CVPCP FY09 Projects, 9/25/2015

Project Proposed Activity Funding

A-4

Dry Creek Ranch 

Conservation Easement 

Acquisition

(California Rangeland Trust)

Acquisition of conservation easement 

on 4,417-acre Dry Creek Ranch. 

Species benefited include vernal pool 

fairy shrimp, CA tiger salamander, 

Hartweg’s golden sunburst, spinysepaled button-celery, western pond 

turtle, etc. Merced County

$959,000

$41,000 of FY14 

funds were added 

to take it to the 

fully authorized 

$1,000,000

A-5

Rickert Ranch Conservation 

Easement Acquisition

(Shasta Land Trust)

Acquisition of conservation easement 

on 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, 

slender orcutt grass, bald eagle, etc. 

Shasta County

$544,000

A-6

Acquisition of Habitat and 

Protection of Gabbro Soils 

Plants within the Pine Hill 

Preserve – Kanaka Valley 

Property

(American River 

Conservancy)

Purchase and protection of up to 695 

acres of rare plant habitat in the Pine 

Hill Ecological Preserve, with highest 

priority given to (1) parcel(s) that 

support populations of El Dorado 

bedstraw; (2) parcel(s) that support 

multiple species of federally listed 

threatened and endangered species; 

and (3) parcel(s) that are within or 

immediately adjacent to protected 

lands within the Pine Hill Preserve. El 

Dorado County

$500,676

This is in 

additional to the 

$265,000 that 

was awarded in 

FY2007, bringing 

the total CVPCP 

to $765,676

S-3

Constructing Vernal Pools 

for Ecological Function: An 

Historical Study of Ten 

Vernal Pool Creation Project 

Sites in Northern Central 

Valley, CA

Assess and characterize 

methods/approaches utilized for vernal 

pool creation/restoration; develop a set 

of scientifically-based monitoring criteria 

best suited to evaluate ecological 

function for vernal pool creation and 

restoration projects. Species benefited: 

vernal pool fairy shrimp, tadpole shrimp, 

CTS, and Slender Orcutt grass.

$217,100
Project Proposed Activity Funding

(Vollmar Natural Lands 

Consulting)

Northern Central Valley

S-15

Status surveys for 

Endangered Bakersfield 

Cactus

(ESRP - CSU, Stanislaus)

Document the presence or absence of 

Bakersfield cactus at reported CNDDB 

occurrence locations; determine the 

number of individuals present in extant 

populations; assess current habitat 

conditions; identify actual and potential 

threats to the populations at each site 

and develop recommendations for 

conservation and management of 

extant Bakersfield cactus populations.

Bakersfield, Kern, & San Joaquin 

Counties

$65,627

S-19

Developing Control 

Techniques & Generating 

Biological & Ecological Data 

Relevant for the Control of 

Waxy Mannagrass 

Invasions in Vernal Pools

(John Gerlach, Private 

Consultant)

Develop waxy mannagrass control 

techniques to assist managers in 

reducing impacts of waxy mannagrass 

on sensitive species in vernal pools. 

Twenty listed plant and animal species 

would benefit. Sacramento County

$131,230

O-3

Cataloging Protected Lands 

in the SJ Valley Using GIS

(ESRP-CSU, Stanislaus)

Develop a GIS-based catalog of 

protected lands in the SJ Valley linked 

with down-listing criteria, long-term 

conservation goals, and additional 

information to facilitate conservation 

planning in the region. Many SJ Valley 

species would benefit. San Joaquin 

Valley

$67,402

Riparian Brush Rabbit 

Captive 

Breeding/Reintroduction

Continuation of RBR program; 

application of year-end funds to CA 

administered by Fresno Office (not a 

submitted proposal for FY’09)

$231,000

Project Total $2,716,035

Program Administration $362,186

Total Budget $3,078,221