San Diego Management & Monitoring ProgramThis project evaluates using grazing as a management tool for degraded grasslands and coastal sage scrub habitat. Pilot projects will be conducted to look at the efficacy of grazing as management tool and necessary monitoring techniques.
Project type: Monitoring
Target species: American badger, Arroyo toad, Black-tailed Jackrabbit, California Gnatcatcher, California ground squirrel, Ferruginous hawk, Golden eagle, Grasshopper Sparrow, Loggerhead Shrike, Quino checkerspot butterfly, Southwestern pond turtle, Stephens' kangaroo rat, Western burrowing owl
Target vegetation: coastal sage scrub, grassland, vernal pools and alkali playa
Preserves: HOLLENBECK CANYON WILDLIFE AREA, RANCHO JAMUL ECOLOGICAL RESERVE
Data steward: Kaveh Motamed
Investigator: James Bartolome; Lynn Huntsinger
Main implementing entity: San Diego Management and Monitoring Program
Partner: California Department of Fish and Wildlife; City of San Diego Public Utilities; Conservation Biology Institute; County of San Diego, Department of Parks and Recreation; Endangered Habitats Conservancy; Escondido Creek Conservancy; National Resources Conservation Service; Resource Conservation District (RCD) of Greater San Diego; San Diego Habitat Conservancy; San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research; SANDAG; The Nature Conservancy; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; U.S. Forest Service; U.S. Geological Survey; University of California, Berkeley
Point of contact: Sarah McCutcheon
Project Page manager: Sarah McCutcheon
SDMMP lead: Sarah McCutcheon
Study lead: Felix Ratcliff