Agmt 2006 State Coastal Conservancy

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e. ee PROJECT NAME adjacent to the islands. The total site includes 3,060 acres of tidal marsh, with 116 acres of non-native Spartina, all of which will be treated during the 2005 and 2006 control seasons. Treatment methods at the site will include application of aquatic herbicide via spray truck, backpack sprayer, amphibious tracked vehicl~s, boat, and helicopter. Potentially significant, unavoidable short.term i~pacts to the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse were identified at some sub-sites. 4. Colma Creek/San Bruno Marsh Complex. San Mateo County (Grantee: San .Mateo County Mosquito Abatement District) The Cblma Creek/San Bruno Marsh Complex includes all of the tidal marsh and channel in the vicinity of Colma Creek. The site includes 101 acres of tidal marsh and channel, with 56 acres of non-native Sparlina.. To minimize impacts to highly sensitive California clapper rail habitat and to allow time for public education, control work in this complex will be phased over a number of years, with 26 acres slated for treatment in. 2005 and up . to 68 estimated acres in 2006. Treatment metpods at the site will. include application of . aquatic herbicide via spray truck, backpack sprayer, amphibious tracked vehicIe,)>oat, and helicopter. Potentially significant, unavoidable short-term impacts to visual resources and the endangered California clapper rail were identified at some sub-sites. . 5. Corte Madera Creek Complex. Marin County (Grantee: Friends of Corte Madera Creek Watershed) . . The Corte Madera Creek Complex includes 318 acres of tidal marshes and creek channel, with 12 acres of non-native Sparlina (in this case, S. densiflora). A phased approach will be implemented at this location to allow adequate time for education and engagement of the community that lives on and near the Creek and marshes, but most of the area will be treated during the 2005 and 2006 control seasons. Treatment. methods at the site will include applid.tion of aquatic herbicide via backpack sprayer, covering with g~textile fabric, and manual digging. Potentially significant, unavoidable short-term' impacts to visual resources were identified at some sub-sites. . 6. Coyote Creek and Mowry Sloul!:b Complex. Santa. Clara and Alameda Counties (Grantee: USFWS Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge) The Coyote Creek/Mowry Slough Complex includes all of the tidal marsh and channels between Coyote Creek and Dumbarton Bridge, including LaRiviere Marsh and Mayhew's Landing. The site includes 2,520 acres of tidal marsh and channel, with 14 acres of non-native Sparlina, all of which will be treated during the 2005 and 2006 control seasons. Treatment methods at the site will include application of aquatic herbicide via spray truck, backpack sprayer, amphibious tracked . vehicles, boat, and helicopter. Potentially significant, unavoidable short-term impacts to the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse were identified at some sub-sites. 7. EmervviUe Crescent., Alameda County (Grantees: State Department of Parks and Recreation and East Bay Regional Parks District) The Emeryville Crescent includes the accreted marsh. and mudflat on the northwest edge of the Bay Bridge, where it joins Interstate Highway 80. The site includes 104 acres of tidal marsh and mudflat, with 2-3 acres of non-native Spartina, all of which will be treated durine: the 2005 and 2006 control seasons. Treatment methods at the site will ..., . Pa2e 5 of 15 ~~_~;- reP"\;l~