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BRBNA Accomplishments through 1999
BRBNA ACCOMPLISHMENTS updated July 30, 2002
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CONSERVATION EASEMENTS
Project Name
Cooperating Partners
Acres Affected
Dollar Value
Status
20
$ 80,000
Complete
Cache Creek CE
American Land Conservancy (ALC)
Sulfur Creek CE
ALC, Wilbur Hot Springs Resort (WHSR)
1400
$ 200,000
Complete
Bear Valley Ranch CE
ALC, California Rangeland Trust, Wildlife
Conservation Board (WCB)
14,000
$2,000,000
Complete
Quail Ridge Reserve
Quail Ridge Wilderness Conservancy
(QRWC), Land Trust of Napa County
(LTNC), University of California, Davis
(UCD), U.C. Natural Reserve System (NRS),
CA Coastal Conservancy (CC)
340
see under
acquisitions
Complete
McLaughlin Reserve CE LTNC, Homestake Mining Company (HMC),
Packard Foundation (DLPF), UCD, NRS
7000
NA
Pending
McLaughlin Reserve
Use Agreement
7000
NA
Pending
Acres Affected
Dollar Value
Status
UCD, NRS, HMC
PUBLIC LAND ACQUISITIONS
Project Name
Cooperating Agencies
Sulfur Creek
ALC, HMC, WHSR
120
$100,000
Complete
Walker Ridge
ALC, BLM
650
$200,000
Complete
Payne Ranch, I
Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
5,596
$1,834,212
Complete
Payne Ranch, II
BLM, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
(RMEF)
1,943
$695,551
Complete
Payne Ranch, III
BLM, California Department of Fish and
Game (CDFG)
5,220
$1,973,274
Complete
Knoxville Ranch
(WCB), CDFG, DLPF, NCLT, HMC
8,079
$2,450,000
Complete
Snell Valley
LTNC
240
$200,000
Pending
Guenoc College
Guenoc College (GC)
1200
$1,000,000
Complete
400
$320,000
Complete
150
$170,000
Pending
13,000
$10,000,000
In progress
620
$240,000
Complete
Quail Ridge Reserve QRWC, CC, UCD, NRS, CDFG
Property Acquisitions
Todd/Lauffs Ranch
CDFG, WCB, Conservation Fund (CF), LTNC
Otis
ALC, Yolo County Parks (YCP)
EDUCATION, PUBLIC OUTREACH
Cooperating
Agencies
Project Name
Participation
Cost
Status
Artists in Residence
Program
UCD, HMC
Ongoing
Cache/Putah Bio-region
Project
UCD, HMC
Ongoing
Blue Ridge/ Berryessa
Spring Festival
All BRBNACP Partners
Monthly Natural History
Walks and Boat Tours
QRWC
Wildlife Commission
Grant teacher training
QRWC
Rafting Concessions
YCP
Payne Ranch Dedication BLM, RMEF, CDFG
http://brbna.org/accomplishments.htm
April/May each year
10-50 per month
Monthly
$1,500
Ongoing
Ongoing
200
$2,500
Complete
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Cache Creek Parks
YCP
Ongoing
Berryessa Water Quality Bureau of Reclamation
Partnership
(BOR), Department of
Health Services (DHS),
Solano County Water
Agency (SCWA), Solano
Irrigation District (SID),
East Lake Resource
Cons. District (ELRCD),
Napa County (NC),
CDFG, Lake Berryessa
Resort Owners Assoc.
(LBROA)
Knoxville Law
Enforcement team event
BLM
10-15 Agency Officials
Meeting Quarterly
$12,500 for
6 BLM Law Enforcement
$10,000
Complete,
will have 2nd event in
deer season 2002
50-200 per month
$22,500
Ongoing
40+
$400
4/27/02
Berryessa Cleanup Days BOR, Rancho Monticello
Resort
G.P.S. Workshop
Web Site
Rangers
Stebbins Cold Canyon
UCD, CC
Reserve Docent Program
On-going
Sierra Club, YUCP,
Yolohiker.org
6/29/02
20+
$100
6/01/02
PLANS AND STUDIES
Project Name
Cooperating Partners
Acres Affected
Dollar Value
Status
600,000
$220,000
Ongoing
BRBNA Resource
Inventory & GIS
Mapping
UCD, ICE, DLPF, National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
Knoxville Area
Asbestos Study
BLM, UCD
Lepidopteran Survey
QRWC
BRBNA Feasibility
Business Planning
LTNC, DLPF, Mundie Associates
600,000
Cache Creek Draft
CRMP
BLM, CDFG, CRMP steering committee
85,000
Draft Released
Knoxville OHV Area
Management Plan
BLM, N, UCD, HMC, Calif. Dept. of
Parks & Rec. (CDPR)
9,000
Complete
Lake Berryessa
Wildlife Area
Management Plan
BOR, CDFG
2,000
$15,000
Complete
1,000
$100,000
40% Complete
200
$35,000
Phase I & II Planning
Complete Phase III
Pending
Interdam stretch:
Monticello and
Putah Diversion
dams
$25,000 planning
grant
Planning Phase
20,000
$35,000
Complete
Target for final 8/01
Ongoing
$38,000
Complete 11/00
07/02
Concession Area
BOR
Planning & Feasibility
Study
Pope Creek
Recreation Area
Development Plan
BOR, BLM, CDFG
Putah Creek
Discovery Cooridor
Initial partners: UCD, NRS, YCP, CDFG,
Solano County Parks,(SCP) SID, Lake
Solano Parks, BOR
Boater Preference
Study
BOR, Colorado State University
Berryessa Use
Statistics
BOR
Ongoing
Quail Ridge Reserve
QRWC, UCD, NRS
Ongoing
Biodiversity
Assessment, Napa
LTNC, ICE, NC
http://brbna.org/accomplishments.htm
500,000
$16,800 (phase I)
Phase I complete,
Phase II pending
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County
Cedar Roughs
CDFG, WCB, BOR, BLM
450
Complete
HABITAT ENHANCEMENT PROJECTS
Acres Affected
Dollar Value
Overhead & InKind
Lake Berryessa
CDFG, BOR,
Wildlife Area Fencing
800
$35,000
$100,000
Complete and
Ongoing
Lake Berryessa
Nesting
800
$6,925
260 Volunteer
Hours
Annual Project
Lake Berryessa
CDF&G, NVSCI, NVS
Planting & Proscribed
Burns 98/99
250
$17,950
85 Volunteer
Hours
Annual Project
Lake Berryessa
CDF&G, NVSCI, NVS
Planting & Proscribed
Burns 99/00
230
$14,500
Project Name
Cooperating Partners
CDFG, NVSCI, Napa Valley
Schools (NVS)
Status
$ 600
45 Volunteer
Hours
Annual Project
$ 700
Lake Berryessa
Waterfowl Brood
Pond
CDF&G, BOR
2
$ 19,724
Complete
Lake Berryessa –
Olive Orchard
Wetland
BOR, CDFG, Ducks Unlimited
5
$40,000
Fall 2001
Lake Berryessa
Christmas Tree Fish
Habitat
BOR, Bass Reapers (Fairfield)
20
$1,000
Bear Valley
Watershed
Restoration Program
ALC, California Cattlemen’s
Association (CCA), California
Rangeland Trust (CRT), NFWF,
SLC, BLM, UCD, Sparrok
Livestock (SL)
Gamble Ranch
Riparian
Enhancement
Gamble Ranch (GR)
Complete
20 volunteers
Gamble Ranch Weed GR
Control
Quail Ridge Weed
Control
$500
65,000
$150,000
60
$5,000
Complete
500+
$10,000
1999-2001
QRWC, UCD/NRS
$150,000
In Progress
200 Volunteer
3 months
Hours
per year
Knoxville OHV Area 3 BLM, UCD, NC, private land
Year Road Closure
owners
8,000
Closure in place
Knoxville OHV Area
BLM, UCD, other private
Riparian Protection & landowners
Trespass Prevention
9,000
Fall 2001
North Fork Cache
Creek Irrigated
Pasture
CDF&G, RMEF, NVSCI, BLM
Sonoma County 4H
18
$ 8,000
800 Volunteer
Hours
Annual Project
North Fork Cache
Creek Natural Area
CDF&G, RMEF, NVSCI, BLM
30
$ 9,500
40 Volunteer
Hours
Annual Project
Cache Creek Natural
Area Non-native
Vegetation Control
98/99
CDF&G, RMEF, NVSCI, BLM
160
$11,500
200 Volunteer
Hours
Annual Project
Cache Creek Natural
Area Nonnative
Vegetation Control
99/00
CDF&G, RMEF, NVSCI, BLM
Prescribed Burns
BLM
http://brbna.org/accomplishments.htm
$ 25,000
60
$7,500
50
Annual Project
Volunteer Hours
$ 30,000
560
$10,000
Annual Project
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Knoxville Area Law
Enforcement
BLM, NC, CDFG, CDP&R
17,000
Ongoing
Maxwell – Pope
Creek (Cedar Rghs)
CDFG, NVSCI
200
$2,000
Ongoing
Lew Property
CDMG, RMEF
100
$20,000
Ongoing
Pluth Type Con
CDFG, BLM
60
$12,000
Ongoing
Pluth Fence
CDFG, RMEF
Knoxville Hunting Cr.
Campground mudflat
conversion
BLM
Knoxville Cedar Cr.
jeep trail closure
BLM, private land owner
Knoxville shooting
sites (5) closures
BLM, National Rifle Association
(NRA)
Knoxville LE
intern/park ranger
BLM
McLaughlin Reserve/
Knoxville Ranch
tamarisk removal
UCD, CDFG, WCB, CDF
2 miles
$3,000
Complete
3
$20,000
Complete 7/01
2 miles
$1,000
5
Complete
$5,000
Complete fall
2001
$25,000
Complete
UCD, NRS in kind
labor and grant
writing
50% Complete
Ongoing
RESEARCH
Project Name
Cooperating Partners
Acres Affected
Dollar Value
Status
$49,000
Ongoing
Payne Ranch/Bear
Valley USDA Weed
Management Grant
UCD, ALC, NFWF
Grassland Diversity
Study
UCD, NSF
300,000
$150,000
Ongoing
Fire Ecology Study
UCD, NSF
16,000
$50,000
1/2000 – 1/2001
Plant Evolution Study
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (AMF),
UCD
300,000
$300,000
6/2002 -5/2003
Plant Evolution Study
DLPF, UCD
300,000
$998,000
7/2000 – 6/2005
Bear Cr. riparian wetland
restoration
WCB, BLM, CDFG, UCD
300
$500,000
2002-08
Habitat mapping/GIS
CDFG, Humbolt State University
Frog Study/ Quail Ridge
UCD
Fall 2001
30
Ongoing
FACILITIES AND TRAILS
Project Name
McLaughlin Reserve
on going facilities
development and
increased use
Cooperating Partners
UCD, NRS, HMC
Quail Ridge HouseQRWC
Future Visitor Center
Quail Ridge HouseMuseum
QRWC
Pope Creek
Recreation Area
BOR, BLM
Acres Affected
Dollar Value
7000
QRWC
BLM Satellite Office
BLM, HMC, UCD
http://brbna.org/accomplishments.htm
Status
Ongoing
37
$250,000
0.25 (part of the
above 37)
$10,000
In-kind services;
donations
Ongoing
100
$70,000
240 volunteer
hours
New facilities
and trails. 40%
complete
100 Volunteer
Hours
Ongoing
Pope Creek to Putah BLM, BOR, Yolo-Solano Sierra
Creek Trail
Club (YSSC )
Display at Marklee
Cove
Overhead & InKind
Ongoing
Complete
$17,000
Ongoing
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at McLaughlin
Reserve
Cache Creek Parking BLM, CDFG
Lot, Interpretive
Exhibits
$110,000
Park. lot
complete,
exhibits ongoing
Blue Ridge Trail
BLM, YSSC, YCP
Payne Ranch Clean
Up
BLM
Highway 20 Elk
Viewing Area
BLM, CDFG, Federal Hwy
Administration, Caltrans
$695,461
Pending
Knoxville WLA
parking lots (3)
CDFG, RMEF
$60,000
Pending
$22,500
Complete
50
$2,500
600 Volunteer
Hours
Ongoing
200 Volunteer
Annual Project
Hours
Stebbins Cold
UCD, NRS, CC
Canyon Reserve Trail
http://brbna.org/accomplishments.htm
3 mile new loop
trail
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