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Wildlife Goals <br /> • To maintain wildlife biodiversity on the property. <br /> • To create a 700 acre wildlife sanctuary through the establishment of a <br /> conservation easement. <br /> • To establish a valley elderberry longhorn beetle sanctuary. <br /> • To protect threatened and endangered species on the property. <br /> • To implement the Buckeye Ranch Resource Plan Swainson's Hawk mitigation plan. <br /> • To improve wetland habitat for waterfowl, shorebirds, and other wetland wildlife. <br /> • To increase habitat that supports neotropical migrant songbirds, both nesting and <br /> transient species. <br /> f <br /> Management Goals <br /> • To preserve the existing natural areas including live oak forest, savanna, and wetlands <br /> and to protect them from incompatible land use management practices. <br /> • To establish adaptive management techniques for the ongoing improvement of <br /> restoration and maintenance of the natural areas, including the use of pilot projects, and <br /> setting up a dynamic program that can be adapted as needed. <br /> • To minimize the effects of residential and recreational amenities on the biotic <br /> communities. <br /> Natural Resource -- Human Environment Compatibility Guidelines <br /> • The development of a "sanctuary" golf course concept which includes innovative ways <br /> of balancing the various needs of golf-- such as playability, challenge, aesthetics -- <br /> with open space values -- such as self-sustaining and interacting native plant <br /> communities and habitat for indigenous wildlife. <br /> • The development of an adaptive management program for the golf course,including <br /> environmentally safe use of pesticides and fertilizers. <br /> Buckeye Ranch Resource Plan (November, 1993) <br /> 3 <br />