HRP ((b)(1) “other”) FY09 Projects, 9/21/2016

Project Proposed Activity Funding

A-5

Rickert Ranch Conservation 

Easement Acquisition

Shasta Land Trust

Conservation easement protection of 

the 5,081-acre Rickert Ranch property. 

The easement would protect this 

working cattle ranch as well as its 

cultural and natural resources including 

riparian habitat, grasslands, vernal 

pools, vernal swales, and oak 

woodlands. Species benefited include 

valley elderberry longhorn beetle, CA 

red-legged frog, vernal pool fairy 

shrimp, vernal pool tadpole shrimp, and 

slender orcutt grass. Shasta County

*$415,000

R1

Continue Propagation of 

Lange’s Metalmark Butterfly, 

and Endangered Species, 

and Aggressively Restore 

Habitat 

USFWS, Antioch Dunes 

NWR

Funding will contribute toward the 

continuation of captive propagation of 

the Lange’s metalmark butterfly at the 

Murrietta Valley Endangered Butterfly 

Facility, and at Moorpark College in the 

Exotic Animal Training & Management 

Program facility. Additionally, it will 

continue the restoration of dune habitat 

for the butterfly, Contra Costa 

wallflower, and Antioch Dunes evening 

primrose at Antioch Dunes NWR. 

Contra Costa County

*

1$112,636

S-1

Implementation of Priority 1, 

2, and 3 Recovery Tasks for 

GGS – Status and 

Distribution of GGS at the 

eastern Delta’s White 

Slough Wildlife Area, San 

Joaquin County, CA

Eric Hansen 

Determine presence-absence of GGS 

in the eastern Delta; establish control 

sites needed to evaluate the effects of 

seasonal variability in GGS activity and 

distribution on sampling results; assess 

current status of GGS and potential 

habitat within the Mid-Valley Recovery 

Unit; provide demographic and 

methodological foundation for future 

research; and formulate 

recommendations for water and habitat 

management. San Joaquin County

**$122,648

S-2

Status Surveys of 

Pseudobahia bahifolia and 

Pseudobahia peirsonii in 

Study would determine current status of 

all known extant occurrences of 

Hartweg’s golden sunburst and San 

Joaquin adobe sunburst in the eastern 

SJ Valley. An additional $6,000 was 

**$53,620
Project Proposed Activity Funding

Eastern San Joaquin Valley, 

CA

Vollmar Consulting

added to the grant agreement to allow 

Vollmar Consulting to survey up to 

1,000 acres of new potential habitat.

San Joaquin County

S-8

Conservation Genetics of 

the Alameda Whipsnake

USGS

Study would entail an evaluation of the 

genetic relationships among and within 

recovery units of the whipsnake, which 

would aid in determining whether the 

recovery units and corridors accurately 

reflect the genetic structure of the 

species, and whether the current plan 

promotes recovery by protecting the full 

range of genetic variation that is 

present. Alameda County

**$91,570

S-9

Giant Garter Snake 

Distribution and Occupancy 

Modeling in Butte County, 

CA

USGS

Study would assess the probability of 

detecting populations of GGS at sites 

based on site conditions and survey 

method; quantify the relationship of 

habitat, microhabitat, and vegetative 

conditions with occurrence and 

abundance of the GGS and develop a 

predictive model and map that can 

identify where GGS populations are 

likely to occur or identify sites 

appropriate for repatriation studies.

Butte County

*$60,000

O-2

Public Outreach Plan and 

Implementation of Recovery 

Activities for Gabbro Plants 

at Pine Hill Preserve, El 

Dorado County

BLM, Pine Hill Preserve

Provide public outreach about gabbro 

soil rare plants and their habitats to 

promote protection, conservation, and 

recovery of rare plant species. Species 

benefited: Stebbin’s morning glory, 

Pine Hill ceanothus, Pine Hill 

flannelbush, El Dorado bedstraw, 

Layne’s butterweed, Red Hills soaproot, 

Bisbee Peak rush-rose, and El Dorado 

mule-ears. El Dorado County

**$48,000

Total 2009 Allocation

$1,500,000

BOR

USFWS

+$750,000

+$750,000

2009 Deobligation from 

Atwell Island Land 

Acquisition Project

USFWS (funds will be used towards 

FY 2013 USFWS project)

-$110,000

Project Total ($) BOR

USFWS

-$587,636
Project Proposed Activity Funding

$903,474 -$315,838 

Program Administration & 

Overhead Costs ($)

$486,081

BOR

USFWS

-$162,364

-$323,717

Leftover funds USFWS +$445.00

* USBR funded

** USFWS funded

Notes: 

1There was a deobligation of $13,020 for this project.