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Restore a more natural grassland cycle on the South Tracy Lake Preserve. Discontinue cattle grazing on the property except as a possible management tool to diversify cover through controlled grazing. Restoration in this area will create 400 acres of improved foraging habitat for Swainson's hawks. Action 2: Restore grassland habitat on irri ag ted pasture The project proposes the conversion of irrigated pasture, located on the south-central portion of the property to grassland/vernal pool habitat. Estep reports that irrigated pasture does not provide as suitable habitat as non- irrigated and/or natural grasslands for foraging Swainson's hawks. The creation of natural grasslands interspersed with vernal pools on previously irrigated pasture will create optimal foraging habitat for Swainson's hawks on the property. This restoration will create 19 acres of foraging habitat for Swainson's hawk. Action 3: Restore grassland and manage for raptor foraging on interfairwayspaces. Restore and manage interfairway grassland to improve foraging opportunities. The bulk of the course will be interspersed amongst the oak woodland habitat which provides marginal foraging habitat for Swainson's hawks. Improving cover type in the interfairway areas (which in some cases are wider than 400 feet) will provide foraging possibilities for the species. In addition American kestrel, white-tailed kite, northern harrier, and great horned owls Bubo vir inianus) will forage within this interfairway habitat. Buckeye Ranch Resource Plan (November, 1993) 122