Number of pages: 97

Day: 30

Month: June

Year: 2009

Purpose: This Resource Management Plan (RMP) has been prepared as a guidance document to manage and preserve the biological and cultural resources within both Preserves, and to provide Area-Specific Management Directives (ASMDs) pursuant to the requirements of the County’s Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) Subarea Plan (County, 1997), Framework Management Plan (County 2001), and Sections 10.9A and 10.9B of the Implementing Agreement (County 1998). These sections specify that the County will be responsible for managing lands which it owns or acquires within the MSCP preserve system. This RMP will: a) guide the management of vegetation communities/habitats, plant and animal species, cultural resources, and programs described herein to protect and, where appropriate, enhance biological and cultural values; b) serve as a guide for appropriate public uses of the property; c) provide a descriptive inventory of the vegetation communities/habitats, plant and animal species, and the archaeological and/or historical resources that occur on this property, and; d) establish the baseline conditions from which adaptive management will be determined and success will be measured; and provide an overview of the operation and maintenance requirements to implement management goals. Chapter 5 of this RMP includes ASMD’s for Sycamore Canyon/Goodan Ranch Preserves. It is recognized that the County owned land is only a small portion of the MSCP preserve system. The County does ensure management of other lands that are dedicated as a conservation easement for discretionary project mitigation, through requiring land developers to prepare Resource Management Plans. The County will spearhead a larger coordinated effort to ensure that other conserved lands in the area that make up the MSCP Preserve are also being monitored and managed consistent with this RMP and the overall goals of the MSCP Plan and County’s MSCP Subarea Plan when a regional funding source is identified pursuant to Section 10.9C of the Implementing Agreement.

Prepared by: County of San Diego;

Keywords: adaptive management; MSCP;