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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 -
Crappie and Crappie Fishing
Crappie & Crappie Fishing Crappie are among the most popular sport fishes in Texas. They are known by various names including white perch, sac-a-lait, calico bass, and paper-mouth. Two species are found in Texas, the white crappie (Pomoxis annularis) and black crappie (P. nigromaculatus). Black crap pie have irregular dark speck les and blotches on their sides. On white crappie, the dark markings consist of regularly arranged vertical bars. When in doubt, count the number of sharp dorsal spines at the front of a crappie’s dorsal fin. Black crappie have seven or eight spines while white crappie Young crappie feed on microscopic crustaceans called have five or six. During the spawning season, males of zooplankton. Juveniles and adults feed primarily on both species develop dark markings over most of the small threadfin and gizzard shad and insect larvae, es body, causing many anglers to misidentify male white pecially mayflies. Their diet also includes minnows, crappie as black crappie. silversides, other crappie and any other fish small enough to swallow. Black crappie are more numerous in the clear, acidic to slightly alkaline waters of East Texas. White crappie are found state In lakes with low bass populations, crappie often wide. Fish of both species may live up to eight years and overpopulate and become stunted. For crappie to reach become sexually mature at one to two years. Crappie belong larger sizes, populations must experience high total mor to the same family as the sunfishes and black basses; like tality to keep their numbers within the carrying capacity their cousins, crappie are nest builders. -
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. -
Which Sunfish Is It?
Which Sunfish is It? Grade Level: Upper Elementary Subject Areas: Life science Duration: 45 minutes Next Generation Science Standards: • 4-LS1-1 – Construct an argument that plants and animals have internal and external structures that function to support survival, growth, behavior, and reproduction o Practices of science . Constructing explanations o Cross cutting concepts . Structure and function Common Core State Standards: • ELA/Lit o RI.4-5.4 – Determine the meaning of general or domain specific words or phrases in a text relevant to a grade 4 topic or subject area. • SL.4-5.1 - Engage effectively in a range of collaborative texts, discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade appropriate topics and building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly. Objectives: • Students will be able to use a dichotomous key to identify several species of sunfish found in Maryland. • Students will be able to use their knowledge of external fish anatomy to construct their own dichotomous key. Teacher Background: Bluegills are members of the family Centrarchidae or the sunfish family. When many people think of sunfish, they think of bluegills, pumpkinseeds or redbreast sunfish, but in Maryland, this family also includes several other fish that are popular with anglers - largemouth and smallmouth bass, and black and white crappies. This exercise will help students tell the difference between a bass and a bluegill. A dichotomous key is a tool that is usually used to identify living things. The key is called dichotomous (“divided into two parts”) because at each step the user must make a choice between two alternatives, based on some characteristic of the organism to be identified. -
RTD-Earthquake-Fact
The California Water Fix Delta Tunnels don’t eliminate earthquake threats to water supply. Earthquake risk mythmaking serves water exporters’ interests. Water exporters misrepresent the risk of earthquakes to generate support for the Delta Tunnels. Fattening the levees is a more effective solution. Californians should work together to build a more seismically resistant Delta that will protect water exports, other critical infrastructure, and save lives -- all at a lower cost than the CA Water Fix. Developing regional water supplies provides a more reliable water supply. The best way to prevent earthquake disruption is to invest in local water solutions, including increased comprehensive water conservation and technology, maximizing wastewater reuse and groundwater recharge, while capturing storm water and rainwater, graywater, and fixing local leaky pipes. Cleaning up local aquifers and providing local jobs for local water makes economic sense. Rather than a huge investment in faraway tunnels let's instead make the levees in the Delta more resilient and prepare all California communities to be less reliant on imported water. MYTH #1: The Delta tunnels will protect California’s water supply from earthquakes. FACT: Earthquakes would hit the existing water transfer conveyance in other parts of California harder than they would hit the Delta. The earthquake threat to the Delta is minimal. The Hayward Fault is 40 miles from the Delta’s center. But the State Water Project (SWP) and federal Central Valley Project (CVP) cross right over high-risk fault areas, from Coalinga south to LA, including the San Andreas Fault. Cement canals in the southern part of the state are more vulnerable to earthquakes than Delta levees. -
ASSESSMENT of COASTAL WATER RESOURCES and WATERSHED CONDITIONS at CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA Dr. Diana L. Engle
National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Technical Report NPS/NRWRD/NRTR-2006/354 Water Resources Division Natural Resource Program Centerent of the Interior ASSESSMENT OF COASTAL WATER RESOURCES AND WATERSHED CONDITIONS AT CHANNEL ISLANDS NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA Dr. Diana L. Engle The National Park Service Water Resources Division is responsible for providing water resources management policy and guidelines, planning, technical assistance, training, and operational support to units of the National Park System. Program areas include water rights, water resources planning, marine resource management, regulatory guidance and review, hydrology, water quality, watershed management, watershed studies, and aquatic ecology. Technical Reports The National Park Service disseminates the results of biological, physical, and social research through the Natural Resources Technical Report Series. Natural resources inventories and monitoring activities, scientific literature reviews, bibliographies, and proceedings of technical workshops and conferences are also disseminated through this series. Mention of trade names or commercial products does not constitute endorsement or recommendation for use by the National Park Service. Copies of this report are available from the following: National Park Service (970) 225-3500 Water Resources Division 1201 Oak Ridge Drive, Suite 250 Fort Collins, CO 80525 National Park Service (303) 969-2130 Technical Information Center Denver Service Center P.O. Box 25287 Denver, CO 80225-0287 Cover photos: Top Left: Santa Cruz, Kristen Keteles Top Right: Brown Pelican, NPS photo Bottom Left: Red Abalone, NPS photo Bottom Left: Santa Rosa, Kristen Keteles Bottom Middle: Anacapa, Kristen Keteles Assessment of Coastal Water Resources and Watershed Conditions at Channel Islands National Park, California Dr. Diana L. -
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. -
David K. Clark, PE
AFC15 David K. Clark, PE THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LAKE SHASTA LAKE OROVILLE Bay-Delta LOS ANGELES AQUEDUCTS (City of Los Angeles) COLORADO CALIFORNIA RIVER AQUEDUCT AQUEDUCT (State of Calif.) (Metropolitan) LOCAL SUPPLIES, RECYCLING, GROUNDWATER & CONSERVATION Background Seismic Preparedness Seismic upgrade of facilities Seismic vulnerability assessments Emergency response Collaboration with External Agencies Conclusions 1.7 billion gallons/day average 6 counties, 18 million residents Comprised of 26 member public agencies Imports Colorado River & State Water Project supplies Operates 5 water treatment & 16 hydroelectric plants Maintains 830 miles of pipeline & 9 reservoirs Biennial budget for FY 2014-16 is approximately $3 billion Comprehensive Reliability Strategy Water System InfrastructureInfrastructure System EmergencyEmergency Supply Capacity ReliabilityReliability FlexibilityFlexibility ResponseResponse Seismic Preparedness 1. Seismic Upgrade of Facilities 2. Vulnerability Assessments 3. Emergency Response 4. Collaboration w/External Agencies Scope: Buildings & Structures Dams & Reservoirs Geotechnical Hazards Drivers: Code Changes Increased Knowledge Approach: Re-assess as necessary Upgrade as required Use latest codes Use site-specific data Expect same performance as for new facilities Example of Code Changes (Weymouth Water Treatment Plant) Year Design Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) UBC 1933 0.1g UBC 1958 0.1g* UBC 1991 0.4g IBC 2009 0.52g IBC 2012 0.71g *Estimated value, PGA was not specifically -
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. -
Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Redwood National Park
Humboldt State University Digital Commons @ Humboldt State University Botanical Studies Open Educational Resources and Data 9-17-2018 Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Redwood National Park James P. Smith Jr Humboldt State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/botany_jps Part of the Botany Commons Recommended Citation Smith, James P. Jr, "Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Redwood National Park" (2018). Botanical Studies. 85. https://digitalcommons.humboldt.edu/botany_jps/85 This Flora of Northwest California-Checklists of Local Sites is brought to you for free and open access by the Open Educational Resources and Data at Digital Commons @ Humboldt State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Botanical Studies by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ Humboldt State University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A CHECKLIST OF THE VASCULAR PLANTS OF THE REDWOOD NATIONAL & STATE PARKS James P. Smith, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Botany Department of Biological Sciences Humboldt State Univerity Arcata, California 14 September 2018 The Redwood National and State Parks are located in Del Norte and Humboldt counties in coastal northwestern California. The national park was F E R N S established in 1968. In 1994, a cooperative agreement with the California Department of Parks and Recreation added Del Norte Coast, Prairie Creek, Athyriaceae – Lady Fern Family and Jedediah Smith Redwoods state parks to form a single administrative Athyrium filix-femina var. cyclosporum • northwestern lady fern unit. Together they comprise about 133,000 acres (540 km2), including 37 miles of coast line. Almost half of the remaining old growth redwood forests Blechnaceae – Deer Fern Family are protected in these four parks. -
Appendix C Plant and Animal Species Observed
Appendix C Plant and Animal Species Observed This list includes vascular plants, mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians observed in the BSA by biologists during various surveys in 2005 and 2006. This list does not include invertebrate species. Invertebrates that would be most commonly encountered on the site would include butterflies, flies, dragonflies, damselflies, beetles, earwigs, grasshoppers, crickets, termites, true bugs, mantids, lacewings, bees, wasps, ants, and spiders. PLANT SPECIES OBSERVED Scientific Name Common Name Invasive Plant Rating CLUB AND SPIKE MOSSES Selaginellaceae Spike moss family Selaginella cinerascens Mesa spikemoss TRUE FERNS Azollaceae Mosquito fern family Azolla filiculoides Pacific mosquito fern Marsileaceae Marsilea family Marsilea vestita Hairy waterclover Pilularia americana American pillwort Pteridaceae Lip fern family Pellaea andromedifolia Coffee fern Pentagramma triangularis Goldenback fern PINOPHYTA GYMNOSPERMS Cupressaceace Cypress family Juniperus californica California juniper DICOT FLOWERING PLANTS Aizoaceae Carpet weed family Carpobrotus edulis* Hottentot-fig HIGH Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum* Slender-leaved ice plant Trianthema portulacastrum Horse-purslane Amaranthaceae Amaranth family Amaranthus albus* Tumbling pigweed Amaranthus palmeri Palmer’s pigweed Amaranthus sp. Pigweed Anacardiaceae Sumac family Malosma laurina Laurel sumac Rhus ovata Sugar bush Rhus trilobata Skunkbush sumac Schinus molle* Peruvian pepper tree LIMITED Schinus terebinthifolius* Brazilian pepper tree LIMITED Mid