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State of California
Wild~fe Conservation Board
Butte County Board of Supervisors
Clerk of the Board
25 County Center Drive
Oroville, California 95965
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
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Gray Lodge Wetland Enhancement and Pump Installation
Butte County
Project ID: 2012014
The Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB), in addition to other responsibilities, carries out
a program that includes the enhancement or restoration of fish and wildlife habitat.
At this time and in response to a request from Ducks Unlimited Inc., the WCB proposes
to consider a project to enhance 560± acres of wetland habitat and install a pump that
will help supply water to the entire 9,189 acre Wildlife Area on California Department of
Fish and Wildlife owned land, commonly known as Gray Lodge Wildlife Area, located
approximately 6 miles west of Gridley in Butte County. This proposal is presently
scheduled for the September 4, 2013, 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, andlor subscribe to receive them via email, on our website at
www.wcb.ca~t~ov.
If you have any questions about this proposal or need additional information, please feel
free to contact me at (916) 445-0137.
Sincerely,
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John P. Donnelly
Executive Director
Enclosure
cc: The Honorable Jim Nielsen
Member of the Senate
State Capitol, Room 4062
Sacramento, California 95814
Tina Bartlett, Regional Manager
CDFW, North Central Region
The Honorable Dan Logue
Member of the Assembly
State Capitol, Room 4158
Sacramento, California 95814
Et]Iv1[JNl~ G. BROWN JR., Governor
NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLEFE
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD
1807 13~' Street, Suite 103
Sacramento, California 95811-7137
www.wcd.ca.gov
(916)445-8448
Fax (916) 323-0280
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY EDMUND G. BROWN JR., Governor
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD
180713T" STREET, SUITI=103
$ACRAMI=NTO, CALIFORNIA 85811
(916)445-$44$
FAx (916) 323-4280
www.wcb.ca.aov
NOTICE OF MEETING
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD
September 4, 2013
1:00 PM
1~ State Capitol, Room 2040.
Sacramento, California 95814
PRELIMINARY AGENDA ITEMS
ITEM NO.
1. Roll Call
2. Funding Status -Informational
3. Special Project Planning Account -Informational
4. Proposed Consent Calendar (Items 4-11)
*5. Approval of Minutes -June 4, 2013
'~6. Recovery of Funds
* Proposed Consent Calendar
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Preliminary Agenda for September 4, 2013, WCB Board Meeting
*7. Leininger and C&R Ranches $60,000.00
Habitat Improvement, CEQA and Design
Tehama County
To consider the allocation for a grant to the Tehama County Resource
Conservation District, for a cooperative project with the landowners and
the Natural Resources Conservation Service to initiate planning, design,
and environmental review on two ranches in Tehama County; the
Leininger Ranch and the C&R Ranch, located approximately 10 miles east
and 17 miles west of the City of Corning, respectively. The purposes of
this project are consistent with the authorized uses of the proposed
funding source, which allows for projects to assist 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 of 2006 (Proposition 84}, Public Resources Code
Section 75055(d)(4)]
*8. CDFW Land Management Plan Knoxville Wildlife Area $172,500.00
Napa County
To consider the allocation for a grant to the California Wildlife Foundation
for a cooperative project with the California Department of Fish and
Wildlife (CDFW) to complete and deliver a land management plan for the
CDFW's Knoxville Wildlife Area located north of Lake Be.rryessa in Napa
County. The purposes of this project are consistent with the proposed
funding source that allows for the preparation of land management plans
for properties acquired in fee by the Wildlife Conservation Board.
[California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal
Protection Bond Act of 2002 (Proposition 40), Public Resources Code
Section 5096.650(a}]
*9. Puma Canyon, Expansions 3 and 4 $558,000.00
San Bernardino County
To consider the allocation for a grant to the Transition Habitat
Conservancy for a cooperative project with the California Department of
Fish and Wildlife, Office of Spill Prevention and Response to acquire two
separate properties totaling 137± acres, to conserve lower montane
chaparral and woodland habitat for the benefit of deer, mountain lion and
other wildlife species, located in Puma Canyon on the lower northern
slopes of the San Bernardino Mountains, near the community of Pinon
Hills in San Bernardino County. The purposes of this project are
consistent with the authorized uses of the proposed funding source, which
allows far the acquisition and protection of habitat to protect deer and
mountain lions. [Habitat Conservation Fund (Proposition 117), Fish and
Game Code Section 2786(a)]
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Preliminary Agenda for September 4, 2013, WCB Board Meeting
*10 Burcham and Wheeler Flat, $225,000.00
Expansion 1 (Vllinter)
Mono County
To consider the fee title acquisition of 75~- acres of land as an expansion
to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Burcham and Wheeler
Flat far the protection of eastern sierra mountain sagebrush scrub areas
that provide important habitat for mule deer and the greater sage grouse,
located 15 miles northwest of Bridgeport, near the intersection of U.S. 395
and S.R. 108, commonly referred to as Sonora Junction in unincorporated
Mono County. The purposes of this project are consistent with the
authorized uses of the proposed funding source, which allows for the
acquisition and protection of habitat to protect deer and mountain lions.
[Habitat Conservation Fund {Proposition 117), Fish and Game Cade
Section 2786{a)]
'~11. Western Riverside County Multi-Species Habitat $81,000.00
Conservation Plan (MSHCP) (2012) -Nelson
Riverside County
To consider the acceptance of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service {USFWS}
Habitat Conservation Planning Land Acquisition grant {Section 6 Grant)
and the approval to subgrant these federal funds to the Western Riverside
County Regional Conservation Authority (Authority}; and to consider a
Wildlife Conservation Board grant to the Authority to acquire in fee 119±
acres of land for protection and recovery of threatened and endangered
species and expand regional wildlife habitat corridors and linkages
located within the Western Riverside County MSHCP, north of the City of
Wildomar, in southwestern Riverside County. The purposes of this project
are consistent with the authorized uses of the proposed funding source,
which allows for the acquisition and protection of habitat that implements
or assists in the establishment of Natural Community Conservation Plans.
[Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply, Flood Control, River and
Coastal Protection Fund of 2006 (Proposition 84), Public Resources Code
Section 75055(c)]
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12. Gray Lodge Wet{and Enhancement $1,038,000.00
and Pump Restoration
Butte County
To consider the allocation for a grant to Ducks Unlimited for a cooperative
project with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to
enhance 560± acres of wetland habitat and install a pump that will help
supply water to all of CDFW's 9,168-acre Gray Lodge Wildlife Area,
located approximately six miles west of the City of Gridley in Butte County.
The purpases of this project are consistent with the authorized uses of the
proposed funding sources, which allow for the acquisition, enhancement
or restoration of wetlands to protect or enhance a flood protection corridor
or bypass in the Central Valley [Habitat Conservation Fund (Proposition
117), Fish and Game Code Section 2786(d) (Proposition 1 E), Inland
Wetlands Conservation Program]; and for the acquisition, preservation,
restoration or establishment of wetland habitat in the Central Valley. [Safe
Neighborhood Parks, Clean Water, Clean Air and Coastal Protection Band
Fund (Proposition 12), Public Resources Cade Section
13. Dos Rios Riparian Restoration $1,392,000.00
Stanislaus County
To consider the allocation for a grant to the River Partners far a
cooperative project with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the
Department of Water Resources and others to restore 5991 acres of
riparian habitat; located at the confluence of the Tuolumne and San
Joaquin rivers in Stanislaus County. The purpases of this project are
consistent with the authorized uses of the proposed funding source, which
allows for the acquisition, restoration or enhancement of riparian habitat
and aquatic habitat for salmonids and trout to protector enhance a flood
protection corridor or bypass. [Habitat Conservation Fund (Proposition
117), Fish and Game Code Section 2786{elf) (Proposition 1 E}]
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14. San Joaquin River, Hidden Valley Ranch $3,010,000.00
Stanislaus County
To consider the allocation for a grant for a cooperative project with the River
Partners, Department of Water Resources and the Packard Foundation, to
acquire in fee 466± acres of valley floodplain and riverine habitat for
protection of threatened and endangered species located approximately 10
miles west of the City of Modesto, just south of the confluence of the
Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers, in Stanislaus County. The purposes of
this project are consistent with the authorized uses of the proposed funding
source, which allows for the acquisition of habitat to protect rare, endangered,
threatened or fully protected species, to protect or enhance a flood protection
corridor or bypass and allow continued agricultural use. [Habitat
Conservation Fund (Proposition 19 7}, Fish and Game Cade Section
2786(blc) (Proposition1 E)]
15. Pala Verde Ecological Reserve, Expansion 3 $420,000.00
Riverside County
To consider the fee title acquisition of 36± acres of land for the protection
of riparian and riverine habitat and a wildlife corridor supporting several
threatened and endangered species as an expansion of the California
Department of Fish and Wildlife's Palo Verde Ecological Reserve, located
along the Colorado River near the City of Blythe in eastern Riverside
County. The purposes of this project are consistent with the proposed
funding source that allows for the acquisition of habitat to protect unique
species, natural communities and rare, endangered, threatened or fully
protected species and enhance a flood protection corridor or bypass.
[Habitat Conservation Fund (Proposition 117), Fish and Game Section
2786(blc) {Proposition 1 E)]
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16. San Diego River (Palmer) $676,000.00
San Diego County
To consider the acceptance of a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Recovery
Land Acquisition grant and the approval to subgrant these federal funds to
the Endangered Habitats League, and to consider a Wildlife Conservation
Board grant to the Endangered Habitats League to acquire in fee 9± acres
of land for the protection of watershed function, wildlife linkages and
habitat that will support the continued recovery of the State and federally
threatened and endangered species located near the community of
Alpine, in central San Diego County. The purposes of this project are
consistent with the authorized uses of the proposed funding source, which
allows for the acquisition of habitat to protect rare, endangered,
threatened or #ully protected species, to acquire habitat on which unique
species or natural communities naturally exist, and to protect or enhance a
flood protection corridor or bypass. [Habitat Conservation Fund
(Proposition 117), Fish and Game Code Section 2786 {blc)]
17. San Dieguito River Riparian Habitat Restoration $1,005,000.00
San Diego County
To consider the allocation for a grant to the River Partners far a
cooperative project with the City of San Diego to restore 100± acres of
riparian and oak woodland habitat on the City of San Diego property
located just upstream of Lake Hodges, near Escondido in San Diego
County. The purposes of this project are consistent with the authorized
uses of the proposed funding source, which allows far the acquisition,
restoration or enhancement of riparian habitat and aquatic habitat #or
salmonids and trout to protect 'or enhance a flood protection corridor or
bypass. [Habitat Conservation Fund (Proposition 117), Fish and Game
Cade Section 2786(elf) (Proposition 1 E)]
18. Strategic Plan Update
Informational
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Persons with disabilities needing reasonable accommodation to
participate in public meetings ar other CDFW activities are invited to
contact the Department's Reasonable Accommodation Coordinator Tina
Johnson at (916) 651-1214 or Tina.Johnson[a~wildlife.ca.gov. Reasonable
Accommodation requests for facility andlor meeting accessibility should be
received by August 19, 2x13. Requests for American Sign Language
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circumstances is no longer needed, please contact the Reasonable
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