Type: report

Article abstract: Louis A. Stelzer County Park (Park) is an approximately 374-acre day-use park and was the first park in San Diego County designed to be handicapped accessible. The Park is located at 11470 Wild Cat Canyon Road, Lakeside an unincorporated community of San Diego County (County). The Park is within the upper San Diego River watershed, approximately 1.2 miles north of the Lake Jennings Reservoir and 4.9 miles west of El Capitan Reservoir (Figures 1 and 2). The Park consists of developed recreation areas including trails, picnic and barbecue areas, playground equipment, and parking lots, as well as areas of high value natural communities. In addition, 11 known cultural resource sites have been identified within the Park. The Park is included in the County of San Diego?s Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) preserve system. This Resource Management Plan (RMP) has been prepared as a guidance document to manage and preserve the biological and cultural resources within the Park, and to provide Area-Specific Management Directives (ASMDs) pursuant to the requirements of the County?s MSCP Subarea Plan (County of San Diego 1997), the Framework Management Plan (County of San Diego 2001), and Sections 10.9A and 10.9B of the Implementing Agreement (County of San Diego 1998). These sections specify that the County will be responsible for managing lands which it owns or acquires within the MSCP preserve system.