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PPT presentation from SDMMP monthly management and monitoring coordination meeting- June 2016

This letter presents the results of Orcutt’s spineflower (Chorizanthe orcuttiana) surveys conducted by Rocks Biological Consulting for The Chaparral Lands Conservancy (TCLC) in the County of San Diego, California in April 2015. Orcutt’s spineflower was detected in five populations at two survey locations during the 2015 surveys.

The purpose of the EMP grant is to improve the conservation status of three high-priority MSP plants: Orcutt's spineflower (SL); short-leaved dudleya (SL), and Orcutt's brodiaea (SO). The goals of the EMP grant are to significantly increase available seed and to restore, supplement, and protectively manage populations of three high-priority MSP SL and SO plant species, and to monitor results. Objectives under the EMP grant include: Seed bulking for all three species; control of invasive weeds for all three species; establishment of one new Orcutt's spineflower occurrence; supplementation of population numbers and stewardship management to maintain approximately sixteen existing occurrences of Orcutt's spineflower and one existing occurrence each of short-leaved dudleya and Orcutt's brodiaea; and renewing permits for Project work.