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WCB 5/2022

2022-05-06T18:12:00.004-07:00

Habitat Purchases on May 2022 Wildlife Board Agenda

Notice of Meeting ; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD
May 26, 2022, 10:00 a.m.
Natural Resources Building, First Floor Auditorium, 715 P Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

PRELIMINARY AGENDA: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=201860&inline

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NORTH COAST:

Lake Earl Wildlife Area - Tax Default Properties $0 Del Norte County
acquisition of 38± acres of land owned by Del Norte County by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) for a cooperative project with Smith River Alliance and State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), as an expansion to CDFW's Lake Earl Wildlife Area in Del Norte County. (WCB 5/2022)

Lake Earl Wildlife Area, Expansion 36 $0 Del Norte County
acquisition of up to 460± acres of land by CDFW for a cooperative project with Smith River Alliance and SCC, as an expansion to CDFW's Lake Earl Wildlife Area in Del Norte County. (WCB 5/2022)

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CENTRAL VALLEY:

Greenwood Creek Conservation Area (Lewis Ranch) $1,155,000 El Dorado County
grant to The American River Conservancy for a cooperative project with the Sierra Nevada Conservancy, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to acquire 972± acres (WCB 5/2022)

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SO CALIF:

West Coyote Hills, Phase II $1,000,000 Orange County
agreement between the San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC) and the Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) for the allocation of funds from WCB to RMC for an appraisal and due diligence costs of a 483± acre portion of the West Coyote Hills property, located in the city of Fullerton in Orange County. (WCB 5/2022)

Banning Ranch $10,000,000 Orange County
grant to the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (MRCA) for a cooperative project with CDFW, Natural Resources Agency, USFWS, and SCC to acquire 385± acres of land for the protection of upland and lowland habitat consisting of wetlands, vernal pools, marsh lands, arroyos, and coastal sage scrub (WCB 5/2022)

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Last Large Private Parcel in L.A.'s Palos Verdes is Saved

Rancho Palos Verdes Nature Preserve, Expansion 1, $4,830,000 Los Angeles County
grant to the City of Rancho Palos Verdes for a cooperative project with USFWS, the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy, and the County of Los Angeles to acquire 96± acres from Jim York/Point View Properties. Total price is $21 million. (WCB 5/2022)
https://patch.com/california/palosverdes/palos-verdes-city-council-votes-expand-nature-preserve-report https://www.dailybreeze.com/2022/04/06/palos-verdes-nature-preserve-expansion-would-protect-endangered-butterfly/

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SCC 3 to 5/2022

2022-05-04T16:11:00.004-07:00

Spring 2022 Coastal Land Deals

One Of Two Last Large Privately Owned Properties In Orange County to be Saved

ORANGE COUNTY: disburse up to $6,000,000 to the Trust for Public Land to acquire 384 acres of the Banning Ranch property in Newport Beach and unincorporated Orange County. SCC 5/4/2022

Addendum: Banning Ranch property – REVISED STAFF RECOMMENDATION, 5/4/2022
Addendum: Banning Ranch property
Addendum: Banning Ranch property

https://wcb.ca.gov/Library/News/banning-ranch-independent-appraisal-review

DETAILS: the State will buy 384 acres out of the 401 acre site. 17 acres will be turned over to the oil company which owns the oil rights and which will continue to operate oil wells from there. Sale price of the 384 acres is a total of $97 million: $37 million from the State of CA, $12 million from the USA, and $47 million from the Randall family.

NOTE: the other large private parcel is Chevron's West Coyote Hills in Fullerton, some of which is being saved. More....?

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NORTH COAST:

MENDOCINO: disburse up to $3,420,000 to Save the Redwoods League to acquire conservation easements on 3,862-acres of the Weger Ranch propertywithin the Big River watershed.

SCC 3/24/2022

REDWOODS: enter into a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) with the Great Redwood Trail Authority (GRTA) for the purposes of developing the Great Redwood Trail Master Plan and community engagement process and providing interim staffing and technical support to the GRTA; and 2) spend up to $2,500,000 of funds appropriated to the Conservancy specifically for the Great Redwood Trail to support the purposes of the JPA for the advancement of the trail in Mendocino, Trinity, and Humboldt Counties. SCC 5/4/2022

Addendum: Great Redwood Trail Master Plan

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SF BAY:

SAN MATEO: disburse up to $500,000 to Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District toacquire 644-acres of the Johnston Ranch propertyfor natural resource protection and restoration, open space, compatible agricultural preservation, and public access, located adjacent to the City of Half Moon Bay. SCC 3/24/2022

SAN MATEO: disburse up to $950,000 to Sempervirens Fund to acquire a conservation easement on the approximately 915-acre YMCA Camp Jones Gulchproperty in the Santa Cruz Mountains in unincorporated San Mateo County SCC 5/4/2022

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CENTRAL COAST:

SANTA BARBARA: disburse up to $2,300,000 to contract for services to prepare environmental review documents, a cultural and tribal resource survey, and a property appraisal for the Hollister Ranch Coastal Access Program. SCC 5/4/2022

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SO. CAL.:

LA: disburse up to $500,000 to hire contractors to develop and implement participation from tribal communities, community groups, and residents of the greater Los Angeles region to assist in planning the Ballona Wetlands Restoration project; and (2) disburse up to $53,000 to the Friends of Ballona Wetlands to restore disturbed riparian habitat at the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve.

SCC 3/24/2022

Addendum: Ballona Wetlands Restoration Project

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FULL MEETING AGENDAS:

https://scc.ca.gov/2022/03/11/coastal-conservancy-public-zoom-meeting-march-24-2022/

https://scc.ca.gov/2022/04/22/coastal-conservancy-public-zoom-meeting-may-05-2022/

WCB 4/2021-2/2022

2022-03-02T22:49:00.005-08:00

CA Wildlife Board Makes Big Land Deals

NORTH COAST:

TRINITY-MENDOCINO-- Lone Pine Ranch, Phase I $4,900,000 (total $7.1 million, with $2million from SCC, $200k from private sources)

grant to The Wildlands Conservancy to acquire 7479± acres located near the community of Alderpoint in Mendocino and Trinity counties. WCB 8/26/2021

TRINITY--Lone Pine Ranch, Phase II $10,000,000 (total price)

grant to The Wildlands Conservancy to acquire in fee 10,848± acres located south of the community of Alderpoint in Trinity County. WCB 2/24/2022

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SF BAY:

MARIN COUNTY--134 acre conservation easement,for $2.2 million from WCB, #34 San Geronimo CE, backer TPL. WCB APRIL 2021

EAST CONTRA COSTA County HCP/NCCP (Pugh) $41,000 (total $930,000, with $796K from USFWS, $93K from EBRPD)

grant to the East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy (ECCCHC) fo acquire 80± acres located near the community of Byron in Contra Costa County. WCB WCB 8/26/2021 & 11/18/2021

NAPA--Quail Ridge UC Davis Natural Reserve System, Expansion 1 $100,000 (total price)

grant to The Regents of the University of California, Davis to acquire 35± acres located near the community of Moskowite Corner in Napa County. WCB 11/18/2021

SAN MATEO-- YMCA Camp Jones Gulch Conservation Easement $2,000,000 (total $9.6M, with $3.2M from Sempervirens Fund, $2.4M from Moore Foundation, $2M from POST)

grant to the Sempervirens Fund to acquire a conservation easement over 915± acres near La Honda in San Mateo County. WCB 2/24/2022

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CENTRAL VALLEY AND SIERRAS:

COLUSA--TNC 1000 Acre Ranch Donation $0

donation of 60± acres of land as an expansion to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (CDFW) Stegeman Unit of the Sacramento River Wildlife Area (SRWA) located near Colusa in Colusa County. WCB 11/18/2021

COLUSA-- TNC Boeger Ranch Donation $0

donation of 110± acres of land as an expansion to CDFW’s SRWA located near Colusa in Colusa County. WCB 11/18/2021

STANISLAUS--Tuolumne River Educational Center, Reeves Prop. (La Grange) $110,000 (total)

acquisition in fee of 24± acres of land by CDFW located near the community of La Grange in Stanislaus County. WCB 11/18/2021

SISKIYOU--6095 acres fee titlefor $3.2 million from WCB. #s 23 East Fork Scott River, backer: Wildlands Conservancy. WCB APRIL 2021

BUTTE--Dicus Slough Access Easement $0

acceptance of an access and well quitclaim easement from an adjacent landowner for the purposes of enhancing management of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) lands located near Chico in Butte County. WCB 8/26/2021

NEVADA-PLACER-- Truckee River Wildlife Area West River Unit Transfer--$0

transfer of 41± acresof land by CDFW to Truckee Donner Land Trust located along the Truckee River in the town of Truckee in Nevada and Placer counties. WCB 8/26/2021

YOLO--10. Peabody East Ranch $183,360 (total cost $600,000, with $416k from USFWS)

grant to Yolo Habitat Conservancy to acquire aconservation easement over 101± acres located near West Sacramento in Yolo County. WCB 8/26/2021

YOLO--Peabody West Ranch $183,360 (total cost $600,000, with $416k from USFWS)

grant to Yolo Habitat Conservancy to acquire a conservation easement over 101± acreslocated near West Sacramento in Yolo County. WCB 8/26/2021

EL DORADO-- Ervin Ranch, Expansion 1 $140,000 (no additional $ needed)

acquisition in fee of 40± acres of land by CDFW located near Rancho Murieta in El Dorado County. WCB 8/26/2021

MARIPOSA-- Stookey Ranch Preserve $740,000 (no additional $ needed)

grant to the Sierra Foothill Conservancy to acquirein fee 226± acresnear the community of Mariposa in Mariposa County.WCB 8/26/2021

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CENTRAL COAST:

SANTA BARBARA--Campbell Ranch, Exp. 1 $374,306 ($6.9M total, plus $6.6M from USFWS)

grant to the Land Trust of Santa Barbara County (LTSBC), to acquire a 328±-acre conservation easement located near Lompoc in Santa Barbara County. WCB 11/18/2021

SLO-Attiyeh Ranch Conservation Easements $3,880,000 San Luis Obispo County (total $6.2m, with $1.5M from Dept of Conservation, $825 k from SCC)

grant to The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County to acquire conservation easements over 7,682± acresnear Bradley in San Luis Obispo County. WCB 11/18/2021

MONTEREY, SAN BENITO COUNTIES --Rocks Ranch $4,000,000 (total $17M, with $9M from LT of Santa Cruz County and $4M from Dept of Conservation)

grant to the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County to acquire 2,613± acres located near San Juan Bautista in Monterey and San Benito counties. WCB 2/24/2022

SLO-- Las Piletas Ranch $4,722,600 (total $12.5M,, with $6.7M from NC, $1m from CDFW)

grant to The Nature Conservancy to acquire 13,527± acres located near Santa Margarita in San Luis Obispo County. WCB 2/24/2022

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LOS ANGELES:

LOS ANGELES--Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Overpass Crossing, Augmentation $20,000,000

(total price $76M, $25M from WCB, $25M from Anennberg Foundation, Boeing $1M, Caltrans, the National Park Service, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy/Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority, Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains, and the National Wildlife Federation ) grant to the National Wildlife Federation to construct a wildlife crossing over U.S. Highway 101 to facilitate wildlife migration near Agoura Hills in Los Angeles County. WCB 8/26/2021

https://patch.com/california/agourahills/liberty-canyon-wildlife-crossing-raises-18-million

The $1.4 million gift came from an anonymous donor from La Cañada Flintridge, who has given $2 million to the project to date. Another long-time supporter, Carolyn Davis, contributed $500,000 to the effort in December.

Other recent donors to the project include a couple from Kansas who have contributed $675,000 after reading about the plight of the Los Angeles area cougars in National Wildlife magazine, along with a resident of the community where the crossing will be located who contributed $250,000 on behalf of the M. Piuze Foundation in memory of its founder.

LOS ANGELES-- Chatsworth Reservoir Connector $2,200,000, (total price $2.4 million, $200k from SMMC)

grant to the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority to acquire 163± acreslocated near Chatsworth in Los Angeles County. WCB 2/24/2022

LOS ANGELES-- Temescal Ranch, Expansion 1 $3,500,000 (total $6.1M, with $1.1M from LA County, $1M from CalTrans, $520k from USFWS)

grant to the Trust for Public Land (TPL) to acquire 3,605± acresnear Lake Piru in northern Los Angeles County. TPL will transfer the land to MRCA, WCB 2/24/2022

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:

WESTERN RIVERSIDE-- MSHCP (2017) Stevenson $84,000 (total price $240k, rest from USFWS)

grant to the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority (WRCRCA) to acquire 20± acresolocated near Murrieta in Riverside County. WCB 8/26/2021

WESTERN RIVERSIDE-- MSHCP (2017) Stoddard $259,000 ($740k total, $481k from USFWS)

grant to WRCRCA to acquire 57± acres located near Murrieta in Riverside County. WCB 8/26/2021

WESTERN RIVERSIDE MSHCP (2017) KS California $56,000(total $160,000 with $104k from USFWS)

grant to the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority (WRCRCA) To acquire 20± acreslocated near Murrieta in Riverside County. WCB 11/18/2021

WESTERN RIVERSIDE MSHCP (2017) Lafleur $78,750 (total $225k, with $146k from USFWS)

grant to WRCRCA to acquire 20± acreslocated near Murrieta in Riverside County. WCB 11/18/2021

WESTERN RIVERSIDE MSHCP (2017) TNC/Schumacher $145,250 (total $415k, with $270K from USFWS)

grant to WRCRCA to acquire 52± acreslocated near Murrieta in Riverside County. WCB 11/18/2021

ORANGE COUNTY--West Coyote Hills, Neighborhood 1, $2,804,000 (total $6.7M, with $2M from USFWS, $1.4M from RMC, $485k from State Parks/Federal LWCF)

grant to the City of Fullerton (City) to acquire 10± acreslocated in the city of Fullerton in Orange County. WCB 11/18/2021

SAN DIEGO COUNTY--San Diego County MSCP – Crestlake $930,000 (total $3.1M, with $2.1M from USFWS)

grant to the Endangered Habitats Conservancy (EHC) to acquire a fee title on304± acres located near Alpine in San Diego County. WCB 11/18/2021

SAN DIEGO--Rancho Jamul Ecological Reserve, SDG&E Power Line Re-Route $0

acceptance of a quitclaim easement from San Diego Gas and Electric for the purposes of enhancing management of CDFW’s Rancho Jamul Ecological Reserve, located near the community of Jamul in San Diego County. WCB 2/24/2022

MONO --Centennial Point Ranch Conservation Easement $978,750 (total $2.6M, with $1.6M from Dept of Conservation)

grant to the Eastern Sierra Land Trust for the acquisition of a conservation easement over 1,741± acresnear Bridgeport in Mono County. WCB 2/24/2022

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MAPS AND MORE DETAILS:

WCB APRIL 2021:

FULL AGENDA: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=191921&inline

MAPS: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=192008&inline

WCB 8/26/2021

PRELIMINARY AGENDA: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=193600&inline

FULL AGENDA: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=193838&inline

MAPS: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=192836&inline

WCB 8/26/2021

WCB 11/18/2021

PRELIMINARY AGENDA: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=195423&inline

FULL AGENDA: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=195631&inline

MAPS: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=195713&inline

WCB 2/24/2022:

PRELIMINARY AGENDA: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=197308&inline

FULL AGENDA: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=198934&inline

MAPS: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=199041&inline

SCC 11/2020-3/2022

2022-03-02T21:23:00.004-08:00

Land Deals by the State Coastal Conservancy Over the Last 1 & 1/2 Years

HIGHLIGHTS:

7480 acres in Trinity & Mendocino Counties

Development Rights on 7681 acres in San Luis Obispo

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NORTH COAST:

TRINITY-MENDOCINO- $2,000,000 to The Wildlands Conservancy to acquire approximately 7,480 acresof the Lone Pine Ranch property at the confluence of the Eel River mainstem and North Fork Eel River in Trinity and Mendocino Counties for the purposes of preserving and restoring fish and wildlife habitat, public access and recreation, open space, and natural resource protection. Total price is $6.9 million, with $4.9 million from the WCB. SCC 5/27/2021

Addendum: Lone Pine Ranch Property

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DEL NORTE-$940,000 to the Smith River Alliance, Inc. to acquire beach, dune, wetland, upland and forested parcels in the vicinity of the Pacific Shores subdivision, adjacent to Lake Earl, Del Norte County. SCC 5/27/2021

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SF BAY:

SONOMA-transfer fee title to nine Conservancy-owned parcels in the Bodega Bay area to the County of Sonoma; approval of the implementation/disposition plans for the property transfer; and authorization to disburse up to $34,000 to Sonoma County Regional Parks to prepare surveys and Phase 1 environmental site assessments of the parcels. SCC 9/23/2021

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CENTRAL COAST:

SLO-$825,000 to the Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County for the acquisition of three conservation easements on the 7,681-acreAttiyeh Ranch in northern San Luis Obispo County. (total price is $6.075 million, with $3.75 million from the WCB and $1.5 million from the Dept of Conservation) SCC 9/23/2021

Addendum: Conservation easements on the 7,681-acre Attiyeh Ranch

VENTURA-terminate the Coastal Conservancy’s Calleguas Creek Watershed In-lieu Fee Program by disbursing $2,453,773 million for the purchase of 58.11 jurisdictional wetland and riparian buffer creditsfrom the Santa Paula Creek Mitigation Bank. SCC 9/23/2021

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:

ORANGE COUNTY-$10.1 million to the City of Fullerton to acquire a 13.7-acreproperty, Neighborhood 3, in the West Coyote Hills area of north Orange County for open space, habitat protection, watershed management, and public access. (Total price is $11.7 million, with $1.5 million from the Rivers and Mountains Conservancy) SCC 12/2/2021

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SCC MEETINGS WITH NO LAND PURCHASES

11/2020

1/21/2021

3/25/2021

6/7/2021

11/3/2021

2/3/2022

WCB 12/2020 to 5/2021

2021-04-28T12:19:00.001-07:00

Wildlife Board Deals:

AGENDA AND MAPS:

WCB 12/8/2020

LAND SWAP

https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=184797&inline

WCB 2/25/2021

https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=189232&inline

WCB 5/2020:

https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=191969&inline

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NORTH COAST:

CAL FIRE Grizzly Creek Forest Conservation Easement over 762± acres by CAL FIRE under the California Forest Legacy Act of 2007, located near Fortuna in Humboldt; WCB 5/20/2021

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CENTRAL VALLEY/SIERRA NEVADAS:

Truckee River Wildlife Area, Canyon Unit Expansion 1 CDFW Fee (120± acres) Total price: $135,000 from WCB, County: Nevada; WCB 2/25/2021

Truckee Springs Fee Title (25± acres) Grantee: Truckee Donner Land Trust; total price: $2,000,000 from WCB, $1 million from California Natural Resources Agency, and $3 million in Private Donation. County: Nevada, WCB 2/25/2021

San Joaquin River Parkway, Lanes Property CDFW Fee (21± acres) Total price: $2,200,000 from WCB. County: Fresno; WCB 2/25/2021

Blue Diamond Acquisition Fee Title (19± acres) Grantee: City of Sacramento. TOTAL PRICE: $1,640,000 FROM WCB County: Sacramento; WCB 2/25/2021

Lower Yuba River – Excelsior, Expansion IV $50,000, Yuba County acquisition of 3± acres of land by CDFW as an addition to CDFW's planned Yuba Narrows Unit of the Daugherty Hills Wildlife Area in Yuba County; WCB 5/20/2021.

Lightning Canyon Ranch Conservation Easement $795,000, grant to Pacific Forest Trust to acquire a conservation easement over 2,096± acres of land near the community of Lakehead in Shasta County. ; WCB 5/20/2021

Mountain Meadows (Home Ranch) $950,000 Lassen County, grant to the Trust for Public Land for a cooperative project with the Sierra Nevada Conservancy to acquire a conservation easement over 2,476± acres of land; WCB 5/20/2021

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SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA:

Keyhole $1,075,000, grant to Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District to acquire in fee 182± acres located near Los Gatos Creek in Santa Clara County.; WCB 5/20/2021

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CENTRAL COAST:

Ventura River Parkway Fee Title (29± acres) Grantee: Trust for Public Land Successor Grantee: Ventura Land Trust. TOTAL PRICE: $4,750,000 AND $1 MILLION FROM California Natural Resources Agency. County: Ventura; WCB 2/25/2021

Calmas/Hayes (North Carrizo Ecological Reserve) $0 San Luis Obispo County donation of 485± acres by CDFW as an expansion of the North Carrizo Ecological Reserve located near Santa Margarita in San Luis Obispo County. ; WCB 5/20/2021

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:

Burcham and Wheeler Flats Wildlife Area, Expansion 2 CDFW Fee (160± acres) Total price: $300,000 from WCB. County: Mono County; WCB 2/25/2021

Puma Canyon, Expansion 8 Fee Title (14± acres) Grantee: Transition Habitat Conservancy; total price: $95,500 from WCB. County: San Bernardino County;

WCB 2/25/2021

Puma Canyon, Expansion 9 Fee Title (3± acres) Grantee: Transition Habitat Conservancy total price: $24,000 from WCB. County: San Bernardino County; WCB 2/25/2021

Western Riverside MSHCP (2017) Startup Fee Title (7± acres) Grantee: Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority; Total Price: $42,000 from WCB, and $8,000 from USFWS. WCB 2/25/2021

County of San Diego MSCP (2019) Donelson Fee Title (14± acres) Grantee: San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy. Total price: $97,900 from WCB, 4352,100 FROM USFWS, AND $50,000 from San Dieguito River Valley Conservancy; total price:; WCB 2/25/2021

Laguna Wildlife Area, Expansion 9 Fee Title (47± acres) Total price $1,300,000 from WCB. County: Sonoma; WCB 2/25/2021

Western Riverside MSHCP (2019) Woods Canyon Fee Title (62± acres) Grantee: Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority; total price: $1,932,500 FROM WCB AND 45.8 MILLION FROM USFWS.County: Riverside; WCB 2/25/2021

Rancho Jamul Land Exchange ; 120 ACRE increase in State Lands; exchange of properties between CDFW and GDCI Proctor Valley, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, (GDCI) Land Exchange Amount Recommended: $0 County: San Diego; WCB 12/8/2020

Hidden Canyon $613,750 San Diego County, grant to the Escondido Creek Conservancy (ECC) subgrant these federal funds to ECC to acquire 25± acres of land; WCB 5/20/2021

Chino Hills 80 $600,000 San Bernardino County , a grant to the MRCA to acquire in fee 80± acres of land; WCB 5/20/2021

Chino Hills 320 $2,560,000 San Bernardino Count , grant to the MRCA to acquire 320± acres of land; WCB 5/20/2021

Watson Property $1,416,000 Orange County To consider the allocation for a grant to Rivers and Lands Conservancy (RLC) subgrant these federal funds to RLC to acquire 98± acres; WCB 5/20/2021

SMMC-MRCA Jan-April 2021

2021-04-28T12:02:00.001-07:00

LA Mountain Park purchases deals, early 2021

KEY TO SHADING:

GREEN: park purchases

RED: development projects

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CHINO HILLS:

Acceptance of an approximately 9.4-acre parcel (APN 315-013-09) adjacent to Chino Hills State Park, Carbon Canyon, City of Brea.

2-3-21-Item-vij-Staff-Report

Item-Vj-Attachment

Item-vij-map

2-3-21-Item-vij-Res-21-21

MRCA 2/3/2021

Grant agreement with the Wildlife Conservation Board and authorizing the acquisition of all or a portion of APN 1033-171-41-0000 (formerly 1033-171-12-0000 and 13-0000) totaling approximately 80 acres, Chino Hills, San Bernardino County.

2-3-21-Item-VIII-Staff-Report

Item-VIII-Attachment

Item-VIII-map

2-3-21-Item-VIII-Res-21-24

MRCA 2/3/2021

Grant agreement with the Wildlife Conservation Board and authorizing the acquisition of all or a portion of apns 1033-151-06-0000, 1033-151-09-0000, and 1033-151-10-0000 totaling approximately 320 acres, Chino Hills, San Bernardino County.

2-3-21-Item-IX-Staff-Report

Item-IX-Attachment

Item-IX-map

2-3-21-Item-IX-Res-21-25

MRCA 2/3/2021

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SANTA CLARITA:

Application to the Environmental Enhancement Mitigation Program for Phase 3 of the Temescal (Hathaway) Ranch acquisition project, and acceptance of said funds, Piru Creek watershed, unincorporated Los Angeles County.

2-3-21-Item-VII-Staff-Report

Item-VII-map

2-3-21-Item-VII-Res-21-23

MRCA 2/3/2021

Acceptance of approximately 6 acres (APN 2813-024-800) from Southern California Edison in Mint Canyon, Upper Santa Clara River watershed, unincorporated Los Angeles County.

2-3-21-Item-XIII-Staff-Report

2-3-21-Item-XIII-Map

Item-XIII-map2

2-3-21-Item-XIII-Res-21-29

MRCA 2/3/2021

Comment letter to the City of Santa Clarita on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Sand Canyon Resort Project, SCH No. 2018101039.

1-11-21 Item 12 Comment Letter

Item 12 attachment

Item 12 map

1-11-21 Item 12 Res # 21-02

SMMC 1/11/2021

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LA CITY—SM MOUNTAINS

Acceptance of a conservation easement over a portion of APN 4379-032-006 to enhance wildlife corridor along Mulholland Drive, City of Los Angeles.

2-3-21-Item-XIV-Staff-Report

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Item-XIV-map2

2-3-21-Item-XIV-Res-21-30

MRCA 2/3/2021

Funding to assist the Laurel Canyon Land Trust in acquiring apns 5563-003-005 and 5563-002-021 (8993 and 9009 W. Crescent Drive – approximately 5,000 total square feet) and 2) the acceptance of a conservation easement over both parcels, City of Los Angeles.

3-10-21 Item VI(c) Staff Report

3-10-21 Item VI(c) Resolution

MRCA 3/10/2021

Acquire apns 2386-003-003, 2386- 003-004, 2386-006-001, 2386-006-002, 2386-010-008, 2386- 010-009 and 2386-011-002 (approximately 26 acres), Ventura Canyon, City of Los Angeles. Negotiators: Joseph T. Edmiston and Patrick Kealy. Under consideration: price and terms.

3-10-21 Item VI(h) Staff Report

3-10-21 Item VI(h) Resolution

MRCA 3/10/2021

BRENTWOOD: Comment letter to the City of Los Angeles regarding the Notice of Preparation of Environmental Impact Report (ENV-2019-4565-EIR) for the proposed Berggruen Institute Project in Mandeville Canyon and the Sepulveda Pass, City of Los Angeles.

1-11-21 Item 11 Comment Letter

1-11-21 Item 11 Attachment

1-11-21 Item 11 Res # 21-01

SMMC 1/11/2021

Big Wild – Topanga State Park Core Habitat Area Planning Map.

2-22-21 Item 14 Staff Report

2-21-22 Item 14 Map

SMMC 2/22/2021

TARZANA: Letter of intent for the Conservancy to be a co-lessee with the Bothwell Ranch Foundation for the approximately 14-acre Bothwell Ranch orange grove property located within the Santa Monica Mountains Zone, Tarzana area, City of Los Angeles.

4-19-21 Item 8(e) Staff Report - Pdf

4-19-21 Item 8(e) Res # 21-12

SMMC 4/19/2021

Updates to the Santa Monica MountainsConservancy Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Habitat Linkage Planning Map, City of LosAngeles

4-19-21 Item 8(f) Staff Report - Pdf

4-19-21 Item 8(f) Res # 21-13

SMMC 4/19/2021

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EAST LA HILLS:

Grant to the Natural Resources Defense Council, as fiscal sponsor for Save Elephant Hill, for a study of the ecological impacts of off-road vehicle usage on Elephant Hill, Los Angeles.

3-10-21 Item VI(e) Staff Report

3-10-21 Item VI(e) Resolution

MRCA 3/10/2021

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MALIBU, SM MTS;

Acceptance of donation of approximately 33 acres in the Carlisle Canyon area (APN 694-0-181-500), unincorporated Ventura County.

4-7-21 Item VI(c) Staff Report

4-7-21 Item VI(c) Resolution No. 21-58 - Pdf

MRCA 4/7/2021

Acceptance of the offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 4-00-028 (Layman Financial Services), Instrument No. 2000-1594969, (APN 4464-020-034 now -921) unincorporated Los Angeles County.

4-7-21 Item VI(f) Staff Report

4-7-21 Item VI(f) Resolution No. 21-61 - Pdf

MRCA 4/7/2021

Acceptance of the offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 4-00-028 (Layman Financial Services), Instrument No. 2000-1594968, (APN 4455-023-004 now -902) unincorporated Los Angeles County.

4-7-21 Item VI(g) Staff Report

4-7-21 Item VI(g) Resolution No. 21-62 - Pdf

MRCA 4/7/2021

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SIMI HILLS:

Status of Design Efforts for Trail Connection from the 80 Acres to CRPD/COSCA Open space

SMMC 3/30/2021

One acre, apns 649-0-305-100 and 649-0-306-040 in Box Canyon, Simi Hills, unincorporated Ventura County.

4-7-21 Item VI(e) Staff Report

4-7-21 Item VI(e) Resolution No. 21-60 - Pdf

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LA RIVER:

Comment letter to the County of Los Angeles on the Draft 2020 Los Angeles River Master Plan, Los Angeles County.

SMMC 2-22-21 Item 15 Attachment

SMMC 2/22/2021

4-19-21 Item 8(b) Staff Report

4-19-21 Item 8(b) Res # 21-09

SMMC 4/19/2021

Comment letter to the County of Los Angeles on the Draft Program Environmental Impact Report for the Draft 2020 Los Angeles River Master Plan, Los Angeles County.

4-19-21 Item 8(c) Staff Report

4-19-21 Item 8(c) Res # 21-10

SMMC 4/19/2021

SMMC-MRCA 9/21 TO 12/21/2020

2020-12-12T13:11:00.002-08:00

LA MOUNTAINS UPDATE

LA CITY PORTION OF SM MOUNTAINS:

SEPULVEDA PASS: Consideration of resolution authorizing acceptance of conservation easement, approximately 0.5 acres, over portions of APN 2279-022-022 (3485 Vista Haven Road), in the Sepulveda Pass and Mulholland Drive Scenic Corridor, City of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map 1] [Map 2] [Attachment] MRCA 11/4/2020

LAUREL CANYON: Consideration of resolution authorizing expenditure of Community Facilities District funding to contribute to the acquisition of APNs 5567-018-039, 5567-018-040 and 5567-018-050 in Laurel Canyon (0.29 acres) with the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority receiving conservation easements over all or some of said APNs, City of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 12/2/2020

WOODLAND HILLS: Consideration of resolution authorizing the acceptance of fee simple, conservation easement, or deed restriction donations or dedications of various areas within 6 acre APN 2076-023-019 and entering into any agreements necessary to secure such land interests, Woodland Hills, City of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 12/2/2020

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MALIBU

ESCONDIDO BEACH: Consideration of resolution authorizing acceptance of a public coastal access easement over Los Angeles County Assessor Parcel No. 4460-009-016 (PNRW LCC), Malibu, California. (This item may be heard in closed session pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8. Negotiators: Joseph T. Edmiston and PNRW LCC. Under consideration: price and terms.) [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] MRCA 12/2/2020

ESCONDIDO BEACH: Consideration of resolution authorizing acquisition of fee title to approximately 0.57 acres (APN 4460-028-012), Escondido Beach, Los Angeles County. Negotiators: Joseph T. Edmiston and Jerry Miller, Mansard Holdings Inc. Under consideration: price and terms. (This item may be heard in closed session pursuant to Section 54956.8 of the Government Code.) [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] MRCA 12/2/2020

AGOURA-CALABASAS:

AGOURA HILLS: Consideration of resolution authorizing the sale of a public road easement to the County of Los Angeles over of APNs 2055-010-901 and 2052-009-900 in Chesebro Canyon in Agoura Hills. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Attachment 3] [Attachment 4] [Map 1] [Map 2] MRCA 11/4/2020

STOKES CANYON: Consideration of resolution authorizing acceptance of agricultural easement, approximately 16 acres, over portions of APN 4455-028-044 in unincorporated Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Attachment 3]MRCA 11/4/2020

TOPANGA:

TOPANGA: Consideration of resolution authorizing acceptance of the offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 5-91-436 (BMIF/BSLF Rancho Malibu), Instrument No. 00-0235507, incorporated and unincorporated Malibu. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Attachment 3] [Map] MRCA 12/2/2020

Consideration of resolution authorizing acceptance of mitigation payment for settlement of California Coastal Commission enforcement action (V-5-19-0109) in Topanga State Park and vicinity. [Staff Report] [Resolution] MRCA 12/2/2020

SIMI HILLS:

CHATSWORTH PEAK: Consideration of resolution authorizing acceptance of conditional donation of APNs 648-0-270-325, 648-0-121-210, 648-0-121-440, and 648-0-121-540 (119.11 acres) by Chatsworth Peak, Simi Hills, unincorporated Ventura County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map 1] [Map 2] MRCA 12/2/2020

WCB 11/2020

2020-12-12T13:06:00.004-08:00

Conservation Land Deals by Our State Govt In November

11/2020 WCB agenda; for maps: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=184600&inline

(NOTE: CE means purchase of development rights, not outright purchase of the land)

NORTHERN CALIFONIA:

Bouvier ranch 1596 acre CE in Siskiyou county, grant $630,000 to Siskiyou LT (total price 630k)

Buck Mountain mitigation, expansion 1, Humboldt County, 114 acres, no funding required

Scott River Headwaters, Wildcat, 8269 acre CE in Siskiyou County. WCB grant of $2.5.million (total price)

Vanauken Creek CE in Humboldt County, 1320 acres CE, grant to Sanctuary Forest LT. Other funders include: CDFW $1.85 mil, Sanctuary Forest LT $595k, Weeden Foundation $45,000, Grace Us Foundation: $30,000

CENTRAL VALLEY:

Telegraph Ridge 2416 acre CE in Colusa County, $498,000 grant (total price) to Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation

Moody ridge in Placer county, grant of $195,000 to Placer land trust, 41 acres bought with $195,000 (TOTAL PRICE)

San joaquin river parkway, Slenders property, purchase 35 acres in Madera county, total grant and price $995,000

SJ River Parkway in Fresno County, transfer of public access easement from CDFW to SJRC (over private landfill)

San Joaquin river parkway, Sumner-Peck Ranch in Fresno County, purchase of 76 acres with WCB grant of $3.6 million to San Joaquin Parkway and Conservation Trust inc. which is providing $96,000

CENTRAL COAST:

Nicholson Ranch CE, $760,000 grant to Land Conservancy of SLO County to buy 717 acre CE. Additional funds are from Dept of Conservation $1 mil, SCC $600,000

SOUTHERN CALIF.

Morongo Basin expansion 9 in San Bernardino County, 79 acres bought with $539,000 from WCB and $95,000 for the Mojave Desert LT

Denk Mtn, expansion 1, $75,000 granted to the Center For Natural Lands Management to buy 6 acres in San Diego County. Funds include $140,000 from USFWS

LeoMar Preserve in San Diego County, 79 acres bought by Escondido Creek Conservancy with $718k from WCB and $1.3 mil from USFWS

San Diego County HCP, White Property, buy 103 acres with $453k granted to the San Dieguito River Valley Land Conservancy which is providing 226k, and USFWS granting $1.6 million

Pilgrim Creek Ecological Preserve, purchase of 61 acres in San Diego County for $1.6 mil from WCB (total funds)

There were no purchases in the special December 2020 meeting

SCC 6+9/2020

2020-09-14T21:23:00.000-07:00

Coastal Land Deals for June and Sept 2020 by the Coastal Conservancy

DEL NORTE: disburse up to $96,000 to the County of Del Norte to assess the feasibility of expanding camping opportunities and develop a park improvement plan for 2.25 acre Clifford Kamph Memorial Park, the northern gateway to the California Coastal Trail, in Del Norte County. SCC 6/2020

MAP: https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2006/20200618Board03C_Kamph_Park_Ex1.pdf

HUMBOLDT COUNTY: authorization to substitute Friends of the Dunes as the interim fee owner of the 356-acre Samoa Dunes and Wetland Complexand disburse up to $30,000 to Friends of the Dunes to provide interim management of the 356-acre Samoa Dunes and Wetlands Complex in Humboldt County, CA. Currrent owner is Security National. In 2018, SCC allocated $673k for the purchase. SCC 9/2020

MAP: https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2020/aug/10/harbor-district-friends-dunes-develop-agreement-se/

MENDOCINO COUNTY: amend the Conservancy’s revenue sharing agreement with The Conservation Fund (TCF) related to the Garcia River Forest(formerly known as Coastal Forestlands), Mendocino County. SCC 9/2020

SONOMA COUNTY: disburse up to $500,000 to the Sonoma County Regional Parks to acquire approximately 515 acres in the Dutch Bill Creekwatershed, a tributary to the Russian River, to protect open space, habitat, natural floodplain and water quality and to provide an opportunity to develop a future regional parkway with recreational trails. Funding is by: Sonoma County: $2.167k, Regional parks Measure M: $445k, CA State Parks: $954k. SCC 6/2020

MAP: https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2006/20200618Board07_Dutch_Bill_Creek_Acquisition_Ex1.pdf

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SANTA CLARA COUNTY: disburse up to $5,000,000 to the Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority to acquire the approximately 235-acre Sobrato South property for protection of open space, natural floodplain, wildlife habitat, biological resources, and agriculture; natural resource restoration; and compatible public access, as part of a larger Coyote Valley open space acquisitioneffort in the City of San Jose in Santa Clara County. One of the significant regional values of theCoyote Valley is that itprovides a linkage between theSanta Cruz Mountainsand the Diablo Rangefor both the movement of wildlife and for the migration of species .

The Sobrato South acquisition terms require that the Brandenburg, Sobrato North and Sobrato South parcels be acquired together because of the properties’ interrelated infrastructure easements. To successfully complete this complicated and costly acquisition, the OSA is working with Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) and the City of San José. The City of San José acquired part of the Brandenburg property,Brandenburg East, and OSA holds a conservation easement over this property. POST acquired the remainder of the Brandenburg property, Brandenburg West, and the Sobrato North. POST will eventually transfer its interests in the Brandenburg West and the Sobrato North propertiesto OSA, likely next year. POSTis also the buyer under the Sobrato South acquisition agreement but will assign its rights to purchase the Sobrato South property to OSA and provide $1,000,000 toward the acquisition. OSA anticipates that the remaining $15,000,000 necessary to complete the acquisition will be coming from the Wildlife Conservation Board($10,000,000)and from the Conservancy ($5,000,000), and $1 million from POST.. SCC 6/2020

MAP: https://baynature.org/article/the-last-big-save/

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SANTA CRUZ COUNTY: transfer fee title to five Conservancy-owned parcels adjacent to Hidden Beach County Parkto the County of Santa Cruz and approval of the disposition plan for the property transfer; and authorization to disburse up to $35,000 to the County of Santa Cruz to prepare plans, environmental review documents, and permit applications for a new restroom at Hidden Beach County Park. SCC 9/2020

MAP: https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2009/20200903Board07_Hidden_Beach_Ex3.pdf

SAN LUIS OBISPO: disburse up to $600,000 to The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County for the acquisition of a conservation easement on the 717-acre Nicholson Ranchin northern San Luis Obispo County. The ranch is adjacent to the 1,779-acre Hill Ranch that has also been protected by a conservation easement recorded in 2018 with funding support from Conservancy Proposition 1 funds. Further west, the Hill Ranch shares a border with the 2,032-acre MK Ranch which was donated to the Land Conservancy in February 2020 for perpetual conservation purposes . Additional Funding is from: Dept of Conservation $1mil, WCB $760k. Total cost is $2.36 million. SCC 9/2020

MAP: https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2009/20200903Board08_Nicholson_Ranch_Ex2.pdf

ORANGE COUNTY: disburse up to $2,460,000 to acquire the 44-acre Newland Marshproperty in Huntington Beach from the California Department of Transportation, and to transfer the property to the Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy.

The purchase is part of a 191-acre wetlands complex located on the north side of the Santa Ana River. The complex consists of four areas: Talbert Marsh, Brookhurst Marsh, Magnolia Marsh and Newland Marsh(Exhibit 1). The complex is all that is left of an almost 3,000-acre wetland that once existed at the mouth of the Santa Ana River. All the other marshes except Newland Marsh have been acquired and restored by the Huntington Beach Wetlands Conservancy(HBWC).Acquisition of Newland Marsh will complete the protection of the Huntington Beach Wetlands Complex . HBWC has already completed full tidal restoration at Talbert, Brookhurst, and Magnolia Marshes. Project costs: SCCC $400k, WCB $1.08 million, USFWS $980k SCC 9/2020

MAP: https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2009/20200903Board09_Newland_Marsh_Acquisition_Ex1.pdf

ORANGE COUNTY: disburse up to $250,000 to the Los Cerritos Wetlands Authority to prepare plans, CEQA documentation, and permit applications for wetland restoration and public access facilities in the southern area of the Los Cerritos Wetlandsin Seal Beach. SCC 9/2020

Since its formation, LCWA has acquired 166 acres, of which the Conservancy has helped fund the acquisition of 66 acres and has prepared conceptual restoration plans for the entire 500-acre complex.

MAP: https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2009/20200903Board03D_Los_Cerritos_Wetlands_Southern_Area_Ex1.pdf

WCB 8-2020

2020-09-12T13:42:00.004-07:00

Purchase of Major Link in SF Bay Ridge Trail Funded (#27 on agenda)

Agenda, more details and maps: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=182030&inline

27. Tilton Ranch, linkage in the Bay Ridge Trail system, buy 1741 acres in Santa Clara County with $4 million from WCB, $4.9 mil from USFWS, $2 mil from Moore Foundation, and $660k from Santa Clara county for $15.8 mil total

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7. Samoa Dunes and Wetlands, purchase 357 acres, grant pf $700,000 added to $625k from SCC, and 669k from CA NRA, total $1.95 million, from Security National Corp

9. CAL FIRE Mailliard East Ranch 3659 acre Conservation Easement in Mendocino County; CalFire get ownership of the CE. Funds: SSRL $668k, NWFW $250k, CA NRA $500,000, FLP 4.2 mil

10. Crocker Meadows Wildlife Area, Expansion 3, buy 231 acres in Plumas County, $369K all from WCB.

11. Middle Fork of the American River, Chapman Canyon, buy 543 acres in Placer County, with $435k all from WCB, to be owned by ARC.

14. Morongo Basin, Expansion 7, buy 29 acres with $89k from WCB, plus $16K FROM THE mdlt

15. Morongo Basin, Expansion 8, BUY 206 acres with $663k from WCB plus $117K FROM mdlt

17. Western Riverside MSHCP (2017) Welsh, buy 19 acres, with $161 k from WCB and $299k from USFWS

18. Otay Mesa Vernal Pool, purchase of about 1 acre for $24k from the WCB and $45k from USFWS

19. Rancho Jamul Land Exchange with developer, 219 acres to developer, 339 acres in fee and 191 acre conservation easement to the State

20. Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains Conservation Area Oswit Property, buy 114 acres for $1.2 million from WWCB and $3.7 mil from USFWS, $1.2 mil from CVMC and $1 mil from Save Oswit Canyon

23. Liberty Canyon Wildlife Overpass Crossing, $5mil from WCB, total cost $83 million

28. Rancho Caleta, buy 38 acres in Colusa County for $608k from WCB

29. Temescal Ranch, purchase 1171 acres in west Santa Clarita Valley in LA County with $818 k from WCB, $500,000 from NFWF, and $281 k from USFWS for total price of $1.6 mil

30. Grinsell Ranch , buy 1278 acres in Napa County with $1 mil from WCB and $250k from the Moore Foundation

31. Carrizo Plains Ecological Reserve, Expansion 6 , buy 624 acres with $1.4mil from WCB

32. Tehachapi–Bear Mountain, buy 3148 acres for $3.5 mil from WCB in Kern County

33. Newland Marsh buy 44 acres in west Orange County with $1.08 mil from WCB, $980k from USFWS, and $400,000 from the State Coastal Conservancy

SMMC-MRCA 6/24/2020 to 9/2/2020

2020-09-04T16:18:00.005-07:00

Malibu Parcel With Longtime Illegal Buildings to be Bought by Mountains Conservancy

(and other park deals from the agendas of the SMMC and MRCA from 6/24 to 9/2/2020.)

47.5 acre Witter property: Latigo canyon: acquisition of parcels in unincorporated Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 8/5/2020

“Seven parcels totaling 47.5 acres in Latigo Canyon, known as the Madalon Witter property, have been in default with Los Angeles County Treasurer and Tax Collector’s (TTC) office for many years. The California Coastal Commission (Commission) has an Abstract of Judgment encumbering the property for Coastal Act violations. ...The purchase price of both Agreements is estimated to be approximately $150,000 payable in 2021. ...The property abuts NPS Castro Crest property on three sides. After the acquisition is complete, MRCA will work with NPS staff regarding potential transfer of title to NPS....There is no plan to formally designate or open up any trails on the property. “

LA CITY-EAST SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS:

comment letter to the City of Los Angeles regarding the proposed removal of protected trees related to the proposed 75,000 square foot house project at 9650 Cedarbrook Drive (apn 4387-022-021), adjacent Franklin Canyon Park in Coldwater Canyon, City of Los Angeles. [Comment Letter] [Resolution] [Map 1] [Map 2] [Map 3] [Map 4] SMMC 6/29/2020

West of Franklin Canyon: acceptance of a conservation easement (approximately 2 acres) over APN 4355-005-001, 1471 SummitRidge Drive, City of Los Angeles. MRCA 7/1/2020 [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map]

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MALIBU-WEST SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS:

comment letter to the County of Los Angeles on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Santa Monica Mountains North Area Plan and Community Standards District Update, sch No. 2018071065, unincorporated Los Angeles County. [Comment Letter] [Resolution] [Attachment] [Attachment 2] [Attachment 3] SMMC 6/29/2020

101 Freeway Bridge: an official request and acceptance to the City of Agoura Hills and California Department of Transportation for a Transfer of Jurisdiction to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy of a portion of the pending vacation of Vendell Place for Liberty Canyon wildlife corridor permanent habitat protection purposes, City of Agoura Hills. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Map] SMMC 6/29/2020

Ramirez canyon: amending an existing conservation easement in exchange for new conservation easement area of equal or greater size (7 acres for 7.5 acres) on APN 4467-003-021, and acceptance of processing fee, City of Malibu. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 9/2/2020

North side of Saddle Peak: acceptance of the offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 5-85-214-A3 (Ghosn, Michael), incorporated and unincorporated Malibu. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Attachment 3] [Map] MRCA 8/5/2020

North side of Saddle Peak: acceptance of the offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 4-01-046 (PCH-Tyler Associates), incorporated and unincorporated Malibu. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Attachment 3] [Attachment 4] [Map] MRCA 8/5/2020

Topanga Canyon: acceptance of the offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 5-91-436 (BMIF/BSLF Rancho Malibu), APN’s: 4444-013-018; combined w -019; now -020, incorporated and unincorporated Malibu. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Attachment 3] [Map] MRCA 8/5/2020

[Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 6/24/20

Cold Creek: acceptance of the offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 5-91-436 (BMIF/BSLF Rancho Malibu), APN: 4455-021-902, incorporated and unincorporated Malibu. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Map] MRCA 8/5/2020

Cold Creek: acceptance of the offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 5–90-525 (Fred Winograd), incorporated and

unincorporated Malibu [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 6/24/20

Cold Creeek: acceptance of the offers to dedicate scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 4-98-196 (Omata), incorporated and unincorporated

Malibu [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 6/24/20

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NORTH LA COUNTY:

Stickelback Ranch, Bobcat Canyon, Robin's Nest, MRCA-owned parcels: grant of conservation easements to the Desert and Mountain Conservation Authority over all or a portion of APNs 3209-008-908, 909, 910, 911, 912; 3210-009-907, and 908 in Soledad Canyon, unincorporated Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 9/2/2020

Agua Dulce Creek State Route 14 Wildlife Undercrossing Enhancement Project in unincorporated Agua Dulce area, Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map 1] [Map 2] MRCA 8/5/2020

257 acre Hidden Creeks Park Public Access Improvement Project near unincorporated Chatsworth area, Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 8/5/2020

Assorted State-Forests and Fires-Funded Land Purchases

2020-08-28T20:30:00.001-07:00

2017-2019 CAL FIRE Forest Health Grant Awardees

EDITED FROM:

https://kiem-tv.com/2018/08/13/humboldt-county-organizations-to-receive-millions-in-grant-funding-for-wildfire-prevention/

https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/10990/17-18_cci_fh_grant_awardees_web.pdf

http://acconsensus.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-CCI-Awards.pdf

https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/10994/2018_2019_cci_fh_fl_rp_awards_web.pdf

https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/11016/2016_2017-cal-fire-cci-fh-grant-awards_web.pdf

https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/10653/fy-2019-2020-fh_fl_rp-grant-awards_web.pdf

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HUMBOLDT COUNTY:

762 acre Grizzly Creek forest CE (PURCHASE OF FUTURE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS WITH A CONSERVATION EASEMENT, LAND REMAINS PRIVATE) in Humboldt county, $1.2 million to Sean and Kathryn O'Day

-CalFire 7/2017 to 6/2018

--Forest Legacy Program granted $995,000 to purchase, https://www.toposandanthros.com/blog/2018/7/9/community-forest

https://kiem-tv.com/2018/08/13/humboldt-county-organizations-to-receive-millions-in-grant-funding-for-wildfire-prevention/

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restoration work on 484 acres; A part of 11,000 acres of existing CE's in Humboldt county, Redwoods to the Sea Corridor/Mattole River watershed; CalFire 7/2017 to 6/2018

http://sanctuaryforest.org/programs/land-conservation/land-acquisition/

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purchase of 49 acre Forsyth-inholding addition to Arcata community forest, grantee: City of Arcata. $227,000. (expansion of community forest began in 2006, adding 559 acres)

MAP: https://madriverunion.com/arcata-community-forest-gains-49-acre-forsyth-tract/

-CalFire 7/2017 to 6/2018

https://madriverunion.com/forsyth-property-being-logged-prior-to-city-purchase/

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6164 acre McKay forest/Ryan creek fee and CE purchase by TPL from Green Diamond timber co. with grant of $3.6 million (fee purchase 197 acres; CE purchase is 5967 ac.)-CalFire 7/2017 to 6/2018

http://kymkemp.com/2020/06/24/mckay-community-forest-approved-for-197-acre-expansion/

-----https://www.tpl.org/our-work/humboldt-community-forest

The project's first phase will create a 1200-acre community forest for Humboldt County-a revenue-generating open space for county residents that also celebrates the county's working forest heritage with interpretive trails explaining forestry principles and forest ecology. The second and third phases of the project will place working forest conservation easements on the property's remaining 6,350 acres. Plans call for construction of a recreational trail on the Ryan Creek property that would connect the shores of Humboldt Bay to the Headwaters Forest Preserve's old growth redwood groves.

------MAP:https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2014/04/18/mckay-tract-community-forest-five-thumbs-up

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2960 acre Diamond D CE, grant of $4.5 million to Northcoast Regional Land Trust (in progress)-CalFire 7/2017 to 6/2018

3348 acre CE on Wagner family forest in Mattole. $2.75 million grant to Northcoast Regional land trust (a keystone parcel in contiguous 15,000 acres of working forests)(status: in progress); CalFire 7/2019-6/2020

MAP:https://ncrlt.org/projects

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114 acre Swaner expansion, adjacent to Arcata's Jacoby Creek Forest, $430,000; CalFire 7/2019-6/2020. Total price: $1.5 million, from private donations and CAL DFW.

MAP: https://www.northcoastjournal.com/NewsBlog/archives/2020/05/21/arcata-purchases-114-acres-to-add-to-jacoby-creek-forest

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1222 acre Mattole creek headwaters CE (includes 70 acres of 1000 year old Redwoods) $4.2 million; CalFire 7/2019-6/2020

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MENDOCINO COUNTY:

Lyme Timber co. 23,201 acre CE on Ten Mile River in Mendocino county. Grant: $5 million to the Nature Conservancy: CalFire 7/2016 to 6/2017. SCC granted $1 million

https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2017/1709/20170928Board06_Ten_Mile_River_South_Fork_Conservation_Easement.pdf

https://www.lymetimber.com/portfolio/lyme-redwood-timberlands/

In December 2015, The Lyme Forest Fund IV purchased 112,000 timberland acres on the coast of northern California. https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/northcoast/water_issues/programs/wpc/10tenmilesec2.pdfFrom Hawthorne Timber (formerly owned by Georgia Pacific)

https://www.wildcalifornia.org/blog/pilot-watershed-study-thp-process

MAP:https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMby_Ef4H8dVRn7FRVLxsxIRZDNP3pIibcOZK5WkrTA1C-tAYet4PqQU0tdStsKDg/photo/AF1QipMdy--V_Rj8k3QGsiEW4gFLDipjVeQzBtH8bQ4?key=eDM5dkdTYm5IaDI0TmFKNVFvbnZsSXRla0Q2Ymdn

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SONOMA COUNTY:

4344 acres CE in Sonoma County, Silva Ranch, $4 million to Western Rivers Conservancy and Sonoma Co. APOSD -CalFire 7/2017 to 6/2018

https://sonoma-county.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=4198566&GUID=C032B3BF-D348-461B-9426-EA922F9270CC&Options=&Search=

MAP: https://sonoma-county.legistar.com/View.ashx?M=F&ID=7812293&GUID=D058962C-185C-4163-8E0A-800AAED6817F

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NAPA COUNTY:

Scott property purchase in Napa County. Grant: $1.5 million to LT of Napa County: CalFire: 7/2018-6/2019. ACREAGE?????

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SISKIYOU COUNTY:

Whiskey CE in Siskiyou county, 18,683 CE is Phase 3 of total 39,685 acre CE of Scott River Headwaters property. Grant: $5.8 million to Ecotrust Forests II, LLC (which bought the land in 2017): CalFire: 7/2018-6/2019

https://www.siskiyoulandtrust.org/scott-river-headwaters-project/

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SHASTA COUNTY:

Congratulations to Shasta Land Trust--CA Council of Land Trusts 6/30/2020

"Through their planned gift, the Shasta Land Trust is excited to announce the Harry Daniell/Beaver Banks Preserve at the gateway to the City of Redding, California as the future home of the Shasta Land Trust, at this 7-acre property along the Sacramento River

https://www.shastalandtrust.org/our-protected-properties-1

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Phase 1 of Mt Shasta Headwaters CE purchase. Grant: $4 million to Pacific Forest Trust inc.: CalFire 7/2016 to 6/2017

https://rare-earth-news.blogspot.com/2015/03/more-critter-parks.html

MAP:from 11/2014 wcb meeting https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOPEG62nEZ61rSDNebQFWESKpBDaCLtxB8vmewDSAKDgrrVhwww0T2GcC5TLO3oaQ/photo/AF1QipMpYGwizH95bM3cK5h_u3QAjbyVHOo2EKw0IBU?key=NG44dlhjWnNQb0FPSzVocGJrVW5kUHNfSmdTcmdn

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PLACER COUNTY:

Purchase of 192 acre in Foresthill in Placer County adjacent to Auburn State Rec area. Grant: $1.3 million to Placer Land Trust which will own fee title. CalFire will own a CE: CalFire: 7/2018-6/2019

http://www.motherlodetrails.org/alerts/new-trails-projects-for-placer-county-land-trust-and-asra

called the Butler Property

MAP: https://placerlandtrust.org/preserves-map/

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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY:

Arrowhead Ridge: 78 acres in San Bernardino mountains. Grant $1 million to SBM's LT: CalFire 7/2016 to 6/2017

https://sbmlt.net/restore-the-ridge-2-2/

https://sbmlt.net/our-preserved-lands/

SMMC-MRCA 2/24 to 6/3/2020

2020-06-12T22:45:00.001-07:00

Conservation Deals in the L.A. Mountains

SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS:

CALABASAS WEST OF VIEWPOINT SCHOOL: comment letter to the City of Calabasas on a proposed residential subdivision on approximately 13 acres located at the south corner of Mulholland Hwy and Dry Canyon Cold Creek Road, apn 2072-001-003, City of Calabasas, Los Angeles County. [Comment Letter] [Resolution] [Map] SMMC 2/24/2020

MALIBU: acceptance from the County of Los Angeles a transfer of approximately 3.4 acres, APNs 4473-020-900, 901, 902, 903 at El Sol Beach, City of Malibu. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 3/4/2020

MALIBU: scenic easements and/or open space easements associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 5–91-436 (BMIF/BSLF Rancho Malibu), incorporated and unincorporated Malibu. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Map] MRCA 5/6/2020

TOPANGA: donation of approximately 32 acres (APNs 4434-009-011 and 4434-009-012) in the Santa Maria Canyon watershed, unincorporated Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 5/6/2020

EAST OF 405: 2020 updates to 2017 Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Eastern Santa Monica Mountains Habitat Linkage Planning Map. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment] [Map] SMMC 2/24/2020

EAST OF 405: acceptance of conservation easements, approximately 1.10 acres in total, over portions of APNs 5551-006-036 and 037 (7875 and 7927 Granito Drive) in the lower Nichols Canyon-Laurel Canyon watershed divide, City of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment] [Map] MRCA 3/4/2020

0.2 acres--acquisition of APN 2386-030-028 in the Dixie Canyon watershed using mitigation funds and acceptance of long-term maintenance fund, City of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] [Attachment]

1.35 acres NEXT TO GRIFFITH PARK: authorizing: (a) the acquisition of APNs 5580-020-012 and 013 located at 2630 and 2700 Canyon Drive, Griffith Park adjacent and (b) the acceptance of private donations and public funds, City of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 4/1/2020

reimbursement to Friends of Griffith Park for funds advanced to escrow for MRCA to acquire APNs 5580-020-012 and 013 adjacent to Griffith Park as such funds are provided by the City of Los Angeles to the MRCA post-acquisition closing. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 5/6/2020

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SANTA CLARITA VALLEY:

WEST OF CASTAIC LAKE: amicus brief on Center for Biological Diversity and Endangered Habitats League v. County of Los Angeles, NorthLake project, unincorporated Castaic area. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Attachment 3] [Attachment 4] [Attachment 5] [Attachment 6] [Attachment 7] [Attachment 8] [Map 1] SMMC 6/1/2020

SANTA CLARITA: comment letter to the City of Santa Clarita on Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Bouquet Canyon Residential Development and Bouquet Canyon Road Realignment project, sch No. 2018121009, City of Santa Clarita. [Comment Letter] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Map] [Map 2] SMMC 6/1/2020

west of Castaic: authorizing: (a) acceptance of conservation easements on APNs 3247-024-001 through 009, 3247-026-041, and 3247-027-012 approximately 512 acres; (b) entering into an agreement with Preservation Strategies. Inc. (PSI) to receive proceeds from PSI’s sale of mitigation credits on said parcels, Santa Clara River watershed, unincorporated Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 4/1/2020

north of Castaic: license agreements with private parties to construct, maintain, and monitor native toad ponds on APNs 3244-014-908 and -909, 3247-017-900 through -912, and 3247-018-903 with fees paid to MRCA for land use and legal expenses, Marple Canyon, unincorporated Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 5/6/2020

east of Castaic: acceptance of either fee title or conservation easements over all or portions of APNs 3244-030-003, 3244-160-026, and 3244-160-062 through 3244-160-067 (approximately 59 acres) from BLC Tesoro LLC; (b) entering into conservation and long term land stewardship agreements, and (c) acceptance of funding to achieve these objectives, San Francisquito Canyon, unincorporated Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment] [Map] MRCA 5/6/2020

Soledad canyon: acceptance of approximately 18.17 acres from the Trust for Public Land (APN 3209-008-006) and granting any deed restrictions or conservation easements as necessary, upper Santa Clara River watershed, Soledad Canyon, unincorporated Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 5/6/2020

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LA RIVER

CREEK PARKS IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY: adopting the Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Revitalization Plan, as recommended by the Upper Los Angeles River and Tributaries Working Group. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment] SMMC 6/1/2020

Taylor Yard Paseo del Rio G2 Project, City of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Map] SMMC 6/1/2020

Taylor Yard Paseo del Rio G2 and Bowtie Project, City of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment] [Map [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment] [Map] [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment] [Map] SMMC 6/1/2020

LAUREL CANYON TO WHITSETT: Los Angeles River Greenway-Habitat Restoration Project, Studio City. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment] SMMC 6/1/2020

22.4 acres--authorizing (a) acceptance of a conservation easement over APN 2552-001-008, and (b) acceptance of annual easement monitoring funds and initial project set up fee, from Natural Resources Group, Big Tujunga Wash area, unincorporated Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment] [Map 1] [Map 2] MRCA 4/1/2020

project planning and design of Arroyo Seco trails, City of Pasadena. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment] [Attachment 2] SMMC 6/1/2020

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grant of Proposition 68 funds to the Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District for phase 3 of the Arroyo Simi Trail and greenway, City of Simi Valley. [Staff Report] [Resolution] SMMC 6/1/2020

resolution adopting FY 20/21 MRCA Workprogram. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map]

WCB 5/2020

2020-06-12T22:28:00.001-07:00

CA WILDLIFE BOARD PURCHASES IN MAY 2020:

MAPS AND OTHER DETAILS: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=179071&inline

East Contra Costa County, Bloching, 3 acres for $105,000

Robins Nest II, 22 acres for $635,000, plus $100,000 from the SF Valley Audubon Society, in LA County

Rancho Royale, in Riverside County desert, 481 acres, $565,000 from the WCB and $1.75 million from USFWS, and $565,000 from the Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy

Santa Ana to Palomar Mountains freeway bridge, $378,000, in Riverside County

Frog Lake, near Lake Tahoe (Nevada County), 201 acres for $1.3 million

Hunewill Ranch, 4100 acres conservation easement in Mono County, $1.2 million from WCB, $3.7 million from the NRCS and $5000 from the CA Deer assoc,

Santa Cruz mts/Coyote Ridge Expansion 1, 1526 acres in Santa Clara County for $1.5 million from WCB, $1.8 mil from USFWS, $600,000 from the Moore Foundation, and $456,000 from the Santa Clara Valley Habitat Authority

Coyote Valley Landscape Linkage/Sobrato South, 235 acres in Santa Clara County, for $10 mil from WCB, $5 million from the State Coastal Conservancy, and $1 mil from Peninsula Open Space Trust

Smithneck Creek wildlife area, Exp 1/Mello, in Sierra County, 976 acres for $880,000 from WCB

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SCC 5/2020

2020-06-12T22:22:00.002-07:00

Recent Coastal Conservancy Deals--MAY 2020

https://scc.ca.gov/2020/04/22/coastal-conservancy-public-teleconference-meeting-may-05/

LAGUNA BEACH--HOBO ALISO RIDGE, 75 acres in south Orange County to be sold by developer

https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2004/20200505Board03C_Hobo_Aliso_Ridge.pdf

REDWOOD COAST--113 ACRE MILL BEND, SCC to spend $1.3 million to buy, located in both Sonoma and Mendocino counties. (was once part of Gualala Redwoods Corp)

https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2004/20200505Board09_Mill_Bend.pdf

LIBERTY CANYON BRIDGE in LA County, engineering plans

https://scc.ca.gov/webmaster/ftp/pdf/sccbb/2020/2004/20200505Board12_Liberty_Canyon.pdf

SMMC-MRCA 11/2019 to 2/5/2020

2020-02-04T22:48:00.001-08:00

Busy Buying At LA Mountains

SANTA CLARITA, SANTA SUSANA MOUNTAINS, ANTELOPE VALLEY:

comment letter to Los Angeles County regarding the 37 single family residential lot Canyon View Estates Project, Pico Canyon, Santa Clarita Valley. [Comment Letter] [Attachment] [Map] SMMC 1/27/2020

donation of approximately 2.5 acres, APN 3236-003-003, Fairmont Butte area of Antelope Valley, unincorporated Los Angeles County [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 11/6/2019

Hidden Creeks Estates acquisition project, Santa Susana Mountains, unincorporated County of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map 1] [Map 2] MRCA 11/6/2019

donation of approximately 75 contiguous acres, APNs 055-0-140-071 (72.61 acres, Ventura County) and 3272-019-015 (2.14 acres, Los Angeles County), San Martinez Grande Canyon area of unincorporated Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map 1] [Map 2] MRCA 11/6/2019

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LA RIVER:

grant of Proposition 1 funds to The River Project for project planning and design for a Feasibility Study for the Restoration of the Los Angeles River in Sepulveda Basin Project, City of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment] [Map] SMMC 1/27/2020

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TOPANGA

½ acre donation:

donation of approximately 0.5 contiguous acres, APNs 2072-031-009 and 2072-031-010, Old Topanga Canyon area of unincorporated Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map]

MRCA 1/8/2020

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LA CITY PORTION OF SM MOUNTAINS:

acceptance of conservation easement, approximately 0.6 acres, over portions of APN 4382-002-008 (3000 Benedict Canyon Drive) in Benedict Canyon, City of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 1/8/2020

acceptance of donated conservation easements on APNs 4380-003-009 and 010 in Beverly Glen Canyon, City of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] MRCA 2/5/2020

acceptance of a revocable open space easement, or similar instrument, from the City of Los Angeles over all or parts of APNs 4416-007-902, 903, 904, 905 in the Paseo Miramar area, Pacific Palisades. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Map] MRCA 12/4/2019

acceptance of conservation easement, approximately 0.10 acres, over portions of APN 2386-001-001 (13441 Mulholland Drive) in the Mulholland Drive Scenic Corridor, Dixie Canyon, City of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 11/6/2019

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VENTURA COUNTY:

(a) authorizing amending the allowed uses in an approximately 5,791-square-foot portion of a conservation easement in exchange for greater than 40,000-square-feet of new conservation easement area on APN 521-0-031-140, and (b) accepting payment for expenses, University Village, City of Thousand Oaks. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 1/8/2020

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ALTADENA:

grant to Outward Bound Adventures for construction of Sunset Ridge Connector Trail, Unincorporated Los Angeles County. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment] [Map] MRCA 2/5/2020

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CHINO HILLS:

1) entering into a Subgrant Agreement with the California Wildlife Conservation Board for the acquisition of fee interest number SG-1907SS, and 2) entering into a Grant Agreement with the California Wildlife Conservation Board for the acquisition of fee interest number WC-1969SS; approximately 320 acres (APNs 1033-151-27 and 1033-171-14) adjacent to Chino Hills State Park, City of Chino Hills. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment] [Map] MRCA 2/5/2020 special; Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment 1] [Attachment 2] [Map] MRCA 12/4/2019

WCB 2/2020

2020-02-04T22:41:00.001-08:00

9000 Acres To Be Saved This Month by CA Wildlife Board

WILDLIFE CONSERVATION BOARD: February 26, 2020,
10:00 a.m. Natural Resources Building, First Floor Auditorium
1416 9th Street Sacramento, CA 95814

MAPS: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=179015&inline

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA:

HUMBOLDT: CAL FIRE Humboldt County Community Forest McKay Tract $0

Expansion 1

To consider the acceptance of a conservation easement over 197± acres by CAL FIRE near Eureka in Humboldt County. WCB 2/2020

HUMBOLDT: CAL FIRE Ryan Creek Conservation Easement $0, Humboldt County

conservation easement over 5,967± acres by CAL FIRE near Eureka in Humboldt County. WCB 2/2020

https://www.tpl.org/our-work/humboldt-community-forest

https://www.wildcalifornia.org/blog/mckay

BUTTE COUNTY: North Table Mountain, Expansion 3 (Donation) $0

donation of 24± acres near Chico in Butte County. WCB 2/2020

SIERRA COUNTY:

Sierra Valley Conservation Area, Expansion 5, $360,500

Sierra County

grant to the Feather River Land Trust for a cooperative project with the Natural Resources Conservation Service to acquire a conservation easement over 632± acres near Loyalton in Sierra County. WCB 2/2020

Daugherty Hill Wildlife Area, Expansion 16, $75,000

Yuba County

acquisition in fee of 22± acres of land by CDFW near Browns Valley in Yuba County . WCB 2/2020

PLACER COUNTY:

Laursen Outback Preserve, Expansion 1, $683,000

Placer County

grant to Placer Land Trust to acquire in fee 185± acres near Auburn in Placer County. WCB 2/2020

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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:

RIVERSIDE: Western Riverside MSHCP (2017) - Anderson/19 acres $119,000, Rahmati (Parcel 1: 20 acres) $66,500, Rahmati (Parcel 2: 24 acres) $70,000

Riverside County

grant to the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority (WRCRCA) and the acceptance of a USFWS Habitat Conservation Plan Land Acquisition Grant to acquire 63± acres in the unincorporated Tenaja area of Riverside County. WCB 2/2020

SAN DIEGO: Luchia $779,156

San Diego County

grant to the Center for Natural Lands Management (CNLM) and the acceptance of a USFWS Habitat Conservation Plan Land Acquisition Grant to acquire in fee 39± acres near Carlsbad in San Diego County. WCB 2/2020

CHINO HILLS: (Eastbridge) $1,024,000

San Bernardino County

grant to the Mountains Recreation Conservation Authority (MRCA) and the acceptance of a USFWS Habitat Conservation Plan Land Acquisition Grant to acquire in fee 320± acres near Chino Hills in San Bernardino County. WCB 2/2020

SAN DIEGO: Montecito Ranch $6,331,310

San Diego County

subgrant federal funds to the Endangered Habitats Conservancy (EHC), and to consider a WCB grant to the EHC for a cooperative project with the United States of America, acting by and through the Department of Navy to acquire in fee 955± acres in the community of Ramona in San Diego County. WCB 2/2020

Sycuan Peak Ecological Reserve, Expansion 9 (Sloan Oram) $1,746,000

San Diego County

To consider the acquisition in fee of 163± acres in the community of Dehesa, in San Diego County. WCB 2/2020

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CENTRAL CALIFORNIA:

SAN LUIS OBISPO: Toro Creek $1,750,000

San Luis Obispo County

To consider the allocation for a grant to the San Luis Obispo County Department of Parks and Recreation for a cooperative project with the State Coastal Conservancy to acquire 258± acres located between Morro Bay and Cayucos in San Luis Obispo. WCB 2/2020

KERN COUNTY: Hanning Flat $2,316,297

Kern County

To consider the allocation for a grant to the Trust for Public Land for a cooperative project with the California Natural Resources Agency’s Environmental Enhancement and Mitigation Program, National Audubon Society, Sierra Nevada Conservancy, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and Kern River Valley Heritage Foundation to acquire 3,804± acres near Weldon in Kern County. WCB 2/2020

SCC 12/2019 & 2/2020

2020-02-04T22:14:00.001-08:00

Trail Sale, for Major Link in Santa Monica Mountains, funds by the Coastal Conservancy

MALIBU, AT CROSSING AT KANAN-DUME ROAD: disburse up to $1,000,000 to the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority to acquire the 23.71-acre Ramirez Canyon, Lauber Smith propertyfor habitat conservation, open space, and COASTAL SLOPE TRAIL public access and recreation in the Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County. SCC 12/19/2019

PRICE: Coastal Conservancy $1,000,000; Wildlife Conservation Board (proposed) $615,000; Los Angeles County $1,613,000. Project Total $3,228,000

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SANTA CRUZ: Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $2,500,000 to Save the Redwoods League to acquire the 554-acre Cascade Creek (Holmes)Property in northern Santa Cruz County. SCC 12/19/2019

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SAN MATEO: Consideration and possible authorization to disburse up to $301,000 to the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District to prepare preliminary planning documents for a seven-mile extension of the Purisima-to-the-Sea Trail on the San Mateo County coast. SCC 12/19/2019

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LONG BEACH: disburse up to $500,000 to the City of Long Beach to construct a water treatmentfacility and two acres of surrounding green space that will include a one-acre wetland and trails that connect two parks and provide an inland connection to the California Coastal Trail, in the Willmore neighborhood of Long Beach, SCC 2/6/2020

SMMC-MRCA 10/2019

2019-10-21T22:47:00.000-07:00

Developer Threats, and New Parks

in LA's Mountains

DEVELOPMENT THREAT IN HOLLYWOOD HILLS: comment letter to the City of Los Angeles regarding the proposed project and tree removals at 11472 Laurelcrest Drive (City Council File No. 19-1134) in Laurel Canyon, City of Los Angeles. SMMC 10/28/2019

100-ACRE L.A. RIVER PARK: develop a Los Angeles River Park Partnership that unifies efforts throughout the 100 acres of public open space at Taylor Yard, City of Los Angeles. [10-2-19 Item VI(d) Staff Report] [10-2-19 Item VI(d) Res #19-149] [10-2-19 Item VI(d) Attachment] ]MRCA 10/2/2019

EAST OF PALMDALE: donation of approximately 4.62 acres, APN 3370-017-014, Antelope Valley, unincorporated Los Angeles County. [10-2-19 Item VIII Staff Report] [10-2-19 Item VIII Res #19-155] [Item VIII Map] ]MRCA 10/2/2019

45 ACRE DONATION, NORTH SIDE OF SANTA SUSANA MOUNTAINS:acceptance of the fee simple donation of APNs 2826-020-025, 026 and 029 in Whickham Canyon comprising approximately 45 acres and entering into an agreement with Preservation Strategies, Inc. and Lennar Homes for the sale of in lieu fee habitat credits on Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority-owned property, unincorporated Los Angeles County. (This item may be heard in closed session pursuant to the Government Code § 54956.8. Negotiators: Joseph T. Edmiston and Robert Devogelaere. Under consideration: price and terms.) [10-2-19 Item X Staff Report] [10-2-19 Item X Res #19-157] [10-2-19 Item X Map] [10-2-19 Item X Attachment] ]MRCA 10/2/2019

261 ACRE PURCHASE, SOUTH SIDE OF SANTA SUSANA MOUNTAINS: authorizing 1) entering into a Project Agreement with the Los Angeles County Regional Park and Open Space District, 2) entering into a grant agreement with the Wildlife Conservation Board, 3) use of mitigation funds and acceptance of private funds for said acquisition and option payment, 4) acquisition of APNs 2821-008-031 and 035 approximately 261 acres, and 5) entering into an option agreement as necessary, Mormon and Browns Canyon, unincorporated Los Angeles County. [10-2-19 Item XI Staff Report] [10-2-19 Item XI Res #19-158] [10-2-19 Item XI map] [10-2-19 Item XI Attachment]MRCA 10/2/2019

WCB 11/2019

2019-10-21T22:31:00.003-07:00

CA Wildlife Board to Save Key Ventura Ranch Between "Urb's" and Ojai

FULL PRELIM AGENDA: http://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=174785&inline

PROPERTIES TO BE SAVED:
Siskiyou, China Hill expansion 4, $65,000: 21 acres
Lake County, Big Valley Wetlands expansion 1, $675,000: 201 acres
Napa, Cedar Roughts expansion 1, $365,000: 87 acres
San Diego, McGinty Mounty expansion 3, $775,000: 87 acres
Nevada County, Red Mountain, $1.4 million: 633 acres
Santa Barbara, Campbell Ranch, $1.95 million: 138 acres of development rights
Ventura Hillsides, Walker-Hearne Ranch, $3 million: 2118 acres
Los Angeles/Hidden Creeks, $4.9 million: 261 acres

HIDDEN CREEKS LOCATION MAP, IN PURPLE OUTLINE:

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MORE ON THE 2118-ACRE VENTURA HILLSIDES PURCHASE (also known as Harmon Canyon):

http://www.conservationalliance.com/grants/walker-hearne-ranch-acquisition-project/

https://vcreporter.com/2015/03/conservancy-awarded-1-million-for-hillside-purchase/

https://www.venturalandtrust.org/current_projects

http://bondaccountability.resources.ca.gov/(X(1)S(ravfqb45zt3k0g2oe5mazemx))/Project.aspx?ProjectPK=24274&PropositionPK=48

https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/15470854/7511-Foothill-Road-Ventura-CA/
Description: Peaceful valleys and Hillsides offering scenic vistas to the Pacific Ocean and Channel Islands. Contiguous with City of Ventura boundary. County of Ventura AE zoning allowing potential for 40 acre parcels (EDITO'S NOTE: AROUND 53 HOMES). Numerous Oak trees on site. Quiet country living just a few minutes from central Ventura.

SCC 10/2019

2019-10-21T21:54:00.001-07:00

Coastal Board to fund purchase of Santa Barbara creek park connector

FULL MEETING AGENDA:
https://scc.ca.gov/2019/10/04/coastal-conservancy-public-meeting-in-arcata-october-17/

The grant is for $300,000 to the City of Santa Barbara to acquire the 5.3-acre Palermo parcel in lower Arroyo Burro watershed, Santa Barbara County, California.

FROM THE STAFF REPORT: the approximately 5.3-acre Arroyo Burro Palermo Property is a degraded but highly scenic and natural resource-rich property located within the lower Arroyo Burro watershed. Once acquired, the City will own and manage the property. The property is one of the last undeveloped properties abutting a creek within the Santa Barbara city limits. In addition, the site, which is zoned for residential development, is one of the last remaining developable open spaces in the Las Positas Valley. Acquisition will permanently protect riparian, wetland, and upland habitat associated with Arroyo Burro Creek, which runs through the property,and it will eliminate the threat of future residential development in this important portion of the floodplain. The project is part of a larger ongoing effort by the City and County of Santa Barbara to protect the Las Positas Valley and the Arroyo Burro Creek watershed. This local effort has resulted in the protection of 338-acres of open space land for habitat and passive recreation located northwest and southeast of the Palermo property

WCB 8/2019

2019-09-23T12:21:00.002-07:00

State Buys 7300 acres of Development Rights and 1300 acres in full

(Wildlife Conservation Board meeting August 28, 2019)

for more details and maps:

https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=174060&inline

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IN THE SIERRA NEVADA FOOTHILLS:

Hornitos Ranch Conservation Easement, Mariposa County, $98,944

grant to Sierra Foothill Conservancy for a cooperative project with CDFW, the California Department of Conservation, and the California Wildlife Foundation to acquire a conservation easement over 7,100± acres located near Hornitos, in Mariposa County

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Ash Creek Wildlife Area Land Exchange, Lassen County $0

exchange of 139± acres owned by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) for 100± acres owned by Peter and Lynn Gerig to serve as a consolidation and floodplain restoration of CDFW’s Ash Creek Wildlife Area, located near Bieber in Lassen County.

Arrowhead Ridge,CAL FIRE Conservation Easement,San Bernardino County, $0

acceptance of a conservation easement by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection on 78± acres located near Lake Arrowhead in San Bernardino County

Hearthstone Quitclaim, Ventura County $0

To consider the sale of a 1.6± access easement by CDFW to an adjacent landowner for the purpose of enhancing management of CDFW lands near Filmore in Ventura County.

Mendenhall Ranch Conservation Easement, San Diego County, $61,250

grant to the California Rangeland Trust for a cooperative project with the U. S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Natural Resources Conservation Service to acquire a conservation easement over 118± acres of land for the protection of a working landscape located in an area known as Mendenhall Valley in north San Diego County.

Franklin Ridge, Expansion 2,Contra Costa County, $2,000,000

grant to the John Muir Land Trust for a cooperative project with the East Bay Regional Park District to acquire in fee 281± acres and assist in the expansion of the Bay Area Ridge Trail Corridor located near the City of Martinez, in Contra Costa County.

Mormon Meadows,Mono County $1,320,000

To consider the allocation for a grant to the Wilderness Land Trust to acquire in fee 960± acres located near Bridgeport in Mono County.

Colton Sand Dunes, San Bernardino County $1,934,000

To consider the allocation for a grant to Rivers & Lands Conservancy (RLC) and the acceptance of two USFWS Habitat Conservation Plan Land Acquisition grants and the approval to sub-grant these federal funds to RLC to acquire in fee 34± acres located in the City of Colton in San Bernardino County.

Liberty Canyon Wildlife Underpass (enhancement) Project, Los Angeles County $390,000

To consider the allocation for a grant to the Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains for a cooperative project with Caltrans, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy,and the Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority to improve the ability of wildlife to cross U.S. Highway 101 by restoring and enhancing an existing wildlife undercrossing that was damaged in the 2019 Woolsey Fire, located approximately nine miles east of Thousand Oaks in Los Angeles County. (NOTE THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE PROPOSED WILDLIFE BRIDGE BETWEEN LIBERTY AND PALO COMADO CANYONS)

Mission Center, San Diego County, $1,600,000

To consider the allocation for a grant to the Endangered Habitats Conservancy to acquire in fee 42± acres located near the City of San Diegoin San Diego County.

SCC 8/2019

2019-09-23T11:50:00.003-07:00

Land Purchases at the Coastal Conservancy Public Meeting in Sausalito – August 22

FULL AGENDA:

https://scc.ca.gov/2019/08/09/coastal-conservancy-public-meeting-in-sausalito-august-22/

$200,000 to the Sonoma Land Trust to acquire the 54-acre Cooper Creek Addition in Sonoma County.(PROPERTY IS IN RED ON THE MAP)

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SANTA ANA RIVER-RIVERSIDE GATEWAY PARK: $2,025,000 to the City of Riverside for (1) the acquisition of 4 acres at 5200 Tequesquite Avenue in the City of Riverside in Riverside County, and (2) the preparation of designs, engineering, and environmental documentation for 9 projects along 4.7 miles of the Santa Ana River Parkway, from Fairmount Park to Martha McLean Anza Narrows Park, in the City of Riverside in Riverside County.

SMMC-MRCA 6/24 to 9/23/2019

2019-09-23T10:43:00.000-07:00

LA Mountain Parks News: A few new parks, a few new development threats

MALIBU AND SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS:

OLD TOPANGA, 46 acres-authorizing: (a) the acquisition of APNs 4438-017-008, 011, 012 and 4438-036-001 (approximately 46 acres), Old Topanga Canyon area, [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Map] MRCA 7/3/2019

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4.5 acres private land inside of Runyan Canyon park-comment letter to the City of Los Angeles on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the proposed 3003 Runyon Canyon Project (env-2016-4180-eir), [Attachment] [Map 1] [Map 2] [Comment Letter] SMMC 9/23/2019

CALABASAS-exchange of an approximately 300-foot-long above ground waterline easement over APN 4455-012-901 to exclusively benefit APN 4455-014-002 with one habitatable structure and landscaping at 2831 Stokes Canyon Road in exchange for an access easement and a conservation easement over a minimum 20 acre portion of APN 4455-014-002, Stokes Canyon, unincorporated Los Angeles County. [8-7-19 Item X Staff Report] [8-7-19 Item X Res # 19-128] [Item X map1] [Item X map2] MRCA 8/7/2019

HOLLYWOOD HILLS: authorizing the fee simple sale of a less than 0.1-acre portion of APN 5570-021-905 and fee simple acceptance of an equal or greater area of APN 5570-024-063 to address an encroachment from 7721 Firenze Avenue, Briar Summit Open Space Preserve, City of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment] [Map] [Map 2] MRCA 7/3/2019

VERDUGO MOUNTAINS: visitor facilities on dedicated and acquired open space within the former Verdugo Hills golf course, La Tuna Canyon, City of Los Angeles. [Staff Report] [Resolution] [Attachment] [Map 1] [Map 2] [Map 3] SMMC 8/26/2019 [8-7-19 Item VI(f) Staff Report] [8-7-19 Item VI(f) Res # 19-124] [VI(f) attachment] MRCA 8/7/2019

MALIBU/TRANCAS:acceptance of the offer to dedicate trail easement associated with Coastal Development Permit No. 05-160 (McKeen), incorporated and unincorporated Malibu. [8-7-19 Item VI(b) Staff Report] [8-7-19 Item VI(b) Res # 19-120] [Item VIb map] MRCA 8/7/2019

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SANTA SUSANA MOUNTAINS & SANTA CLARITA VALLEY:

CHATSWORTH: acceptance of donation of APN 2819-004-027, approximately 0.1 acres, Browns Canyon, City of Los Angeles. [8-7-19 Item VI(c) Staff Report] [8-7-19 Item VI(c) Res # 19-121] [Item VIc map] MRCA 8/7/2019

CASTAIC: comment letter to the County of Los Angeles on the Notice of Preparation of a Draft Environmental Impact Report for the 114 acre, 222 homes Sterling Ranch Estates Residential Project, unincorporated Val Verde, County of Los Angeles. [Comment Letter] [Resolution] [Maps] SMMC 8/26/2019

MOORPARK:comment letter to the City of Moorpark on the Notice of Preparation for an Environmental Impact Report for the 270 acre, 755 home Hitch Ranch Specific Plan, Santa Susana Mountains. [Comment Letter] [Resolution] [Attachment] [Map 1] [Map 2] SMMC 8/26/2019

WCB 5/2019

2019-06-17T14:17:00.003-07:00

Preservation of More Than 2000 Acres is Funded By State Wildlife Board in May

For Full May 22 agenda with maps: https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=168750&inline

Sierra Valley, expansion 4, purchase 468 acre conservation easement in Plumas County by Feather River Land Trust for $830,000, with $415,000 from the WCB, and $415,000 from the Federal Natural Resources Conservation Service

East Contra Costa, 120 acre Olesen/Duke property, fee title purchase by CC County, price is $1.08 million with $100,000 from the WCB, $512,000 from USFWS, and $467,000 from the East Bay Reg. Park District

Morongo Basin expansion 5, fee title purchase of 15 acres by the Mojave Desert Land Trust, price is $34,000 with $28,100 from the WCB, and $6400 from the MDLT

Ervin Ranch in El Dorado County, purchase of 1781 acres in fee title for $9.5 million, with $4.055 million from the WCB, $4.5 million from the Federal gun tax, and $1 million from CalTrans; land to be owned by CA DFW

282 acre John Henry ranch in San Diego county, purchase of fee title for $4.2 million, with $3.2 million from the WCB and $1 million from the CA Natural Resources Agency, granted to Escondido Creek Conservancy