HRP ((b)(1) “other”) FY15 Projects, 9/21/2016

Project Proposed Activity Funding

F-1

Carrizo Plain Land 

Acquisition Project 

BLM, Bakersfield

Original IA was for the Kern 

Primrose Sphinx Moth 

Walker Basin Acquisition 

Project

Fee title acquisition of three parcels 

totaling 290 acres of inholdings within 

the Carrizo Plain National Monument to 

conserve the San Joaquin kit fox, giant 

kangaroo rat, blunt-nosed leopard 

lizard, Kern primrose sphinx moth, 

California jewelflower, Kern mallow, and 

San Joaquin woolly threads. San Luis 

Obispo County. 

*$638,600

(Funds, in part, 

are from the 

deobligated 2012 

Lower Silver 

Creek 

conservation 

easement 

project. An 

additional 

$94,330 of BOR 

2015 end of year 

funds were 

added for a 

project total of 

$732,930)

F-2

Protection of Alkali Scrub 

Habitat on the Sand Ridge 

at the Atwell Island Project, 

Kings and Tulare Counties, 

California

BLM, Bakersfield

Fee title acquisition of 251 acres on the 

Sand Ridge of the historic Tulare 

Lakebed to benefit blunt-nosed leopard 

lizard, San Joaquin kit fox, and Tipton 

kangaroo rat in Kings and Tulare 

counties.

*$145,000

($650,000 of 

CVPCP funds 

and $40,400 of 

BOR end-of-year 

funds were 

added for an 

acquisition cost 

total of $835,400. 

Later, $136,000 

of deobligated

Land Retirement 

Program funds 

were added to 

conduct 

restoration on 

the acquired 

lands. 

R-1

Recovery Actions for CA 

Red-legged Frog and CA 

Tiger Salamander in Contra 

Costa County

Contra Costa RCD

Restoration and maintenance of 

breeding habitat and other crucial 

habitat for the CA red-legged frog and 

CA tiger salamander at five livestock 

ponds totaling 0.87 acre of wetland 

aquatic habitat and 1,000 acres of 

uplands in Contra Costa County.

*$111,740

($74,427 of BOR 

end-of-year 

funds were 

added to fund 

the proposed 5 

ponds. Total 
Project Proposed Activity Funding

project cost is 

$186,167.) 

F-3

Tracts 24 & 18 

Enhancement 

Colusa National Wildlife 

Refuge

Restoration of 346 acres of habitat for 

the giant garter snake and palmatebracted bird’s beak through 

enhancement of wetlands and uplands 

and improvements of water conveyance 

infrastructure at the Colusa NWR in 

Colusa County.

**$223,360

F-4

Integrating Adaptation and 

Phenotypic Plasticity into 

Models of Habitat 

Connectivity for the CiervoPanoche Giant Kangaroo 

Rat to Manage for 

Persistence in the Face of 

Climate Change. 

BLM, Marina

Identification and characterization of 

high value habitat for the northern giant 

kangaroo rat (GKR) in the CiervoPanoche Natural Area by incorporating 

connectivity, both currently and under 

projected climate change scenarios, to 

create and test models to inform land 

acquisition decisions that would 

enhance recovery and prospects for 

GKR delisting. San Benito County

*$355,931

S-1

Distribution of the Giant 

Garter Snake in the Volta 

Area of the San Joaquin 

Valley

Eric Hansen, Consulting 

Environmental Biologist

The focus of the research is to examine 

the distribution, abundance, and 

demography of the giant garter snake in 

the Volta area, and to evaluate GGS 

sampling designs and field collection 

protocols in Merced County.

**$186,192

C-1

Captive Rearing and 

Release to Support 

Recovery of Lange’s 

Metalmark Butterfly at 

Antioch Dunes NWR

The Urban Wildlands Group

Continue the Lange’s metalmark 

butterfly captive propagation and 

reintroduction project for the 2015-2016 

breeding season. LMBs will be 

released for reintroduction at the 

Antioch Dunes NWR in Contra Costa 

County.

**$60,246

FY 2015 Allocation 

$1,700,000

BOR 

USFWS 

$850,000

$850,000

Project Costs Total: 

$1,721,069

BOR 

USFWS 

 -

$1,251,271
Project Proposed Activity Funding

-$469,798

Program Administration 

and Overhead Costs Total: 

$533,150

BOR 

USFWS 

 -

$152,948

$380,202

Funds Retrieved from the 

Deobligated FWS 2012 

Lower Silver Creek 

Conservation Easement 

Project

FWS to BOR +$225,600

Funds Retrieved from the 

Deobligated FWS 2014 

Beechinor Ranch 

Conservation Easement 

Project

FWS to BOR +$247,000

Projected Surplus +$10,120 

* BOR funded

** USFWS funded