TABLE OF CONTENTS - CVMSHCP

1 Proposed Major Amendment to the Coachella Valley MSHCP March 2014 ToC-i TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Page No. PURPOSE OF APPENDIX I .. 1 BACKGROUND, PURPOSE, SCOPE, PROCESS, AND REGULATORY CONTEXT .. 2 Public Meetings Held .. 2 PLAN AREA PROFILE .. 8 PLAN DEVELOPMENT .. 9 Composition and Role of the Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) .. 9 Conservation Planning Methodology .. 16 Best Available Science Standard .. 16 Planning Objectives and Key Concepts .. 18 Planning at Species, Community, and Ecosystem Levels .. 18 Coarse Filter and Fine Filter Approach .. 19 Key Concepts .. 19 Independent Science Advisors .. 32 Field Surveys Completed during Plan Preparation .. 89 Natural Communities Mapping .. 91 Natural Communities Map .. 91 Accuracy Assessment .. 93 Historical Natural Communities Map .. 93 Species Habitat Distribution Modeling .. 98 Overview of the Modeling Process .. 98 Parameters for Each Species Distribution Model.

2 101 Species for Which No Model Was Developed .. 102 Review and Validation of Species Distribution Models .. 102 Site Identification Process .. 103 Iterative Site Identification Process .. 103 First Iteration of Site Identification Mapping: Quantitative GIS Analysis .. 103 First Iteration Site Identification Alternatives .. 106 Second Iteration of Site Identification Mapping: Incorporation of Ecosystem Processes, Endemic Species, and Conservation Status .. 107 Third Iteration of Site Identification Mapping: Identification of Highest Conservation Value Areas .. 108 Development of Initial Conservation Alternatives .. 110 Initial Conservation Alternative 1 .. 110 Initial Conservation Alternative 2 .. 117 Initial Conservation Alternative 3 .. 119 Evaluation of Initial Conservation Alternatives .. 122 Statistical Analysis of Alternatives .. 123 Administrative Review 123 SITES Model.

3 123 Development of Draft Preferred Alternative .. 124 Species Considered but Not Included in the Plan .. 125 Review of Species Identified in the Original MOU .. 125 Natural Communities Not Included in the Plan .. 132 Proposed Major Amendment to the Coachella Valley MSHCP March 2014 ToC-ii TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont.) Section Page No. Sources of Biological 137 List of Reports Consulted for Species Distribution Information .. 138 Museums Contacted for Specimens from Target Species List .. 150 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MSHCP RESERVE SYSTEM .. 152 Analysis of Other Conserved Habitat for Covered Species and Broadly Distributed Natural Communities Conserved through Other Conservation Objectives .. 152 Acquisitions since the Planning Agreement .. 159 Model MOU .. 161 Dimensions of Culverts and Bridges That function as Biological Corridors .. 164 Stubbe Canyon Wash Biological Corridor under I-10 .. 164 Whitewater River and San Gorgonio River Biological Corridors under Highway 111.

4 164 Whitewater River Biological Corridor under the I-10 .. 165 Mission Creek Biological Corridors under Hwy 62 .. 165 Mission Creek and Willow Wash Biological Corridors under I-10 .. 165 Biological Corridors under the I-10 Freeway in the Desert Tortoise and Linkage Conservation Area .. 166 COSTS OF AND FUNDING FOR PLAN IMPLEMENTATION .. 167 Land Costs .. 167 Land Improvement Costs .. 169 CVCC Administrative Costs .. 169 PLAN IMPLEMENTATION .. 171 Conservation Areas Conservation Objectives for Use in Rough Step Analysis .. 171 Mitigation Matrix for I-10 Interchange and Related Arterial Projects .. 195 TAKE AUTHORIZATION FOR COVERED ACTIVITIES AND TERM OF PERMIT .. 197 Information on IID s Overhead Power Line N50 Circuit Relocation in the Thousand Palms Conservation Area .. 197 MSHCP RESERVE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT & MONITORING PROGRAM .. 199 Background Information on Development of Niche Models .. 199 Various Approaches to Sampling.

5 206 Community Classification Index .. 206 Conceptual Framework for Sampling by Species .. 207 Conceptual Framework for Habitat Monitoring .. 212 Background on Monitoring: Aeolian Sand Community .. 214 GLOSSARY .. 216 Proposed Major Amendment to the Coachella Valley MSHCP March 2014 ToC-iii TABLE OF CONTENTS (cont.) LIST OF TABLES Page No. TABLE A3-1 Workshops Held as Part of Trails Planning Process .. 5 TABLE A3-2 Participants in the Bighorn Sheep and Trails Working Group .. 6 TABLE A3-3 Participants in the Scientific Advisory Committee .. 10 TABLE A3-4 Workshops Held as Part of Planning Process .. 15 TABLE A3-5 MSHCP Biological Surveys .. 89 TABLE A3-6 Comparison of Historical and Current Distribution of Conserved Natural 97 TABLE A3-7 Conservation of Species, Initial Alternative 112 TABLE A3-8 Conservation of Natural Communities, Initial Alternative 1 .. 114 TABLE A3-9 Conservation of Natural Communities, Initial Alternative 2.

6 115 TABLE A3-10 Conservation of Natural Communities, Initial Alternative 2 .. 118 TABLE A3-11 Conservation of Species, Initial Alternative 119 TABLE A3-12 Conservation of Natural Communities, Initial Alternative 3 .. 121 TABLE A3-13 Species Not Proposed for Coverage under the Plan .. 126 TABLE A3-14 Natural Communities Not Included in the Plan .. 133 TABLE A4-1 Identification of Conservation Objectives That Cover 100% of Other Conserved Habitat and Broadly Distributed Natural Communities in the Conservation Areas .. 153 TABLE A4-2 Acres Covered by Other Conservation Objectives Upper Mission Creek/ Big Morongo Canyon Conservation Area .. 154 TABLE A4-3 Analysis of Certain Conserved Natural Communities Covered by Other Conservation Objectives East Indio Hills Conservation Area .. 154 TABLE A4-4 Analysis of Certain Conserved Natural Communities Covered by Other Conservation Objectives Joshua Tree National Park Conservation Area .. 155 TABLE A4-5a Analysis of Other Conserved Habitat Covered by Other Conservation Objectives Dos Palmas Conservation Area.

7 155 TABLE A4-5b Analysis of Certain Conserved Natural Communities Covered by Other Conservation Objectives Dos Palmas Conservation 156 TABLE A4-6a Analysis of Other Conserved Habitat for Covered Species Covered by Other Conservation Objectives Coachella Valley Stormwater Channel and Delta Conservation Area .. 157 TABLE A4-6b Analysis of Certain Conserved Natural Communities Covered by Other Conservation Objectives - Coachella Valley Stormwater Channel and Delta Conservation Area .. 157 TABLE A4-7a Analysis of Other Conserved Habitat for Covered Species Covered by Other Conservation Objectives Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains Conservation Area .. 158 TABLE A4-7b Analysis of Certain Conserved Natural Communities Covered by Other Conservation Objectives Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains Conservation Area .. 159 TABLE A4-8 Acquisitions and Credit Since 1996 .. 160 TABLE A5-1 Projected Acquisition Costs in Conservation Areas .. 168 TABLE A5-2 CVCC Administrative Cost Projections.

8 169 TABLE A6-1 Mitigation Matrix for Interchange and Associated Arterials Projects .. 196 LIST OF FIGURES Figure A8-1 Detail of Habitat Analysis with Buffer Areas around a Point .. 203 Figure A8-2a Sample of Grid Points across the Plan Area .. 203 Figure A8-2b Smaller Area of Detail with Grid of Points for Modeling .. 204 Figure A8-3 Predictive Occurrence Map for Riparian Bird Species .. 205 Proposed Major Amendment to the Coachella Valley MSHCP March 2014 ToC-iv INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Proposed Major Amendment to the Coachella Valley MSHCP March 2014 A1-1 Purpose of Appendix I The purpose of this appendix is to provide documentation and/or elaboration of information presented in the MSHCP Plan document. For the reader s convenience, the content of the appendix follows the same number system as the Plan. Thus, appendix items referenced in Section 1 of the Plan are found in Section 1 of the appendix, and so on. Data in this appendix are circa 2003 and have not been updated as part of the Recirculated Plan.

9 This appendix provides background information for certain Plan discussions, but the Recirculated Plan should be relied upon for quantitative information. [The remainder of this page is intentionally blank.] Proposed Major Amendment to the Coachella Valley MSHCP March 2014 A1-2 Background, Purpose, Scope, Pr ocess, and Regulator y Context Section 1 of the Plan document describes the background, purpose, scope, and planning process of the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan/Natural Community Conservation Plan (Plan). Public Meetings Held Development of the Plan has been discussed at a variety of public meetings since 1995. These include Project Advisory Group meetings, CVAG Energy and Environment Committee meetings, CVAG technical Advisory Committee meetings, CVAG Executive Committee meetings, public forums, Scoping meetings for the EIR/EIS, presentations to individual jurisdictions and entities at public meetings, and public meetings related to trails planning.

10 The Plan, at its various stages of preparation, was discussed at the meetings listed below. [The remainder of this page is intentionally blank.] Proposed Major Amendment to the Coachella Valley MSHCP March 2014 A1-3 Project Advisory Group 1997 11-12-97 1998 1- 21-98 2- 25-98 3- 18-98 4- 29-98 5- 27-98 6- 24-98 7- 29-98 9- 03-98 9- 30-98 10-30-98 1999 2- 04-99 3- 04-99 4- 01-99 5- 06-99 6- 24-99 8- 19-99 9- 23-99 11-22-99 12-16-99 2000 1- 27-00 2- 24-00 5- 25-00 6- 22-00 8- 17-00 10-26-00 2001 1- 25-01 2- 22-01 3- 22-01 4- 26-01 5- 24-01 6- 28-01 7- 26-01 9- 27-01 10-25-01 12-06-01 2002 1- 24-02 2- 28-02 3- 28-02 4- 25-02 5- 23-02 6- 27-02 7- 08-02 7- 25-02 9- 26-02 10-24-02 2003 1- 23-03 2- 27-03 3- 27-03 4- 24-03 5- 22-03 6- 26-03 7- 24-03 CVAG Energy and Environment Committee Presentations 1997 12-11-97 1998 2- 12-98 3- 12-98 5- 14-98 7- 16-98 9- 10-98 11-19-98 12-10-98 1999 1- 14-99 3- 11-99 9- 9- 99 2000 1- 11-00 1- 20-00 2- 10-00 3- 23-00 5- 11-00 6- 8- 00 7- 13-00 9- 14-00 11-9- 00 12-14-00 2001 1- 11-01 2- 8- 01 3- 8- 01