DA Projects
#011-14 Knoxville Wildlife
Area Grassland
Restoration $16,300
This project
plans to convert
a 60-acre portion
of the Knoxville
Wildlife Area
from invasive
noxious weeds
to a combination of native
grasses, forbs,
oaks, and wildlife food and
cover plants.
Through the use
of herbicides
and re-seeding,
invasive star thistle will be reduced
or eliminated. This will improve the
area for deer fawning and for additional foraging habitat.
#015-14 Point Ranch Conservation
Easement - $35,000
This project will support the acquisition of a large 2,500-acre conservation
easement at the south end of scenic
Bridgeport Valley of Mono County,
to increase the amount of permanently preserved habitat for the East
John Mc Millan
#018-14 Aerial Telemetry Support for
Mule Deer - $13,500
Funding for this project will provide
aerial telemetry support for a new
mule deer project. Funds will be used
to pay a private pilot, working out of
the Bishop area, to conduct fixed-wing
telemetry surveys.
#019-14 Tejon Ranch Apprentice
Hunt Program - $5,300
This project will allow CDA’s Sharing the Tradition hunts to continue for
the 11th year. In the first 10 years, 182
junior hunters were able to participate
in very successful deer/pig hunts.
Wild pig hunts have been included in
the program since 2012.
#020-14 Chimineas Ranch Junior
Hunts - $3,000
This project continues to be a
highly successful junior buck
hunt with 100% of the juniors
taking bucks and learning
about wildlife and hunting opportunities on the Chimineas
Ranch.
The purpose of this A Zone project
is to replace the storage tank of an
existing guzzler at Lower Cottonwood
Creek Wildlife Area.
#023-14 Beaverside Timber Sale and
Fuel Treatment - $25,000
This B1 Zone project will enhance
habitat for deer. Funds for this project
will be used for mastication of brush
in ponderosa pine and oak woodland. Phase 2 of this project will use a
prescribed burn to remove understory.
Deer will be attracted to the fresh
sprouts for their palatability and high
crude protein content.
#024-14 Lassen Creek Conservation
Area Education Center - $5,000
These funds have been awarded for
the purchase of seed collection equipment for restoration demonstrations
and construction of an additional
interpretive kiosk.
#021-14 Spring and Guzzler
Restoration - $4,000
Restore the concrete surface
and holding tanks on smallgame drinkers in the East
Mojave National Preserve.
Photo by Don Forthuber
#014-14 Black-tailed Deer Population Assessment - $6,000
The primary purpose of this project is
to obtain a reliable baseline estimate
of the black-tailed deer population
within the Grasslands Ecological
Area. CDA funds will be used to
purchase 20 trail cameras, data cards,
reusable batteries, and mounting
equipment. All data collection and
analysis will be performed by U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service and California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Walker and Mono
Lake deer herds
and greater sage
grouse. Preservation of the property would ensure
a key linkage for
an estimated 4,000
mule deer that
utilize the area as
a high-quality migration corridor,
holding area and
summer range
habitat. Funds used for this project
will be used as “seed money” to start
the acquisition process.
Photo by John Mc Millan
Musser Hill area
of the Weaverville wildland/
urban interface
and the Weaverville Community
Forest.
#022-14 Lower Cottonwood
Creek Guzzler Project - $3,200
California Deer
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