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STATE OF CALIFORNIA-THE RESOURCES AGENCY
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD
1807 13"Street,Suite 103
Sacramento.California 95811-7137
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State of California (916)445-8448
Wildlife Conservation Board Fax(916)323-0280
October 21, 2008
Butte County Board of Supervisors
25 County Center Drive
Oroville, California 95965
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
Daugherty Hill Wildlife Area, Expansion 11
Butte County
Project ID 2007084
The Department of Fish and Game (DFG), through the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB),
is involved in a land acquisition program that is focused on the long-range protection and
enhancement of habitat for fish and wildlife. Possible sites for acquisition are identified by
the DFG in response to public interest, legislative mandate and departmental goals.
This letter is to advise you that the WCB will consider the acquisition of a Conservation
Easement over 582± acres for the protection of winter grazing territory for the Bucks
Mountain/Mooretown deer herd)located in Butte County and identified as Assessor Parcel
Nos. 073-150-042, 073-150-044, 073-150-045, 073-150-046, 073-150-047, 073-150-048 and
073-150-049. This proposal is scheduled for the November 20, 2008, Board meeting. A copy
of the preliminary agenda is enclosed for your review. A full agenda will follow within two
weeks. You may view all agendas and minutes, and/or subscribe to receive them via email,
on our website at www.wcb.ca.gov.
If you have any questions about this proposal or need additional information, please feel free
to contact me at (916) 445-0137.
Sincerely,
"r"ohn P. Donnelly
Executive Director
Enclosure
cc: The Honorable Sam Aanestad Sandy Morey, Regional Manager
Member of the Senate DFG, North Central Region
State Capitol, Room 2054 1701 Nimbus Road
Sacramento, California 95814 Rancho Cordova, California 95670
The Honorable Rick Keene
Member of the Assembly
State Capitol, Room 2158
Sacramento, California 95814
STATE OF CALIFORNIA-THE RESOURCES AGENCY ARNOLD SCHVVARZEN EGGER,Governor
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD
180713 STREET,SUITE 103
SACRAMENTO,CALIFORNIA 95811
(916)445-8448
FAX(916)323-0280
www.wcbca.gov
NOTICE OF MEETING
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD
November 20, 2008
10:00 A.M.
1/ State Capitol, Room 112
Sacramento, California 95814
PRELIMINARY AGENDA ITEMS
ITEM NO.
1. Roll Call
2. Funding Status — Informational
3. Proposed Consent Calendar (Items 4-16)
*4. Approval of Minutes —August 28, 2008
*5. Recovery of Funds
Proposed Consent Calendar
I/These facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities
*6. San Joaquin River Conservancy, Department of Justice, $50,000.00
Legal Services
To consider the allocation for legal services provided by the Department of
Justice, Attorney General's Office to the San Joaquin River Conservancy
related to bond funded land acquisitions and capital improvements. [Safe
Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and
Coastal Protection Fund of 2006, (Proposition 84), Section 75050(f)]
*7. DFG Land Management Plans, Northern Region, $28,002.00
Phase 11 Augmentation, Tehama and Shasta Counties
To consider the allocation for a grant to the California Wildlife Foundation,
Inc. to fund an augmentation for the Department of Fish and Game (DFG)
Mouth of Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area land management plan, for the
recent addition of 141± acres, known as the Balls Ferry Unit, located in
Shasta County. The proposed funding source for this project allows for the
preparation of management plans for DFG lands acquired by the Wildlife
Conservation Board. [California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe
Neighborhood Parks and Coastal Protection Fund, (Proposition 40),
Section 5096.650]
*8. South Fork American River, Lower Canyon Unit, $410,000.00
Expansion 3, El Dorado County
To consider the allocation for a grant to the American River Conservancy
for a cooperative project with the California Resources Agency to acquire
45± acres to protect riparian and upland habitat located near Folsom
Lake, in El Dorado County. The proposed funding source allows for the
acquisition of significant natural landscapes, oak woodlands, foothill
habitat, and other significant habitat areas. [California Clean Water, Clean
Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks and Coastal Protection Fund, (Proposition
40), Section 5096.650]
*9. San Joaquin River Parkway, $275,000.00
River West-Madera Restoration, Planning and Environmental Review,
Madera County
To consider the allocation for a grant to the County of Madera for a
cooperative project with the San Joaquin River Conservancy to fund
planning and environmental review for the San Joaquin River Parkway,
River West-Madera Restoration Project, to restore 600+ acres owned by
the San Joaquin River Conservancy located adjacent to the San Joaquin
River, West of Highway 41, in Madera County. The proposed funding
sources for this project allow for the acquisition, development,
rehabilitation, restoration and protection of land and water resources, in
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cooperation with San Joaquin River Conservancy [California Clean Water,
Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks and Coastal Protection Fund
(Proposition 40), Section 5096.650(b)(5)] and for the acquisition,
development, enhancement, and protection of land, in cooperation with
San Joaquin River Conservancy [Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water,
Clean Air and Coastal Protection Bond Fund (Proposition 12), Section
5096.355]
*10. Shaver Lake Boat Launch Boarding Float, $156,000.00
Fresno County
To consider the allocation for a grant to the County of Fresno for a
cooperative project with Shaver Lake Marina and Southern California
Edison to replace worn-out boarding floats at the Shaver Lake Boat
Launch Facility, located approximately 45 miles northeast of the City of
Fresno on the north side of Shaver Lake, in Fresno County, The proposed
funding source for this project allows for the renovation of public access
facilities. [Wildlife Restoration Fund (Minor Capital Outlay)]
*11. Working and Learning Among the Oaks, Phase 11, $139,411.00
San Luis Obispo County
To consider the allocation for a grant to the Regents of the University of
California, Berkeley to fund Phase 11 of Working and Learning Among the
Oaks, a three-year effort to provide public information and education on
the value of oak woodlands to K-6 grammar school students attending the
Santa Margarita School and secondly to provide oak woodland education
and outreach efforts on private ranches and farms. The proposed funding
source allows for education and outreach efforts on the conservation of
oak woodland habitat. [Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply,
Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Fund of 2006, (Proposition
84), Section 75055(4)(2)]
*12. Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve, Expansion 1, $469,000.00
Santa Barbara County
To consider the acquisition of 20± acres to protect rare and threatened
species in the community of Lompoc, in Santa Barbara County. The
proposed funding source allows for the acquisition of threatened and
endangered species, protection and restoration of coastal watershed and
adjacent lands, located in Santa Barbara County. [Habitat Conservation
Fund, (Proposition 117), Section 2786(b/c) (P50 SoCal)]
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*13. Western Riverside County MSHCP, $177,000.00
Expansions 4 and 5, Riverside County
To consider the allocation for two grants to the Western Riverside County
Regional Conservation Authority to acquire two properties totaling 80+
acres to protect threatened and endangered species and wildlife corridors
and to further implement Natural Community Conservation Planning
efforts, located near the City of Lake Elsinore, in Riverside County, and to
consider the acceptance of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grant and the
approval to subgrant the federal funds to the Authority to be applied
toward the acquisitions. The proposed funding source allows for the
acquisition or protection of habitat or habitat corridors that promote the
recovery of threatened, endangered or fully protected species where
matching contributions of funds from other public agencies, private parties
or nonprofit organizations are obtained. [Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean
Water, Clean Air and Coastal Protection Bond Fund (Proposition 12),
Section 5096.350(a)(5)]
*14. Whitewater Canyon, MacKenzie Ranch, $410,000.00
Riverside County
To consider the allocation for a grant to Friends of the Desert Mountains
(Friends) for a cooperative project with the Coachella Valley Mountains
Conservancy, the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation and the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service to acquire 260± acres to protect endangered species
and wildlife corridors located in Riverside County, and to consider the
acceptance of two U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grants and the approval
of two subgrants of the federal funds to the Friends to be applied toward
the acquisition. The proposed funding source allows for the acquisition or
protection of habitat or habitat corridors that promote the recovery of
threatened, endangered or fully protected species where matching
contributions of funds from other public agencies, private parties or
nonprofit organizations are obtained. [Safe Neighborhood Parks, Clean
Water, Clean Air and Coastal Protection Bond Fund, (Proposition 12),
Section 5096.350(a)(5)]
*15. Crestridge Preserve, South Crest, Expansion 3, $250,000-00
San Diego County
To consider the allocation for a grant to the Endangered Habitats League
(League) Inc., to acquire 29± acres to protect threatened and endangered
species and wildlife corridors, located west of the community of Crest, and
to consider the acceptance of a U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service grant and
approval of a subgrant of the federal funds to the League to be applied
toward the acquisition. The proposed funding source allows for the
acquisition of real property to implement or assist in the development of a
Natural Community Conservation Plan. [Safe Drinking Water, Water
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Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Fund of
2006, (Proposition 84), Section 75055(c)]
*16. The Environmental Trust Bankruptcy, $30,000.00
Multiple Southern California Counties
To consider the acceptance of properties as agreed to in negotiations
surrounding the bankruptcy and reorganization of The Environmental Trust
(TET). The Department of Fish and Game, the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service, the City of San Diego and the County of San Diego are
working cooperatively to transfer the properties previously held by TET to
non-profits, State and local government entities to ensure protection of the
habitat and open space on the lands. The proposed funding source allows
for the acquisition and protection of habitat that promotes the recovery of
threatened and endangered species, and ecosystems such as riparian and
wetland areas. [Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood
Control, River and Coastal Protection Fund of 2006, (Proposition 84),
Section 75055(b)]
17. Habitat Restoration, Mill Creek Watershed, Phase 11, $2,869,000.00
Del Norte County
To consider the allocation for a grant to the Smith River Alliance for a
cooperative project with the Department of Fish and Game, the National
Park Service, the State Coastal Conservancy, the Department of Parks
and Recreation, and Save-the-Redwoods League to restore and enhance
wildlife habitat within the Redwoods State Park, located in Del Norte
County. The proposed funding source allows for the restoration and
protection of habitat that promotes recovery of threatened and
endangered species. [California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe
Neighborhood Parks and Coastal Protection Fund, (Proposition 40),
Section 5096.650]
18. Honey Lake Wildlife Area Pipeline, $308,000-00
Lassen County
To consider the allocation for a grant to Ducks Unlimited, Inc., for a
cooperative project with the Department of Fish and Game to install
approximately 8,030 feet of pipeline to improve water delivery to 240+
acres of uplands and 140+ acres of wetland habitat on the Fleming Unit of
the Department of Fish and Game's Honey Lake Wildlife Area, located in
Lassen County. The proposed funding source for this project allows for
the enhancement of wetland and associated upland habitats. [Habitat
Conservation Fund (Proposition 117), Section 2786(d)(Wetlands Outside
the Central Valley)]
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19. Daugherty Hill Wildlife Area, Expansion 11, $610,000-00
Butte County
To consider the acquisition of a conservation easement over 582± acres
to protect deer winter range for the Bucks Mountain/Mooretown deer herd
located near the Sierra foothill communities of Bangor and Rackersby, in
Butte County. The proposed funding source allows for the acquisition of
habitat, including native oak woodlands, necessary to protect deer and
mountain lions. [Habitat Conservation Fund, (Proposition 117), Section
2786(a)]
20. Daugherty Hill Wildlife Area, Expansion 12 $935,000.00
Yuba County
To consider a cooperative project to acquire of 529± acres with the Trust
for Public Land and the Sierra Nevada Conservancy to protect oak
woodlands habitat and deer winter range located near Collins Lake, in the
Sierra foothills, in Yuba County. The proposed funding source allows for
the acquisition of habitat, including native oak woodlands, necessary to
protect deer and mountain lions. [Habitat Conservation Fund, (Proposition
117), Section 2786(a)]
21. Truckee Basin (Perazzo Meadows), $765,000-00
Sierra County
To consider the allocation for a grant to the Truckee Donner Land Trust for
a cooperative project with the Department of Fish and Game, Trust for
Public Land, the Resources Agency, and the California Transportation
Commission to acquire 982± acres to protect critical fawning areas and
summer range for mule deer of the Loyalton-Truckee deer herd and winter
migration corridors west of Highway 89, near Webber Lake in Sierra
County. The proposed funding source allows for the acquisition of habitat,
including native oak woodlands, necessary to protect deer and mountain
lions. [Habitat Conservation Fund, (Proposition 117), Section 2786(a)]
22. Elkhorn Basin Ranch, $3,780,000.00
Yolo County
To consider the allocation for a grant to the Yolo Land Trust for a
cooperative project with the Sacramento Valley Conservancy, the
Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency and the Packard Foundation to
acquire three properties totaling 685± acres to protect riparian habitat and
agriculture land and to connect large tracts of land located between the
Sacramento River and the Yolo Bypass, southeast of Woodland, in Yolo
County. The proposed funding source allows for the acquisition and
protection of habitat that promotes the recovery of threatened and
endangered species, and provides corridors linking separate habitat
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areas. [California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and
Coastal Protection Fund, (Proposition 40), Section 5096.650]
23. Dry Creek Oak Woodland Corridor, $295,000.00
Yolo County
To consider the allocation for a grant to the National Audubon Society, Inc.
dba Audubon California for a cooperative project with the Department of
Fish and Game, City of Winters, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National
Fish and Wildlife Foundation, University of California, Davis, Natural
Resources Conservation Services, Lower Putah Creek Coordination
Committee, Center for Land based Learning, and private landowners to
restore 5.6 miles of riparian habitat and native vegetation, improve
connectivity between ecosystems, reduce sedimentation and streambank
erosion, and improve water quality for anadromous fish, located on public
and private lands along East Fork Dry Creek and West Fork Dry Creek,
near the city of Winters, in Yolo County. The proposed funding sources for
this project allow for assisting farmers in integrating agricultural activities
with ecosystem restoration and wildlife protection. [Safe Drinking Water,
Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection
Fund, (Proposition 84), Section 75055(d)(4)] and restoration of riparian
habitat [Habitat Conservation Fund, (Proposition 117),Section 2786(e/f)]
24. Watsonville Slough Conservation Area, $5,510,500.00
and Expansion 1, Santa Cruz County
To consider an allocation for two grants to the Land Trust of Santa Cruz
County for cooperative projects with the Department of Fish and Game,
State Coastal Conservancy, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and The
Nature Conservancy to acquire two properties totaling 441± acres to
protect coastal wetland and upland habitats, provide sustainable habitat
for sensitive species, and reduce adverse impacts to the water quality and
supply in the slough system located west of Highway 1 in the City of
Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, and to consider the conditional
acceptance of a grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the
project. The proposed funding source allows for the acquisition and
protection of habitat that promotes the recovery of threatened and
endangered species, and ecosystems such as riparian and wetland areas.
[Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and
Coastal Protection Fund of 2006, (Proposition 84), Section 75055(b)]
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25. East Merced Vernal Pool Grassland Preserve, $4,400,000.00
Expansion 6, Merced County
To consider the allocation for a grant to the California Rangeland Trust to
acquire a conservation easement over 2,912± acres to protect rolling
grasslands with a high density of vernal pools and associated rare and
endangered species located northeast of the City of Merced, in Merced
County. The proposed funding source allows for the acquisition of habitat
that promotes recovery of threatened and endangered species and that
protects significant natural landscapes and significant habitat areas.
[California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks and Coastal
Protection Fund, (Proposition 40), Section 5096.650]
26. Midland School Oak Woodlands Conservation Easement, $4,155,000.00
Santa Barbara County
To consider the allocation for a grant to the Land Trust for Santa Barbara
County for a cooperative project with the Trust for Public Land and the
California Transportation Commission to acquire a conservation easement
over 2,725± acres to protect and preserve oak woodland habitat in Los
Olivos, Santa Barbara County. The proposed funding source allows for the
conservation of the integrity and diversity of oak woodlands across
California's working landscapes. [Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and
Supply, Flood Control, River and Coastal Protection Fund of 2006,
(Proposition 84), Section 75055(d)(2)]
27. Palo Verde Ecological Reserve, $2,585,000.00
Expansions 1 and 2, Riverside County
To consider a cooperative project with the Trust for Public Land to acquire
two properties totaling 422± acres to protect desert wash and riparian
habitat along the Colorado River located north of Blythe, in Riverside
County, and to accept Department of Fish and Game funds for the
acquisition of lands for natural resource protection and public access to
natural resources, within the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Habitat
Conservation Plan planning area, to be deposited directly into an escrow
account established for Expansion 1. The proposed funding source for
both Expansions 1 and 2 allows for the acquisition and restoration of land
and water resources necessary to meet state obligations related to
California's allocation of water from the Colorado River. [Water Security,
Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Fund of 2002,
(Proposition 50), Section 79568]
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28. Upper Newport Bay Ecosystem Restoration, $2,000,000.00
Orange County
To consider the allocation for a grant to the County of Orange in
cooperation with the Army Corps of Engineers to fund part of the ongoing
dredging activities for enhancing bay wildlife habitats in the upper basin of
the Department of Fish and Game Upper Newport Bay Ecological
Reserve, located in Newport Beach, California. The proposed funding
source for this project allows for the acquisition, protection, and restoration
of coastal wetlands in Southern California. [Water Security, Clean Drinking
Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Fund, (Proposition 50), Section
79572(a)]
29. Monitoring Grants and Conservation Easements, N/A
Statewide
To clarify the intent of the Board, staff proposes to amend the policy
adopted by the Board on August 17, 2006, governing the monitoring of
WCB grant agreements and conservation easements.
30. Executive Session (Not Open to the Public)
THE BOARD MAY MEET IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO
CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 11126(e)(1) TO
DISCUSS PENDING LITIGATION, OUTFITTER PROPERTIES, LLC,
ROCKY SPRINGS, LLC, v. WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD, ET AL.,
SACRAMENTO COUNTY, SUPERIOR COURT, CASE NUMBER 34-
2008-8000037
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