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Item 6A Review 2019 Annual Report

• CVCC goal = conserve 4,850 acres by now
• 11,717 acres conserved!
• Overall goal = 209,740 acres
• Together, all partners have conserved 96,043 acres

A Successful Conservation Partnership

The Regional Perspective is Key

Protects:

✓ 27 plant and animal species ✓ 27 natural communities ▪ desert fan palm oasis ▪ desert dry wash woodland ✓ 1986 Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard HCP included Long-term conservation (75 year permit) which:

Conserving the Desert’s Natural Heritage

Participating Agencies

Permittees under the CVMSHCP :

• Nine cities – Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs , Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta,

Palm Desert, Palm Springs, Rancho Mirage + Riverside County

• Coachella Valley Water District
• Imperial Irrigation District
• Mission Springs Water District
• Caltrans – California Department of Transportation
• Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy
• California State Parks

Other Partners:

• BLM
• California Department of Fish and Wildlife
• National Park Service
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• U.S. Forest Service
• Non-profit Conservation Groups

Funding

Several sources:

• Developer Impact Fees = $5,911 / acre
• $1,331 / single-family home
• Landfill Tipping Fees
• Regional infrastructure contributions

Including:

• Land acquisition funding, front-loaded with
• ver $30 million from CVAG, Caltrans, CVWD

and IID

• Acquisition partnerships leverage funding in

early years

• Endowment for monitoring and land

management in perpetuity

Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard Habitat Conservation Plan - 1986

• Hardline boundaries
• Strict limits (10%) on developable acres
• 1996 is baseline year
• 90%+ of Conservation Areas are in Riverside

County

• County adopted policy on development

Conservation Areas

Venturi Effect Winds

The Coachella Valley Sand System

The Coachella Valley Sand System

The Coachella Valley Sand System

The Coachella Valley Sand System

A Sea of Sand

Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard

Coachella Valley Fringe-toed Lizard

Coachella Valley Milkvetch

• 1. Conserve Habitat

• 2. Conserve Essential Ecological Processes such as

Sand Transport System

• 3. Conserve Biological Corridors and Linkages

Major Southern California Wildlife Linkages

CVMSHCP Biological Corridors & Linkages

Conserving the Desert’s Natural Heritage Significant Actions in 2019:

➢ Fee collection was up 200% over 2018 ➢ CVCC acquires 391 acres

▪ 1,125 acres conserved ▪ 0 acres disturbance ▪ 391 acres credited to CVCC ▪ $1,945,825 in CVCC funds ▪ 224 acres credited to State/Fed ▪ Friends of the Desert Mountains acquired 220 acres with $88,456 in funds from Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy (CVMC). They also acquired 40 acres with $19,000 from the Resources Legacy Fund Foundation (RLFF). ▪ Snow Creek where CVCC acquired 4 parcels totaling 479 acres with $964,305 in matching funds from Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy, along with $1,790,695 from Federal Endangered Species Act Section 6 Funds. ▪ 510 acres Complementary (anything other than CVCC or State/Fed)

Conserving the Desert’s Natural Heritage Significant Actions in 2019:

Progress Toward Land Acquisition Goals

CVCC Credit

State & Federal Credit

Complementary Credit

Complementary Credit State & Federal Credit CVCC Credit

Biological Monitoring

• Removed tamarisk from the Willow

Hole Conservation Area.

• Removed patch of Athel tamarisk

threatening mesquite water source

• Installed 8,610 linear feet of post

and cable fencing

• Received Proposition 1 funds for

“Wetlands Restoration, Tamarisk Removal, and Rail Habitat Enhancement” at North Shore Ranch

Land Improvement and Management Activities for 2019

Item 6A

RECOMMENDATION: Review and Accept the 2019 Annual Report on the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan and Provide for Public Input