Post-Fire Restoration of Coast Range Headwaters for Multiple Benefits at Pepperwood Preserve

Status In-progress County Sonoma
Project Type Non-mitigation Location 38.58264° N, -122.71034° W Map
Project Area (Acres) No Data Last Updated 30 August 2024
Project Abstract This comprehensive post-fire restoration of headwaters located on the 3,200-acre Pepperwood Preserve that burned in the 2017 Tubbs Fire achieves multiple watershed benefits: minimization of future fire risks, promotion of forest and grassland health, carbon sequestration, and enhanced watershed resilience.
Administrative Region California Department of Fish and Wildlife - Hildie Spautz, CDFW

Project Identification

IDType
Q1996029 CDFW - Prop 1 Grant ID

Habitat Plan

Site NamePhaseActivitySubActivitiesHabitatSubHabitatAcresActivity StatusWater Regime
Pepperwood Preserve None Restoration/Rehabilitation Vegetation Management Upland Forested No Data Implementation in-progress Seasonal non-tidal

Related Habitat Impacts

Impact Project NameHabitatAcres LostType of Loss
No Data

Sites

NameStatusAcres
Pepperwood Preserve In-progress/Implementation No Data

Events

DateTypeDescriptionSite Name
2023-03-30 Completion

People

TypeNameOrganizationDepartment
Landowner Michael Gillogly Pepperwood Preserve Preserve Manager, Project Manager

Funding

PhaseActivityFunderAmount
No Data

Related CRAM Assessments

Visit DateVersionSite NameWetland TypeIndex Score
2012-07-10 6.1 Pepperwood Preserve Pond 1 perennial/seasonal depressional 70
2012-07-10 6.1 Turtle Pond at Pepperwood Preserve perennial/seasonal depressional 77
Name File Type Submitted On Submitted By
Pepperwood Forest Monitoring Plot Photopoints - FOR03 Photo 2023-03-01 Michael Gillogly, Pepperwood Preserve
Pepperwood Forest Monitoring Plot Photopoints - FOR04 Photo 2023-03-01 Michael Gillogly, Pepperwood Preserve
Pepperwood Forest Monitoring Plot Photopoints - FOR05 Photo 2023-03-01 Michael Gillogly, Pepperwood Preserve
Pepperwood Forest Monitoring Plot Photopoints - FOR06 Photo 2023-03-01 Michael Gillogly, Pepperwood Preserve
Pepperwood Forest Monitoring Plot Photopoints - FOR07 Photo 2023-03-01 Michael Gillogly, Pepperwood Preserve
Pepperwood Forest Monitoring Plot Photopoints - FOR08 Photo 2023-03-01 Michael Gillogly, Pepperwood Preserve
Pepperwood Forest Monitoring Plot Photopoints - FOR09 Photo 2023-03-01 Michael Gillogly, Pepperwood Preserve
Pepperwood Forest Monitoring Plot Photopoints - FOR10 Photo 2023-03-01 Michael Gillogly, Pepperwood Preserve
Pepperwood Forest Monitoring Project: 2020-2022 Metadata and Dataset Data Set 2023-03-01 Michael Gillogly, Pepperwood Preserve
Pepperwood Forest Monitoring Report 2020-2022 Monitoring Report 2023-03-28 Michael Gillogly, Pepperwood Preserve
Pepperwood Long-term Forest Monitoring Plan Plan Or Permit 2023-03-01 Michael Gillogly, Pepperwood Preserve

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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