondido Creek Conservancy with $718k from WCB and $1.3 mil from USFWS

San Diego County HCP, White Property, buy 103 acres with $453k granted to the San Dieguito River Valley Land Conservancy which is providing 226k, and USFWS granting $1.6 million

Pilgrim Creek Ecological Preserve, purchase of 61 acres in San Diego County for $1.6 mil from WCB (total funds)

There were no purchases in the special December 2020 meeting

SCC 6+9/2020

 Coastal Land Deals for June and Sept 2020 by the Coastal Conservancy

DEL NORTE: disburse up to $96,000 to the County of Del Norte to assess the feasibility of expanding camping opportunities and develop a park improvement plan for 2.25 acre Clifford Kamph Memorial Park, the northern gateway to the California Coastal Trail, in Del Norte County. SCC 6/2020

MAP: https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2006/20200618Board03C_Kamph_Park_Ex1.pdf

HUMBOLDT COUNTY: authorization to substitute Friends of the Dunes as the interim fee owner of the 356-acre Samoa Dunes and Wetland Complex and disburse up to $30,000 to Friends of the Dunes to provide interim management of the 356-acre Samoa Dunes and Wetlands Complex in Humboldt County, CA. Currrent owner is Security National. In 2018, SCC allocated $673k for the purchase. SCC 9/2020

MAP: https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2020/aug/10/harbor-district-friends-dunes-develop-agreement-se/

MENDOCINO COUNTY: amend the Conservancy’s revenue sharing agreement with The Conservation Fund (TCF) related to the Garcia River Forest (formerly known as Coastal Forestlands), Mendocino County. SCC 9/2020

SONOMA COUNTY: disburse up to $500,000 to the Sonoma County Regional Parks to acquire approximately 515 acres in the Dutch Bill Creek watershed, a tributary to the Russian River, to protect open space, habitat, natural floodplain and water quality and to provide an opportunity to develop a future regional parkway with recreational trails. Funding is by: Sonoma County: $2.167k, Regional parks Measure M: $445k, CA State Parks: $954k. SCC 6/2020

MAP: https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2006/20200618Board07_Dutch_Bill_Creek_Acquisition_Ex1.pdf

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SANTA CLARA COUNTY: disburse up to $5,000,000 to the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority to acquire the approximately 235-acre Sobrato South property for protection of open space, natural floodplain, wildlife habitat, biological resources, and agriculture; natural resource restoration; and compatible public access, as part of a larger Coyote Valley open space acquisition effort in the City of San Jose in Santa Clara County. One of the significant regional values of theCoyote Valley is that itprovides a linkage between theSanta Cruz Mountainsand the Diablo Rangefor both the movement of wildlife and for the migration of species .

The Sobrato South acquisition terms require that the Brandenburg, Sobrato North and Sobrato South parcels be acquired together because of the properties’ interrelated infrastructure easements. To successfully complete this complicated and costly acquisition, the OSA is working with Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) and the City of San José. The City of San José acquired part of the Brandenburg property,Brandenburg East, and OSA holds a conservation easement over this property. POST acquired the remainder of the Brandenburg property, Brandenburg West, and the Sobrato North. POST will eventually transfer its interests in the Brandenburg West and the Sobrato North propertiesto OSA, likely next year. POSTis also the buyer under the Sobrato South acquisition agreement but will assign its rights to purchase the Sobrato South property to OSA and provide $1,000,000 toward the acquisition. OSA anticipates that the remaining $15,000,000 necessary to complete the acquisition will be coming from the Wildlife Conservation Board($10,000,000)and from the Conservancy ($5,000,000), and $1 million from POST.. SCC 6/2020

MAP: https://baynature.org/article/the-last-big-save/

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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: transfer fee title to five Conservancy-owned parcels adjacent to Hidden Beach County Park to the County of Santa Cruz and approval of the disposition plan for the property transfer; and authorization to disburse up to $35,000 to the County of Santa Cruz to prepare plans, environmental review documents, and permit applications for a new restroom at Hidden Beach County Park. SCC 9/2020

MAP: https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2009/20200903Board07_Hidden_Beach_Ex3.pdf

SAN LUIS OBISPO: disburse up to $600,000 to The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County for the acquisition of a conservation easement on the 717-acre Nicholson Ranch in northern San Luis Obispo County. The ranch is adjacent to the 1,779-acre Hill Ranch that has also been protected by a conservation easement recorded in 2018 with funding support from Conservancy Proposition 1 funds. Further west, the Hill Ranch shares a border with the 2,032-acre MK Ranch which was donated to the Land Conservancy in February 2020 for perpetual conservation purposes . Additional Funding is from: Dept of Conservation $1mil, WCB $760k. Total cost is $2.36 million. SCC 9/2020

MAP: https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2009/20200903Board08_Nicholson_Ranch_Ex2.pdf

ORANGE COUNTY: disburse up to $2,460,000 to acquire the 44-acre Newland Marsh property in Huntington Beach from the California Department of Transportation, and to transfer the property to the Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy.

The purchase is part of a 191-acre wetlands complex located on the north side of the Santa Ana River. The complex consists of four areas: Talbert Marsh, Brookhurst Marsh, Magnolia Marsh and Newland Marsh(Exhibit 1). The complex is all that is left of an almost 3,000-acre wetland that once existed at the mouth of the Santa Ana River. All the other marshes except Newland Marsh have been acquired and restored by the Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy(HBWC).Acquisition of Newland Marsh will complete the protection of the Huntington Beach Wetlands Complex . HBWC has already completed full tidal restoration at Talbert, Brookhurst, and Magnolia Marshes. Project costs: SCCC $400k, WCB $1.08 million, USFWS $980k SCC 9/2020

MAP: https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2009/20200903Board09_Newland_Marsh_Acquisition_Ex1.pdf

ORANGE COUNTY: disburse up to $250,000 to the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority to prepare plans, CEQA documentation, and permit applications for wetland restoration and public access facilities in the southern area of the Los Cerritos Wetlands in Seal Beach. SCC 9/2020

Since its formation, LCWA has acquired 166 acres, of which the Conservancy has helped fund the acquisition of 66 acres and has prepared conceptual restoration plans for the entire 500-acre complex.

MAP: https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2009/20200903Board03D_Los_Cerritos_Wetlands_Southern_Area_Ex1.pdf

WCB 8-2020

 Purchase of Major Link in SF Bay Ridge Trail Funded (#27 on agenda)

Agenda, more details and maps: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=182030&inline

27. Tilton Ranch, linkage in the Bay Ridge Trail system, buy 1741 acres in Santa Clara County with $4 million from WCB, $4.9 mil from USFWS, $2 mil from Moore Foundation, and $660k from Santa Clara county for $15.8 mil total

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7. Samoa Dunes and Wetlands, purchase 357 acres, grant pf $700,000 added to $625k from SCC, and 669k from CA NRA, total $1.95 million, from Security National Corp

9. CAL FIRE Mailliard East Ranch 3659 acre Conservation Easement in Mendocino County; CalFire get ownership of the CE. Funds: SSRL $668k, NWFW $250k, CA NRA $500,000, FLP 4.2 mil

10. Crocker Meadows Wildlife Area, Expansion 3, buy 231 acres in Plumas County, $369K all from WCB.

11. Middle Fork of the American River, Chapman Canyon, buy 543 acres in Placer County, with $435k all from WCB, to be owned by ARC.

14. Morongo Basin, Expansion 7, buy 29 acres with $89k from WCB, plus $16K FROM THE mdlt

15. Morongo Basin, Expansion 8, BUY 206 acres with $663k from WCB plus $117K FROM mdlt

17. Western Riverside MSHCP (2017) Welsh, buy 19 acres, with $161 k from WCB and $299k from USFWS

18. Otay Mesa Vernal Pool, purchase of about 1 acre for $24k from the WCB and $45k from USFWS

19. Rancho Jamul Land Exchange with developer, 219 acres to developer, 339 acres in fee and 191 acre conservation easement to the State

20. Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains Conservation Area Oswit Property, buy 114 acres for $1.2 million from WWCB and $3.7 mil from USFWS, $1.2 mil from CVMC and $1 mil from Save Oswit Canyon

23. Liberty Canyon Wildlife Overpass Crossing, $5mil from WCB, total cost $83 million

28. Rancho Caleta, buy 38 acres in Colusa County for $608k from WCB

29. Temescal Ranch, purchase 1171 acres in west Santa Clarita Valley in LA County with $818 k from WCB, $500,000 from NFWF, and $281 k from USFWS for total price of $1.6 mil

30. Grinsell Ranch , buy 1278 acres in Napa County with $1 mil from WCB and $250k from the Moore Foundation

31. Carrizo Plains Ecological Reserve, Expansion 6 , buy 624 acres with $1.4mil from WCB

32. Tehachapi–Bear Mountain, buy 3148 acres for $3.5 mil from WCB in Kern County

33. Newland Marsh buy 44 acres in west Orange County with $1.08 mil from WCB, $980k from USFWS, and $400,000 from the State Coastal Conservancy

SMMC-MRCA 6/24/2020 to 9/2/2020

 Malibu Parcel With Longtime Illegal Buildings to be Bought by Mountains Conservancy

(and other park deals from the agendas of the SMMC and MRCA from 6/24 to 9/2/2020.)

47.5 acre Witter property: Latigo canyon: acquisition of parcels in unincorporated Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 8/5/2020

“Seven parcels totaling 47.5 acres in Latigo Canyon, known as the Madalon Witter property, have been in default with Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector’s (TTC) office for many years. The California Coastal Commission (Commission) has an Abstract of Judgment encumbering the property for Coastal Act violations. ...The purchase price of both Agreements is estimated to be approximately $150,000 payable in 2021. ...The property abuts NPS Castro Crest property on three sides. After the acquisition is complete, MRCA will work with NPS staff regarding potential transfer of title to NPS....There is no plan to formally designate or open up any trails on the property. “

LA CITY-EAST SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS:

comment letter to the City of Los Angeles regarding the proposed removal of protected trees related to the proposed 75,000 square foot house project at 9650 Cedarbrook Drive (apn 4387-022-021), adjacent Franklin Canyon Park in Coldwater Canyon, City of Los Angeles. [Comment Letter] [Resolution] [Map 1] [Map 2] [Map 3] [Map 4] SMMC 6/29/2020

West of Franklin Canyon: acceptance of a conservation easement (approximately 2 acres) over APN 4355-005-001, 1471 SummitRidge Drive, City of Los Angeles. MRCA 7/1/2020 [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map]

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MALIBU-WEST SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS:

comment letter to the County of Los Angeles on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Santa Monica Mountains North Area Plan and Community Standards District Update, sch No. 2018071065, unincorporated Los Angeles County. [Comment Letter] [Resolution] [Attachment] [Attachment 2] [Attachment 3] SMMC 6/29/2020

101 Freeway Bridge: an official request and acceptance to the City of Agoura Hills and California Department of Transportation for a Transfer of Jurisdiction to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy of a portion of the pending vacation of Vendell Place for Liberty Canyon wildlife corridor permanent habitat protection purposes, City of Agoura Hills. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Map] SMMC 6/29/2020

Ramirez canyon: amending an existing conservation easement in exchange for new conservation easement area of equal or greater size (7 acres for 7.5 acres) on APN 4467-003-021, and acceptance of processing fee, City of Malibu. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 9/2/2020

North side of Saddle Peak: acceptance of the offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 5-85-214-A3 (Ghosn, Michael), incorporated and unincorporated Malibu. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Attachment 3] [Map] MRCA 8/5/2020

North side of Saddle Peak: acceptance of the offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 4-01-046 (PCH-Tyler Associates), incorporated and unincorporated Malibu. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Attachment 3] [Attachment 4] [Map] MRCA 8/5/2020

Topanga Canyon: acceptance of the offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 5-91-436 (BMIF/BSLF Rancho Malibu), APN’s: 4444-013-018; combined w -019; now -020, incorporated and unincorporated Malibu. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Attachment 3] [Map] MRCA 8/5/2020

[Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 6/24/20

Cold Creek: acceptance of the offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 5-91-436 (BMIF/BSLF Rancho Malibu), APN: 4455-021-902, incorporated and unincorporated Malibu. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Map] MRCA 8/5/2020

Cold Creek: acceptance of the offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 5–90-525 (Fred Winograd), incorporated and

unincorporated Malibu [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 6/24/20

Cold Creeek: acceptance of the offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 4-98-196 (Omata), incorporated and unincorporated

Malibu [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 6/24/20

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NORTH LA COUNTY:

Stickelback Ranch, Bobcat Canyon, Robin's Nest, MRCA-owned parcels: grant of conservation easements to the Desert and Mountain Conservation Authority over all or a portion of APNs 3209-008-908, 909, 910, 911, 912; 3210-009-907, and 908 in Soledad Canyon, unincorporated Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 9/2/2020

Agua Dulce Creek State Route 14 Wildlife Undercrossing Enhancement Project in unincorporated Agua Dulce area, Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map 1] [Map 2] MRCA 8/5/2020

257 acre Hidden Creeks Park Public Access Improvement Project near unincorporated Chatsworth area, Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 8/5/2020

Assorted State-Forests and Fires-Funded Land Purchases

 2017-2019 CAL FIRE Forest Health Grant Awardees

EDITED FROM:

https://kiem-tv.com/2018/08/13/humboldt-county-organizations-to-receive-millions-in-grant-funding-for-wildfire-prevention/

https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/10990/17-18_cci_fh_grant_awardees_web.pdf

http://acconsensus.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-CCI-Awards.pdf

https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/10994/2018_2019_cci_fh_fl_rp_awards_web.pdf

https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/11016/2016_2017-cal-fire-cci-fh-grant-awards_web.pdf

https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/10653/fy-2019-2020-fh_fl_rp-grant-awards_web.pdf

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HUMBOLDT COUNTY:

762 acre Grizzly Creek forest CE (PURCHASE OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS WITH A CONSERVATION EASEMENT, LAND REMAINS PRIVATE) in Humboldt county, $1.2 million to Sean and Kathryn O'Day

-CalFire 7/2017 to 6/2018

--Forest Legacy Program granted $995,000 to purchase, https://www.toposandanthros.com/blog/2018/7/9/community-forest

https://kiem-tv.com/2018/08/13/humboldt-county-organizations-to-receive-millions-in-grant-funding-for-wildfire-prevention/

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restoration work on 484 acres; A part of 11,000 acres of existing CE's in Humboldt county, Redwoods to the Sea Corridor/Mattole River watershed; CalFire 7/2017 to 6/2018

http://sanctuaryforest.org/programs/land-conservation/land-acquisition/

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purchase of 49 acre Forsyth-inholding addition to Arcata community forest, grantee: City of Arcata. $227,000. (expansion of community forest began in 2006, adding 559 acres)

MAP: https://madriverunion.com/arcata-community-forest-gains-49-acre-forsyth-tract/

-CalFire 7/2017 to 6/2018

https://madriverunion.com/forsyth-property-being-logged-prior-to-city-purchase/

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6164 acre McKay forest/Ryan creek fee and CE purchase by TPL from Green Diamond timber co. with grant of $3.6 million (fee purchase 197 acres; CE purchase is 5967 ac.)-CalFire 7/2017 to 6/2018

http://kymkemp.com/2020/06/24/mckay-community-forest-approved-for-197-acre-expansion/

-----https://www.tpl.org/our-work/humboldt-community-forest

The project's first phase will create a 1200-acre community forest for Humboldt County-a revenue-generating open space for county residents that also celebrates the county's working forest heritage with interpretive trails explaining forestry principles and forest ecology. The second and third phases of the project will place working forest conservation easements on the property's remaining 6,350 acres. Plans call for construction of a recreational trail on the Ryan Creek property that would connect the shores of Humboldt Bay to the Headwaters Forest Preserve's old growth redwood groves.

------MAP: https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2014/04/18/mckay-tract-community-forest-five-thumbs-up

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2960 acre Diamond D CE, grant of $4.5 million to Northcoast Regional Land Trust (in progress)-CalFire 7/2017 to 6/2018

3348 acre CE on Wagner family forest in Mattole. $2.75 million grant to Northcoast Regional land trust (a keystone parcel in contiguous 15,000 acres of working forests)(status: in progress); CalFire 7/2019-6/2020

MAP: https://ncrlt.org/projects

 

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114 acre Swaner expansion, adjacent to Arcata's Jacoby Creek Forest, $430,000; CalFire 7/2019-6/2020. Total price: $1.5 million, from private donations and CAL DFW.

MAP: https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2020/05/21/arcata-purchases-114-acres-to-add-to-jacoby-creek-forest

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1222 acre Mattole creek headwaters CE (includes 70 acres of 1000 year old Redwoods) $4.2 million; CalFire 7/2019-6/2020

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MENDOCINO COUNTY:

Lyme Timber co. 23,201 acre CE on Ten Mile River in Mendocino county. Grant: $5 million to the Nature Conservancy: CalFire 7/2016 to 6/2017. SCC granted $1 million

https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2017/1709/20170928Board06_Ten_Mile_River_South_Fork_Conservation_Easement.pdf

https://www.lymetimber.com/portfolio/lyme-redwood-timberlands/

In December 2015, The Lyme Forest Fund IV purchased 112,000 timberland acres on the coast of northern California. https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/wpc/10tenmilesec2.pdf From Hawthorne Timber (formerly owned by Georgia Pacific)

https://www.wildcalifornia.org/blog/pilot-watershed-study-thp-process

MAP: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMby_Ef4H8dVRn7FRVLxsxIRZDNP3pIibcOZK5WkrTA1C-tAYet4PqQU0tdStsKDg/photo/AF1QipMdy--V_Rj8k3QGsiEW4gFLDipjVeQzBtH8bQ4?key=eDM5dkdTYm5IaDI0TmFKNVFvbnZsSXRla0Q2Ymdn

 

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SONOMA COUNTY:

4344 acres CE in Sonoma County, Silva Ranch, $4 million to Western Rivers Conservancy and Sonoma Co. APOSD -CalFire 7/2017 to 6/2018

https://sonoma-county.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4198566&GUID=C032B3BF-D348-461B-9426-EA922F9270CC&Options=&Search=

MAP: https://sonoma-county.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=7812293&GUID=D058962C-185C-4163-8E0A-800AAED6817F

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NAPA COUNTY:

Scott property purchase in Napa County. Grant: $1.5 million to LT of Napa County: CalFire: 7/2018-6/2019. ACREAGE?????

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SISKIYOU COUNTY:

Whiskey CE in Siskiyou county, 18,683 CE is Phase 3 of total 39,685 acre CE of Scott River Headwaters property. Grant: $5.8 million to Ecotrust Forests II, LLC (which bought the land in 2017): CalFire: 7/2018-6/2019

https://www.siskiyoulandtrust.org/scott-river-headwaters-project/

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SHASTA COUNTY:

Congratulations to Shasta Land Trust--CA Council of Land Trusts 6/30/2020

"Through their planned gift, the Shasta Land Trust is excited to announce the Harry Daniell/Beaver Banks Preserve at the gateway to the City of Redding, California as the future home of the Shasta Land Trust, at this 7-acre property along the Sacramento River  https://www.shastalandtrust.org/our-protected-properties-1

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Phase 1 of Mt Shasta Headwaters CE purchase. Grant: $4 million to Pacific Forest Trust inc.: CalFire 7/2016 to 6/2017

https://rare-earth-news.blogspot.com/2015/03/more-critter-parks.html

MAP: from 11/2014 wcb meeting https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOPEG62nEZ61rSDNebQFWESKpBDaCLtxB8vmewDSAKDgrrVhwww0T2GcC5TLO3oaQ/photo/AF1QipMpYGwizH95bM3cK5h_u3QAjbyVHOo2EKw0IBU?key=NG44dlhjWnNQb0FPSzVocGJrVW5kUHNfSmdTcmdn

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PLACER COUNTY:

Purchase of 192 acre in Foresthill in Placer County adjacent to Auburn State Rec area. Grant: $1.3 million to Placer Land Trust which will own fee title. CalFire will own a CE: CalFire: 7/2018-6/2019

http://www.motherlodetrails.org/alerts/new-trails-projects-for-placer-county-land-trust-and-asra

called the Butler Property

MAP: https://placerlandtrust.org/preserves-map/

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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY:

Arrowhead Ridge: 78 acres in San Bernardino mountains. Grant $1 million to SBM's LT: CalFire 7/2016 to 6/2017

https://sbmlt.net/restore-the-ridge-2-2/

https://sbmlt.net/our-preserved-lands/