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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 -
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. -
Botany Biological Evaluation
APPENDIX I Botany Biological Evaluation Biological Evaluation for Threatened, Endangered and Sensitive Plants and Fungi Page 1 of 35 for the Upper Truckee River Sunset Stables Restoration Project November 2009 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE – FOREST SERVICE LAKE TAHOE BASIN MANAGEMENT UNIT Upper Truckee River Sunset Stables Restoration Project El Dorado County, CA Biological Evaluation for Threatened, Endangered and Sensitive Plants and Fungi PREPARED BY: ENTRIX, Inc. DATE: November 2009 APPROVED BY: DATE: _____________ Name, Forest Botanist, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit SUMMARY OF EFFECTS DETERMINATION AND MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND/OR REQUIREMENTS One population of a special-status bryophyte, three-ranked hump-moss (Meesia triquetra), was observed in the survey area during surveys on June 30, 2008 and August 28, 2008. The proposed action will not affect the moss because the population is located outside the project area where no action is planned. The following species of invasive or noxious weeds were identified during surveys of the Project area: cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum); bullthistle (Cirsium vulgare); Klamathweed (Hypericum perforatum); oxe-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare); and common mullein (Verbascum Thapsus). The threat posed by these weed populations would not increase if the proposed action is implemented. An inventory and assessment of invasive and noxious weeds in the survey area is presented in the Noxious Weed Risk Assessment for the Upper Truckee River Sunset Stables Restoration Project (ENTRIX 2009). Based on the description of the proposed action and the evaluation contained herein, we have determined the following: There would be no significant effect to plant species listed as threatened, endangered, proposed for listing, or candidates under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA), administered by the U.S. -
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. -
4.3 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES 4.3.1 Existing Conditions Methodology
4.3 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES 4.3 BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES This section identifies biological resources present on the project site and assesses the project’s impacts upon those resources. It is based on previous biological resource assessments for the site (conducted for the applicant) and a review of those assessments and supplemental field surveys and research conducted by the City’s EIR consultant. Since the Notice of Preparation was published March 9, 2010, the applicant has undertaken minimal amount of site disturbance activity for environmental research and maintenance. These activities involved conducting cultural resources investigations in March 2011, fuel maintenance as required by the County Fire Department in May 2011, and geotechnical exploration of the project site to assess possible construction design (i.e. foundation designs) on June 13-15, 2011. Each of these activities was planned and monitored to avoid any significant biological resources. Fuel modification is conducted on an ongoing basis once every three months. 4.3.1 Existing Conditions This section discusses the regional setting, project site conditions, and the existing and potentially occurring biological resources at the project site. Biological resources within the surrounding area are also discussed, when relevant. Methodology The description of existing conditions provided below is based on a literature review and site surveys. Literature Review The literature review included previous site-specific and non site-specific studies and California Department of Fish and -
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. -
V. Environmental Impact Analysis C. Biological Resources
V. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS C. BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES INTRODUCTION A Biological Resources Evaluation for the Proposed Project was prepared by TeraCor Resource Management in November 2003 to analyze the potential impacts on biological resources associated with the Proposed Project. A summary of the Biological Resources Evaluation with respect to potential impacts on biological resources, and as reviewed and revised for consistency with the City of Malibu LCP1, is set forth below. The Biological Resources Evaluation, which is incorporated herein by this reference, is included in its entirety as Appendix D to this Draft Final EIR. A Technical Memorandum amending the Biological Resources Evaluation prepared by Teracor Resource Management was written on 27 March 2007 to clarify and evaluate three issues: 1) to confirm the status of biological resources present on site, 2) to confirm the presence or absence of wetlands, “waters of the U.S.” streambeds, or other water features present on-site, and, 3) determine if California black walnut (Juglans californica) trees are present on-site. The conclusions of the findings made by TeraCor Resource Management with respect to these three issues are set forth below. The Technical Memorandum, which is incorporated herein by reference, is provided in Appendix D-1, Biological Assessment – Verification of Conditions. The purpose of this evaluation is to provide an understanding of the biological resources present within the Project Site, as determined from field reconnaissance and available scientific literature. This biological evaluation inventories floral and faunal resources detected on or near the Project Site, and predicts faunal resources determined likely to be present based on habitat conditions, known species distribution, and field observations. -
Ventura County Plant Species of Local Concern
Checklist of Ventura County Rare Plants (Twenty-second Edition) CNPS, Rare Plant Program David L. Magney Checklist of Ventura County Rare Plants1 By David L. Magney California Native Plant Society, Rare Plant Program, Locally Rare Project Updated 4 January 2017 Ventura County is located in southern California, USA, along the east edge of the Pacific Ocean. The coastal portion occurs along the south and southwestern quarter of the County. Ventura County is bounded by Santa Barbara County on the west, Kern County on the north, Los Angeles County on the east, and the Pacific Ocean generally on the south (Figure 1, General Location Map of Ventura County). Ventura County extends north to 34.9014ºN latitude at the northwest corner of the County. The County extends westward at Rincon Creek to 119.47991ºW longitude, and eastward to 118.63233ºW longitude at the west end of the San Fernando Valley just north of Chatsworth Reservoir. The mainland portion of the County reaches southward to 34.04567ºN latitude between Solromar and Sequit Point west of Malibu. When including Anacapa and San Nicolas Islands, the southernmost extent of the County occurs at 33.21ºN latitude and the westernmost extent at 119.58ºW longitude, on the south side and west sides of San Nicolas Island, respectively. Ventura County occupies 480,996 hectares [ha] (1,188,562 acres [ac]) or 4,810 square kilometers [sq. km] (1,857 sq. miles [mi]), which includes Anacapa and San Nicolas Islands. The mainland portion of the county is 474,852 ha (1,173,380 ac), or 4,748 sq. -
Legally Listed Species of the California Central Coast Region (U S Fish and Wildlife Service and /Or the State of California)
Legally Listed Species of the California Central Coast Region (U S Fish and Wildlife Service and /or the State of California) (Monterey, San Benito, San Luis Obispo, western Kern, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties) The following taxa, in alphabetical order by scientific name, are listed either by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Endangered Species Act) or by the State of California, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Natural Diversity Database. A comprehensive list for the State of California is updated quarterly by the California Natural Diversity Database. [Special Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, and Lichens List.] The distribution of these species has been documented for California’s central coast region from Monterey and San Benito counties south to Ventura County, and including western Kern County. Scientific names are those used in Baldwin et. al., 2012, The Jepson Manual: vascular plants of California, UC Press, Berkeley. Where nomenclature has changed from the name used initially in the listing process, they are referenced to the current name (e.g., Arabis hoffmannii = Boechera hoffmannii). Listing Status FE = federally endangered (Endangered Species Act, 1973 as amended) FT = federally threatened (Endangered Species Act, 1973 as amended) SE = state endangered (California Endangered Species Act; Fish and Game Code §2050 et seq.) ST = state threatened (California Endangered Species Act; Fish and Game Code §2050 et seq.) SR = state rare (California Native Plant Protection Act; Fish and Game Code §1900 et seq.). Scientific Name Common Name Status Acmispon argophyllus var. niveus Santa Cruz Island birds-foot trefoil SE Arabis hoffmannii = Boechera hoffmannii Boechera hoffmannii Hoffmann’s rock-cress FE Arctostaphylos confertiflora Santa Rosa Island manzanita FE Arctostaphylos hookeri subsp. -
(Lonicera L.) Genties Atstovų Genetinės Įvairovės Ir Filogenetiniai Tyrimai Dnr Ţymenų Metodais
VILNIAUS UNIVERSITETAS Donatas Naugţemys SAUSMEDŢIO (LONICERA L.) GENTIES ATSTOVŲ GENETINĖS ĮVAIROVĖS IR FILOGENETINIAI TYRIMAI DNR ŢYMENŲ METODAIS Daktaro disertacija Biomedicinos mokslai, biologija (01 B) Vilnius, 2011 Disertacija rengta 2006 – 2010 metais Vilniaus universitete. Mokslinis vadovas: prof. dr. Donatas Ţvingila (Vilniaus universitetas, biomedicinos mokslai, biologija – 01 B) Konsultantas: dr. Silva Ţilinskaitė (Vilniaus universitetas, biomedicinos mokslai, biologija – 01 B) 2 TURINYS SANTRUMPOS ..................................................................................................... 5 ĮVADAS ................................................................................................................. 7 I. LITERATŪROS APŢVALGA ......................................................................... 13 1. Sausmedţio genties apţvalga ....................................................................... 13 1.1. Lonicera L. genties sistematikos istorija ir problemos .......................... 15 1.2. Lonicera L. genties kilmė ...................................................................... 21 2. Molekuliniai ţymenys ir augalų filogenetiniai tyrimai ................................ 24 2.1. RAPD metodo taikymas augalų sistematikoje ...................................... 26 2.2. Chloroplastų DNR nekoduojančių specifinių regionų tyrimas sekoskaitos metodu .............................................................................................. 31 2.3. Lonicera L. genties filogenetikos molekuliniai tyrimai -
Env-2019-5436-C1
Biological Resources Search Results APPENDIX C-1 Keyes Porsche Dealership Project California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) Commercial [ds85] Plant (80m) Plant (specific) Plant (non-specific) Plant (circular) Animal (80m) Animal (specific) Animal (non-specific) Animal (circular) PPrroojjeecctt LLooccaattiioonn Terrestrial Comm. (80m) Terrestrial Comm. (specific) Terrestrial Comm. (non- specific) Terrestrial Comm. (circular) Aquatic Comm. (80m) Aquatic Comm. (specific) Aquatic Comm. (non- specific) Aquatic Comm. (circular) Multiple (80m) Multiple (specific) Multiple (non-specific) Multiple (circular) Sensitive EO 's (Commercial only) 1:9,028 0 0.075 0.15 0.3 mi ´ 0 0.1 0.2 0.4 km September 10, 2019 Sources: Esri, HERE, Garmin, Intermap, increment P Corp., GEBCO, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, IGN, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Author: Keyes Porsche Dealership Project California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB) Commercial [ds85] Plant (80m) Plant (specific) Plant (non-specific) Plant (circular) Animal (80m) Animal (specific) Animal (non-specific) Animal (circular) Terrestrial Comm. (80m) PPrroojjeecctt LLooccaattiioonn Terrestrial Comm. (specific) Terrestrial Comm. (non- specific) Terrestrial Comm. (circular) Aquatic Comm. (80m) Aquatic Comm. (specific) Aquatic Comm. (non- specific) Aquatic Comm. (circular) Multiple (80m) Multiple (specific) Multiple (non-specific) Multiple (circular) Sensitive EO 's (Commercial only) 1:36,112 0 0.3 0.6 1.2 mi ´ 0 0.5 1 2 km September 10, 2019 Sources: Esri, HERE, Garmin, Intermap, increment -
Newsletter, Spring 03, Draft 2
Cal -- IPC News Protecting California’s Natural Areas from Wildland Weeds Vol. 13, No. 2, Summer 2005 Quarterly newsletter of the California Invasive Plant Council FFormingorming aa partnerpartnershipship ttoo preventprevent plantplant invasionsinvasions throughthrough horticulturehorticulture Ivy (Hedera spp.) climbs in a Bidwell Park woodland Inside: in Chico, site of this year’s Cal-IPC Symposium, October 6-8. As part of our role in a growing partner- Nursery partnership ................................4 ship with the horticultural community, Cal-IPC is High schoolers tackle carnation spurge....6 pursuing funding for genetic studies of escaped Hedera Sesbania control on Dry Creek.................7 species in California in order to determine problem species and support potential nursery actions. Weed research at UC Riverside .............. 12 (Photo: Steve Green, Friends of Bidwell Park) ...plus the 2005 Symposium! From the Director’s Desk Mapping the Lay of the Land Last issue, we ran a Red Alert article on Japanese knotweed (Polygunum cuspidatum). Field California biologists were finding what they believe to be new infestations in Humboldt County. Invasive Plant Because the plant is rated by the California Department of Food & Agriculture on the list of Council noxious weeds, historical maps of the remaining populations are available, and these 1442-A Walnut Street, #462 Berkeley, CA 94709 locations can be added—if indeed they are new— and monitored. (510) 843-3902 fax (510) 217-3500 Such cases point out the importance of mapping. Observations at a particular place and time www.cal-ipc.org are invaluable for tracking the dynamic geographic phenomenon of weeds. Was this here [email protected] before? How fast is it spreading? How and where is it spreading? These questions can only be A California 501(c)3 nonprofit organization answered by careful observation over time, and the way to share the information gleaned Protecting California’s natural areas such observations is through maps.