Annual Report 2005 (62.7MB) - Western Riverside County Regional ...

2.0 HABITAT GAINS AND LOSSESTABLE 6Rough Step 5 Acreage TotalsFrom Table 6-3 in MSHCPPrivate LandAcres within theCriteria Area inthe Rough StepAdditionalReserve LandAcreage Goal forthe KeyVegetationCommunityTotal AcresConserved(betweenFebruary 2000and December31, 2005)AllowableDevelopmentAcreage throughDecember 31,2005 (UtilizingRough StepForecastingFormula)Total AcresAuthorized forDevelopment byCities and theCounty (betweenJune 22, 2004, andDecember 31,2005)Key Vegetation Communitieswithin the Rough StepCoastal Sage Scrub 1,540 370 4 12 104Grasslands 3,880 1,010 11 31 295Riparian Scrub, Woodland, Forest 550 460 0 0 20Riversidean Alluvial Fan Sage370 260 0 0 14ScrubWoodlands and Forests 2,080 1,000 0 0 72Remaining Vegetation Categories without Rough Step Acreage GoalsAgricultural Land 0 278Chaparral 77 304Desert Scrub 0 0Developed or Disturbed 0 147Water 0 0Total: 92 1,234Acquisitions through 2005 within RoughStep 5 amount to 91 acres of conservationwithin the Criteria Area. These acres wereacquired through Tax Sale 5 and Tax Sale4289 under the land planning process.Rough Step 5 SnapshotAcres in Rough Step: 43Acres out of Rough Step: 462Of total acres conserved in 2005:• Acres acquired: 82• Acres set aside through planning process: 0Within Rough Step 5, development has• Acres donated: 0largely occurred within the areas of theunincorporated County but also within the • Acres obtained through easement: 0cities of Temecula and Murrieta. Asignificant portion of land within Rough Step 5 consists of 5-, 10-, and 20-acre parcels.Approximately 20% of the development in this area (250 acres) involved the construction ofsingle-family homes on existing legal parcels. This type of development (which doesn’t requiresubdivision of land) is eligible for the MSHCP ERP (see Section 3.2 for a Plan Area-widediscussion of ERP activities).As a result of this rough step analysis, the RCA and Permittees are refocusing acquisition effortsto acquire coastal sage scrub; grasslands; riparian scrub, woodland, and forest; Riversideanalluvial fan sage scrub; and woodlands and forests vegetation communities. In early 2006, theRCA acquired 37 acres of grassland and 16 acres of woodlands and forests. Currently, the RCAWestern Riverside County MSHCP October 2006Annual Report (January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005) 2-17