San Diego Management & Monitoring ProgramA study of wildlife movement within the Carlsbad’s NCCP plan, known as the Habitat Management Plan (HMP). The HMP is the only approved subarea plan of the sub regional Multiple Habitat Conservation Plan (MHCP). A key objective of the HMP is to “maintain functional wildlife corridors and habitat linkages within the city and to the region.” An inventory of possible wildlife movement corridors and constraints, and an initial monitoring of key locations, is necessary to provide a baseline assessment of animal movement within the city and to begin evaluating the MHCP and HMP objectives. This Wildlife Movement Analysis Final Report is a summary of the methods and results of an inventory of potential wildlife movement corridors and pinchpoints within the City of Carlsbad.
Project type: Monitoring
Target species: Bobcat, Mule deer
Main implementing entity: Center for Natural Lands Management; City of Carlsbad; ESA
Partner: California Department of Fish & Wildlife
Point of contact: Rosanne Humphrey
SDMMP lead: Sarah McCutcheon
Study lead: Mike Grim