Agmt 2008 California State Coastal Conservancy

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update ofsite-specific plans, and grantees are poised to conduct treatment activities for the upcoming treatment season in a timely way. (4) If the regionally coordinated eradication activities are not continued on an aggressive ongoing basis, the exponential spread of invasive Spartina and hybrids will cover the intertidal wetlands and mudflats of the San Francisco Estuary and spread to the outer coasts of California, Oregon and Washington. (5) ISP partners will again provide matching funds to implement the 2008 Control Program. CONSISTENCY WITH CONSERVANCY'S 2007 STRATEGIC PLAN GOAL(S) & OBJECTIVE(S) Consistent with Goa110, Objective K of the Conservancy's 2007 Strategic Plan, the proposed project will continue implementation of approximately 24 projects to eradicate between 1,000 to 1,800 acres ofnon-native invasive species that threaten native coastal habitats. If left uncontrolled, non-native invasive Spartina will potentially spread up and down the coast to other California estuaries. - Consistent with Goal 10, Objective C, the proposed project will continue to implement the ISP Control Program to prevent up to 69,402 acres of marsh and mudflats from being invaded and potentially covered by invasive Spartina and hybrids and to preserve and restore natural habitats in the San Francisco baylands. CONSISTENCY WITH CONSERVANCY'S PROJECT SELECTION CRITERIA & GUIDELINES: The proposed project remains consistent with the Conservancy's Project Selection Criteria and Guidelines, last updated September 20, 2007, in the following respects: _Reguired Criteria 1. Promotion of the Conservancy's statutory programs and purposes: See the "Consistency with Conservancy's Enabling Legislation" section above. 2. Consistency with purposes of the funding source: See the "Project Financing" section above. 3. Support of the public: The 2008 ISP Control Program, and its management through spring 2010, are strongly supported by findings of the Third International Invasive Spartina Conference (November, 2004). Renowned scientists from the San Francisco Bay Area, other coastal states, and around the world agree that the Conservancy should continue its aggressive actions to eradicate invasive Spartina from the Estuary. The objective of eradication of invasive Spartina is also specifically supported in the Goals Report and by the San Francisco Bay Joint Venture. Furthermore, in the published Comprehensive Conservation Management Plan for the San Francisco Estuary, San Francisco Estuary Project stakeholders have identified control of invasive species as the top priority for the restoration and protection of the Estuary.