Big Redwood Forest Preservation Deal Coming Up On Mendocino Coast
Thursday, August 22, 2024, 10:00 a.m.
Natural Resources Building, First Floor Auditorium, 715 P Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
Agenda summary:
https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=224088&inline
MAPS AND STAFF REPORT: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=225312&inline
NORTH COAST:
LOST COAST REDWOODS
4566 acres: Lost Coast Redwoods project, $8,500,000 Mendocino County
To consider the allocation of a grant to Save the Redwoods League and Bureau of Land Management for the permanent protection of 4,566± acres located seven miles southwest of Leggett in Mendocino County.
https://www.savetheredwoods.org/project/lost-coast-redwoods/
Save the Redwoods League acquired Lost Coast Redwoods property for $36.9 million in December 2021. The land is protected from excessive timber harvesting, subdivision, and development. ...With more than 2,250 acres (about 3.5 square miles) of second-growth redwood forest and large old-growth trees scattered throughout . Total size: 3181 acres, Goal: $43.4 million
https://www.savetheredwoods.org/project/lost-coast-redwoods/overview/
Soper Company owned this property, known to the company as DeVilbiss Ranch, and managed it for timber production since 1963. For decades the company supported habitat and biodiversity through ethical stewardship and led the timber industry in science-based innovation and land management practices that foster sustainable forests. ….totals 3100 acres
https://www.savetheredwoods.org/project/cape-vizcaino-restoration/
SRL purchased the nearby 401-acre property Cape Vizcaino property in 2008,
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WITHDRAWN FROM AGENDA: 120 acres: North Coast Range Fen Conservation Area (Wojcik) $475,000 Humboldt County
To consider the acquisition of 120± acres of land by CDFW as an expansion to CDFW’s North Coast Fen Regional Conservation Area located near Bridgeville in Humboldt County.
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CENTRAL VALLEY AND SIERRA NEVADAS
96 acres at Big Rock in Mariposa County, $520,000
To consider the allocation for a grant to the American Indian Council of Mariposa County to acquire in fee 96± acres of land located near Mariposa in Mariposa County.
Daugherty Hill Wildlife Area Expansion #17 (Soper) FEE $1,238,900
Yuba County four miles east of Bangor
1585 acres: Willow Creek Ranch Conservation Easement $775,000 Lassen County
To consider the allocation for a grant to California Rangeland Trust for a cooperative project with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to acquire a conservation easement over 1,585± acres, located 17 miles north of Susanville in Lassen County.
691 acres: Upper Carpenter Valley $2,500,000 Nevada County
To consider the allocation for a grant to Truckee Donner Land Trust to acquire in fee 691± acres located three miles northwest of the town of Truckee in Nevada County.
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY:
8 acres: Tidewater Day Use Area $2,650,000 Alameda County
To consider the allocation for a grant to East Bay Regional Park District for a cooperative project with the National Park Service, California State Coastal Conservancy, and Alameda County to convert an empty industrial lot to eight acres of bayfront parkland, which will become part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline in the city of Oakland in Alameda County
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LOS ANGELES:
BOTH BALLONA ITEMS WERE WITHDRAWN FROM THE AGENDA
--Ballona Wetlands Drain Removal $575,000 Los Angeles County
To consider an allocation for a grant to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to remove two reinforced concrete pipelines within the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve in Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles County.
--Ballona Wetlands Tribal Engagement $250,000 Los Angeles County
To consider an allocation for a grant to CDFW to provide engagement with tribal governments and tribal community members to facilitate participation in ongoing actions within the Reserve in Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles County.
LOST COAST REDWOODS
4566 acres: Lost Coast Redwoods project, $8,500,000 Mendocino County
To consider the allocation of a grant to Save the Redwoods League and Bureau of Land Management for the permanent protection of 4,566± acres located seven miles southwest of Leggett in Mendocino County.
https://www.savetheredwoods.org/project/lost-coast-redwoods/
Save the Redwoods League acquired Lost Coast Redwoods property for $36.9 million in December 2021. The land is protected from excessive timber harvesting, subdivision, and development. ...With more than 2,250 acres (about 3.5 square miles) of second-growth redwood forest and large old-growth trees scattered throughout . Total size: 3181 acres, Goal: $43.4 million
https://www.savetheredwoods.org/project/lost-coast-redwoods/overview/
Soper Company owned this property, known to the company as DeVilbiss Ranch, and managed it for timber production since 1963. For decades the company supported habitat and biodiversity through ethical stewardship and led the timber industry in science-based innovation and land management practices that foster sustainable forests. ….totals 3100 acres
https://www.savetheredwoods.org/project/cape-vizcaino-restoration/
SRL purchased the nearby 401-acre property Cape Vizcaino property in 2008,
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WITHDRAWN FROM AGENDA: 120 acres: North Coast Range Fen Conservation Area (Wojcik) $475,000 Humboldt County
To consider the acquisition of 120± acres of land by CDFW as an expansion to CDFW’s North Coast Fen Regional Conservation Area located near Bridgeville in Humboldt County.
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CENTRAL VALLEY AND SIERRA NEVADAS
96 acres at Big Rock in Mariposa County, $520,000
To consider the allocation for a grant to the American Indian Council of Mariposa County to acquire in fee 96± acres of land located near Mariposa in Mariposa County.
Daugherty Hill Wildlife Area Expansion #17 (Soper) FEE $1,238,900
Yuba County four miles east of Bangor
1585 acres: Willow Creek Ranch Conservation Easement $775,000 Lassen County
To consider the allocation for a grant to California Rangeland Trust for a cooperative project with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to acquire a conservation easement over 1,585± acres, located 17 miles north of Susanville in Lassen County.
691 acres: Upper Carpenter Valley $2,500,000 Nevada County
To consider the allocation for a grant to Truckee Donner Land Trust to acquire in fee 691± acres located three miles northwest of the town of Truckee in Nevada County.
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SAN FRANCISCO BAY:
8 acres: Tidewater Day Use Area $2,650,000 Alameda County
To consider the allocation for a grant to East Bay Regional Park District for a cooperative project with the National Park Service, California State Coastal Conservancy, and Alameda County to convert an empty industrial lot to eight acres of bayfront parkland, which will become part of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline in the city of Oakland in Alameda County
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LOS ANGELES:
BOTH BALLONA ITEMS WERE WITHDRAWN FROM THE AGENDA
--Ballona Wetlands Drain Removal $575,000 Los Angeles County
To consider an allocation for a grant to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to remove two reinforced concrete pipelines within the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve in Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles County.
--Ballona Wetlands Tribal Engagement $250,000 Los Angeles County
To consider an allocation for a grant to CDFW to provide engagement with tribal governments and tribal community members to facilitate participation in ongoing actions within the Reserve in Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles County.
