Habitat Management Plan - Lake Hodges/San Pasqual Valley Open Space
The Lake Hodges/San Pasqual Valley open space is owned by the City of San Diego and serves as a major core resource area of the Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) preserve system. The MSCP requires that a habitat management and monitoring plan be prepared for all conserved lands that includes area-specific directives for the land and the species it supports, especially species listed as "covered" under the take authorizations of the MSCP. The plan is currently considered an Administrative Draft Plan, until formally adopted by the San Diego City Council. (August 2003)
Executive Summary
The Lake Hodges/San Pasqual Valley open space is owned by the City of San Diego and serves as a major core resource area of the Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) preserve system. The MSCP is a subregional conservation plan prepared under California’s Natural Community Conservation Planning (NCCP) program. The goals of the MSCP are to conserve native vegetation communities and rare, threatened, and endangered species and to protect the overall biodiversity of the region. The MSCP requires that a habitat management and monitoring plan be prepared for all conserved lands that includes area-specific directives for the land and the species it supports, especially species listed as "covered" under the take authorizations of the MSCP. Implementation of the management plan must be adaptive to respond to changing conditions on the preserve. This management plan does not cover City of San Diego-owned lands in Boden Canyon or those lands bordering the San Diego Wild Animal Park that are leased to the San Diego Zoological Society. The plan is currently considered an Administrative Draft Plan, until formally adopted by the San Diego City Council.
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