Project
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Description
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Collaborators
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Client
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Period
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Deliverables
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Bay
Checkerspot
Butterfly: Coyote
Ridge
Butterfly/Vegetati
on Monitoring
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Monitoring of Bay
Checkerspot butterfly
(Euphydryas editha
bayensis) populations
and plant composition
for 540 acres of land
managed by Santa
Clara Open Space
Authority at Coyote
Ridge, Santa Clara
County, CA
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Santa Clara County
Open Space Authority,
California Native Plant
Society (Santa Clara
Valley chapter), Santa
Clara County Weed
Management Area
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Harvey and
Associates,
Valley
Transportation
Authority, Santa
Clara County
Open Space
Authority, PG & E
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Monitoring records for butterfly
populations and vegetation;
implementation of barb goat
grass control measures.
Reports in 2006, 2008, and 2010.
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Bay
Checkerspot
Butterfly:
Edgewood
Restoration and
Bay
Checkerspot
Reintroduction
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Habitat restoration and
reintroduction of Bay
checkerspot butterfly
(Euphydryas editha
bayensis) to
Edgewood Natural
Preserve, San Mateo
County, CA
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California Native Plant
Society, Friends of
Edgewood, National
Fish and Wildlife
Foundation, Pacific
Gas & Electric, REI,
Jean Lane
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San Mateo
County Parks
and Recreation
Foundation
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Development and
implementation of habitat
restoration plan; first
reintroduction of butterflies
during 2007 drought year
appeared not to take; reintroduction in spring of 2011 shows signs of success, 3rd relocation in 2012 underway.
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Bay
Checkerspot
Butterfly: Kirby
Canyon Butterfly
Monitoring
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Long-term monitoring
of populations of Bay
checkerspot butterfly
(Euphydryas editha
bayensis) at Kirby
Canyon, Santa Clara
County, CA
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Stanford University,
generations of butterfly
researchers
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Kirby Canyon
Butterfly Trust
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Butterfly population
monitoring records spanning
25 years; establishment of
importance of topoclimate for
butterfly population dynamics;
uncovering of N-deposition
impacts on ecosystems.
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Bay
Checkerspot
Butterfly:
Mitigation for
Los Esteros,
Metcalf Energy
Center, and
Silicon Valley
Power
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Monitoring of Bay
Checkerspot butterfly
(Euphydryas editha
bayensis) populations
and grassland
composition at Tulare
Hill and Coyote Ridge,
Santa Clara County, CA
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California Native Plant
Society (Santa Clara
Valley chapter), Santa
Clara County Open
Space Authority, Santa
Clara County Weed
Management Area,
United Technologies
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Silicon Valley
Land
Conservancy
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Maintenance of Bay
Checkerspot butterfly habitat,
especially with appropriate
grazing; public tours.
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Climate
Change: White
Mountains
Climate/Vegetati
on Shifts
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Investigation of
climate-vegetation
relationships and
simulation of climate
change for arid White
Mountains, CA
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Christopher Van de ven
(Albion College), Gary
Ernst (Stanford
University), Connie
Millar (US Forest
Service), Daniel
Pritchett and John
Smiley (White
Mountains Research
Station), Adelia Barber
(UCSC)
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Stanford
University,
Creekside
Center for Earth
Observation
Internal
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Prediction of changes in
vegetation distribution under
climate change scenarios.
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Conservation
Planning:
Upland Habitat
Goals
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Conservation planning
for flora and fauna of
the nine counties in
San Francisco Bay Area
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Nancy Schaefer (Land
Conservation
Services), Ryan
Branciforte (Bay Area
Open Space Council)
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Bay Area Open
Space Council
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Recommendations for
protection of upland habitat
based on existing and new
data, expert opinion, and
map-based analyses. Report
completed in 2011.
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Monarch
Butterfly: Gibbs
Park Restoration
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Planning restoration of
monarch butterfly
(Danaus plexippus L.)
winter roosting habitat
at Norma B. Gibbs
Park, Huntington
Beach, CA
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Dave Dominguez, Jim
Jones, and Randy
Menzel (City of
Huntington Beach),
David Marriott (Monarch
Foundation)
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Development of habitat
restoration plan, including
zoned planting design and
species recommendations for
roosting trees and nectar
plants. Report completed 2008.
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Monarch
Butterfly:
Monarch Habitat
Assessment in
Mexico
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Analysis of Monarch
butterfly (Danaus
plexippus L.) habitat in
Monarch Butterfly
Biosphere Reserve,
Mexico
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World Wildlife
Fund, Lincoln
Brower
Associates
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Habitat characterization and
temperature mapping for
Monarch butterfly winter
roosting sites using
distributed sensor network,
hemispherical photography,
and GIS.
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Native
Ecosystem
Restoration:
Coyote Ridge
Barbed
Goatgrass
Control
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Control of barbed
goatgrass (Aegilops
triuncialis) at Coyote
Ridge through
herbicide,
hydromechanical
obliteration,
string-cutting, and
handpulling.
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Silicon Valley Land
Conservancy, Santa
Clara County Open
Space Authority, Santa
Clara County Weed
Management Area,
United Technologies,
Kirby Canyon Butterfly
Trust
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California
Department of
Food and
Agriculture
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| Weed mapping efforts across an 8,000 acre serpentine landscape. Prioritization of treatment areas. |
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Native
Ecosystem
Restoration:
Edgewood
Grassland
Management
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Grassland restoration
and weed control at
Edgewood Natural
Preserve, San Mateo
County, CA
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California Native Plant
Society, Friends of
Edgewood, San Mateo
County Weed
Management Area
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Department of
Parks and
Recreation, City
and County of
San Mateo
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Development and
implementation of plans to
control and contain noxious
weeds at Edgewood Natural
Preserve.
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Native
Ecosystem
Restoration:
Edgewood San
Mateo
Thornmint
Restoration
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Restoration of
endangered San
Mateo thornmint
(Acanthomintha
duttonnii) at Edgewood
Natural Preserve, San
Mateo County, CA
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Holly Forbes (UC
Botanical Garden,
Berkeley), San
Francisco Public
Utilities Commission,
California Native Plant
Society, Friends of
Edgewood, San Mateo
County Parks and
Recreation
Department, California
Department of Fish and
Game
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US Fish and
Wildlife Service
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Initial site surveys,
experimental treatments, soil
tests, and census of
remaining Thornmint
population (2007-2008).
Successful germination and
raising of plants to maturity
from old seeds by
collaborator Holly Forbes.
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Native
Ecosystem
Restoration:
Horse Park at
Woodside
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Restoration of native
plant composition and
aesthetics of
grasslands
surrounding Horse
Park cross-country
fields
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| Planning large scale land management and restoration of coastal grasslands, oak woodlands, and drainage areas. |
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Native
Ecosystem
Restoration:
Oakland Hills
Serpentine
Grassland and
Presidio Clarkia
Restoration
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Restoration of Presidio
Clarkia (Clarkia
franciscana) and
serpentine grassland
habitat enhancement
in Oakland Hills,
Alameda County, CA
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California Native Plant
Society (East Bay
Chapter), California Native Grasslands Association
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East Bay
Regional Park
District
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Clarkia monitoring protocol;
grassland restoration
experiments with treatments
such as mowing, protective
fencing, and thatch removal;
adaptive management plan;
endangered species
permitting.
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Native
Ecosystem
Restoration:
Presidio Clarkia
Restoration
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Restoration of Presidio
Clarkia (Clarkia
franciscana) and
serpentine grassland
habitat enhancement
in Presidio, San
Francisco, CA
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National Park Service,
Presidio Trust
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Golden Gate
National Parks
Conservancy
(National Park
Service’s
Natural
Resource
Preservation
Program)
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Design and implementation
of large experiment with 8
treatments to determine
success of Clarkia
propagation by seed; soil
depth testing; characterization
of light environment using
hemisperical photography.
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Native
Ecosystem
Restoration:
Quino
Checkerspot
Butterfly
Assessment
and Monitoring
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Habitat assessment
and population
monitoring for Quino
checkerspot butterfly
(Euphydryas editha
quino) in Riverside and
San Diego Counties,
CA
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Center for
Conservation
Biology, UC
Riverside
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Initial survey of Quino
Checkerspot butterfly
population status and habitat
quality.
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Native
Ecosystem
Restoration:
Serpentine
Vegetation
Management
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Experimental and
observational studies
of serpentine
grassland composition
at Coyote Ridge and
Tulare Hill, Santa Clara
County, CA
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David Wright, Kirby
Canyon Butterfly Trust,
Silicon Valley Land
Conservancy, United
Technologies, Santa
Clara County Open
Space Authority
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US Fish and
Wildlife Service
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Analysis of impacts of grazing
and fire on Bay Checkerspot
checkerspot butterfly
(Euphydryas editha bayensis)
habitat in serpentine
grassland; development of
recommendations for effective
restoration and conservation
management.
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Native
Ecosystem
Restoration:
Twin Peaks
Mission Blue
Reintroduction
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Planning for
reintroduction of
Mission Blue butterfly
(Icaricia icarioides
missionensis) to Twin
Peaks, San Francisco,
CA
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US Fish and
Wildlife Service,
San Francisco
Open Space,
City of San
Francisco, City
and County of
San Mateo
Recreation and
Parks
Department
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Mapping of lupines (host
plants) and nectar sources at
Twin Peaks; establishment of
restoration plan; plans and
permitting for butterfly
reintroduction in 2009. Reintroductions completed in 2011 and 2012.
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Nitrogen
Deposition:
Audubon
Canyon
Nitrogen
Deposition
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Monitoring Nitrogen
deposition at Audubon
Canyon Ranch for
habitat protection and
restoration
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Set up of N-deposition
monitoring equipment.
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Nitrogen
Deposition: San
Bruno Mountain
Nitrogen
Deposition
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Initial assessment of
Nitrogen deposition on
San Bruno Mountain,
San Mateo County, CA
and associated
impacts on
endangered butterflies
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San Bruno Mountain
Technical Advisory
Committee, San Mateo
County Parks and
Recreation Department
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TRA
Environmental
Sciences, Inc.
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Discovery of elevated levels of
nitrogen, which will likely
cause grass overgrowth and
impact butterfly habitat quality.
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Nitrogen
Deposition:
Santa Clara
Valley Habitat
Conservation
Plan
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Modeling Nitrogen
deposition at Coyote
Ridge, Santa Clara
County, CA
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Assistance in development of
forthcoming Habitat
Conservation Plan/Natural
Communities Conservation
Plan (HCP/NCCP) for Santa
Clara Valley.
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Nitrogen
Deposition:
Santa Clara
Valley Nitrogen
Deposition
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Assessment of
Nitrogen deposition in
Santa Clara Valley, and
associated impacts on
water quality and native
grassland
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Bob Siegfried (Santa
Clara Valley Water
District)
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Loma Prieta
Resource
Conservation
District
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Discovery of widespread
N-deposition. Final report and
brochure completed.
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Solar Radiation
Models:
SolarAnalyst
and Solar Tools
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Development of
GIS-based solar
radiation mapping tools
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Steve Beckwitt, Charles
Convis, Jack
Dangermond, Ryan
DeBruyn, Pinde Fu,
Steve Kopp, and
Cixiang Zhan (ESRI)
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Environmental
Systems
Research
Institute
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ArcView SolarAnalyst, ArcGIS
Solar Radiation Tools
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Stream Habitat:
San
Francisquito
Watershed
Habitat
Characterization
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Habitat assessment
for steelhead trout
(Oncorhynchus
mykiss), California
red-legged frog (Rana
aurora draytonii), and
western pond turtle
(Clemmys marmorata)
in San Francisquito
Watershed, San Mateo
and Santa Clara
Counties, CA
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Alan Launer, Stanford
University, Jasper
Ridge Biological
Preserve
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San
Francisquito
Watershed
Council
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Habitat characterization for
species of conservation
concern and analysis of the
influences of riparian canopy
on solar exposure and stream
temperature dynamics using
distributed sensor network,
hemispherical photography,
GIS, and energy balance
modeling. Report 2008
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Stream Habitat:
Tree Removal
Impacts for Los
Trancos Creek
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Assessment of
impacts of riparian tree
removal and bank
stabilization on stream
temperature and
habitat quality for
species of
conservation concern
at Los Trancos Creek,
San Mateo and Santa
Clara Counties, CA
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Alan Launer (Stanford
University), Jasper
Ridge Biological
Preserve
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Analysis of solar exposure
using hemispherical
photography and simulation
of effects of proposed tree
removal on water temperature
regimes and habitat suitability. |
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