The Management Plan is in dire need of updating. According to the current plan, there has not been a thorough assessment of wildlife and fauna of the property since 1988. The management plan is very vague on the actual habitation of numerous species and there is no documentation of numbers/species/locale of any species. There is also a mention of a possible habitat for the threatened red-legged frog, yet no followup on whether that habitat was established. We need a complete documentation of current wildlife on the site, including birds, plants and animals. We need to establish reality. This needs to be completed by a wildlife biologist who is familiar with this territory. Also, the impact of the cattle grazing and trampling needs to be assessed. How, specifically, are these plants protected? There are numerous considerations mentioned in the 2002 report on what is "supposed" to be protected and how....have these conditions been met? Is there a record? How are these natural resources being protected with the interface of encroaching public/cattle use? Is the natural resource protection still compatible with grazng and public recreation? Who is monitoring the bird breeding sites, and where are violations reported? Where are the special status plants, now? There is no mention of the Swainson's Hawk in the 2002 report, yet almost all the biologists reporting in EIR's in both Napa County and American Canyon state the the Swainson's Hawk can use the Newell or Lynch Canyon reserves. Yet, no such hawk is found there. There is also a mention of three Golden Eagle nests on or aligning the property...what is the status of these nests? I would like to see a complete report answering each recommendation of Section A., Resource Protection and Restoration that was published in the 2002 report. Specifically, what happened to the frog mitigation area? Did the frogs actually move there? Who's counting them? With all the development and wildfires, has new wildlife started using this area? How are diverse and unique plants supported? We need a complete wildlife inventory, a starting place, to decide how this land needs to be managed and protected. This inventory needs to be accessible to the public when completed. Thank you.
The Management Plan is in dire need of updating. According to the current plan, there has not been a thorough assessment of wildlife and fauna of the property since 1988. The management plan is very vague on the actual habitation of numerous species and there is no documentation of numbers/species/locale of any species. There is also a mention of a possible habitat for the threatened red-legged frog, yet no followup on whether that habitat was established. We need a complete documentation of current wildlife on the site, including birds, plants and animals. We need to establish reality. This needs to be completed by a wildlife biologist who is familiar with this territory. Also, the impact of the cattle grazing and trampling needs to be assessed. How, specifically, are these plants protected? There are numerous considerations mentioned in the 2002 report on what is "supposed" to be protected and how....have these conditions been met? Is there a record? How are these natural resources being protected with the interface of encroaching public/cattle use? Is the natural resource protection still compatible with grazng and public recreation? Who is monitoring the bird breeding sites, and where are violations reported? Where are the special status plants, now? There is no mention of the Swainson's Hawk in the 2002 report, yet almost all the biologists reporting in EIR's in both Napa County and American Canyon state the the Swainson's Hawk can use the Newell or Lynch Canyon reserves. Yet, no such hawk is found there. There is also a mention of three Golden Eagle nests on or aligning the property...what is the status of these nests? I would like to see a complete report answering each recommendation of Section A., Resource Protection and Restoration that was published in the 2002 report. Specifically, what happened to the frog mitigation area? Did the frogs actually move there? Who's counting them? With all the development and wildfires, has new wildlife started using this area? How are diverse and unique plants supported? We need a complete wildlife inventory, a starting place, to decide how this land needs to be managed and protected. This inventory needs to be accessible to the public when completed. Thank you.