State Taxes Fund 4300 Acres of
Additions to Wildlife Preserves
INCLUDES KEY LINK IN VENTURA COUNTY WILDLIFE MIGRATION AND TRAIL CORRIDOR
SUMMARY OF PURCHASES:
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA: 646 ACRES
CENTRAL VALLEY/SIERRA NEVADAS: 144
ACRES
CENTRAL COAST: 322 ACRES
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:
3131 ACRES
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CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD
November 19, 2015 ,
10:00 AM
1/ State Capitol, Room 3191
Sacramento, California 95814
PRELIMINARY AGENDA ITEMS
ABOVE: proposed Alamos Canyon park purchase north of the 118 Freeway in Ventura County
CENTRAL COAST:
Big Sky Natural Area CAPP - Alamos
Canyon, Ventura County $1,852,126
acquire in fee ±326 acres of wildlife
habitat, including large areas of riparian and aquatic habitat,
grasslands and oak woodlands, located near Simi
Valley in Ventura County.
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA:
East Contra Costa County NCCP/HCP
(Nunn), Contra Costa County $2,742,400
Acquire in fee ±646 acres of land for
the protection of habitat in the northeastern region of the East
Contra Costa County Natural Community
Conservation Plan/Habitat Conservation Plan, in and near the
community of Knightsen, in Contra Costa County.
CENTRAL VALLEY AND SIERRA NEVADAS:
Cameron Meadows Phase II, El Dorado
County $10,000
acquire in fee ±22
acres of land for the protection of mixed chaparral habitat
that supports six special status plant species and provides
important, breeding, foraging, and migration corridors for
terrestrial wildlife species, song birds and raptors, adjacent to the
California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Cameron Park Unit of the
Pine Hill Ecological Preserve in western El Dorado
County.
San Joaquin River Parkway, Ball Ranch
(Quarry Site), Fresno County $4,030,000
acquisition in fee of ±122 acres of
land within the San Joaquin River Parkway located along the
west side of Friant Road in Fresno County.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:
Upper Mission Creek/Big Morongo Canyon
Conservation Area, Expansion 7, Riverside County
$43,500. Acquire in fee ±20 acres of land for
the protection of habitat essential for the recovery of federal and
state endangered species within the Coachella Valley Multi-Species
Conservation Plan/Natural Community Conservation Plan area, located
in the city of Thousand Palms in Riverside County
Western Riverside MSHCP (2012) -
Caramello, Riverside County $50,000
acquire in fee ±10 acres of land
located in the Community of Teneja in western
Riverside County.
Western Riverside MSHCP (2014/2015) -
Bautista, Riverside County $846,200
acquire in fee ±2,838 acres of land
located in the City of Hemet in western Riverside
County.
Willow Hole Conservation Area,
Expansion 2, Riverside County $31,250
acquire in fee ±29 acres of land for
the protection habitat essential for recovery of threatened and
endangered species the Coachella Valley Multi-Species Conservation
Plan/Natural Community Conservation Plan area, located in the city
of Desert Hot Springs in Riverside County.
San Diego County Multiple Species
Conservation Plan (Skyline 244), San Diego County $10,000
acquire in fee ±244 acres of land for
the protection of core habitat and linkage areas in the South County
Subarea of the San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program,
located near the town of Jamul in San Diego
County.
