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Biological Resources Assessment
APPENDIX B: BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT Sierra West Assisted Living and Memory Care Project City of Santa Clarita APNs 2827-005-042 & -043 Prepared for: MR. NORRIS WHITMORE P.O. Box 55786 Valencia, CA 91385 Attn: Mr. Norris Whitmore (661) 406-0961 Prepared by: ENVICOM CORPORATION 4165 E. Thousand Oaks Boulevard, Suite 290 WestlaKe Village, CA 91362 Contact: Jim Anderson, Senior Biologist (818) 879-4700 ext. 234 January 2020 Revised February 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 2.0 METHODS 1 2.1 Biological Resources Inventory 1 2.1.1 Literature Review 1 2.1.2 Field Survey 4 3.0 ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING 4 4.0 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES 6 4.1 Vegetation and Plant Communities 6 4.1.1 Vegetation 6 4.1.2 Natural Communities of Special Concern 8 4.1.3 Plant Communities/Habitats Listed in CNDDB 9 4.2 Plant Species 10 4.2.1 Plant Species Observed 10 4.2.2 Special-Status Plant Species 10 4.3 Wildlife Species 12 4.3.1 Wildlife Observed 12 4.3.2 Special-Status Wildlife Species 12 4.4 Wildlife Movement 15 5.0 PROJECT IMPACTS 16 5.1 Impacts to Special-Status Plants 18 5.2 Impacts to Special-Status Wildlife 19 5.3 Impacts to Nesting Birds 20 6.0 REFERENCES 22 FIGURES Figure 1 Location Map 2 Figure 2 Aerial Image of the Project Site/Photo Location Map 3 Figure 3 Vegetation and Impacts Map 7 PLATE Plate 1 Representative Photographs of the Project Site and Habitats 5 Biological Resources Assessment S ierra West Assisted Living and Memory Care Project City of Santa Clarita i TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLES Table 1 Natural -
Jeremy Langley Chief Operations Officer Wilhite Langley, Inc. 21800 Barton Road, Ste 102 Grand Terrace, Ca 92313
47 1st Street, Suite 1 Redlands, CA 92373-4601 (909) 915-5900 May 22, 2019 Jeremy Langley Chief Operations Officer Wilhite Langley, Inc. 21800 Barton Road, Ste 102 Grand Terrace, Ca 92313 RE: Biological Resources Assessment, Jurisdictional Waters Delineation Glen Helen/Devore parcel - APN: 0261-161-17, Devore, CA Dear Mr. Langley: Jericho Systems, Inc. (Jericho) is pleased to provide this letter report that details the results of a general Biological Resources Assessment (BRA) that includes habitat suitability assessments for nesting birds, Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) [BUOW] and a Jurisdictional Waters Delineation (JD) for the proposed Glen Helen/Devore parcel (Project) located within Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN) #0261-161-17 in the community of Devore, CA (Attachment B: Figures 1 and 2). This report is designed to address potential effects of the proposed Project to designated Critical Habitats and/or any species currently listed or formally proposed for listing as endangered or threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) and the California Endangered Species Act (CESA), or species designated as sensitive by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW), or the California Native Plant Society (CNPS). Attention was focused on sensitive species known to occur locally. This report also addresses resources protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, federal Clean Water Act (CWA) regulated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) respectively; and Section 1602 of the California Fish and Game Code (FCG) administered by the CDFW. SITE LOCATION The approximately 1-acre parcel (APN: 0261-161-17) is located north of Kendall Drive just north of the intersection with N. -
Matilija Copy Vol. 22, Issue 1
Matilija Copy Vol. 22:1 Channel Islands Chapter of the California Native Plant Society, serving Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties Matilija Copy Volume 22, Issue 1 Editors: David M. Brown & David L. Magney Spring 2011 Contents HELP WANTED Item Page Chapter Events 1 The CNPS Channel Islands chapter needs your help. In this issue of the newsletter Volunteer Survey 2 you will find a survey from our chapter volunteer coordinator Janet Takara. Conferences 4 Janet has undertaken the task of helping to assemble a core of volunteers to www.cnpsci.org 4 advance our missions to educate the public about the value of California’s native Education 4 plants and conserve this globally important natural heritage that enriches all of our lives. If you have any interest in volunteering for the chapter please fill out this survey and Rare Plants 5 mail it to Janet or send her an e-mail with your survey response. Chapter Officers Contacts 6 We have several volunteer opportunities during California Native Plant Week, April 17-23. Take a look at the offerings below and contact Janet at [email protected] if you are interested in volunteering or would like more information. As always, check the chapter website at http://www.cnpsci.org/Calendar/Events.htm for updated information. The Ojai Valley Museum Annual Native Plant Sale Directions to the E.P. Foster Library: from the North on Saturday, April 16, 2011 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. US101 take Ventura Ave exit, Ojai Valley Museum, 130 W. Ojai Ave., Ojai, CA 93023 go straight 2 blocks and turn OVM is hosting the plant sale. -
Welcome to the 32Nd Annual Wild Flower Hotline, Brought to You by the Theodore Payne Foundation, a Non-Profit Plant Nursery
Welcome to the 32nd Annual Wild Flower Hotline, brought to you by the Theodore Payne Foundation, a non-profit plant nursery, seed source, book store, and education center dedicated to the preservation of wild flowers and California native plants. This a report for April 25, 2014. New reports will be posted each Friday through the end of May. Wildflowers are fading in the low elevation desert regions, but we are getting some reports from local mountains above the 4000 ft elevation where spring and accompanying wildflowers are just arriving. Up near Idyllwild in the San Jacinto Mountains, take a hike on the Deer Springs Trail from the trail head at Hwy 243. There are some very sweet blooming species along the trail. Pink-bracted manzanita (Arctostaphylos pringlei ssp. drupacea) is an abundant flowering shrub. This is a gorgeous manzanita. Bajada lupine (Lupinus concinnus) and strigose lotus (Acmispon strigosus) are still at their peak and almost equally abundant. There is a lot of red-root cryptantha (Cryptantha micrantha) and whiskerbrush (Leptosiphon ciliatus). Martin's paintbrush (Castilleja i ssp. martinii) are spectacular lining the trail and Chaparral whitethorn (Ceanothus leucodermis) is still at peak bloom. Near the trail head, Parish's Jacumba milkvetch (Astragalus douglasii var. parishii) are at their showiest right now. California rock-cress (Boechera californica) are past their prime, but still around. Some golden yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum var. confertiflorum) are starting to bloom, and the first of what is sure to be many sticky cinquefoil (Drymocallis glandulosa var. reflexa) can be found. There are only a few Southern mountain lupines (Lupinus excubitus var. -
Plants of Witcher Meadow Area, Inyo National Forest California Native Plant Society Bristlecone Chapter
Plants of Witcher Meadow Area, Inyo National Forest California Native Plant Society Bristlecone Chapter PTERIDOPHYTES (Ferns and Allies) EQUISETACEAE - Horsetail Family Equisetum arvense Common horsetail E. laevigatum Smooth scouring rush GYMNOSPERMS (Coniferous Plants) CUPRESSACEAE - Cypress Family Juniperus grandis (J. occidentalis v. australis) Mountain juniper EPHEDRACEAE - Ephedra family Ephedra viridis Green ephedra PINACEAE - Pine Family Pinus jeffreyi Jeffrey pine P. monophylla Single-leaf pinyon pine ANGIOSPERMS (Flowering Plants) APIACEAE - Carrot Family Cymopterus aborginum White cymopteris APOCYNACEAE - Dogbane Family Apocynum cannabinum Indian hemp ASTERACEAE - Sunflower family Achillea millefolium Yarrow Agoseris glauca Mountain dandelion Antennaria rosea Pussy toes Arnica mollis Cordilleran arnica Artemisia douglasiana Mugwort A. dracunculus Tarragon/Lemon sage A. ludoviciana Silver wormwood A. tridentata v. tridentata Great basin sage Balsamorhiza sagittata Balsamroot Chrysothamnus nauseosus Rubber rabbitbrush C. viscidiflorus Yellow or Wavy-leaf rabbitbrush Crepis intermedia Hawksbeard Erigeron sp. Fleabane Hulsea heterochroma Red-rayed hulsea Layia glandulosa ssp. glandulosa Tidytips Madia elegans ssp. wheeleri Common madia Tetrademia canescens Soft-leaved horsebrush Tragopogon dubius Goat's beard (WEED) Wyethia mollis Mule ears 1 BETULACEAE - Birch Family Betula occidentalis Western water birch BORAGINACEAE - Borage Family Cryptantha circumscissa v. circumscissa Capped cryptantha C. pterocarya C. utahensis Fragrant -
Guidelines for Determining Significance and Report Format and Content Requirements
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO GUIDELINES FOR DETERMINING SIGNIFICANCE AND REPORT FORMAT AND CONTENT REQUIREMENTS BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENT GROUP Department of Planning and Land Use Department of Public Works Fourth Revision September 15, 2010 APPROVAL I hereby certify that these Guidelines for Determining Significance for Biological Resources, Report Format and Content Requirements for Biological Resources, and Report Format and Content Requirements for Resource Management Plans are a part of the County of San Diego, Land Use and Environment Group's Guidelines for Determining Significance and Technical Report Format and Content Requirements and were considered by the Director of Planning and Land Use, in coordination with the Director of Public Works on September 15, 2O1O. ERIC GIBSON Director of Planning and Land Use SNYDER I hereby certify that these Guidelines for Determining Significance for Biological Resources, Report Format and Content Requirements for Biological Resources, and Report Format and Content Requirements for Resource Management Plans are a part of the County of San Diego, Land Use and Environment Group's Guidelines for Determining Significance and Technical Report Format and Content Requirements and have hereby been approved by the Deputy Chief Administrative Officer (DCAO) of the Land Use and Environment Group on the fifteenth day of September, 2010. The Director of Planning and Land Use is authorized to approve revisions to these Guidelines for Determining Significance for Biological Resources and Report Format and Content Requirements for Biological Resources and Resource Management Plans except any revisions to the Guidelines for Determining Significance presented in Section 4.0 must be approved by the Deputy CAO. -
Updated Biological Inventory Report for the Rancho Malibu Religious Memorial Project, 4000 Malibu Canyon Road, City of Malibu, California
November 18, 2015 Project Number 15-02065 Jake Jesson Assistant Project Manager Green Acres, LLC 22837 Pacific Coast Highway #775 Malibu, California 90265 Via Email: [email protected] Subject: Updated Biological Inventory Report for the Rancho Malibu Religious Memorial Project, 4000 Malibu Canyon Road, City of Malibu, California This letter report updates the previous findings of the Biological Inventory Report (BIR) for the Rancho Malibu Religious Memorial Project due to a change in the project scope and grading plan. An Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was first prepared for this site (CBA, 1997) and certified by the City of Malibu City Council (March 23, 1998) along with conditions of approval contained in Conditional Use Permit No. 96-005. A BIR was prepared for the project site by Rincon Consultants, Inc. (Rincon) in May 2007 for plans to build a 146 room luxury hotel. An updated report was prepared in September 2011 (Rincon) as part of a Coastal Development Permit (CDP) application and Site Plan Review. In February of 2012, Rincon conducted a native tree assessment. In 2011 a reconnaissance survey and BIR update was prepared by Rincon to support the applicant’s plans to change the project from the development of a luxury hotel to a religious memorial and cemetery. This BIR (October 2015) documents the changes in potential impacts to special-status biological resources as they relate to the revised scope and grading plan for the proposed religious memorial and cemetery. PROJECT LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION The project site is located in the central portion of the City of Malibu, immediately north of Pacific Coast Highway between Malibu Canyon Road and Civic Center Way at 4000 Malibu Canyon Road. -
Eldorado National Forest Placerville Ranger District Biological Assessment / Evaluation for Botanical Species
ELDORADO NATIONAL FOREST PLACERVILLE RANGER DISTRICT BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT / EVALUATION FOR BOTANICAL SPECIES: PILLIKEN FOREST HEALTH PROJECT 2016 Prepared By: /s/ Matt Brown Date: 4/13/2016 . Matt Brown Botanist Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 3 II. CONSULTATION TO DATE ....................................................................................... 6 III. CURRENT MANAGEMENT DIRECTION ............................................................... 6 IV. PROJECT DESCRIPTION .......................................................................................... 7 V. EXISTING SPECIES AND HABITAT CONDITION ................................................. 7 VI. EFFECTS .................................................................................................................... 16 VII. OTHER MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND RECOMMENDATIONS: ..................... 16 VIII. MITIGATIONS AND MONITORING ................................................................... 19 IX. DETERMINATION ................................................................................................... 19 X. REFERENCES............................................................................................................. 20 APPENDIX A: BOTANY REPORT FOR SPECIAL INTEREST PLANTS .................. 21 APPENDIX B: NOXIOUS WEED RISK ASSESSMENT .............................................. 27 APPENDIX C: NOXIOUS/INVASIVE WEEDS OF CONCERN ................................. -
Species at Risk on Department of Defense Installations
Species at Risk on Department of Defense Installations Revised Report and Documentation Prepared for: Department of Defense U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Submitted by: January 2004 Species at Risk on Department of Defense Installations: Revised Report and Documentation CONTENTS 1.0 Executive Summary..........................................................................................iii 2.0 Introduction – Project Description................................................................. 1 3.0 Methods ................................................................................................................ 3 3.1 NatureServe Data................................................................................................ 3 3.2 DOD Installations............................................................................................... 5 3.3 Species at Risk .................................................................................................... 6 4.0 Results................................................................................................................... 8 4.1 Nationwide Assessment of Species at Risk on DOD Installations..................... 8 4.2 Assessment of Species at Risk by Military Service.......................................... 13 4.3 Assessment of Species at Risk on Installations ................................................ 15 5.0 Conclusion and Management Recommendations.................................... 22 6.0 Future Directions............................................................................................. -
Baccharis Malibuensis (Asteraceae): a New Species from the Santa Monica Mountains, California R
Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany Volume 14 | Issue 3 Article 32 1995 Baccharis Malibuensis (Asteraceae): A New Species from the Santa Monica Mountains, California R. Mitchell Beauchamp Pacific Southwest Biological Services, Inc. James Henrickson California State University, Los Angeles Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.claremont.edu/aliso Part of the Botany Commons Recommended Citation Beauchamp, R. Mitchell and Henrickson, James (1995) "Baccharis Malibuensis (Asteraceae): A New Species from the Santa Monica Mountains, California," Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany: Vol. 14: Iss. 3, Article 32. Available at: http://scholarship.claremont.edu/aliso/vol14/iss3/32 Aliso, 14(3), pp. 197-203 © 1996, by The Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, CA 91711-3157 BACCHARIS MALIBUENSIS (ASTERACEAE): A NEW SPECIES FROM THE SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS, CALIFORNIA R. MITCHEL BEAUCHAMP Pacific Southwest Biological Services, Inc. P.O. Box 985 National City, California 91951 AND JAMES HENRICKSON Department of Biology California State University Los Angeles, California 90032 ABSTRACT Baccharis malibuensis is described from the Malibu Lake region of the Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County, California. It is closely related to Baccharis plummerae subsp. plummerae but differs in having narrow, subentire, typically conduplicate, sparsely villous to mostly glabrous leaves with glands occurring in depressions on the adaxial surface, more cylindrical inflorescences, and a distribution in open chaparral vegetation. The new taxon shares some characteristics with B. plum merae subsp. glabrata of northwestern San Luis Obispo County, e.g., smaller leaves, reduced vestiture, and occurrence in scrub habitat, but the two taxa appear to have developed independently from B. -
83. South Mountaineer Creek (Mountaineer Creek)
83. South Mountaineer Creek (Mountaineer Creek) (Keeler-Wolf 1991c) Location This candidate RNA (cRNA) lies within the Tule River Ranger District, Sequoia National Forest. It is approximately 37.4 miles (60 km) from the Tule River Ranger Station and within the Golden Trout Wilderness. Its boundaries include all or portions of sections 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, and 14 of T20S, R31E, and sections 35 and 36 of T19S, R31E (36°12'30"N., 118°35'W.), USGS Camp Nelson quad (fig. 165). Ecological subsection – Upper Batholith (M261Eq). Target Element Red Fir (Abies magnifica) Distinctive Features Figure 165—South The area includes several age groups of red fir represented throughout most of Mountaineer Creek the cRNA’s environmental range. Widespread associates of the red fir forest, cRNA such as western white pine (Pinus monticola) and lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana), also occur in typical conditions and densities on the cRNA. In addition to the identified target element, well-developed montane meadow and aquatic plant and fauna communities add value to this cRNA. Rare Plants: Two CNPS List 4 species occur in the cRNA. Sierra corydalis (Corydalis caseana ssp. caseana) is locally common and widespread in streamside and rivulet situations at 6900-8600 ft (2103-2621 m). Sierra corydalis is known in the S. Sierra Nevada only from Tulare County. Mineral King Draba (Draba cruciata) is restricted to rocky, N.-facing slopes at the highest elevations beneath open canopies of western white pine and red fir. Its location in the cRNA is within a mile (1.6 km) of the southernmost known occurrence for this taxon. -
Sierra Nevada Framework FEIS Chapter 3
table of contrents Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment – Part 4.6 4.6. Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, and Fungi4.6. Fungi Introduction Part 3.1 of this chapter describes landscape-scale vegetation patterns. Part 3.2 describes the vegetative structure, function, and composition of old forest ecosystems, while Part 3.3 describes hardwood ecosystems and Part 3.4 describes aquatic, riparian, and meadow ecosystems. This part focuses on botanical diversity in the Sierra Nevada, beginning with an overview of botanical resources and then presenting a more detailed analysis of the rarest elements of the flora, the threatened, endangered, and sensitive (TES) plants. The bryophytes (mosses and liverworts), lichens, and fungi of the Sierra have been little studied in comparison to the vascular flora. In the Pacific Northwest, studies of these groups have received increased attention due to the President’s Northwest Forest Plan. New and valuable scientific data is being revealed, some of which may apply to species in the Sierra Nevada. This section presents an overview of the vascular plant flora, followed by summaries of what is generally known about bryophytes, lichens, and fungi in the Sierra Nevada. Environmental Consequences of the alternatives are only analyzed for the Threatened, Endangered, and Sensitive plants, which include vascular plants, several bryophytes, and one species of lichen. 4.6.1. Vascular plants4.6.1. plants The diversity of topography, geology, and elevation in the Sierra Nevada combine to create a remarkably diverse flora (see Section 3.1 for an overview of landscape patterns and vegetation dynamics in the Sierra Nevada). More than half of the approximately 5,000 native vascular plant species in California occur in the Sierra Nevada, despite the fact that the range contains less than 20 percent of the state’s land base (Shevock 1996).