City of San Diego 2008 MSCP Rare Plant Monitoring Report

Type: report

Article abstract: from Introduction: The Biological Monitoring Plan for the Multiple Species Conservation Program (Ogden Environmental, Inc. 1996) and the Status Summary of MSCP Biological Monitoring Protocols (Conservation Biology Institute 2001) are important components of the City of San Diego's MSCP under its 1997 Implementing Agreement (R28455) with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and Game. The monitoring program includes plant, animal, and habitat monitoring requirements for each MSCP-participating jurisdiction; the City of San Diego began rare plant monitoring in 1999.In 2005, a grant- funded scientific panel reviewed the regional MSCP rare plant monitoring program; there report is available online at http://www.sandiego.gov/planning/mscp/rareplantmonitor.shtml. City staff revised field protocols in accordance to these recommendations and began implementing the advisors' recommendations during the 2006 monitoring season.

Number of pages: 319 pp.

Month: July

Year: 2008

Publisher: City of San Diego

Purpose: Summary of 2008 rare plant monitoring

Prepared by: City of San Diego, Planning & Community Investment Department;

Keywords: Ambrosia pumila; City of San Diego; monitoring; MSCP; rare plants; San Diego ambrosia; surveys;