Project ID #009-09 CALIFORNIA DEER ASSOCIATION PROJECT COMMITTEE COVER SHEET PROJECT NAME: Buttermilk Wildlife Area Fencing Project PROJECT START DATE: August 1, 2009 PROJECT END DATE : July 31, 2010 REQUESTED CDA FUNDS: MATCHING: TOTAL: $5,009.00 $23,985.00 (CDF&G) $28,994.00 APPROVED CDA FUNDS: CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL: PROJECT SUBMITTED BY: Alisa Ellsworth, CDF&G 1. PROJECT CATEGORY: Habitat. 2. PROJECT COLLECTION AGREEMENT RECEIVED: _________________ 3. PROJECT COMPLETION DATE: ___________________________________ 4. PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT RECEIVED: _____________________ PROJECT ID#: 009-09 CALIFORNIA DEER ASSOCIATION PO Box 1766, Gilroy, CA 95021-1766 [email protected] Project Proposal Request Buttermilk Wildlife Area Fencing Project Project Name: _____________________________________________________________________ Eastern Sierra (Inyo County, CA) X9a Geographic Location: ____________________________________(Deer Hunt Zone)___________ Alisa Ellsworth CA Dept of Fish and Game Submitted by: ______________________ Agency or Organization:_____________________________ Alisa Ellsworth Contact or Lead Person: ________________________________________________________________ 407 W. Line Street Bishop, CA 93514 Address: ____________________________________________________________________________ 760 872-1173 Phone #: (____)__________________ E-Mail: [email protected] Habitat August 1, 2009 *Type of Project: _______________________________ Project Start Date: ______________________ 324.74 acres July 31, 2010 Affected Area Size: ______________________ Project Completion Date: ________________________ $5,009.00 CDFG $23,985.00 CDA Funds: $__________________________ Matching Funds: $______________________________ $28,994 Total Costs: $________________________________________________________________________ Purpose of Project**: The purpose of the Buttermilk Wildlife Area (BWA) fencing project is to construct a fence ____________________________________________________________________________________ that keeps cattle out of BWA but allows deer to use the site. (cont. on page 3) ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ This project consists of installation of a new 8,201 meter perimeter fence Description of Project**: _______________________________________________________________ around 324.74 acres of DFG property known as the BWA. The fence is necessary to protect ____________________________________________________________________________________ vegetation and wildlife habitat from being trampled and damaged by livestock, which are currently ____________________________________________________________________________________ being grazed on adjacent USFS lands. (Continued on page 3.) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Approximately $500.00 Annual Cost of Upkeep (Agency must maintain): ____________________________________________ /s/Alisa Ellsworth Applicants Signature: __________________________________________________________________ DR Bruce Kinney Supervisors Initials: ____________ Department Head ________________________________ *Habitat/Research/Equipment/Education (Form #1 ~ Page 1) ** Use page 3 of this form if you need additional space for your proposal. PROJECT ID#: 009-09 CALIFORNIA DEER ASSOCIATION Project Proposal Request (con’t) The project site is located in portions of Description of Project Area (attach map, PDF ONLY): _______________________________________ Sections 29, 30, 31 and 32, T7S, R31E in Inyo County, CA. This is located approximately 12 miles ___________________________________________________________________________________ west southwest of Bishop. Project site habitat types are listed on page 4. ___________________________________________________________________________________ X Summer Range ________________ Winter Range ___________________ X Resident Herd _________________ Transition ______________________ By maintaining high quality habitat in How will this project enhance the deer resources?** _________________________________________ important winter and spring transitional areas, the deer herd will have a better chance of maintaining ____________________________________________________________________________________ a stable and healthy population, which will help to maintain a high quality hunt zone. The BWA ____________________________________________________________________________________ occurs within the general season hunt zone X9A, archery A16, Round Valley Apprentice Buck J12 ____________________________________________________________________________________ and special hunt G39. In 2008, a total of 940 tags are issued for all of these hunts combined. ____________________________________________________________________________________ DFG is requesting $5,009.00 from CDA Identify the specific use of CDA funds for this project: _______________________________________ for fencing materials and payment of the inmate crews to erect the fence. This includes fencing ____________________________________________________________________________________ equipment such as 24,603 meters of polyrope for a 3 strand fence, 3 fence pig-tail clips per post ____________________________________________________________________________________ spaced 16 feet (1685 total), (continued on page 4, with cost estimates on page 5) ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fence line has been previously surveyed by archaeologists from UC Additional Comments: ________________________________________________________________ Riverside in the 1990’s when the old fence was erected and they determined that no archaeological ____________________________________________________________________________________ resource would be impacted by the construction of a fence. (Continued on Page 4.) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Contact person for News Release, Outreach or Local Media: Harry Morse 322- 8962 ________________________________ Phone #: (_916_) ________________ California Dept of Fish and Game Responsible for CEQA / NEPA: _________________________________________________________ NA CEQA / NEPA Completion Date: ________________________________________________________ (Form #1 ~ Page 2) ** Use page 3 of this form if you need additional space for your proposal. PROJECT ID#: 009-09 CALIFORNIA DEER ASSOCIATION Project Proposal Request (con’t) Optional Continuation Page 3 Purpose of Project (cont): The BWA property was purchased by the Wildlife Conservation Board in ____________________________________________________________________________________ 1990 to protect critical deer winter range and important transitional habitat for the Round Valley deer ____________________________________________________________________________________ herd before the deer migrate to their summer range. The property is surrounded by U.S. Forest ____________________________________________________________________________________ Service (USFS) land that is leased to a livestock operator for grazing during the summer months. ____________________________________________________________________________________ The riparian, wet meadow and aspen habitats on the property are attractive to the cattle utilizing the ____________________________________________________________________________________ adjacent allotment, and consequently, are subject to excessive damage from trampling. The property ____________________________________________________________________________________ was originally fenced in 1994. The California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) has been ____________________________________________________________________________________ providing forage on this property without compensation for up to 100 head of cattle for the last ____________________________________________________________________________________ several years because of damage to the fence from snow-load, trespassers, and cattle. The old fence ____________________________________________________________________________________ was completely removed by crews from the Round Valley Conservation Camp in the fall of 2008. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Inyo County is an open range county, which means that it is the responsibility of the property owner ____________________________________________________________________________________ to build and maintain fencing to keep adjacent livestock from trespassing onto one’s property. After ____________________________________________________________________________________ evaluating other options, such as leasing the land to the livestock operator, and working with the ____________________________________________________________________________________ USFS and permittee to keep cattle off the property, it was determined that the DFG’s interests in the ____________________________________________________________________________________ property as wildlife habitat could best be protected by fencing the wildlife area. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ Description of Project (cont.): The fence would be constructed using a 3 strand electric polyrope and metal T-Posts on 16-foot centers. The fence would be powered with a solar panel and battery. ____________________________________________________________________________________ This will provide a low voltage shock to inhibit livestock from crossing and inhibit vandalism.of ____________________________________________________________________________________ fence. Construction of the fence will take place in the fall using inmate crews from the nearby Round ____________________________________________________________________________________ Valley Conservation Camp and DFG Lands personnel. Each year, this polyrope fence will be taken ____________________________________________________________________________________ down in September before deer are in this transition and winter range area, and put up in May after the deer have moved to their summer range. ____________________________________________________________________________________ (Form #1 ~ Page 3) ** Use page 3 of this form if you need additional space for your proposal. PROJECT ID#: 009-09 CALIFORNIA DEER ASSOCIATION Project Proposal Request (con’t) Optional Continuation Page 4 Description of Project Area (cont.): Habitats of the site include bitterbrush scrub, Aspen, riparian and wet meadow. See attached map entitled Buttermilk Wildlife Area Fencing Project for project location information. Identify the specific use of CDA funds for this project (cont.): 3 EZ rolls to roll up polyrope during the winter months, 1 solar panel and brackets, 1 battery, 1 regulator, safe handles, rope links, notched terminal insulators and warning signs for every 100 feet. This will come to $3508.25 plus approximately $500 for tax and shipping for a total of $4,008.25. Please see attached estimate from Premier 1 fencing (Page 5). The Round Valley Conservation Camp would provide 1-2 crews for up to 30 days for the installation of the fence. The fence will be built by California Corrections Facility Conservation Crews out of the Owens Valley. They have been contacted and have indicated that they are able to do this kind of work. They require the purchase of equipment and gasoline to and from the project site. This is estimated to cost approximately $1,000 which would be paid for by CDA. DFG will re-use the T-Posts from the previous fence which totals $19,000. DFG will provide up to 3 personnel for the installation of the fence as well as up to 3 DFG vehicles. This totals approximately $4,985.00. Fence construction will be supervised by Mr. Troy Kelly [phone number (760)933-2429] of DFG Lands Program North, Inland Deserts Region. Additional Comment (cont.): A rare plant survey was conducted by a DFG botanist. No rare plants will be impacted by the construction of a fence. Vegetation on the wildlife area will be protected from further adverse impacts associated with livestock use as a result of project construction. Wildlife habitats, terrestrial and aquatic, will be improved by project implementation. ** Use page 3 of this form if you need additional space for your proposal. 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Bottom of Form ** Use page 3 of this form if you need additional space for your proposal. PROJECT ID#: 009-09 ** Use page 3 of this form if you need additional space for your proposal. PROJECT ID#: 009-09 Buttermilk Wildlife Area Fencing Project BUTTERMILK COUNTRY WA 0 5,000 10,000 Meters