Environmental Impact Statement - Sonoma Land Trust

California Department of Fish and Game
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Section 3.8. Recreation
Environmental Consequences and Mitigation
Measures
Approach and Methods
The impacts of the proposed alternatives on recreation and public access were
analyzed qualitatively, focusing on existing and proposed recreation and public
access policies related to the project area, the types of changes expected to result,
and the potential of the restoration changes to adversely affect access and
recreational uses at the project site.
Impact Mechanisms
The following impact mechanisms would affect the recreational use of the
project site.
• Closure of the Black Point Sports Club
• Creating public access along the Bay Trail or spurs to the Bay Trail.
• Prohibiting recreational use of the site.
Thresholds of Significance
Criteria used for determining the significance of an impact on public healthaccess
or recreation are based on the State CEQA Guidelines and professional standards
and practices. Impacts were considered significant if an alternative would:
• conflict with existing or planned public access plans such that public access
is substantially hindered or diverted and thus diminished; or
• conflict with existing or planned recreational use such that;
no other activity could adequately replace or substitute for the displaced
recreational use,
alternative facilities would be unreasonably distant from the recreational
use and a diminishment in recreational activity would occur; or
displacement of the use would result in the need for new facilities
constructed elsewhere that would have secondary physical adverse
effects on the environment.
Sears Point Wetland and Watershed Restoration
Project Final Environmental Impact
Report/Environmental Impact Statement
3.8-4
April 2012