ConnectingCalifornia.org: WCB 4/2021-2/2022

Wednesday, March 2, 2022

WCB 4/2021-2/2022

CA Wildlife Board Makes Big Land Deals

NORTH COAST:

TRINITY-MENDOCINO-- Lone Pine Ranch, Phase I $4,900,000 (total $7.1 million, with $2million from SCC, $200k from private sources)

grant to The Wildlands Conservancy to acquire 7479± acres located near the community of Alderpoint in Mendocino and Trinity counties. WCB 8/26/2021

TRINITY--Lone Pine Ranch, Phase II $10,000,000 (total price)

grant to The Wildlands Conservancy to acquire in fee 10,848± acres located south of the community of Alderpoint in Trinity County. WCB 2/24/2022

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SF BAY:

MARIN COUNTY--134 acre conservation easement, for $2.2 million from WCB, #34 San Geronimo CE, backer TPL. WCB APRIL 2021

EAST CONTRA COSTA County HCP/NCCP (Pugh) $41,000 (total $930,000, with $796K from USFWS, $93K from EBRPD)

grant to the East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy (ECCCHC) fo acquire 80± acres located near the community of Byron in Contra Costa County. WCB WCB 8/26/2021 & 11/18/2021

NAPA--Quail Ridge UC Davis Natural Reserve System, Expansion 1 $100,000 (total price)

grant to The Regents of the University of California, Davis to acquire 35± acres located near the community of Moskowite Corner in Napa County. WCB 11/18/2021

SAN MATEO-- YMCA Camp Jones Gulch Conservation Easement $2,000,000 (total $9.6M, with $3.2M from Sempervirens Fund, $2.4M from Moore Foundation, $2M from POST)

grant to the Sempervirens Fund to acquire a conservation easement over 915± acres near La Honda in San Mateo County. WCB 2/24/2022

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CENTRAL VALLEY AND SIERRAS:

COLUSA--TNC 1000 Acre Ranch Donation $0

donation of 60± acres of land as an expansion to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) Stegeman Unit of the Sacramento River Wildlife Area (SRWA) located near Colusa in Colusa County. WCB 11/18/2021

COLUSA-- TNC Boeger Ranch Donation $0

donation of 110± acres of land as an expansion to CDFW’s SRWA located near Colusa in Colusa County. WCB 11/18/2021

STANISLAUS--Tuolumne River Educational Center, Reeves Prop. (La Grange) $110,000 (total)

acquisition in fee of 24± acres of land by CDFW located near the community of La Grange in Stanislaus County. WCB 11/18/2021

SISKIYOU--6095 acres fee title for $3.2 million from WCB. #s 23 East Fork Scott River, backer: Wildlands Conservancy. WCB APRIL 2021

BUTTE--Dicus Slough Access Easement $0

acceptance of an access and well quitclaim easement from an adjacent landowner for the purposes of enhancing management of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) lands located near Chico in Butte County. WCB 8/26/2021

NEVADA-PLACER-- Truckee River Wildlife Area West River Unit Transfer--$0

transfer of 41± acres of land by CDFW to Truckee Donner Land Trust located along the Truckee River in the town of Truckee in Nevada and Placer counties. WCB 8/26/2021

YOLO--10. Peabody East Ranch $183,360 (total cost $600,000, with $416k from USFWS)

grant to Yolo Habitat Conservancy to acquire a conservation easement over 101± acres located near West Sacramento in Yolo County. WCB 8/26/2021

YOLO--Peabody West Ranch $183,360 (total cost $600,000, with $416k from USFWS)

grant to Yolo Habitat Conservancy to acquire a conservation easement over 101± acres located near West Sacramento in Yolo County. WCB 8/26/2021

EL DORADO-- Ervin Ranch, Expansion 1 $140,000 (no additional $ needed)

acquisition in fee of 40± acres of land by CDFW located near Rancho Murieta in El Dorado County. WCB 8/26/2021

MARIPOSA-- Stookey Ranch Preserve $740,000 (no additional $ needed)

grant to the Sierra Foothill Conservancy to acquire in fee 226± acres near the community of Mariposa in Mariposa County.WCB 8/26/2021

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CENTRAL COAST:

SANTA BARBARA--Campbell Ranch, Exp. 1 $374,306 ($6.9M total, plus $6.6M from USFWS)

grant to the Land Trust of Santa Barbara County (LTSBC), to acquire a 328±-acre conservation easement located near Lompoc in Santa Barbara County. WCB 11/18/2021

SLO-Attiyeh Ranch Conservation Easements $3,880,000 San Luis Obispo County (total $6.2m, with $1.5M from Dept of Conservation, $825 k from SCC)

grant to The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County to acquire conservation easements over 7,682± acres near Bradley in San Luis Obispo County. WCB 11/18/2021

MONTEREY, SAN BENITO COUNTIES --Rocks Ranch $4,000,000 (total $17M, with $9M from LT of Santa Cruz County and $4M from Dept of Conservation)

grant to the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County to acquire 2,613± acres located near San Juan Bautista in Monterey and San Benito counties. WCB 2/24/2022

SLO-- Las Piletas Ranch $4,722,600 (total $12.5M,, with $6.7M from NC, $1m from CDFW)

grant to The Nature Conservancy to acquire 13,527± acres located near Santa Margarita in San Luis Obispo County. WCB 2/24/2022

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LOS ANGELES:

LOS ANGELES--Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Overpass Crossing, Augmentation $20,000,000

(total price $76M, $25M from WCB, $25M from Anennberg Foundation, Boeing $1M, Caltrans, the National Park Service, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy/Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains, and the National Wildlife Federation ) grant to the National Wildlife Federation to construct a wildlife crossing over U.S. Highway 101 to facilitate wildlife migration near Agoura Hills in Los Angeles County. WCB 8/26/2021

https://patch.com/california/agourahills/liberty-canyon-wildlife-crossing-raises-18-million

The $1.4 million gift came from an anonymous donor from La Cañada Flintridge, who has given $2 million to the project to date. Another long-time supporter, Carolyn Davis, contributed $500,000 to the effort in December.

Other recent donors to the project include a couple from Kansas who have contributed $675,000 after reading about the plight of the Los Angeles area cougars in National Wildlife magazine, along with a resident of the community where the crossing will be located who contributed $250,000 on behalf of the M. Piuze Foundation in memory of its founder.

LOS ANGELES-- Chatsworth Reservoir Connector $2,200,000, (total price $2.4 million, $200k from SMMC)

grant to the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority to acquire 163± acres located near Chatsworth in Los Angeles County. WCB 2/24/2022

LOS ANGELES-- Temescal Ranch, Expansion 1 $3,500,000 (total $6.1M, with $1.1M from LA County, $1M from CalTrans, $520k from USFWS)

grant to the Trust for Public Land (TPL) to acquire 3,605± acres near Lake Piru in northern Los Angeles County. TPL will transfer the land to MRCA, WCB 2/24/2022

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:

WESTERN RIVERSIDE-- MSHCP (2017) Stevenson $84,000 (total price $240k, rest from USFWS)

grant to the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority (WRCRCA) to acquire 20± acres o located near Murrieta in Riverside County. WCB 8/26/2021

WESTERN RIVERSIDE-- MSHCP (2017) Stoddard $259,000 ($740k total, $481k from USFWS)

grant to WRCRCA to acquire 57± acres located near Murrieta in Riverside County. WCB 8/26/2021

WESTERN RIVERSIDE MSHCP (2017) KS California $56,000 (total $160,000 with $104k from USFWS)

grant to the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority (WRCRCA) To acquire 20± acres located near Murrieta in Riverside County. WCB 11/18/2021

WESTERN RIVERSIDE MSHCP (2017) Lafleur $78,750 (total $225k, with $146k from USFWS)

grant to WRCRCA to acquire 20± acres located near Murrieta in Riverside County. WCB 11/18/2021

WESTERN RIVERSIDE MSHCP (2017) TNC/Schumacher $145,250 (total $415k, with $270K from USFWS)

grant to WRCRCA to acquire 52± acres located near Murrieta in Riverside County. WCB 11/18/2021

ORANGE COUNTY--West Coyote Hills, Neighborhood 1, $2,804,000 (total $6.7M, with $2M from USFWS, $1.4M from RMC, $485k from State Parks/Federal LWCF)

grant to the City of Fullerton (City) to acquire 10± acres located in the city of Fullerton in Orange County. WCB 11/18/2021

SAN DIEGO COUNTY--San Diego County MSCP – Crestlake $930,000 (total $3.1M, with $2.1M from USFWS)

grant to the Endangered Habitats Conservancy (EHC) to acquire a fee title on 304± acres located near Alpine in San Diego County. WCB 11/18/2021

SAN DIEGO--Rancho Jamul Ecological Reserve, SDG&E Power Line Re-Route $0

acceptance of a quitclaim easement from San Diego Gas and Electric for the purposes of enhancing management of CDFW’s Rancho Jamul Ecological Reserve, located near the community of Jamul in San Diego County. WCB 2/24/2022

MONO --Centennial Point Ranch Conservation Easement $978,750 (total $2.6M, with $1.6M from Dept of Conservation)

grant to the Eastern Sierra Land Trust for the acquisition of a conservation easement over 1,741± acres near Bridgeport in Mono County. WCB 2/24/2022