BRBNA ACCOMPLISHMENTS updated July 30, 2002

CONSERVATION EASEMENTS

Project Name

Cooperating Partners

Acres Affected

Dollar Value
Status

Cache Creek CE

American Land Conservancy (ALC)

20

$ 80,000

Complete

Sulfur Creek CE

ALC, Wilbur Hot Springs Resort (WHSR)

1400

$ 200,000

Complete

Bear Valley Ranch CE

ALC, California Rangeland Trust, Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB)

14,000

$2,000,000

Complete

Quail Ridge Reserve

Quail Ridge Wilderness Conservancy (QRWC), Land Trust of Napa County (LTNC), University of California, Davis (UCD), U.C. Natural Reserve System (NRS), CA Coastal Conservancy (CC)

340

see under acquisitions

Complete

McLaughlin Reserve CE

LTNC, Homestake Mining Company (HMC), Packard Foundation (DLPF), UCD, NRS

7000

NA

Pending

McLaughlin Reserve Use Agreement

UCD, NRS, HMC

7000

NA

Pending

PUBLIC LAND ACQUISITIONS

Project Name

Cooperating Agencies

Acres Affected

Dollar Value

Status

Sulfur Creek

ALC, HMC, WHSR

120

$100,000

Complete

Walker Ridge

ALC, BLM

650

$200,000

Complete

Payne Ranch, I

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

5,596

$1,834,212

Complete

Payne Ranch, II

BLM, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation (RMEF)

1,943

$695,551

Complete

Payne Ranch, III

BLM, California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG)

5,220

$1,973,274

Complete

Knoxville Ranch

(WCB), CDFG, DLPF, NCLT, HMC

8,079

$2,450,000

Complete

Snell Valley

LTNC

240

$200,000

Pending

Guenoc College

Guenoc College (GC)

1200

$1,000,000

Complete

Quail Ridge Reserve Property Acquisitions

QRWC, CC, UCD, NRS, CDFG

400

150

$320,000

$170,000

Complete

Pending

Todd/Lauffs Ranch

CDFG, WCB, Conservation Fund (CF), LTNC

13,000

$10,000,000

In progress

Otis

ALC, Yolo County Parks (YCP)

620

$240,000

Complete

EDUCATION, PUBLIC OUTREACH

Project Name

Cooperating
Agencies

Participation
Cost
Status

Artists in Residence Program

UCD, HMC

Ongoing

Cache/Putah Bio-region Project

UCD, HMC

Ongoing

Blue Ridge/ Berryessa Spring Festival

All BRBNACP Partners

April/May each year

Monthly Natural History Walks and Boat Tours

QRWC

10-50 per month

Monthly

Wildlife Commission Grant teacher training

QRWC

$1,500

Ongoing

Rafting Concessions

YCP

Ongoing

Payne Ranch Dedication

BLM, RMEF, CDFG

200

$2,500

Complete

Cache Creek Parks

YCP

Ongoing

Berryessa Water Quality Partnership

Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), Department of Health Services (DHS), Solano County Water Agency (SCWA), Solano Irrigation District (SID), East Lake Resource Cons. District (ELRCD), Napa County (NC), CDFG, Lake Berryessa Resort Owners Assoc. (LBROA)

10-15 Agency Officials Meeting Quarterly

$12,500 for

Web Site

On-going

Knoxville Law Enforcement team event

BLM

6 BLM Law Enforcement

Rangers

$10,000

Complete,

will have 2nd event in deer season 2002

Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve Docent Program

UCD, CC

50-200 per month

$22,500

Ongoing

Berryessa Cleanup Days

BOR, Rancho Monticello Resort

40+

$400

4/27/02

6/29/02

 G.P.S. Workshop

Sierra Club, YUCP, Yolohiker.org

20+

$100

6/01/02

PLANS AND STUDIES

Project Name

Cooperating Partners

Acres Affected

Dollar Value

Status

BRBNA Resource Inventory & GIS Mapping

UCD, ICE, DLPF, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)

600,000

$220,000

Ongoing

Knoxville Area Asbestos Study

BLM, UCD

Target for final 8/01

Lepidopteran Survey

QRWC

Ongoing

BRBNA Feasibility Business Planning

LTNC, DLPF, Mundie Associates

600,000

$38,000

Complete 11/00

Cache Creek Draft CRMP

BLM, CDFG, CRMP steering committee

85,000

Draft Released

07/02

Knoxville OHV Area Management Plan

BLM, N, UCD, HMC, Calif. Dept. of Parks & Rec. (CDPR)

9,000

Complete

Lake Berryessa Wildlife Area Management Plan

BOR, CDFG

2,000

$15,000

Complete

Concession Area Planning & Feasibility Study

BOR

1,000

$100,000

40% Complete

Pope Creek Recreation Area Development Plan

BOR, BLM, CDFG

200

$35,000

Phase I & II Planning Complete Phase III Pending

Putah Creek Discovery Cooridor

Initial partners: UCD, NRS, YCP, CDFG, Solano County Parks,(SCP) SID, Lake Solano Parks, BOR

Interdam stretch: Monticello and Putah Diversion dams

$25,000 planning grant

Planning Phase

Boater Preference Study

BOR, Colorado State University

20,000

$35,000

Complete

Berryessa Use Statistics

BOR

Ongoing

Quail Ridge Reserve

QRWC, UCD, NRS

Ongoing

Biodiversity Assessment, Napa County

LTNC, ICE, NC

500,000

$16,800 (phase I)

Phase I complete, Phase II pending

Cedar Roughs

CDFG, WCB, BOR, BLM

450

Complete

HABITAT ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS

Project Name

Cooperating Partners

Acres Affected

Dollar Value

Overhead & In-Kind
Status

Lake Berryessa Wildlife Area Fencing

CDFG, BOR,

800

$35,000

$100,000

Complete and Ongoing

Lake Berryessa Nesting

CDFG, NVSCI, Napa Valley Schools (NVS)

800

  $6,925

260 Volunteer Hours

Annual Project

Lake Berryessa Planting & Proscribed Burns 98/99

CDF&G, NVSCI, NVS

250

 $17,950

85 Volunteer Hours

$ 600

Annual Project

Lake Berryessa Planting & Proscribed Burns 99/00

CDF&G, NVSCI, NVS

230

 $14,500

45 Volunteer Hours

$ 700

Annual Project

Lake Berryessa Waterfowl Brood Pond

CDF&G, BOR

2

$ 19,724

Complete

Lake Berryessa – Olive Orchard Wetland

BOR, CDFG, Ducks Unlimited

5

$40,000

Fall 2001

Lake Berryessa Christmas Tree Fish Habitat

BOR, Bass Reapers (Fairfield)

20

$1,000

$500

20 volunteers

Complete

Bear Valley Watershed Restoration Program

ALC, California Cattlemen’s Association (CCA), California Rangeland Trust (CRT), NFWF, SLC, BLM, UCD, Sparrok Livestock (SL)

65,000

$150,000

$150,000

In Progress

Gamble Ranch Riparian Enhancement

Gamble Ranch (GR)

60

$5,000

Complete

Gamble Ranch Weed Control

GR

500+

$10,000

1999-2001

Quail Ridge Weed Control

QRWC, UCD/NRS

200 Volunteer

Hours

3 months

per year

Knoxville OHV Area 3 Year Road Closure

BLM, UCD, NC, private land owners

8,000

Closure in place

Knoxville OHV Area Riparian Protection & Trespass Prevention

BLM, UCD, other private landowners

9,000

Fall 2001

North Fork Cache Creek Irrigated Pasture

CDF&G, RMEF, NVSCI, BLM Sonoma County 4H

18

$ 8,000

800 Volunteer Hours

Annual Project

North Fork Cache Creek Natural Area

CDF&G, RMEF, NVSCI, BLM

30

$ 9,500

40 Volunteer Hours

Annual Project

Cache Creek Natural Area Non-native Vegetation Control 98/99

CDF&G, RMEF, NVSCI, BLM

160

$11,500

200 Volunteer Hours

$ 25,000

Annual Project

Cache Creek Natural Area Nonnative Vegetation Control 99/00

CDF&G, RMEF, NVSCI, BLM

60

$7,500

50

Volunteer Hours

$ 30,000

Annual Project

Prescribed Burns  

BLM

560

$10,000

Annual Project

Knoxville  Area Law Enforcement

BLM, NC, CDFG, CDP&R

17,000

Ongoing

Maxwell – Pope Creek (Cedar Rghs)

CDFG, NVSCI

200

$2,000

Ongoing

Lew Property

CDMG, RMEF

100

$20,000

Ongoing

Pluth Type Con

CDFG, BLM

60

$12,000

Ongoing

Pluth Fence

CDFG, RMEF

2 miles

$3,000

Complete

Knoxville Hunting Cr. Campground mudflat conversion

BLM

3

$20,000

Complete 7/01

Knoxville Cedar Cr. jeep trail closure

BLM, private land owner

2 miles

  $1,000

Complete

Knoxville shooting sites (5) closures

BLM, National Rifle Association (NRA)

5

$5,000

Complete fall 2001

Knoxville LE intern/park ranger

BLM

$25,000

Complete

McLaughlin Reserve/ Knoxville Ranch tamarisk removal

UCD, CDFG, WCB, CDF

UCD, NRS in kind labor and grant writing

50% Complete Ongoing

RESEARCH

Project Name

Cooperating Partners

Acres Affected

Dollar Value

Status

Payne Ranch/Bear Valley USDA Weed Management Grant

UCD, ALC, NFWF

$49,000

Ongoing

Grassland Diversity Study

UCD, NSF

300,000

$150,000

Ongoing

Fire Ecology Study

UCD, NSF

16,000

$50,000

1/2000 – 1/2001

Plant Evolution Study

Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (AMF), UCD

300,000

$300,000

6/2002 -5/2003

Plant Evolution Study

DLPF, UCD

300,000

$998,000

7/2000 – 6/2005

Bear Cr. riparian wetland restoration

WCB, BLM, CDFG, UCD

300

$500,000

2002-08

Habitat mapping/GIS

CDFG, Humbolt State University

Fall 2001

Frog Study/ Quail Ridge

UCD

30

Ongoing

FACILITIES AND TRAILS

Project Name

Cooperating Partners

Acres Affected

Dollar Value

Overhead &  In-Kind

Status

McLaughlin Reserve on going facilities development and increased use

UCD, NRS, HMC

7000

Ongoing

Quail Ridge House-Future Visitor Center

QRWC

37

$250,000

Ongoing

Quail Ridge House-Museum

QRWC

0.25 (part of the above 37)

$10,000

In-kind services; donations

Ongoing

Pope Creek Recreation Area

BOR, BLM

100

$70,000

240 volunteer hours

New facilities and trails. 40% complete

Pope Creek to Putah Creek Trail

BLM, BOR, Yolo-Solano Sierra Club (YSSC )

100 Volunteer Hours

Ongoing

Display at Marklee Cove

QRWC

Complete

BLM Satellite Office at McLaughlin Reserve

BLM, HMC, UCD

$17,000

Ongoing

Cache Creek Parking Lot, Interpretive Exhibits

BLM, CDFG

$110,000

Park. lot complete, exhibits ongoing

Blue Ridge Trail

BLM, YSSC, YCP

600 Volunteer Hours

Ongoing

Payne Ranch Clean Up

BLM

50

$2,500

200 Volunteer

 Hours

Annual Project

Highway 20 Elk Viewing Area

BLM, CDFG, Federal Hwy Administration, Caltrans

$695,461

Pending

Knoxville WLA parking lots (3)

CDFG, RMEF

$60,000

Pending

Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve Trail

UCD, NRS, CC

3 mile new loop trail

$22,500

Complete