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CVPCP FY 2017 Projects

April 19, 2018

Project (Project 

Proponent) Proposed Activity Funding

S-2

Rangewide and Landscape 

Genomics of the Central 

DPS of California Tiger 

Salamander

UCLA, Dept. of Ecology & 

Evolutionary Biology

The objectives are to: complete a comprehensive 

survey of the genetically-based management units 

within the Central DPS of the CTS using independent 

genetic markers; use landscape resistance modeling to 

evaluate the effects of various landscape features on 

the movement of individuals and flow of native and 

non-native genes across the broadly heterogeneous 

landscape occupied by CTS; and identify critical land 

areas for acquisition or protection.

$350,865

C-2

Reintroduction of Bay 

Checkerspot Butterfly to 

San Bruno Mountain

Creekside Center for Earth 

Observation

The objectives are to: reestablish an initial population 

of at least 300 adult or 600 postdiapause Bay 

checkerspot butterfly (BCB) larvae on San Bruno 

Mountain in Santa Clara County; document BCB 

oviposition on Plantago lanceolata; and further 

document BCB larval use of P. lanceolata.

$202,384

Genetic Investigation of 

Listed Vernal Pool Plants 

and their Communities in 

Merced County

UC Merced

The project will improve conservation and management 

of native vernal pool species through providing 

improved genetic protocols for soil plant species 

identification from soil samples; enhanced vernal pool 

plant species richness estimates; genetic marker 

resource development for listed species; and 

population genetic investigation of threatened vernal 

pool species. Primary listed species to benefit are 

Colusa grass, succulent owl’s clover, and San Joaquin 

orcutt grass.

$389,831

Pixley National Wildlife 

Refuge Land Protection 

Project

U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service Regional Realty 

Office

The interagency agreement would continue to provide 

funds to acquire alkali sink and grassland habitats on 

and near the Refuge to protect habitats for San Joaquin 

kit fox, Tipton kangaroo rat, and blunt-nosed leopard 

lizard in Tulare and Kern Counties.

$21,200

(This is an initial allocation to 

fund 3 appraisals which FWS 

can provide to landowners to 

identify true willing sellers. As 

much as $1,031,095 has been 

approved to spend through the 

IA.)

Conserving Critical 

California Tiger Salamander 

Habitat in the Dunnigan Hills

The Yolo Habitat 

Conservancy

Provided additional funds to fully fund the 2016 award 

for a conservation easement on 627 acres in the 

Dunnigan Hills to protect contiguous grassland habitat 

and multiple pond sites for the CA tiger salamander in 

Yolo County

$185,672

Dos Rios Ranch Riparian 

Brush Rabbit Recovery 

Project

River Partners

Provided additional funds to fully fund the 2015 award 

for restoration of 175 acres of historic floodplain forest 

that are now degraded farmlands back to riparian 

floodplain habitat at Dos Rios Ranch to benefit riparian 

brush rabbit, riparian woodrat, valley elderberry 

$10,022
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Project (Project 

Proponent) Proposed Activity Funding

longhorn beetle, least Bell’s vireo, and western yellowbilled cuckoo in Stanislaus County.

Semitropic Water Storage 

District Pond Road Property 

Conservation Easement 

Acquisition Land Protection 

Project

Center for Natural Lands 

Management

Provided additional funds toward the 2016 award for a 

conservation easement on 402 acres owned by the 

Semitropic Water Storage District containing disturbed 

alkali sink habitat which is adjacent to undisturbed 

protected alkali sink habitat to benefit Tipton kangaroo 

rat, San Joaquin kit fox, and blunt-nosed leopard lizard 

in Kern County.

$20,000

2017 Allocation $1,492,000

Project Costs Total -$1,180,064

Administrative Costs -$311,936