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Biological Resources P ROGRAM E NVIRONMENTAL I MPACT R EPORT G ENERAL P LAN P UBLIC R EVIEW D RAFT F RESNO, C ALIFORNIA M ARCH 2020 APPENDIX D BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES P ROGRAM E NVIRONMENTAL I MPACT R EPORT G ENERAL P LAN P UBLIC R EVIEW D RAFT F RESNO, C ALIFORNIA M ARCH 2020 This page intentionally left blank 1 2 3 4 5 LEGEND EXHIBIT 5.4-A Fresno General Plan Planning Area Boundary Deciduous Orchard Riverine Vegetation Communities Irrigated Row and Field Crops Urban City of Fresno Annual Grassland Lacustrine Valley Foothill Riparian General Plan and Develpment Code Update 0 1.25 2.5 Barren Pasture Valley Oak Woodland Master Environmental Impact Report MILES Vegetation Communities Map Index SOURCE: Basemap - DigitalGlobe (7/2016; 6/2017; 6/2018); Mapping - USFS Central Valley Vegetation Cover Types (2015) I:\CFO1802\GIS\Vegetation Communities Exhibit_Index.mxd (9/16/2019) d t R an Fri C ha mp la in D r Ã41 Shepherd Ave ve A le Co e v A e Nees Ave n o t Fresno St Fresno s Millbrook Ave Millbrook k 1st St1st c Cedar Ave Cedar a l B Alluvial Ave LEGEND EXHIBIT 5.4-B Page 1 of 5 Fresno General Plan Planning Area Boundary Deciduous Orchard Riverine Vegetation Communities Irrigated Row and Field Crops Urban City of Fresno Annual Grassland Lacustrine Valley Foothill Riparian General Plan and Develpment Code Update 0 2000 4000 Barren Pasture Valley Oak Woodland Master Environmental Impact Report FEET Vegetation Communities Map SOURCE: Basemap - DigitalGlobe (7/2016; 6/2017; 6/2018); Mapping - USFS Central Valley Vegetation Cover Types (2015) I:\CFO1802\GIS\Vegetation Communities Exhibit.mxd (9/16/2019) Alluvial Ave Herndon Ave Sierra Ave Ave Willow Dr en d r a Ave Brawley g i F Bullard Ave Golden State Blvd Barstow Ave Gates Ave Shaw Ave 1st St 1st Gettysburg Ave Ã99 Fruit Fruit Ave Marks Ave Marks West Ave West Fresno St Fresno Maroa Ave Maroa Ashlan Ave Cedar Ave Cedar Dakota Ave Grantland Ave Grantland Weber Ave Blackstone Ave Blackstone Hughes Hughes Ave Shields Ave Chestnut Ave Chestnut Palm Ave Palm Clinton Ave Cornelia Ave Cornelia Maple Ave Maple Wishon Ave Wishon 168 Mckinley Ave à Motel Dr Olive Ave Ã41 Van Ness Ave Ness Van 180à Abby Abby St Fulton Fulton St Belmont Ave LEGEND EXHIBIT 5.4-C Page 2 of 5 Fresno General Plan Planning Area Boundary Deciduous Orchard Riverine Vegetation Communities Irrigated Row and Field Crops Urban City of Fresno Annual Grassland Lacustrine Valley Foothill Riparian General Plan and Develpment Code Update 0 2000 4000 Barren Pasture Valley Oak Woodland Master Environmental Impact Report FEET Vegetation Communities Map SOURCE: Basemap - DigitalGlobe (7/2016; 6/2017; 6/2018); Mapping - USFS Central Valley Vegetation Cover Types (2015) I:\CFO1802\GIS\Vegetation Communities Exhibit.mxd (9/16/2019) 168à Herndon Ave Tollhouse Rd 3rd St Bullard Ave 5th St Barstow Ave Villa Villa Ave Shaw Ave Gettysburg Ave Peach Ave Peach Clovis Ave Clovis Ashlan Ave Academy Ave Academy Mccall Ave Mccall Fowler Ave Fowler A i r w a ys Bl vd Shields Ave Temperance Ave Temperance Mckinley Ave Olive Ave 180à Belmont Ave LEGEND EXHIBIT 5.4-D Page 3 of 5 Fresno General Plan Planning Area Boundary Deciduous Orchard Riverine Vegetation Communities Irrigated Row and Field Crops Urban City of Fresno Annual Grassland Lacustrine Valley Foothill Riparian General Plan and Develpment Code Update 0 2000 4000 Barren Pasture Valley Oak Woodland Master Environmental Impact Report FEET Vegetation Communities Map SOURCE: Basemap - DigitalGlobe (7/2016; 6/2017; 6/2018); Mapping - USFS Central Valley Vegetation Cover Types (2015) I:\CFO1802\GIS\Vegetation Communities Exhibit.mxd (9/16/2019) Belmont Ave e St Abby v St Fulton A Tulare St Tulare Ave n Divisadero St 6th 6th St Nielsen Ave a m H St Van Ness Ave l R St i B P St Huntington Blvd e r T o a Fresno St d Grantland Grantland Ave w a O St Ventura Ave Kings Canyon Rd y M St St1st S F StG St t 180à B St Butler Ave West Ave West Kern St Ventura St Orange Ave Orange Kearney Blvd Thorne Ave Cornelia Ave Cornelia Maple Ave Maple California Ave Ave East Church Ave Railroad Ave Fruit Fruit Ave Walnut Ave Walnut Ã41 Ã99 p Jenson By G Jensen Ave o ld e n St Marks Ave Marks at e B lvd North Ave Ave Chestnut Elm Elm Ave Central Ave Cedar Ave Cedar American Ave LEGEND EXHIBIT 5.4-E Page 4 of 5 Fresno General Plan Planning Area Boundary Deciduous Orchard Riverine Vegetation Communities Irrigated Row and Field Crops Urban City of Fresno Annual Grassland Lacustrine Valley Foothill Riparian General Plan and Develpment Code Update 0 2000 4000 Barren Pasture Valley Oak Woodland Master Environmental Impact Report FEET Vegetation Communities Map SOURCE: Basemap - DigitalGlobe (7/2016; 6/2017; 6/2018); Mapping - USFS Central Valley Vegetation Cover Types (2015) I:\CFO1802\GIS\Vegetation Communities Exhibit.mxd (9/16/2019) Fowler Ave Fowler 180à Academy Ave Academy Butler Ave 5th St Faller Ave K St Jensen Ave 9th St O St e Annadale Ave v A Clovis Ave Clovis h c 14th St a Mccall Ave Mccall Greenwood Ave Greenwood e P Temperance Ave Temperance North Ave Newmark Ave Sanger Ave Sanger Central Ave Bethel Ave Bethel Goodfellow Ave Golden State Blvd American Ave Ã99 LEGEND EXHIBIT 5.4-F Page 5 of 5 Fresno General Plan Planning Area Boundary Deciduous Orchard Riverine Vegetation Communities Irrigated Row and Field Crops Urban City of Fresno Annual Grassland Lacustrine Valley Foothill Riparian General Plan and Develpment Code Update 0 2000 4000 Barren Pasture Valley Oak Woodland Master Environmental Impact Report FEET Vegetation Communities Map SOURCE: Basemap - DigitalGlobe (7/2016; 6/2017; 6/2018); Mapping - USFS Central Valley Vegetation Cover Types (2015) I:\CFO1802\GIS\Vegetation Communities Exhibit.mxd (9/16/2019) Multiple Occurrences per Page California Department of Fish and Wildlife California Natural Diversity Database Query Criteria: Quad<span style='color:Red'> IS </span>(Little Table Mtn. (3711917)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Millerton Lake West (3711916)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Madera (3612081)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Gregg (3611988)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Lanes Bridge (3611987)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Friant (3611986)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Biola (3612071)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Herndon (3611978)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Fresno North (3611977)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Fresno South (3611967)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Clovis (3611976)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Round Mountain (3611975)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Kerman (3612061)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Kearney Park (3611968)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Malaga (3611966)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Sanger (3611965)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Raisin (3611958)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Caruthers (3611957)<span style='color:Red'> OR </span>Conejo (3611956)) Ambystoma californiense Element Code: AAAAA01180 California tiger salamander Listing Status: Federal: Threatened CNDDB Element Ranks: Global: G2G3 State: Threatened State: S2S3 Other: CDFW_WL-Watch List, IUCN_VU-Vulnerable Habitat: General: CENTRAL VALLEY DPS FEDERALLY LISTED AS THREATENED. SANTA BARBARA AND SONOMA COUNTIES DPS FEDERALLY LISTED AS ENDANGERED. Micro: NEED UNDERGROUND REFUGES, ESPECIALLY GROUND SQUIRREL BURROWS, AND VERNAL POOLS OR OTHER SEASONAL WATER SOURCES FOR BREEDING. Occurrence No. 49 Map Index: 14529 EO Index: 28414 Element Last Seen: 1974-04-02 Occ. Rank: None Presence: Possibly Extirpated Site Last Seen: 1974-04-02 Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2017-06-15 Quad Summary: Lanes Bridge (3611987), Gregg (3611988), Little Table Mtn. (3711917) County Summary: Madera Lat/Long: 36.99354 / -119.87261 Accuracy: nonspecific area UTM: Zone-11 N4098014 E244355 Elevation (ft): 383 PLSS: T11S, R19E, Sec. 11, SE (M) Acres: 1910.0 Location: THE GENERAL AREA EAST OF ROAD 36 AND NORTH OF AVE 16. WEST OF FRIANT. Detailed Location: 3 SITES: NE OF AVE 16 & ROAD 37; 0.5 MI NW OF AVE 16 & ROAD 37; & 0.5 MI S AND 1.6 TO 2.6 MILES SW OF HWY 145 & ROAD 38. Ecological: 2009 AERIAL PHOTO SHOWS THAT THIS AREA HAS UNDERGONE SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT. THERE IS STILL HABITAT IN SURROUNDING AREAS. General: L. DUNN FIELD NOTES #2 & 3 FROM 13 FEB 74 & NOTE #12 FROM 2 APRIL 1974. Owner/Manager: UNKNOWN Commercial Version -- Dated September, 1 2019 -- Biogeographic Data Branch Page 1 of 207 Report Printed on Wednesday, September 11, 2019 Information Expires 3/1/2020 Multiple Occurrences per Page California Department of Fish and Wildlife California Natural Diversity Database Occurrence No. 62 Map Index: 32802 EO Index: 32898 Element Last Seen: 1957-02-23 Occ. Rank: None Presence: Extirpated Site Last Seen: 1957-02-23 Occ. Type: Natural/Native occurrence Trend: Unknown Record Last Updated: 2001-09-04 Quad Summary: Millerton Lake West (3711916), Little Table Mtn. (3711917), O'Neals (3711926), Knowles (3711927) County Summary: Madera Lat/Long: 37.10284 / -119.73748 Accuracy: nonspecific area UTM: Zone-11 N4109788 E256732 Elevation (ft): 1300 PLSS: T09S, R20E (M) Acres: 4550.6 Location: SAN JOAQUIN EXPERIMENTAL RANGE, NEAR O'NEALS. Detailed Location: MUSEUM RECORDS REFER TO COLLECTIONS IN PASTURE #6 IN STREAM, UNDER NEST BOX, AND STREAM AT NORTH POND PUMPHOUSE. JENNINGS CONSIDERS THIS LOCATION EXTIRPATED. Ecological: General: MVZ SPECIMENS & (DATES): 27482 (2/1/39), 54056 (3/14/51), 54066 & 54073-74 (4/1/51), 55520-21 (11/6&20/51), 55862 (2/22/52). 5 FRESNO STATE COLLEGE (FSC) MUSEUM & FSC PRIVATE COLLECTION SPECIMENS, COLLECTED BETWEEN 11/30/50 & 2/23/57.
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