VOLUME 1 - THE PLAN

MSHCP DEFINITIONS AND ACRONYMS LIST

1.0 INTRODUCTION

• 1.1 Project Location and Scope
• 1.2 Purpose and Need
  • 1.2.1 Background
  • 1.2.2 Riverside County Integrated Project
  • 1.2.3 Riverside County Conservation Planning Context
  • 1.2.4 Regulatory Context
  • 1.2.5 Public Outreach
  • 1.2.6 Related Documentation
• 1.3 Goals and Objectives

2.0 PLAN AREA DESCRIPTION AND SETTING

• 2.1 Existing Biological Setting
  • 2.1.1 Data Sources and Limitations
  • 2.1.2 Bioregions
  • 2.1.3 Vegetation Communities
  • 2.1.4 Species Considered for Conservation in the MSHCP
• 2.2 Land Use Context
  • 2.2.1 Existing Land Use
  • 2.2.2 Planned Land Use
  • 2.2.3 Institutional/Political Framework
• 2.3 Demographic Considerations
  • 2.3.1 Historical Growth
  • 2.3.2 Forecast Growth
  • 2.3.3 Infrastructure Needs

3.0 CONSERVATION PLANNING PROCESS/DESCRIPTION AND AREA PLAN CRITERIA OF THE MSHCP CONSERVATION AREA

• 3.1 Conservation Planning Process
  • 3.1.1 Process Background
  • 3.1.2 Overall MSHCP Coals and Conservation Planning Context
  • 3.1.3 Compilation of Existing Data
  • 3.1.4 Applicable Conservation Biology Principles
  • 3.1.5 Review of Reserve Selection Models and Methods
  • 3.1.6 Conceptual Conservation Scenario
  • 3.1.7 Informal Gap Analysis
  • 3.1.8 Identification of Alternatives and Selection of Proposed Alternative
  • 3.1.9 Conceptual Reserve Design/Criteria-Based Area Plan
  • 3.1.10 Description and Analysis of MSHCP Conservation area
• 3.2 Description of the MSHCP Conservation Area
  • 3.2.1 The MSHCP Plan Map
  • 3.2.2 The MSHCP Conservation Area
  • 3.2.3 Cores and linkages within the MSHCP Conservation Area
• 3.3 Area Plans
  • 3.3.1 Introduction to Area Plans
  • 3.3.2 Eastvale Area Plan
  • 3.3.3 Elsinore Area Plan
  • 3.3.4 Harvest Valley/WinchesterArea Plan
  • 3.3.5 Highgrove Area Plan
  • 3.3.6 Jurupa Area Plan
  • 3.3.7 Lake Mathews/Woodcrest Area Plan
  • 3.3.8 Lakeview/Nuevo Area Plan
  • 3.3.9 Meade Valley Area Plan
  • 3.3.10 The Pass Area Plan
  • 3.3.11 Reche Canyon/Badlands Area Plan
  • 3.3.12 REMAP Area Plan
  • 3.3.13 San Jacinto Valley Area Plan
  • 3.3.14 Sun City/Menifee Area Plan
  • 3.3.15 Southwest Area Plan
  • 3.3.16 Temescal Canyon Area Plan
  • 3.3.17 Cities of Riverside/Norco Area Plan
• 3.4 Alternative Conservation Strategies Considered in the Conservation Planning Process
  • 3.4.1 Listed, Proposed and Strong Candidate Species Alternative
  • 3.4.2 Listed and Proposed Species Alternative
  • 3.4.3 Existing Reserves
  • 3.4.4 No Project/No MSHCP Alternative

4.0 ASSEMBLING THE MSHCP CONSERVATION AREA

• 4.1 Summary of Actions to Assemble the MSHCP Conservation Area
• 4.2 Contributions of Existing Public Lands
  • 4.2.1 Existing Federal and State Lands
  • 4.2.2 Existing Local Government Lands
• 4.3 Conservation of Privately Owned Lands
• 4.4 The Role of Federal and State Governments in Reserve Assembly
  • 4.4.1 Existing Federal and State Lands
  • 4.4.2 Habitat Acquisitions by Federal and State Governments
  • 4.4.3 Additional Federal and State Contributions
• 4.5 Actions by Local Governments
  • 4.5.1 Non-Acquisition Means of Conservation by Local Governments
  • 4.5.2 Additional Reserve Assembly by Local Governments
• 4.6 Private Conservation or Mitigation Areas/Conservation Banks
  • 4.6.1 Private Conservation Banks and Mitigation Areas in the MSHCP Plan Area
  • 4.6.2 Establishment of Future Private Conservation Banks or Mitigation Areas
• 4.7 Indirect Fiscal Impacts of the MSHCP

5.0 MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING

• 5.1 Management/Adaptive Management Framework
• 5.2 MSHCP Management and Adaptive Management Programs
  • 5.2.1 Proposed Management Activities
  • 5.2.2 Preliminary Management Units Description
• 5.3 Biological Monitoring Program
  • 5.3.1 Introduction
  • 5.3.2 Monitoring Goals and Objectives
  • 5.3.3 Monitoring Program Implementation Sequence
  • 5.3.4 Inventory, Monitoring, and Sampling Considerations
  • 5.3.5 Vegetation Community/Wildlife Habitat Inventory and Monitoring
  • 5.3.6 Covered Species Inventory and Monitoring
  • 5.3.7 Responsibilities, Coordination, and Reporting
  • 5.3.8 Data Management
  • 5.3.9 Anticipated Levels of effort and Estimated Costs

6.0 MSHCP IMPLEMENTATION STRUCTURE

• 6.1 Local Implementation Measures
  • 6.1.1 Property Owner Initiated Habitat Evaluation and Acquisition Negotiation Strategy (HANS)
  • 6.1.2 Protection of Species Associated with Riparian/Riverine areas and Vernal Pools
  • 6.1.3 Protection of Narrow Endemic Plant Species
  • 6.1.4 Guidlines Pertaining to the Urban/Wildlands Interface
  • 6.1.5 Maintenance of Existing Habitat Conditions Prior to Reserve Assembly
  • 6.1.6 Mitigation Responsibilities
• 6.2 Agriculture
• 6.3 Database Updates and Refinements/Need for Surveys
  • 6.3.1 Vegetation Mapping
  • 6.3.2 Additional Survey Needs and Procedures
• 6.4 Fuels Management
• 6.5 Criteria Refinement Process
• 6.6 Cooperative Organizational Structure for Implementation and Management of the MSHCP
  • 6.6.1 General
  • 6.6.2 Regional Conservation Authority
  • 6.6.3 Regional Conservation Authority Executive Director
  • 6.6.4 Reserve Management Oversight Committee
  • 6.6.5 Reserve Managers
  • 6.6.6 Reserve Monitoring
  • 6.6.7 Independent Science Advisors
• 6.7 Reserve Assembly Accounting
• 6.8 Assurances for Unforeseen and Changed Circumstances
  • 6.8.1 No Surprises Rule
  • 6.8.2 Reconciliation of the No Suprises Rule, Unforeseen Circumstances and Adaptive Management in the MSHCP
  • 6.8.3 Changed Circumstances
• 6.9 Application of Certain FESA Requirements
• 6.10 Modifications and Amendments to the MSHCP
  • 6.10.1 Modifications
  • 6.10.2 Minor Amendments
  • 6.10.3 Major Amendments
• 6.11 Annual Review and Oversight

7.0 COVERED ACTIVITIES/ALLOWABLE USES

• 7.1 Covered Activities Outside Criteria Area
• 7.2 Covered Activities Within Existing Public/Quasi-Public Lands
  • 7.2.1 Existing Roads Within Existing Public/Quasi-Public Lands
  • 7.2.2 Planned Roads Within Existing Public/Quasi-Public Lands
  • 7.2.3 Cajalco Road Realignment and Widening
  • 7.2.4 Future Facilities Within Public/Quasi-Public Lands
  • 7.2.5 Maintenance of Other Existing Facilities Within Public/Quasi-Public Lands by Permittees
  • 7.2.6 Existing Agricultural Uses Within Local Public/Quasi-Public Lands
• 7.3 Covered Activities Inside Criteria Area
  • 7.3.1 Public and Private Development Consistent with MSHCP Criteria
  • 7.3.2 Single-Family Homes on Existing Legal Parcels Within the Criteria Area
  • 7.3.3 Agricultural Lands Within the Criteria Area
  • 7.3.4 Existing Roads Within the Criteria Area
  • 7.3.5 Planned Roads Within the Criteria Area
  • 7.3.6 State Park Facilities
  • 7.3.7 Flood Control Facilities
  • 7.3.8 Waste Management Facilities
  • 7.3.9 Future Facilities
• 7.4 Allowable Uses in MSHCP Conservation Area
  • 7.4.1 Compatible Uses
  • 7.4.2 Conditionally Compatible Uses
• 7.5 Guidelines for Facilities Within the Criteria Area and Public/Quasi-Public Lands
  • 7.5.1 Guidelines for the Siting and Design of Planned Roads Within the Criteria Area and Public/Quasi-Public Lands
  • 7.5.2 Guidelines for Construction of Wildlife Crossings
  • 7.5.3 Construction Guidelines

8.0 MSHCP FUNDING/FINANCING OF RESERVE ASSEMBLY AND MANAGEMENT

• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 Estimated Costs of Plan Implementation
  • 8.2.1 Total Local Program Costs
• 8.3 Costing the Local Implementation Program
  • 8.3.1 Acquistion Costs for Additional Reserve Lands
  • 8.3.2 Reserve Management Costs
  • 8.3.3 Biological Monitoring Costs
  • 8.3.4 Program Administration Costs
  • 8.3.5 Adaptive Management Costs
  • 8.3.6 Use of Management and Monitoring Funds to Benefit the Total MSHCP Conservation Area
• 8.4 Local Implementation Plan
  • 8.4.1 Development Review
  • 8.4.2 Conservation Tools Not Requiring Full Acquisition
  • 8.4.3 Local Permittees' Acquisition of Additional Reserve Lands
  • 8.4.4 State Permittees' Acquisition of Additional Reserve Lands
• 8.5 Local Funding Program
  • 8.5.1 Funding Sources
• 8.6 Adequacy of Funding
  • 8.6.1 Additional Funding Needs Resulting from Land Acquisition Costs Increasing Faster than Revenues
  • 8.6.2 Increased Funding Needs Resulting from Management or Monitoring Costs Increasing Faster than Revenues
  • 8.6.3 Increased Funding Needs Resulting from Adaptive Management Costs Increasing Faster than Revenues or the Endowment Projection Not Being Met
  • 8.6.4 Need for Additional Funding Resulting From the Need to Acquire More than 56,000 Acres Locally Due to the Conservation Anticipated under Section 8.3.1
  • 8.6.5 Revenue Collections and Land Acquisitions do not Keep Pace with Land Development
• 8.7 Use of Debt Financing to Address Need for Cash Flow Increase
• 8.8 Long-Term Financing for Management
• 8.9 Participation by Cities
• 8.10 Approach to Costs and Funding Projection

9.0 CONSERVATION AND INCIDENTAL TAKE ESTIMATES

• 9.1 Overall Conservation and Impact Estimates of Vegetation Communities
• 9.2 Covered Species
• 9.3 Minimization and Mitigation Measures

10.0 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

• 10.1 List of Preparers
• 10.2 Advisory Groups

APPENDICES

• Appendix A Planning Agreement
• Appendix B Supporting Documentation for Funding of the MSHCP
  • B-01 Appendix B-01
  • B-02A Budget Years 1-5
  • B-02A Budget Years 6-10
  • B-02A Budget Years 11-15
  • B-02A Budget Years 16-20
  • B-02A Budget Years 21-25
  • B-02A Staffing Years 1-5
  • B-02A Staffing Years 6-10
  • B-02A Staffing Years 11-15
  • B-02A Staffing Years 16-20
  • B-02A Staffing Years 21-25
  • B-02A 25 Year Budget
  • B-02A 25 Year Projected Staffing
  • B-03 Appendix B-03
  • B-04 Budget 02-03
  • B-04 Equipment
  • B-05 Conceptual MSHCP Implementation Alternatives
  • B-06 Appendix B-06
  • B-07 Riverside County Transportation Commission Transportation Expenditure Plan and Retail Transaction and Use Tax Ordinance
  • B-08 RCIP Comparison of Year 2000 Lane Miles to General Plan Buildout Lane Miles
  • B-08 Lane-Miles
  • B-09 Waste Management Tonnage Estimate and Auxiliary Collection Estimates
  • B-09 Calculated Information
• Appendix C Standard Best Management Practices
• Appendix D Model Conservation Easement
• Appendix E Summary of Species Survey Requirements

LIST OF FIGURES

• 1-1 Regional Map
• 1-2 Vicinity Map
• 2-1 MSHCP Vegetation Map
• 2-2 CSS Habitat Quality Model Map
• 2-3 MSHCP Mapped Wetland Resources
• 2-4 Sensitive Soils
• 2-5 500-Foot Elevation Ranges
• 2-6 Bio-Regions & Generalized Vegetation on Hillshaded Relief in MSHCP Plan Area
• 2-7 Existing Land Use
• 2-8 Area Plans and Cities
• 2-9 Status of Land Ownership Map
• 3-1 MSHCP Plan Map
• 3-2 Schematic Cores and Linkages Map
• 3-3 Area Plans and Subunits
• 3-4 Eastvale Area Plan with Cells, Cell Groups & Subunits Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-5 Eastvale Area Plan with Vegetation, Cells and Cell Groups Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-6 Elsinore Area Plan with Cells, Cell Groups & Subunits Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-7 Elsinore Area Plan with Vegetation, Cells and Cell Groups Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-8 Harvest Valley/Winchester Area Plan with Cells, Cell Groups & Subunits Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-9 Harvest Valley/Winchester Area Plan with Vegetation, Cells and Cell Groups Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-10 Highgrove Area Plan with Cells, Cell Groups & Subunits Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-11 Highgrove Area Plan with Vegetation, Cells and Cell Groups Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-12 Jurupa Area Plan with Cells, Cell Groups & Subunits Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-13 Jurupa Area Plan with Vegetation, Cells and Cell Groups Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-14 Lake Mathews Area Plan with Cells, Cell Groups & Subunits Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-15 Lake Mathews Area Plan with Vegetation, Cells and Cell Groups Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-16 Lakeview/Nuevo Area Plan with Cells, Cell Groups & Subunits Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-17 Lakeview/Nuevo Area Plan with Vegetation, Cells and Cell Groups Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-18 Mead Valley Area Plan with Cells, Cell Groups & Subunits Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-19 Mead Valley Area Plan with Vegetation, Cells and Cell Groups Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-20 The Pass Area Plan with Cells, Cell Groups & Subunits Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-21 The Pass Area Plan with Vegetation, Cells and Cell Groups Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-22 Reche Canyon/Badlands Area Plan with Cells, Cell Groups & Subunits Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-23 Reche Canyon/Badlands Area Plan with Vegetation, Cells and Cell Groups Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-24 REMAP Area Plan with Cells, Cell Groups & Subunits Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-25 REMAP Area Plan with Vegetation, Cells and Cell Groups Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-26 San Jacinto Valley Area Plan with Cells, Cell Groups & Subunits Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-27 San Jacinto Valley Area Plan with Vegetation, Cells and Cell Groups Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-28 Sun City/Menifee Area Plan with Cells, Cell Groups & Subunits Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-29 Sun City/Menifee Area Plan with Vegetation, Cells and Cell Groups Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-30 SWAP Area Plan with Cells, Cell Groups & Subunits Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-31 SWAP Area Plan with Vegetation, Cells and Cell Groups Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-32 Temescal Canyon Area Plan with Cells, Cell Groups & Subunits Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-33 Temescal Canyon Area Plan with Vegetation, Cells and Cell Groups Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-34 Cities of Riverside & Norco with Cells, Cell Groups & Subunits Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-35 Cities of Riverside & Norco with Vegetation, Cells and Cell Groups Keyed to MSHCP Criteria
• 3-36 Listed, Proposed and Strong Candidate Species Alternative
• 3-37 Listed and Proposed Species Alternative
• 3-38 Existing Reserves Alternative
• 5-1 MSHCP Conceptual Management Units with Criteria Area
• 6-1 Narrow Endemic Plant Species Survey Area with Criteria Area
• 6-2 Criteria Area Species Survey Area
• 6-3 Amphibian Species Survey Areas with Criteria Area
• 6-4 Burrowing Owl Survey Areas with Criteria Area
• 6-5 Mammal Species Survey Areas with Criteria Area
• 6-6 Rough Step Analysis Units with Criteria Area
• 7-1 General Plan Circulation Element with Criteria Area
• 7-2 Existing Waste Management Facilities
• 7-3 Existing Community Trails with Criteria Area
• 7-4 Planned Trails with Criteria Area
• 9-1 Place Names - Geographic Features
• 9-2 Place Names - Geologic Features
• 9-3 Place Names - Rivers, Creeks & Water Bodies
• 9-4 Bioregions with Criteria Area
• 9-5 CSS Habitat Quality Model Map with Criteria Area
• 9-6 MSHCP Mapped Wetland Resources with Criteria Area
• 9-7 Sensitive Soils with Criteria Area
• 9-8 500-foot Elevation Ranges with Criteria Area
• 9-9 Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly Suitable Habitat with Criteria Area
• 9-10 Delhi Sands Flower-loving Fly Soild with Criteria Area

LIST OF TABLES

• 2-1 Summary of Collapsed and Uncollapsed Vegetation Communities Classification
• 2-2 Species Considered for Conservation under the MSHCP since 1999
• 2-3 Land Distribution by Jurisdiction
• 2-4 Planned Land Uses Within Unincorporated County Land
• 2-5 Planned Land Uses Within Incorporated Land
• 2-6 Existing Vs. Planned Land Use Within Western Riverside County
• 3-1 Estimate of Conservation by Vegetation Community
• 3-2 Target Acreage Ranges by Area Plan Subunit
• 3-3 Criteria for Eastvale Area Plan
• 3-4 Criteria for Elsinore Area Plan
• 3-5 Criteria for Harvest Valley/Winchester Area Plan
• 3-6 Criteria for Highgrove Area Plan
• 3-7 Criteria for Jurupa Area Plan
• 3-8 Criteria for Lake Mathews/Woodcrest Area Plan
• 3-9 Criteria for Lakeview/Nuevo Area Plan
• 3-10 Criteria for Mead Valley Area Plan
• 3-11 Criteria for The Pass Area Plan
• 3-12 Criteria for Reche Canyon/Badlands Area Plan
• 3-13 Criteria for REMAP Area Plan
• 3-14 Criteria for San Jacinto Valley Area Plan
• 3-15 Criteria for Sun City/Menifee Area Plan
• 3-16 Criteria for Southwest Area Plan
• 3-17 Criteria for Temescal Canyon Area Plan
• 3-18 Criteria for Cities of Riverside and Norco
• 3-19 Listed, Proposed and Strong Candidate Species Alternative Vegetation Summary
• 3-20 Listed and Proposed Species Alternative Vegetation Summary
• 3-21 Existing Reserves Alternative Vegetation Summary
• 3-22 Summary of Potential Species Conservation under Existing Reserves Alternative
• 3-23 Summary of Existing Reserves Within MSHCP Plan Area
• 3-24 Existing Listed Species Within the MSHCP Plan Area
• 4-1 Estimated Conservation of Habitat on Private Lands in Plan Area by Vegetation Community
• 4-2 Estimated Conservation of Habitat on Private Lands in Plan Area by Area Plan
• 4-3 MSHCP Reserve Assembly Lands Conserved Between February 3, 2000 and July 31, 2002
• 5-1 Factors to Be Considered in Management Responses to Disturbance Regimes
• 5-2 MSHCP Covered Species Management Matrix
• 5-3 Existing Management Entities for Management Unit 1
• 5-4 Existing Management Entities for Management Unit 2
• 5-5 Existing Management Entities for Management Unit 3
• 5-6 Existing Management Entities for Management Unit 4
• 5-7 Existing Management Entities for Management Unit 5
• 5-8 Summary of Survey Requirements for Covered Species as per the Species Objectives
• 5-9 Estimated Total Personnel - Years by Level of Effort and Position Level
• 5-10 Estimated Total Cost (In 2002 Dollars) for Personnel and Equipment/Supplies by Level of Effort and Position Level
• 6-1 Narrow Endemic and Criteria Area Survey Plant Species Attributes and Habitat Affinities
• 6-2 Plants That Should Be Avoided Adjacent to the MSHCP Conservation Area
• 6-3 Additional Reserve Lands Within Rough Step Analysis Units by Vegetation Community
• 7-1 Existing Roads Within Public/Quasi-Public Lands
• 7-2 Hemet to Corona/Lake Elsinore Impacts Within Public/Quasi-Public Lands
• 7-3 Existing Roads Permitted to Remain in the Criteria Area
• 7-4 Planned Facilities
• 7-5 Circulation Element Roadways Impacts to Vegetation Communities Occurring Within the Criteria Area
• 7-6 Summary of Vegetation Communities Impacted by Freeways
• 7-7 Winchester to Temecula Alternative 1 Impacts to Vegetation Communities Occurring Within the Criteria Area
• 7-8 Hemet to Corona/Lake Elsinore Alternative 1b Impacts to Vegetation Communities Occurring Within the Criteria Area
• 7-9 Hemet to Corona/Lake Elsinore Alternatives 5a & 5e Shared Alignment - Impacts to Vegetation Communities Occurring Within the Criteria Area
• 7-10 Hemet to Corona/Lake Elsinore Alternatives 5a Impacts to Vegetation Communities Occurring Within the Criteria Area
• 7-11 Hemet to Corona/Lake Elsinore Alternatives 5c Impacts to Vegetation Communities Occurring Within the Criteria Area
• 7-12 Hemet to Corona/Lake Elsinore Alternatives 5e Impacts to Vegetation Communities Occurring Within the Criteria Area
• 7-13 San Bernadino to Moreno Valley Corridor Impacts to Vegetation Communities Occurring Within the Criteria Area
• 7-14 Potential Flood Control Projects Within the MSHCP Criteria Area
• 7-15 Waste Management Facilities Within Public/Quasi-Public Lands and the Criteria Area
• 7-16 Assumptions for Covered Trails and Facilities Within the MSHCP Conservation Area
• 7-17 Anticipated Impacts for Covered Trails and Facilities Within the MSHCP Conservation Area
• 7-18 Anticipated Impacts for Covered Trails and Facilities Within the MSHCP Conservation Area by Vegetation Community
• 8-1 Assembly of Additional Reserve Lands
• 8-2 Total Local Program Costs
• 8-3 Local Land Acquisition Costs
• 8-4 Local Reserve Management
• 8-5 Local Public/Regional Funding Sources
• 9-1 Overall Vegetation Community Conservation and Impact Estimates
• 9-2 Species Conservation Summary
• 9-3 Requirements to Be Met for 28 Species Prior to Including Those Species on the List of Covered Species Adequately Conserved