Audubon Canyon Ranch Inc

THIS PROJECT WILL LEAD TO RESTORATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT IN TOMALES BAY, MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. PROPOSED PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES INCLUDE 1 DEVELOPMENT OF A DESIGN PLAN FOR INCREASING CONNECTIVITY OF MARKS MARSH TO TOMALES BAY AND 2 INVASIVE PLANT CONTROL IN SALT MARSH HABITATS ADJACENT TO EXTENSIVE MUD FLAT AND EEL GRASS HABITAT IN WALKER CREEK DELTA AND CYPRESS GROVE PRESERVE, ALSO IN TOMALES BAY. DELIVERABLES INCLUDE THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR RECONNECTION OF 10 ACRES OF TIDAL MARSH AND INVASIVE PLANT CONTROL COMPLETED ON 1 ACRE OF DELTA AND WETLAND HABITAT. THESE ACTIONS WILL RESTORE NATIVE SALT MARSH HABITAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF A VARIETY OF MARSHDEPENDENT SPECIES, INCLUDING FEDERALLY LISTED SPECIES SUCH AS COHO SALMON ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH, AND TIDEWATER GOBY EUCYCLOGOBIUS NEWBERRYI, AS WELL AS CALIFORNIA BLACK RAIL LATERALLUS JAMAICENSIS COTURNICULUS AND SALT MARSH COMMON YELLOWTHROAT GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS SINUOSA, WHICH HAS EXPERIENCED AN 80% DECLINE OVER THE PAST CENTURY. ZERENE FRITILLARY ARGYNNIS ZERENE PUNTAREYES HAS BEEN RECENTLY SPOTTED THE PROPOSED RESTORATION AREA N. WARNOCK PERS. COMM..