RCA - Annual Report 2005

Western Riverside County
Regional Conservation Authority

Annual Report 2005

January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005

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Annual Report

The permits were issued on June 22, 2004 by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and California Department of Fish and Game. This Annual Report for the first full year of operation was prepared and published by the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority and addresses the activities of the RCA during the period of January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005. This report builds on the efforts described in the previous Annual Report for 2004 that covered the period of June 22, 2004 through December 31, 2004.

Annual Report 2005 (62.7MB) (PDF format)

RCA MSHCP Technical Reports

The following reports, methods, and procedures provide the information that was utilized or developed for the Annual Report 2005 covering the reporting period of January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2005. This information is provided in a separate set of documents due to the technical content and detail provided within these reports.

1. GIS Methods and Procedures

GIS Methods and Procedures (PDF format)

2. Monitoring Survey Results

Separate documents and reports account for the survey activities undertaken by the Biological Monitoring Program for the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) during 2005. The Biological Monitoring Program monitors the distribution and status of the 146 Covered Species within the Conservation Area to provide information to Permittees, land managers, the public and the Wildlife Agencies (i.e. the California Department of Fish and Game and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service). Monitoring Program activities are guided by the MSHCP Species Objectives for each Covered Species, the MSHCP information needs identified in Section 5.3 or elsewhere in the document, and the information needs of the Permittees.

WRIV Vegetation CNPS Final Report April 2006 (332 pgs) 1.46MB

Rare Plant Survey Report 2005 (32 pgs)

Quino Checkerspot Butterfly Survey Report 2005 (23 pgs)

Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly Survey Report 2005 (15 pgs)

Los Angeles Pocket Mouse Survey Report 2005 (17 pgs)

Grasshopper Sparrow Survey Report 2005 (23 pgs)

Tricolored Blackbird Survey Report 2005 (17 pgs)

Arroyo Toad Survey Report 2005 (15 pgs)

California Red-Legged Frog Survey Report 2005 (16 pgs)

Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog Survey Report 2005 (15 pgs)

Coast Range Newt Survey Report 2005 (14 pgs)

Incidental Observations of MSHCP Covered Species in 2005 (13 pgs)

3. Habitrak Reports
The MSHCP and Implementing agreement requires that the RCA use Habitrak or a methodology consistent for reporting. The annual report was developed utilizing the methodology using GIS as described in Appendix A of the Annual Report. The analysis, tables, reports and maps for both the Annual Report and Habitrak Report Formats were developed using this GIS dataset. The following reports and maps provide detail information on the projects and data assembled for reporting and summarized in the annual report.

Habitrak - Project Gains Report
Project and Acquisition Gains during reporting period.

Habitrak - Project Losses Report
Project Losses Report during reporting period.

Habitat (Vegetation) Gains and Losses.
Habitat - Vegetation Gains Detail Report
Habitat - Vegetation Loss Detail Report

Gains and Losses Maps
The Annual Report includes maps by Rough Step Areas for gains and losses within the MSHCP Criteria Cells. The following maps were developed in an 11" x 17" format by Rough Step Unit to show both the gains and losses within MSHCP Criteria Cells and for the surrounding areas of each rough step that cover the entire Western Riverside County MSHCP area.

Rough Step Unit Index Map for 2005 (1.52MB)
WRC Rough Step Unit 1 - Gains and Losses 2005 (5.11MB)
WRC Rough Step Unit 2 - Gains and Losses 2005 (4.65MB)
WRC Rough Step Unit 3 - Gains and Losses 2005 (4.82MB)
WRC Rough Step Unit 4 - Gains and Losses 2005 (2.74MB)
WRC Rough Step Unit 5 - Gains and Losses 2005 (4.67MB)
WRC Rough Step Unit 6 - Gains and Losses 2005 (5.45MB)
WRC Rough Step Unit 7 - Gains and Losses 2005 (5.09MB)
WRC Rough Step Unit 8 - Gains and Losses 2005 (4.13MB)
WRC Rough Step Unit 9 - Gains and Losses 2005 (3.16MB)

Western Riverside County - Permits and Project Losses -June 22, 2004 through December 31, 2005. A 35" x 48" for the entire Western Riverside County MSHCP Area has been created.
Gains and Losses 2005 Wall Map (30.2MB)

4. Clerical Amendments to the MSHCP
The MSHCP and Implementing agreement requires that the RCA report any clerical amendments or changes to the MSHCP Documents.

Clerical Amendments to the MSHCP

5. Potrero Trade-out Methodology
As per the agreement with the Wildlife Agencies, 2,540 acres of Stephen's kangaroo rat (SKR) habitat on the Potrero site is to be used as a trade out for the loss of SKR on March Air Force Base (USFWS and CDFG 2003).

Potrero Trade Out Documentation

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Regional Conservation Authority
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