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BROWN BEAR INITIAL STUDY ATTACHMENT Biological Resource Biological Resource Evaluation Brown Bear Hotel and Yosemite Conference Center Mariposa County, California PREPARED FOR: PREPARED BY: MRCC Properties, LLC Colibri Ecological Consulting, LLC PO Box 1886 9493 N Fort Washington Road, Suite 108 Mariposa, CA 95338 Fresno, CA 93730 www.colibri-ecology.com January 2020 Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................... iii Abbreviations ..................................................................................................................................... iv 1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Background .......................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Project Description .............................................................................................................. 1 1.3 Project Location ................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 Purpose of Proposed Project ............................................................................................... 4 1.5 Regulatory Framework ........................................................................................................ 4 1.5.1 State Requirements ...................................................................................................... 4 1.5.2 Federal Requirements .................................................................................................. 5 2.0 Methods .................................................................................................................................. 7 2.1 Desktop Review ................................................................................................................... 7 2.2 Reconnaissance Survey ....................................................................................................... 7 2.3 Significance Criteria ............................................................................................................. 7 3.0 Results ................................................................................................................................... 10 3.1 Desktop Review ................................................................................................................. 10 3.2 Reconnaissance Survey ..................................................................................................... 17 3.2.1 Land Use and Habitats ............................................................................................... 17 3.2.2 Plant and Animal Species Observed .......................................................................... 21 3.2.3 Nesting Birds .............................................................................................................. 24 3.2.4 Regulated Habitats ..................................................................................................... 24 3.3 Special-Status Species .................................................................................................... 25 3.3.2 Northwestern pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata) (SSSC) ....................................... 25 3.3.3 Townsend’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii) (SSSC) ................................... 25 3.3.4 Pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) (SSSC) ........................................................................ 26 4.0 Environmental Impacts ........................................................................................................ 27 4.1 Significance Determinations .............................................................................................. 27 4.1.2 Cumulative Effects ..................................................................................................... 29 4.1.3 Unavoidable Significant Adverse Effects ................................................................... 30 Biological Resource Evaluation i Colibri Ecological Consulting, LLC Brown Bear Hotel and Yosemite Conference Center January 2020 5.0 Literature Cited ..................................................................................................................... 31 Figures Figure 1. Project site vicinity map. ..................................................................................................... 2 Figure 2. Project site map. .................................................................................................................. 3 Figure 3. Reconnaissance survey area map. ...................................................................................... 9 Figure 4. CNDDB occurrence map. ................................................................................................... 11 Figure 5. Photograph of the Project site, showing blue oak woodland. ......................................... 18 Figure 6. Photograph of the Project site, showing nonnative annual grassland. ............................ 19 Figure 7. Photograph of the Project site, showing outbuildings associated with nearby residence. ........................................................................................................................................................... 19 Figure 8. Photograph of the Project site, showing one of two rural residences onsite. ................. 20 Figure 9. Photograph of the Project site, showing eastern branch of dry ephemeral drainage that drains to Mariposa Creek. ................................................................................................................ 20 Figure 10. Photograph of the Project site, showing western branch of dry ephemeral drainage that drains to Mariposa Creek. ................................................................................................................ 21 Tables Table 1. Special-status species, their listing status, habitats, and potential to occur on or near the Project site. ....................................................................................................................................... 12 Table 2. Plant and animal species observed during the reconnaissance survey. ........................... 21 Appendices Appendix A. USFWS list of threatened and endangered species. ................................................... 33 Appendix B. CNDDB occurrence records. ........................................................................................ 41 Appendix C. CNPS plant list. ............................................................................................................. 46 Biological Resource Evaluation ii Colibri Ecological Consulting, LLC Brown Bear Hotel and Yosemite Conference Center January 2020 Executive Summary MRCC Properties, LLC proposes to develop a hotel, conference center, and residential housing on 17.97 acres in western Mariposa, Mariposa County, California. The property is at 4987 Brown Bear Lane, south of State Route 49, approximately 0.3 miles northwest of the intersection of State Route 49 and State Route 140. The project will be built in two phases. Phase 1 will involve construction of the Brown Bear Hotel and Yosemite Conference Center on four parcels totaling 11.2 acres. Phase 1 will involve a zone change of a 7.02-acre parcel and a 0.39-acre parcel from residential to commercial. Phase 2 will involve construction of residential housing on two parcels totaling 6.76 acres. The purpose of the project is to increase capacity to provide lodging, meeting space, and residential housing in Mariposa. To evaluate whether the project may affect biological resources under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) purview, we (1) obtained lists of special-status species from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, and the California Native Plant Society; (2) reviewed other relevant background information such as aerial images and topographic maps; and (3) conducted a field reconnaissance survey of the project site. This biological resource evaluation summarizes existing biological conditions on the project site, the potential for special-status species and regulated habitats to occur on or near the project site, the potential effects of the project on biological resources and regulated habitats, and measures to reduce those potential effects to a less-than-significant level under CEQA. We concluded the project could impact three non-listed, special-status wildlife species and nesting migratory birds, but effects can be reduced to less-than-significant levels with mitigation. We also concluded the project could affect one regulated habitat. Biological Resource Evaluation iii Colibri Ecological Consulting, LLC Brown Bear Hotel and Yosemite Conference Center January 2020 Abbreviations Abbreviation Definition APN Accessor Parcel Number CCR California Code of Regulations CDFW California Department of Fish and Wildlife CFGC California Fish and Game Code CEQA California Environmental Quality Act CESA California Endangered Species Act CFR Code of Federal Regulations CNDDB California Natural Diversity Data Base CNPS California Native Plant Society CRPR California Rare Plant Rank EPA Environmental Protection Agency FE Federally listed as Endangered FESA Federal Endangered Species Act FP Fully Protected FT Federally listed as Threatened MBTA Migratory Bird
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