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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYGoodhart property is home to over 75 plants and animal species and provides an importantlinkage for species that travel between Wilson Valley and the San Bernardino National Forest.Other noteworthy 2005 acquisitions were the Riverside Clark property (724 acres), the CuchiaVogal property (666 acres), the Long Beach Equities property (300 acres), and 711 acres fromCalifornia State University.Reserve Assembly ActivitiesThe MSHCP is a criteria-based plan that contains three main performance measures. Theseperformance measures were intended to ensure that conservation was occurring simultaneouswith development. Each of the following performance measures is equally important inmeasuring Plan implementation progress:• Rough step area and habitat type• Area Plan and subunit• Jurisdictional boundaries (Cities and Riverside County).RCA staff worked with each city and the County to build a GIS database of relevantconservation and development activity, which was used to calculate progress under theperformance measures. For annual reporting purposes, conservation is generally counted as a“gain” when acquired through transfer of title or recordation of conservation easement. Thisannual report reflects acres conserved between February 2000 and December 31, 2005.Development “losses” are counted at the time of grading permit issuance. This annual reportreflects losses between MSHCP initiation on June 22, 2004, and the end of this annual report’sreporting period on December 31, 2005. The acres conserved are counted prior to MSHCPissuance because the County, CDFG, California Department of Parks and Recreation, and theUSFWS, in anticipation of MSHCP permit issuance, began an early, aggressive campaign toassemble the Reserve prior to Plan permit issuance. Since the Plan’s state and federal permitswere not issued until June 22, 2004, habitat losses are only tracked starting from June 22, 2004.Rough Step Acreage SummariesAs stated above, performance measures, including the “rough step,” are used to monitor generalsuccess of the Plan. The rough step measure is a tool to help direct conservation withinvegetation communities of similar weather patterns, geographies, soils, and geologies asdevelopment occurs. The rough step measure is intended to ensure that conservation of specificnarrowly distributed habitats occur in rough step with development. The rough step analysisWestern Riverside County MSHCP October 2006Annual Report (January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005)ES-3
EXECUTIVE SUMMARYfunctions as an early warning system to signal where development is outpacing conservation, andwhere conservation efforts therefore need to be focused.Development is outpacing conservation in many of the vegetation communities where the roughstep formula applies (see Section 2). That is, the number of acres authorized for disturbance inthe vegetation communities is higher than the allowable number of development acres calculatedusing the rough step formula. Some of the vegetation communities in Rough Step Units 6 and 8are close to being within rough step. For example, in Rough Step Unit 6, 172 acres of coastalsage scrub have been developed; since the allowable loss of coastal sage scrub is approximately156 acres this vegetation community within Rough Step Unit 6 is out of rough step. However, inthe grassland vegetation community within Rough Step Unit 6, conservation is in rough stepwith development: 370 acres of grassland were impacted; allowable loss was 444 acres. Of the37 rough step vegetation communities within the Plan area, 19 are in rough step, and 18 are outof rough step. Of the 18 that are out of rough step, 6 are out by more than 50 acres (3 coastalsage scrub, and 3 grassland), 6 are out by between 50 and 10 acres, and 6 are out by 10 acres orless. The 2005 rough step analysis indicates that efforts need to be focused toward conserving thefollowing vegetation communities within specific rough step units:Rough Step Unit 1:GrasslandsRiversidean Scrub, Woodland, ForestRough Step Unit 3:Coastal Sage ScrubGrasslandsRiversidean Alluvial Fan Sage ScrubRough Step Unit 4:Coastal Sage ScrubDesert ScrubsGrasslandsRough Step Unit 5:Coastal Sage ScrubGrasslandsRiparian Scrub, Woodland, ForestRiversidean Alluvial Fan Sage ScrubWoodlands and ForestsWestern Riverside County MSHCP October 2006Annual Report (January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005)ES-4
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