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Appendix I – Preparers Appendix I – Preparers Planning Team Members and Persons Responsible for Preparing this Document CCP Core Team Michael Brady, Project Leader, Hopper Mountain NWR Complex, USFWS Marc Weitzel, formerly Project Leader, Hopper Mountain NWR Complex, USFWS Ken Convery, Deputy Project Leader, Fish & Wildlife Biologist, Hopper Mountain NWR Complex, USFWS Christopher Barr, formerly Deputy Project Leader, Hopper Mountain NWR Complex, USFWS Dan Tappe, Refuge Manager, Hopper Mountain NWR and Blue Ridge NWR, USFWS Mike Stockton, formerly Refuge Manager, Bitter Creek NWR, USFWS Michael Woodbridge, formerly Public Affairs Specialist, Hopper Mountain NWR Complex, USFWS Joseph Brandt, Supervisory Wildlife Biologist, Hopper Mountain NWR Complex, USFWS Mark Pelz, Chief Refuge Planning, Region 8, Pacific Southwest Region, USFWS Sandy Osborn, Refuge Planner, Region 8, Pacific Southwest Region, USFWS CCP Expanded Team Dave Linehan, formerly Refuge Supervisor, Region 8, Pacific Southwest Region, USFWS Doug Damberg, formerly Deputy Refuge Supervisor, Region 8, Pacific Southwest Region, USFWS Carol Damberg, Chief Refuge Operations, Region 8, Pacific Southwest Region, USFWS Sallie Hejl, Regional Refuge Biologist, Region 8, Pacific Southwest Region, USFWS Patricia Roberson, NEPA/Policy Coordinator, Region 8, Pacific Southwest Region, USFWS Art Shine, Chief Visitor Services and Communications, Region 8, Pacific Southwest Region, USFWS Audie Nishida, Facility Management Coordinator, Region 8, Pacific Southwest Region, USFWS Richard Smith, Land Protection Planner, Region 8, Pacific Southwest Region, USFWS Richard Hadley, Assistant Fire Management Officer-Planning, Region 8, Pacific Southwest Region, USFWS James Roberts, Fire Ecologist, Region 8, Pacific Southwest Region, USFWS Karen Laing, Chief Inventory and Monitoring, Region 8, Pacific Southwest Region, USFWS Kaylene Keller, Inventory and Monitoring, Region 8, Pacific Southwest Region, USFWS Rachel Esralew, Hydrologist, Inventory & Monitoring Program, Region 8, Pacific Southwest Region, USFWS Glenn Greenwald, Refuge Manager, Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes NWR, Hopper Mountain NWR Complex, USFWS Christopher Diel, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, USFWS Eric Kershner, Wildlife Biologist, formerly with Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, USFWS Michael Glenn, Fish and Wildlife Biologist, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, USFWS Virginia Parks, Archaeologist, Cultural Resources Team, Region 1/8, USFWS Lou Ann Speulda-Drews, Historian/Historical Archaeologist, Region 1/8, USFWS Joseph Silveira, Wildlife Biologist, Sacramento NWR Complex, USFWS Amy R. Kuritsubo, Wildlife Management Biologist, Bakersfield Field Office, BLM Larry Saslaw, Wildlife Biologist, Bakersfield Field Office, BLM Kevin Cooper, Forest Biologist, Los Padres National Forest, US Forest Service Justin Epting, GIS Specialist, Region 8, Pacific Southwest Region, USFWS Rick Farris, Section 7 Coordinator, Ventura Fish and Wildlife Office, USFWS I-1 Appendix J – Climate 40 NonNon‐dry‐ dryJunes June Months 35 NonNon‐dry‐ dryJulys July Months 2011 30 to 11 Non‐dry Augusts 95 00 Non‐dry August Months 2 88 1 to 1 1 25 Cumulative number of years, starting in 1895, with 1895 specified summer months in which the monthly total precipitation at Hopper Mountain National months years*, r yy Wildlife Refuge was greater than zero (PRISM, ee dr ‐ 2011). Line is flat where there are no years with dry 20 non months. summ of 2Increases in the slope of the trend line at 1980 dry ‐ n indicate an increase in the frequency of years with number oo 15 n non‐dry mont hs. of Cumulative 10 Best‐fit linear trend number 2 line, 1981‐2011 ee 5 Cumulativ Best‐fit linear trend line, 1895‐19802 0 1895 1903 1911 1919 1927 1935 1943 1951 1959 1967 1975 1983 1991 1999 2007 Year Figure 1. Visual trends in the cumulative number of dry summer months at Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge 80 Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuge Annual Mean A. Annual Mean Maximum Monthly Temperature at Refuge Maximum Monthly Temperature in Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge Annual Mean 75 rature, Maximum Monthly Temperature Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Annual Tempe Mean Maximum Monthly Temperature 70 Blue Ridge National 30 per. Mov. Avg. (Blue Ridge National Wildlife aximum Wildlife Refuge Annual Fahrenheit Refuge Annual Mean Maximum Monthly MM Temperature)Mean Monthly 65 30 per. Mov.Temperature Avg. (Bitter Creek and National 30 Wildlife year degrees Refuge Annual Mean Maximum Monthly Monthly Temperature)Moving Average 30 per. Mov. Avg. (Hopper Mountain National Mean l Wildlife Refuge Annual Mean Maximum Monthly aa 60 Temperature)Bitter CkCreek NtiNationa l 1895 1905 1915 1925 1935 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005 Year Annu Wildlife Refuge Annual 60 Mean Monthly in B. Annual Mean Minimum Monthly Temperature at Refuge Temperature and 30 year ture, Moving Average aa 55 Blue Ridge Temper Hopper Mountain National 50 WildlifeBitter Refuge Annual Hopper hrenheit inimum Mean Monthly aa F MM 30 per. Mov. Avg. (Blue Ridge) 45 Temperature and 30 year Moving30 per. Average Mov. Avg. (Bitter) degrees 30 per. Mov. Avg. (Hopper) Monthly 40 Mean 35 Annual 1895 1905 1915 1925 1935 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005 Year Figure 2. Visual trends in annual mean minimum and maximum monthly temperature at Blue Ridge, Bitter Creek, and Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuges 85 DecemberDecember A. Winter Monthly Maximum Temperature at 80 JanuaryJanuary Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge FebruaryFebruary 75 30 Decemberper. Mov. Avg . (December) 30 year moving averag e 30 Januaryper. Mov. Avg. 30 (January) year moving average 70 30 Februaryper. Mov. Avg. 30 (February) year moving average 65 enheit rr 60 Fah 55 50 egrees dd 45 in 1895 1915 1935 1955 1975 1995 Year 85 B. Spring Monthly Maximum Temperature at Hopper Mountain erature, 80 National Wildlife Refuge pp 75 Tem 70 imum xx 65 Ma 60 55 onthly MarchMarch AprilApril MayMay MM 50 March 30 year April 30 year May 30 year moving 30 per. Mov. Avg. (March) 30 per. Mov. Avg. (April) 30 per. Mov. Avg. (May) moving average moving average average 45 1895 1915 1935 1955 1975 1995 Year Figure 3. Visual trends in winter and spring monthly maximum temperature at Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Minimum and Maximum Monthly Temperature for Selected Months at Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge 70 85 A. Spring Monthly Minimum Temperature B. Summer Monthly Minimum Temperature 65 March April May 80 June July August MarchMarch 30 April 30 April May 30 June June 30 July August 60 May 30 per. Mov. Avg. (March) 75 July 30 August 30 year 30 per. Mov. Avg. (April)year 30 per.year Mov. Avg. (May) 30 per. yearMov. Avg. (June) 30year per. Mov. Avg. (July) year30 per. Mov. Avg. (August) moving moving moving moving moving moving 55 70 average average average average average average 50 65 45 60 40 55 Fahrenheit 35 50 30 45 1895 1915 1935 1955 1975 1995 Year 1895 1915 1935 1955 1975 1995 degrees 80 110 in C. Fall Monthly Minimum Temperature D. Summer Monthly Maximum Temperature , 75 September October NbNovember June July August September October June July 100 70 November Oct. 30 year 30 per. Mov. Avg. (September) August 30 per. Mov. Avg. (June) Sept.30 30 per. year Mov. Avg. (October) 30 per. Mov. Avg.Nov. (November) 30 year June30 per.30 yearMov. Avg. (July) July 30 year 30 per. Mov.August Avg. (August) 30 year moving moving moving average moving moving moving average 65 average average average average 90 60 emperature tt 55 80 50 70 45 Monthly 40 60 35 30 50 1895 1915 1935 1955 1975 1995 Year 1895 1915 1935 1955 1975 1995 Figure 4. Visual trends in maximum and minimum monthly temperature for selected months and seasons at Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge Appendix K – Public Involvement and Responses to Comments on the March 2012 Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan/Environmental Assessment Appendix K – Public Involvement Scoping Summary Report ......................................................................................................... K-1 Responses to Comments on the March 2012 Draft CCP/EA ............................................. K-13 Hopper Mountain, Bitter Creek and Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuges Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment Scoping Summary Report Prepared by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region August 2010 K-1 Hopper Mountain, Bitter Creek and Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuges Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment Scoping Summary Report August 2010 The following summary represents input from individuals, organizations, elected officials, and a local agency concerning issues to be considered in developing the draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) for Hopper Mountain, Bitter Creek, and Blue Ridge National Wildlife Refuges. During the winter and spring of 2010, background information about the CCP process was posted to the Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex (Complex) website, circulated via news release, and mailed to known interested parties to gather input and comments. The Notice of Intent to Prepare a Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment was published in the Federal Register on April 6, 2010. Public scoping meetings were held in Fillmore on April 20, Taft on April 28, and Porterville on May 6. Approximately 71 people attended the meeting in Taft, one person attended the meeting in Porterville, and zero people attended the meeting in Fillmore. In addition to holding
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