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Section 3.7<br />

Agricultural Resources<br />

Introduction<br />

This section describes the agricultural resource effects of the proposed<br />

alternatives, including the No-Action Alternative, with emphasis on the potential<br />

loss of sensitive farmland.<br />

Affected Environment<br />

Data Sources<br />

The following documents and data were used to prepare this section.<br />

• Soil Survey of <strong>Sonoma</strong> County, California (Miller 1972).<br />

• National Cooperative Soil Survey Web Soil Survey (Natural Resources<br />

Conservation Service 2007).<br />

• Sears Point Wetlands and Watershed Restoration Project—Final<br />

Preliminary Plan (Wetlands and Water Resources 2007).<br />

• Existing Conditions Report, Sears Point Restoration Project (Wetlands and<br />

Water Resources 2005b).<br />

• Important Farmland Map of the project area prepared by the Farmland<br />

Mapping and Monitoring Program of the state Department of Conservation<br />

(Farmland Mapping and Monitoring Program 2004).<br />

• Agricultural Resources and Resource Conservation elements of the <strong>Sonoma</strong><br />

County General Plan (County of <strong>Sonoma</strong> 1989).<br />

• 2004–20062008 annual crop reports for <strong>Sonoma</strong>, Marin, and Napa counties.<br />

Specific reference information is provided in the text.<br />

Sears Point Wetland and Watershed Restoration<br />

Project Final <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Impact</strong><br />

Report/<strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Impact</strong> <strong>Statement</strong><br />

3.7-1<br />

April 2012

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