Los Penasquitos Lagoon Restoration Design and Feasibility Study

Status Planning County San Diego
Project Type Non-mitigation Location 32.91760° N, -117.23776° W Map
Project Area (Acres) 23.00 Last Updated 14 April 2022
Project Abstract This project will develop a 50% design concept to complete an EIR/CEQA for lagoon restoration.
Project Groups Southern California Wetlands Recovery Project
Administrative Region Southern California Wetland Recovery Project - Katie Nichols, State Coastal Conservancy

Project Identification

IDType
No Data

Habitat Plan

Site NamePhaseActivitySubActivitiesHabitatSubHabitatAcresActivity StatusWater Regime
Los Penasquitos Lagoon Feasibility study Restoration (unspecified) Estuarine Wetland Marsh 23.00 Planning in-progress
Los Penasquitos Lagoon Preliminary design Restoration (unspecified) Estuarine Wetland Marsh 23.00 Planning in-progress

Related Habitat Impacts

Impact Project NameHabitatAcres LostType of Loss
No Data

Sites

NameStatusAcres
Los Penasquitos Lagoon Planning/Scoping 46.00

Events

DateTypeDescriptionSite Name
2021-11-17 Phase end Restoration Design and Feasibility Study Los Penasquitos Lagoon
2017-01-20 Project start date Design and Feasibility Study
2016-12-15 Phase start Restoration Design and Feasibility Study Los Penasquitos Lagoon

People

TypeNameOrganizationDepartment
Contact Joel Gerwin State Coastal Conservancy Not applicable/Unknown
Contact Mike Hastings Los Penasquitos Lagoon Foundation Not applicable/Unknown

Funding

PhaseActivityFunderAmount
Preliminary design Restoration (unspecified) Unknown/Unspecified $633,320

Related CRAM Assessments

Visit DateVersionSite NameWetland TypeIndex Score
2016-05-24 6.1 SVR AA2-3 non-saline estuarine perennial non-saline 65
2016-05-24 6.1 SVR A2-2 non-saline estuarine perennial non-saline 62
2016-05-24 6.1 SVR AA2-1 Saline estuarine perennial saline 62
2016-03-30 6.1 SVR AA1-1 Saline estuarine perennial saline 53
2016-03-30 6.1 SVR AA1-3 riverine riverine non-confined 52
2016-03-30 6.1 SVR AA1-2 riverine non-confined 64
2015-10-07 6.1 Los Penasquitos AA#1 bar-built estuarine 62
2015-10-07 6.1 Los Penasquitos AA#4 bar-built estuarine 71
2015-10-07 6.1 Los Penasquitos AA#3 bar-built estuarine 67
2015-10-07 6.1 Los Penasquitos AA#2 bar-built estuarine 75
2015-06-11 6.1 LPC-MLS riverine non-confined 63
2007-11-21 5.0.1 Los Penasquitos Lagoon estuarine perennial saline 65
2007-11-21 5.0.1 Los Penasquitos Lagoon estuarine perennial saline 60
2007-11-21 5.0.1 Los Penasquitos Lagoon estuarine perennial saline 61
2007-11-21 5.0.1 Los Penasquitos Lagoon estuarine perennial saline 64
2007-11-11 5.0.1 Los Penasquitos Lagoon estuarine perennial saline 65

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How to Use the Habitat Development Curve

Habitat Development Curves (HDCs) are used to determine the developmental status and trajectory of on-the-ground projects to create, restore, or enhance California wetland and stream habitats. Each HDC is based on assessments of habitat condition for different age areas of one habitat type that in aggregate represent the full spectrum of habitat development. The assessments of condition are provided by expert applications of the California Rapid Assessment Method (CRAM). Visit the CRAM website for more information about CRAM.

For each HDC, reference condition is represented by areas of a habitat that consistently get very high CRAM scores, have not been subject to disruptive management practices, and exist within landscapes that are protected and managed for their natural conditions. The horizontal lines intersecting the top of an HDC represent the mean CRAM score and standard deviation of scores for 25 qualifying reference areas.

The age of a project is estimated as the elapsed time in years between the groundwork end date for the project and the date of the CRAM assessment. To add or update a groundwork end date, use the Project Events form in Project Tracker (ptrack.ecoatlas.org). The minimum age in years of a non-project area, including any natural reference area, is estimated from all available local information, including historical maps and imagery, historical written accounts, and place-specific scientific studies of habitat development.

An HDC can be used to address the following questions:

  1. At what time in the future will the area of assessed habitat achieve the reference condition or other milestones in habitat development? The HDC can answer this question if the CRAM score for the assessed area is within the confidence interval of the HDC. The answer is the time in years along the HDC between the current age of the assessed area and the future date corresponding to the intersection of the HDC and the reference condition or other milestone.
  2. Is the area of assessed habitat likely to develop faster, slower, or at the same pace as most other areas of the same habitat type? The habitat area is likely to develop faster, slower, or at the same pace if the CRAM score for the area is above, below, or within the confidence interval of the HDC, respectively.
  3. What can be done to improve the condition of the habitat area or to increase its rate of development? HDCs by themselves cannot answer this question. Possible answers can be inferred by the following analysis that involves HDCs:
    1. Examine the HDC for each of the four CRAM Attributes;
    2. Identify the Attribute(s) scoring below the HDC;
    3. For any low-scoring Attribute, examine the component Metric Scores (note: the Metric Scores for any public CRAM assessment in the CRAM database can be obtained through EcoAtlas);
    4. Assume the low score of an Attribute is due to its low-scoring Metric(s);
    5. Consider modifying the design or management of the habitat area in ways that will sustainably increase its score(s) for the low-scoring Metric(s).

For more information about CRAM Attributes and Metrics, including their scientific rationale, see the CRAM Manual.

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