DOCSLIB.ORG

Giacomini Marsh Restoration Site Special Status Animal Species: Reconnaissance and Compliance

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Giacomini Marsh Restoration Site Special Status Animal Species: Reconnaissance and Compliance Giacomini Marsh Restoration Site Special Status Animal Species: Reconnaissance and Compliance Final Report to the National Park Service Point Reyes National Seashore prepared by Avocet Research Associates 65 Third Street, Suite 25 Point Reyes Station, California 94956-0839 22 November 2002 Please cite this report as follows: Avocet Research Associates. 2002. Giacomini Wetlands Restroation Site: Special Status Animal Species—reconnaissance and compliance. Final Report to Point Reyes National Seashore, National Park Service. 22 November 2002. Giacomini Wetlands Restoration Site Special Status Animal Species: Reconnaissance and Compliance Lead author Jules Evens Avocet Research Associates 65 Third Street, Suite 25, Point Reyes Station, California 94956-0839 415/663-1148 <[email protected]> Contributing authors William Carmen, PhD, Carmen Ecological Consulting. Richard Stallcup, Avocet Research Associates and Point Reyes Bird Observatory Sean White, Carmen Ecological Consulting. Viola Toniola, Point Reyes Bird Observatory. Project title Environmental Compliance/Baseline Wildlife Surveys for the Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project. Task Agreement No. 009 Cooperative Agreement No. 1443-CA-8530-00-44 between the National Park Service, Point Reyes National Seashore and The Point Reyes Bird Observatory. Government Technical Representatives Lorraine Parsons, Wetland Ecologist, Point Reyes National Seashore. 415/464-5193 Brannon Ketchum, Hydrologist, Point Reyes National Seashore Kristi Swofford, Contracting Officer, Point Reyes National Seashore. i Giacomini Wetlands Restoration Site Special Status Animal Species Table of Contents Section I Executive summary Section II. Introduction and overview II-a. Regional context II-b. Wildlife resources II-c. Invertebrates II-d. Fishes II-e. Herpetofauna II-f. Birds II-g. Mammals Section III. Species accounts of special status animal species known to have occurred or potentially occurring on the site. III-a. Federally Threatened and Endangered Species III-b. Federal Species of Concern III-c. California Species of Special Concern III-d. “Species to watch” III-e. Unlisted species of local concern or conservation importance. III-f. Candidate species (listed or denied) Section IV. Literature cited. List of figures. Table I. Special status animals potentially affected by restoration. Table II-A: Special status animal species: listed status and occurrence Table II-B: Annotated list of special status animal species: habitat and local occurrence. ii Appendices: reports of field surveys Appendix A. Red-legged Frog Surveys at Giacomini Wetlands, Point Reyes National Seashore. By Gary M. Fellers and Greg Guscio. Appendix B. California Freshwater Shrimp (Syncaris pacifica) and Tidewater Goby (Eucyclogobius newberryi) Surveys, Giacomini Ranch, Marin Co. by Darren Fong Appendix C1. An Evaluation of Fish Resources on Giacomini Ranch by William Carmen. Appendix C2. Fish Surveys at Giacomini Wetlands Restoration Site, 2002 by William Carmen and Sean White. Appendix D. Breeding Bird Survey of Giacomini Wetlands, 2002 by Jules Evens, Richard Stallcup, and Viola Toniolo. Appendix E. Winter Bird surveys of Giacomini Wetlands: Nov. 1, 2001-Feb. 15-2002. by Jules Evens and Richard Stallcup Appendix F. Fall Bird surveys of Giacomini Wetlands: Aug. 1 –Nov. 1, 2001 by Jules Evens and Richard Stallcup Appendix G1. Mammals of the Giacomini Wetlands by William Carmen. Appendix G2. Small mammal field surveys at Giacomini Wetlands by William Carmen iii Section I. Executive Summary As a necessary component of the compliance phase of the Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project, this report documents wildlife use and occurrence of special status animal species on the restoration study site. We collected information from the California Natural Diversity Data Base (NDDB), the USFWS Threatened and Endangered Species System (TESS), as well as National Park Service (NPS) biologists, local scientists and naturalists. We also conducted general surveys to document overall wildlife use and focused surveys to document use by special status species. The Giacomini wetlands lie in the historic floodplain of Lagunitas Creek, the dominant watercourse in the Tomales Bay watershed. Beginning in 1947, the mouth of Lagunitas Creek was channelized and manmade levees were constructed along the northern edge of the tidal marsh in order to convert the historic wetlands into pastureland for the Giacomini ranch. The channelization of Lagunitas Creek and the diking and conversion of tidal marsh to agricultural pasture has resulted in a general decline in wildlife resources. Nevertheless, the study site currently supports a diverse array of animal species, a large proportion of which have some special status because their populations are considered at-risk. The biodiversity found on the study site mirrors that found in adjacent habitats and the wider region. The mosaic of habitats in the project area, and the close proximity of a diverse mix of wetlands, provides a complex of habitats that further enhances the wildlife use of the study site. Nearby wetland habitats include open bay, estuarine sloughs and creeks, tidal flats, tidal marsh, brackish and freshwater marsh, and riparian thickets. Upland habitats in the immediate vicinity include mixed broadleaf evergreen forest, conifer forest, coastal scrub, coastal grassland, and remnant coastal prairie. In total, 77 special status species occur on or immediately adjacent to the project area. The preponderance (approximately 70%) of these special status species would not be affected by habitat restoration, largely because their occurrence is incidental to the habitat characteristics of the site. Twenty one special status species known to occur on or adjacent to the site that might be potentially affected by habitat changes include— one reptile, one amphibian, one mammal, two invertebrates, five fish, and eleven birds (Table 1 I). Almost all of these species are associated with wetland habitats—riparian, fresh, brackish or tidal marshes, or associated watercourses. Table I. Special status species potentially occurring at the Giacomini wetlands that may be directly affected by restoration alternatives. Scientific name Common name Status† Habitat Mammals Lutra canadensis sonorae southwestern river otter CSC watercourse Birds Agelius tricolor tricolored blackbird CSC, pasture, marsh BSSC1 Circus cyaneus northern harrier BSSC2. marsh & field Coturnicops noveboracensis yellow rail BSSC2 Marsh Dendroica petechia brewsteri yellow warbler BSSC2,S riparian forest 2 Elanus leucurus white-tailed kite CSC, S3 marsh & fields Empidonax difficilis pacific-slope flycatcher CSC Riparian Geothlypis trichas sinuosa common yellowthroat CSC, Marshes BSSC2 Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus California black rail CT Marsh Nycticorax nycticorax black-crowned night-heron CSC, S3 riparian/marsh Porzana Carolina sora BSSC3 Marsh Rallus longirostris obsoletus California clapper rail FE Marsh Amphibians & Reptiles Rana aurora draytonii California red-legged frog FT fresh marsh Clemmys marmorata mormorata northwestern pond turtle CSC fresh marsh Fishes Eucyclogobius newberryi tidewater goby FE tidal waterways Lavinia symmetricus ssp 2 Tomales roach CSC tidal waterways Oncorhynchus kisutch coho salmon FT tidal waterways Oncorhynchus mykiss irideus steelhead FT tidal waterways Oncorhynchus tshawytscha chinook salmon FT tidal waterways Invertebrates Ischnura gemina San Francisco forktail FC upland marsh damselfly fresh pools Syncaris pacifica California freshwater shrimp FE fresh stream † Listing codes FE Federal Endangered; FT Federal Threatened; FC Federal Candidate; CT California Threatened; CSC California Special Concern Species (CDFG 2002c); BSSC California Department of Fish and Game Bird Species of Special Concern, numeral following (1-3) indicates priority ranking (CDFG 2002a); S = Natural Heritage status rankings at the S (subnational) level for California S1 = critically imperiled, S2 = imperiled, S3 = vulnerable to extirpation or extinction. S4 =Statewide population apparently secure, factors exist to cause concern (NatureServe 2001; see for expanded definitions). 2 Several species that occur on the site serve to illustrate the opportunities available and the constraints imposed by special status species if habitat restoration, conversion, or enhancement occurs. • The endangered tidewater goby was discovered during this study in a remnant portion of lower Tomasini Creek. The creek’s course had been altered as part of the water budget management operation on the Giacomini ranch, however a malfunctioning tide gate at the mouth has allowed some tidal influence, a fortuitous situation for this estuarine fish whose habitat had been eliminated elsewhere on the study site. The opportunity for restoration and/or enhancement of tidewater goby habitat on the site is high. • The threatened California red-legged frog has a viable breeding population in the freshwater marsh on the western portion of the study site. This population exists because of the perennial flow of freshwater into a remnant tidal marsh and because of a relatively abundant source population of frogs on adjacent lands. The delicate salinity range tolerated by this species, and its susceptibility to predation by bullfrogs (also present on portions of the study site), is a constraint that will have to be addressed as restoration alternatives are evaluated. • The threatened California black rail is resident in the fully-tidal marsh immediately adjacent to the study site;
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Dear Supervisors- Attached Please Find Our Letter of Opposition to the SCA Ordinance for Sleepy Hollow As Drafted by Our Attorne
    From: Andrea Taber To: Rice, Katie; Kinsey, Steven; Adams, Susan; Arnold, Judy; Sears, Kathrin Cc: Dan Stein; Thorsen, Suzanne; Lai, Thomas Subject: Sleepy Hollow Homeowners Association Letter of Oppostion to the SCA Ordinance Date: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 8:12:53 PM Attachments: Document4.docx Dear Supervisors- Attached please find our letter of opposition to the SCA Ordinance for Sleepy Hollow as drafted by our attorney Neil Moran of Freitas McCarthy MacMahon & Keating, LLP. Sleepy Hollow Homeowners Association May 3, 2013 Board of Supervisors of Marin County 3501 Civil Center Drive San Rafael, CA 94903-4157 Re: Stream Conservation Area (SCA) Proposed Amendments to the Development Code Honorable Members of the Board of Supervisors: INTRODUCTION The Sleepy Hollow Homes Association (SHHA) objects to the proposed changes to Chapters 22.33 (Stream Protection) and 22.63 (Stream Conservation Area Permit) as they would apply to the residents of the unincorporated portion of San Anselmo known as Sleepy Hollow. We ask that the County exempt and/or delay implementation of any changes to Chapters 22.33 and 22.63 as to the city-centered corridor streams, including Sleepy Hollow. The SHHA supports implementation of the proposed amendments to the San Geronimo Valley, to protect wildlife habitat in streams where Coho Salmon currently exist. The SHHA supports regulations to ensure the health and survival of the species in these areas. The SHHA recognizes the urgency of this matter to the San Geronimo Valley, both for the survival of the endangered and declining Coho population and for the property rights of the affected residents who are currently subject to a building moratorium.
    [Show full text]
  • Ethnohistory and Ethnogeography of the Coast Miwok and Their Neighbors, 1783-1840
    ETHNOHISTORY AND ETHNOGEOGRAPHY OF THE COAST MIWOK AND THEIR NEIGHBORS, 1783-1840 by Randall Milliken Technical Paper presented to: National Park Service, Golden Gate NRA Cultural Resources and Museum Management Division Building 101, Fort Mason San Francisco, California Prepared by: Archaeological/Historical Consultants 609 Aileen Street Oakland, California 94609 June 2009 MANAGEMENT SUMMARY This report documents the locations of Spanish-contact period Coast Miwok regional and local communities in lands of present Marin and Sonoma counties, California. Furthermore, it documents previously unavailable information about those Coast Miwok communities as they struggled to survive and reform themselves within the context of the Franciscan missions between 1783 and 1840. Supplementary information is provided about neighboring Southern Pomo-speaking communities to the north during the same time period. The staff of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) commissioned this study of the early native people of the Marin Peninsula upon recommendation from the report’s author. He had found that he was amassing a large amount of new information about the early Coast Miwoks at Mission Dolores in San Francisco while he was conducting a GGNRA-funded study of the Ramaytush Ohlone-speaking peoples of the San Francisco Peninsula. The original scope of work for this study called for the analysis and synthesis of sources identifying the Coast Miwok tribal communities that inhabited GGNRA parklands in Marin County prior to Spanish colonization. In addition, it asked for the documentation of cultural ties between those earlier native people and the members of the present-day community of Coast Miwok. The geographic area studied here reaches far to the north of GGNRA lands on the Marin Peninsula to encompass all lands inhabited by Coast Miwoks, as well as lands inhabited by Pomos who intermarried with them at Mission San Rafael.
    [Show full text]
  • Smscindexpp266-273.Pdf
    INDEX References to illustrations are printed in italics. Ablin, Debbie, 42,92, 258 Azevedo, Margaret, 129 Bolinas-Stinson Beach Master Plan, Adelman, Brenda, 220, 222, 251, 260 34 Aggregate, 243-245, 257 Bagley, Bill, 120 Bolling, David, 224,260 Aggregate Resources Management Bahia Baulinas, 61 Bostick, Benton, 20, 22 (ARM) Plan, 205-206, 256, 257 Ballard, Allan, 87 Bostick, Dr. Warren, 20, 22 Agricultural and Aquifer Baptiste, Arnold, 107 Bouverie Audubon Preserve, xix, Preservation Zone, 205 Barbour, Nancy, 42, 92, 258 152, 153,155-159,258-259 Ah Pah Dam, 163 Barfield, Tom, 63 Bouverie, David, xix, 157, 159,254 Alexander Valley Reach, 236 Bay Conservation and Development Boxer, Senator Barbara, 93, 127,139 Alexander, Meg, 225,260 Commission, 18 Boyd, Rhoda, 67 Allen, Howard B„ 76,93,115,258-259 Beeby, David, 244 Brandt-Hawley, Susan, 208-209, 260 American River, 6 Behr, Peter, 66, 71, 89,97, 107, 128- Bransom-Cooke, Admiral, 65, 67 Anderson, Bruce, 200 129, 132,142,162,171, 191, Brower, David, 113 Angel Island, 12, 27 239,251 Brown, Governor Jerry, 168 Anton, John, 140 biography, 129,169 Brown, Governor Pat, xii, 33 Aquifers, importance of, 162-163 “Belling the cat”, 113,114, 205,207, Brown, Wishard, 148 See also Middle Reach; Sonoma- 209 Burge, Bob, 86 Marin Aquifer Benoist, Jay, 217 Army Corps of Engineers, 143,170, Benthos, 99 Cain, Brighton “Bugs,” 6 , 32,42 218 Bianchi, Al, 120 Cale, Mike, 192 and Bolinas Lagoon, 59, 81 Big Sulfur Creek, 152, 153 California Coastal Act of 1976, xiii, and Coyote Dam, 18, 33, 187 Bird research, 74-75 255 and Warm Springs Dam, 140, 188 Birds.
    [Show full text]
  • Instream Flow Requirements Anadromous Salmonids Spawning
    Scanned for KRIS State of California The Resources Agency Department of Fish and Game Instream Flow Requirements Anadromous Salmonids Spawning and Rearing LAGUNITAS CREEK, Marin County STREAM EVALUATION REPORT 86-2 APRIL 1986 IFIM study site near Tocaloma at about 35 cfs. IFIM study site near Gallager Ranch at about 22 cfs. ERRATA Page i Author Gary E. Smith2 Page 2 Paragraph 2, 14th line to Syncaris, it seems probable that the proposed summer and early Page 32 Recommendations, 3.a., first line If Nacasio Reservoir inflow during the preceeding month is Inside of back cover, photo caption, third line and deepened pools and Department of Fish and Game Stream Evaluation Report Report No. 86-2 Instream Flow Requirements, Anadromous Salmonids Spawning and Rearing, Lagunitas Creek, Marin County April, 1986 Gordon K. Van Vleck George Deukmejian Jack C. Parnell Secretary for Resources Governor Director The Resources Agency State of California Department of Fish and Game Instream Flow Requirements, Anadromous Salmonids Spawning and Rearing Lagunitas Creek, Marin County, I/ By Gary E. Smith 2 Abstract The Instream Flow Incremental Methodology was used to assess steelhead and coho salmon spawning and rearing streamflow/habitat relationships and requirements in Lagunitas Creek, Marin County, California. The annual flow regime developed considers individual species life stage needs. Approximately 37% of the average annual runoff is identified as being needed for spawning and rearing purposes. Typically, natural summer flows need augmentation and natural winter flows more than meet fishery needs. 1_/ Stream Evaluation Report No. 86-2, April 1986. Stream Evaluation Program. 2/ Environmental Services Division, Sacramento, California -ii- TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Abstract...................................
    [Show full text]
  • UCCE. the Marin Coastal Watershed Enhancement Project
    Final Report of The Marin Coastal Watershed Enhancement Project November, 1995 Prepared by University of California Cooperative Extension 1682 Novato Boulevard, Suite 150B, Novato, CA 94947 With Funding From Marin Community Foundation Production of this report was made possible by a grant from The Marin Coastal Watershed Enhancement Project Project Coordinators Ellen Rilla Stephanie Larson Principal Writer and Photographer Lisa Bush Historical Profiles Dewey Livingston Water Quality Information n Oli l Pau Design Lisa Krieshok Typesetting Nan Perrott The University of California, in accordance with applicable State and Federal laws and University policy, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, medical condition (cancer-related), ancestry, marital status, citizenship, sexual orientation, or status as a Vietnam-era veteran or special disabled veteran. The University also prohibits sexual harassment. Inquiries regarding the University's nondiscrimination policies may be directed to the Affirmative Action Director, University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources, 300 Lakeside Drive, 6th Floor, Oakland, CA 94612-3560 (510) 987-0096. Final Report of The Marin Coastal Watershed Enhancement Project November, 1995 Prepared by n Extensio e Cooperativ a Californi f o y Universit 7 9494 A C , Novato , 15OB e Suit , Boulevard o Novat 2 168 With Funding From Marin Community Foundation Acknowledgments The Marin Coastal Watershed Enhancement Project has been the work of many dedicated indi- l environmenta d an , agencies e resourc l natura , community l agricultura e th g representin s vidual d an s meeting g attendin y b d participate t tha s landowner y man e th o t l gratefu e ar e W .
    [Show full text]
  • Van Kirk, S. 2000
    SUSIE VAN KIRK Historical Resources Consultant P.O. Box 568 Bayside, Ca 95524 (707) 822-6066 [email protected] July 2000 Marin County Fish Newspaper References Marin County Journal/Marin Journal (MJ) San Rafael, 1861-1948 Marin County Tocsin (MCT), San Rafael, 1890-1916. San Francisco Chronicle (SFC), San Francisco, 1865-present San Rafael Independent (SRI, San Rafael, 1927 to 1948. MJ (19 July 1862) Large Trout--A few days since Mr. Fred Tann succeeded in taking from Novato creek a trout measuring 28 inches in length and weighing five pounds. MJ (29 Nov. 1862) Salmon have commenced running up the Paper Mill Creek, and Tomales Bay is alive with them. Fishermen are busy with a seine at the mouth of the creek and taking them in great numbers.... MJ (26 Dec. 1863) An agent of J. McM. Shafter arrived in San Rafael from Lake Bigler bringing with him about 1,500 live trout which are intended to stock a lake on the Shafter ranch. We are informed that the cost of bringing these fish down will exceed $1,000. MJ (28 May 1864) We are under obligations to Charley Taylor, a famous disciple of Isaak Walton, for a goodly mess of speckled trout, fresh from the mountain streams of this vicinity. MJ (15 April 1865) ....Lagunitas Creek, or Daniel’s Creek alias Paper Mill Creek, is a considerable stream passing through it [Lagunitas] and is made up of the numerous springs issuing from the hills bounding it on either side. It abounds with trout and is a famous resort for piscatorial picnic parties.
    [Show full text]
  • Major Streams and Watersheds of West Marin D
    3 1 Chilen o Va lle t y S R d I D St 80 Major Streams and Watersheds of West Marin d R San Anto o ni i o n R o d t Sa n n A A nton io Rd n a S 1å3 4 6 91 d R s West Marin Schools e y e Marshall P R etal t 1, BOLINAS-STINSON SCHOOL (BOLINAS) L um P a a R a k d m e WALKER CREEK lu vi ta 2, BOLINAS-STINSON SCHOOL (STINSON) lle Pe R S d t a 3, INVERNESS ELEM. SCHOOL t WATERSHED e R ou te 4, LAGUNITAS ELEM. SCHOOL 1 Eastshore W ils 5, LINCOLN ELEM. SCHOOL S on t H a å5 ill t R e d 6, MARIN SCHOOL OF THE ARTS R o u 4 t SOULAJULE RESERVOIR 7, NICASIO ELEM. SCHOOL e 1 8, SAN GERONIMO VALLEY ELEM. SCHOOL 6 L 7 a k e v 9, SHORELINE HIGH SCHOOL il le R d 9 8 10, SHORELINE INDEPENDENT STUDY S h 3 o 7 re 11, TOMALES ELEM. SCHOOL li ne H w 12, TOMALES HIGH SCHOOL y 13, WALKER CREEK RANCH S h o 14, WEST MARIN ELEM. SCHOOL r e 7 l i 3 n y e a w H ar h San M in ig w D H y N r te ova U ta to n S B i lv t 0 d e S d 6 n t a L S te s d 1 t a 7 R n v l o t o e u B 23 t m s e STAFFORD LAKE d 1 m H i o S o i g h A w th N d w e o e r a t va on to R y A d B 1 v R lv t G e d ran 0 a e S t A v ve 1 r m A h D lu t r n 7 De L o ta o ong rb e s Av a il e P H e s W v 3 S e A å 0 3 i y r e lo F b ra R n t ia c in D is o D P r g a St Hi hw k ate a 3 e y 1 B 1 vd 7 l l v 3 B 3 d 2 y 20 nd a la w w h o ig 6 R H 7 te ta N S o 41 v 43 Inverness a to B l y v LAGOON k d P t e s un 4 2 S 9 NICASIO RESERVOIR 0 Pt.
    [Show full text]
  • COUNTYWIDE WATER SERVICE STUDY Municipal Service Review / Government Code Section 56430
    MARIN COUNTY LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION Regional Service Planning / Subdivision of the State of California COUNTYWIDE WATER SERVICE STUDY Municipal Service Review / Government Code Section 56430 Affected Governmental Agencies Bolinas Community Public Utility District Inverness Public Utility District Marin Municipal Water District Muir Beach Community Services District North Marin Water District - Novato and Point Reyes Station Stinson Beach County Water District Final Report / Pending Commission Action December 2015 Marin LAFCO Countywide Water Municipal Service Review December 2015 Blank for Photocopying Purposes TC‐2 | Page Marin LAFCO Countywide Water Municipal Service Review December 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION PAGE CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSIONS (LAFCO) 1-1 A. AUTHORITY AND OBJECTIVES 1-1 B. REGULATORY RESPONSIBILITIES 1-1 C. PLANNING RESPONSIBILITIES 1-1 D. LAFCO COMPOSITION 1-5 E. PRESCRIPTIVE FUNDING 1-6 1.2 MARIN LAFCO 1-6 A. ADOPTED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES 1-6 B. COMMISSION ROSTER 1-6 C. CONTACT INFORMATION 1-7 CHAPTER TWO: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2.1 OVERVIEW 2-1 A. STUDY PURPOSE 2-1 B. KEY ASSUMPTIONS AND BENCHMARKS 2-1 C. STUDY ORGANIZATION 2-5 D. AFFECTED PUBLIC AGENCIES 2-5 E. STUDY REVIEW OPPORTUNITIES 2-5 2.2 STUDY SUMMARY 2-6 A. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS 2-6 B. RECOMMENDATIONS 2-11 2.3 WRITTEN DETERMINATIONS 2-13 A. GROWTH AND POPULATION PROJECTIONS 2-14 B. LOCATION/CHARACTERISTICS OF DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES 2-16 C. CAPACITY OF FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS / DEFICIENCIES 2-17 D. AGENCIES’ FINANCIAL ABILITY TO PROVIDE SERVICES 2-25 E. STATUS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARED FACILITIES AND RESOURCES 2-28 F.
    [Show full text]
  • Status of Coho Salmon in California
    Status of Coho Salmon in California Report to the National Marine Fisheries Service By: Larry R. Brown and Peter B. Moyle Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Biology University of California Davis, CA 95616 1 July 1991 2 Table of Contents Foreward...........................................................................................................................................4 Executive Summary............................................................................................................................5 Introduction.......................................................................................................................................9 Life History......................................................................................................................................11 Distribution and Status......................................................................................................................12 Hatchery Populations .......................................................................................................................12 Wild Populations..............................................................................................................................16 Smith River..........................................................................................................................17 Klamath River......................................................................................................................18 Redwood Creek..................................................................................................................25
    [Show full text]
  • Long-Term Coho Salmon and Steelhead Trout Monitoring in Coastal Marin County 2007 Annual Monitoring Report
    National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Natural Resource Program Center Long-term Coho Salmon and Steelhead Trout Monitoring in Coastal Marin County 2007 Annual Monitoring Report Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/SFAN/NRTR—2009/269 ON THE COVER Adult coho salmon on John West Fork - Olema Creek Photograph by: Greg Brown Juvenile coho salmon on Olema Creek Photo by: Sarah Carlisle Smolt coho salmon on Redwood Creek Photograph by: Casey Del Real Long-term Coho Salmon and Steelhead Trout Monitoring in Coastal Marin County 2007 Annual Monitoring Report Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/SFAN/NRTR—2009/269 Sarah Carlisle 1 Michael Reichmuth 2 Erin Brown 3 Casey del Real 1 1Point Reyes National Seashore Association, Coho and Steelhead Restoration Project 1 Bear Valley Road Point Reyes Station, Ca 94956 2National Park Service, San Francisco Bay Area Network Inventory and Monitoring Program, Point Reyes National Seashore 1 Bear Valley Road Point Reyes Station, Ca 94956 3Conservation Corps North Bay 1 Bear Valley Road Point Reyes Station, Ca 94956 November 2009 U.S. Department of the Interior National Park Service Natural Resource Program Center Fort Collins, Colorado The National Park Service, Natural Resource Program Center publishes a range of reports that address natural resource topics of interest and applicability to a broad audience in the National Park Service and others in natural resource management, including scientists, conservation and environmental constituencies, and the public. The Natural Resource Technical Report Series is used to disseminate results of scientific studies in the physical, biological, and social sciences for both the advancement of science and the achievement of the National Park Service mission.
    [Show full text]
  • APPENDIX G Cultural Resources Supporting Information
    APPENDIX G Cultural Resources Supporting Information Cultural Resources Memo Paleontological Resources Memo APPENDIX G Cultural Resources Supporting Information Cultural Resources Memo Paleontological Resources Memo CULTURAL RESOURCES MEMO The 27 actions proposed by the Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) in the Biodiversity, Fuel, and Fire Integrated Plan (BFFIP) for the Mt. Tamalpais Watershed, Nicasio Reservoir Lands and Soulajule Reservoir Lands include actions that have the potential to adversely affect cultural resources within the 21,600 acres of the three areas administrative units (Mount Tamalpais Watershed, Soulajule Reservoir, and Nicasio Reservoir). The MMWD plans to use combinations of manual and mechanical techniques and prescribed burning to create fuelbreaks and defensible spaces depending on vegetation type. Vegetation management will also include weed control and utilize manual and mechanical techniques, prescribed burning, and herbicides for existing fuelbreak maintenance and defensible spaces. These actions may have temporary or permanent direct, indirect, and/or cumulative physical effects on both recorded and unknown cultural resources within the three administrative units. The MMWD land in central and southern Marin County with the local climate characterized as Mediterranean with wet, mild winters and warm, dry summers. Elevations range from 80 to 2,571 feet above mean sea level with the highest elevation at East Peak of Mt. Tamalpais. Topography is generally v-shaped valleys between narrow ridge crests, with areas of more gently rolling hills. Vegetation ranges from grassland to chaparral, oak woodland and redwood forests. A wide range of wildlife is present. The approximately 18,900-acre Mount Tamalpais Watershed is south of San Geronimo and west of San Anselmo, Kentfield, and Mill Valley (USGS Inverness, Calif.
    [Show full text]
  • Memorandum with Logo
    BSA for Bridge Replacement Project 6847 Lucas Valley Road, Nicasio, CA -- April, 2020 Page 0 Biological Site Assessment for 6847 and 6775 Lucas Valley Rd. Bridge Replacement Project Nicasio, California Prepared for: Mark Roos 6847 Lucas Valley Road, Nicasio, California Coast Ridge Ecology, LLC 1410 31st Avenue San Francisco, CA 94122 June, 2020 Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION ........................................................................................................................... 1 PROJECT LOCATION ............................................................................................................................... 1 II. METHODS ...............................................................................................................................2 III. RESULTS .................................................................................................................................2 SOILS .................................................................................................................................................. 2 HYDROLOGY ......................................................................................................................................... 2 PLANT COMMUNITIES ............................................................................................................................ 2 WILDLIFE AND WILDLIFE CORRIDORS
    [Show full text]