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APPENDIX 5 <br /> MITIGATION PLAN FOR BUCKEYE RANCH <br /> Land Use <br /> Finding (A-1) <br /> EIR Impact (4.1-1) <br /> UNDERMINE INTEGRITY OF FOREST <br /> a) Live Oak Woodland <br /> > Restoration of approximately 20 acres of live oak woodland habitat, <br /> resulting in approximately 2000 trees planted (Section 7.24, RMP) <br /> > Protection of the remaining live oak forest and allowing natural forest <br /> ecosystem processes to continue (Section 7, RMP) <br /> b) Riparian Forest <br /> > Restoration of 50 acres of new riparian vegetation created along the <br /> margins of South Tracy Lakes in and in "green"tree areas in the upper <br /> reaches of east South Tracy Lakes (Section 7.36, RMP) <br /> c) Oak-Buckeye Savannah Restoration <br /> > Restoration of the oak-buckeye savannah,resulting in app roximate ly2000- <br /> 4000 trees planted (Section 7.36, RMP) <br /> > Implementation of various arboricultural techniques to preserve and <br /> lengthen the life of the existing trees (Section 5.2 and Appendix I, Tree <br /> Protection Guidelines, RMP) and from impacts relating to golf and other <br /> human disturbance factors. <br /> IMPACT TO WILDLIFE <br /> Restoration of the overall ranch site, including the tree planting program (80-90 <br /> acres, or about 10,000 trees), wetlands (130 acres of permanent lake, 30 acres of <br /> seasonal emergent marsh, 22 acres of permanent emergent marsh) and grasslands <br /> (intense management of 400 acres) restoration programs,and subsequent intensive <br /> management in perpetuity will mitigate for this loss. <br /> > The development of a "sanctuary"golf course which includes innovative ways <br /> of balancing the various needs of golf -- such as playability, challenge, <br /> aesthetics-- with open space values -- such as self-sustaining and interacting <br /> native plant communities and habitat for indigenous wildlife (Section 8, RMP). <br /> 1 <br />