Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation

THE PROJECT WILL PREVENT PERMANENT LOSS OF NATIVE HABITATS AND POPULATIONS OF RARE SPECIES BY ERADICATING AND CONTROLLING NONNATIVE INVASIVE LIMONIUM RAMOSISSIMUM (ALGERIAN SEA LAVENDER) FROM WITHIN THE 100 ACRES OF MARSH AND SHORELINE SURROUNDING AGUA HEDIONDA LAGOON. ALGERIAN SEA LAVENDER DISPLACES NATIVE VEGETATION, RESULTING IN PERMANENT LOSS OF RARE PLANT AND WILDLIFE HABITAT. THE PROJECT WILL TARP, HAND REMOVE, AND OR FLAME MAPPED OCCURRENCES ACHIEVING AT LEAST A 99% REDUCTION WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA BY SEPTEMBER 2030. A PROJECT-SPECIFIC ESRI FIELD MAPS PROJECT WILL DOCUMENT ALL OCCURRENCES AND TREATMENTS. A COMPARISON OF COMPREHENSIVE SURVEYS OVER TIME WILL DETERMINE PROGRESS TOWARD MEETING PROJECT OBJECTIVES. THE PROJECT FULFILLS DOI PROPOSED GOAL 3, OBJECTIVE 3.4 SPECIES AND NATURAL RESOURCES ARE PROTECTED BY SUPPORTING A COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIP USING SCIENTIFICALLY DEFENDED METHODS TO CONTROL INVASIVE SPECIES AND ENHANCE NATIVE SPECIES POPULATIONS. THE PROJECT FULFILLS THE COASTAL HABITAT CONSERVATION ACT OF 2023 WITH THE COASTAL PROGRAM PROVIDING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR VOLUNTARY HABITAT RESTORATION IN A PRIORITY COASTAL AREA.

REMOVE INVASIVES FROM AGUA HEDIONDA LAGOON

THE PROJECT RESTORES NATIVE ESTUARINE WETLANDS AND UPLAND HABITAT WITHIN AND ADJACENT TO AGUA HEDIONDA LAGOON, IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA THE PROJECT INCLUDES RESTORATION EFFORTS IN TWO DIFFERENT HABITAT AREAS 1 ENHANCEMENT OF 50 ACRES OF ESTUARINE HABITAT I E SALT MARSH, SALT PANNE, BEACHES, AND UPLANDS THROUGH SURVEYING FOR AND CONTROL OF NONNATIVE INVASIVE ALGERIAN SEA LAVENDER LIMONIUM RAMOSISSIMUM , REFERRED TO AS LIMONIUM CONTROL, AND 2 ENHANCEMENT OF 3 ACRES OF NATIVE BLUFF SCRUB ALONG HUBBS TRAIL ADJACENT TO AGUA HEDIONDA LAGOON ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF THE OUTER PORTION OF THE AGUA HEDIONDA LAGOON, REFERRED TO HUBBS HABITAT RESTORATION BOTH EFFORTS INCLUDE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND HABITAT STEWARDSHIP EVENTS TO FACILITATE COMMUNITY ENDORSEMENT AND STEWARDSHIP OF NATIVE HABITAT