Survey Date: _________ -_________ -_________ Survey I.D. #:__________________________________

Size Class 1- tree saplings

Size Class 2- 1-6 inches DBH

Size Class 3- 6-11 inches DBH

Size Class 4- 11-24 inches DBH

Size Class 5- 24-36 inches DBH

Size Class 7- >36 inches DBH

S sparse 10-24% cover

P open 25-39% cover

M moderate 40-59% cover

D dense 60-100% cover

Draw

Mesa/plateau

Dune/sandfield

Other (describe)

Surveyor’s Phone #___________________ Date__________________________

Survey Name or Watershed_______________________________________________________________________

Legal Description of Survey Area: Quad Name______ Township________ Range_______________

Site Location (1/16 section) _____ ¼ ______ ¼ UTM Northing __________ UTM Easting ___________

Site Number (*1)_______________

Site Description (*2)____________________________________________________________________________

Survey Description (*3) _________________________________________________________________________

Other sites in Survey Area (*4)___________________________________________________________________

Precipitation in last 48 hours (Y or N)______________

Write down the number of each species you find under the appropriate environmental attribute during a search of one site in a survey area.

*(1) Assign a number to each site you search in a survey area

*(2) Talus slope, Aquatic, Forest floor, other?

*(3) Type of survey: Time constrained search, coarse woody debris search, aquatic search,

*(4) Describe Water type: River/Creek Watercourse type (I, II, or III), Seep/spring (S), Marsh (M), Lake/pond (L)

Surveyor’s name/s______________________________________________________________________________

Surveyor’s Phone #___________________ Survey Date__________________________

Survey Name or Watershed_______________________________________________________________________

Legal Description of Survey Area: Quad Name_________ Township_________ Range_______________

Site Numbers (1)______________________________________________________________________________

Survey Description (2) _________________________________________________________________________

Survey Length- Start Time_______________ End Time_______________ Total Minutes________________

Weather__________________________________________ Precipitation in last 48 hours? (Y or N)____________

Write down the common name of each song bird you detect, its activity, and the vegetation you find it in.

Comments:

Surveyor’s name/s and level of experience (1)________________________________________________________

Surveyor’s Phone #___________________ Survey Date ___________________

Survey Name, Watershed, or THP #________________________________________________________________

Legal Description of Survey Area: Quad Name______ Township________ Range_______________

Site Location (1/16 section) _____ ¼ ______ ¼ UTM Northing __________ UTM Easting ___________

Precipitation in last 48 hours (Y or N)______________

Start Time_____________ End Time ________________ Total Minutes________________

Is this an approved or active THP? ____________

You should record this information on to a hand held recorder during a Marbled Murrelet survey, and than transcribe it here afterwards.

Surveyor’s name/s and experience (1)_______________________________________________________________

Surveyor’s Phone #___________________ Survey Date__________________________

Legal Description of Survey Area: Quad Name_________ Township_________ Range_______________

Survey Length- Start Time_______________ End Time_______________ Total Minutes________________

What stretches of beach did you survey?____________________________________________________________

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Weather__________________________________________ Precipitation in last 48 hours? (Y or N)____________

Comments:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Surveyor’s name/s and level of experience (1)________________________________________________________

Surveyor’s Phone #___________________ Survey Date ___________________

Survey Name, Watershed, or THP #________________________________________________________________

Legal Description of Survey Area: Quad Name______ Township________ Range_______________

Survey Description__________________________________________________________________________

Sites Visited _____________________________

Precipitation in last 48 hours (Y or N)______________

Start Time_____________ End Time ________________ Total Minutes________________

Is this an approved or active THP?

Comments:________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Please include copies of any photos you have.

Surveyor’s name/s ______________________________________________________________________________

Surveyor’s Phone #___________________ Survey Date ___________________

Survey Name or Watershed_______________________________________________________________________

Legal Description of Survey Area: Quad Name______ Township________ Range_______________

Survey Description__________________________________________________________________________

Sites Visited _____________________________

Precipitation in last 48 hours (Y or N)______________

Start Time_____________ End Time ________________ Total Minutes________________

Mark the nest trees with flagging. You should take photographs and/or samples of each vole nest you find, and write the record number on the photo back / specimen bag.

Comments:

Surveyor’s Name/s-___________________________ Surveyor’s Phone #-_________________________

Station Name, Description, or Sub-Watershed________________________________________________

Legal Description of Sample Unit: Quad Name_________ Township_________ Range_______________

Four Section Numbers for Sample Unit: ____, _____, _____, _____

Station Location (1/16 section) _____ ¼ ______ ¼ UTM Northing __________ UTM Easting ___________

Sample Unit # _________ Station # (*1)_________ Type (*2)________

Start Date ______________________________ Duration ____________________

Comments:_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

1. Assign a number for each track station in your sample unit
2. Plastic (P), Wood (W), or Open (O)
3. Intact (OK), or Inoperable (I)
4. Present (P) or Absent (A)
5. Present (S-Skunkit, G-Gusto) or Absent (A)
6. Yes (Y) or No (N) in the previous 48 hours
7. Yes (Y) or No (N)

Four-letter acronym; use most precise taxonomy possible. (e.g. MAAM- Marten; MAPE-Fisher; SPGR- Spotted skunk; MEME- Striped skunk, PRLO- Raccoon; BAAS- Ringtail cat; URAR- Gray fox; TASP- squirrel and chipmunk species; GLSA- Flying squirrel; MICE- unidentifiable mouse-sized mammal; LIZD-unidentifiable lizard.). List in alphabetical order.

Proposed Wilderness ________________________________ Trail name _________________________________

National Forest and/or general vicinity_____________________________________________________________

Road directions. Please get mileage between intersections. Is the route suitable for standard passenger vehicles?

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Average driving time _____________ from __________________________

Trail directions. Please give approximate distances between points and note trail condition, steep places, campsites, water sources, hazards, points of interest. Is it suitable, even part way, for young children? Backpack or dayhike or both? Will it be too hot in summer? Is access restricted seasonally by snow or high water? Interesting plants? Or anything else you want to add.

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Car camping facilities nearby.

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Send an additional copy of this form to:

Susan Nolan

California Wilderness Coalition

POB 115

Bayside, CA. 95524

(707) 839-9135

We agree to share the field data we collected, which therefor belongs to us.

The following are terms upon how we are willing to share this data.

Check the following for which you agree that LEGACY-TLC can use your data:.

_____ For use by LEGACY-TLC only.

_____ For use by other non-profit organizations.

_____ For use by community members.

_____ For use by government agencies.

_____ For other use:

_____ For use by any and all who want it.

Signed:

Date:

Field Surveyor Name:

Mailing Address:

Phone Number:

Email Address:

Survey Descriptions:

Water projects include the presence of dams, channelization measures, and water diversions that have the following effects on native aquatic species:

Dams have been identified to:

1. Reduce the downstream volume of water in aquatic habitats thus reducing the amount of breeding and rearing (suitable) habitat available to species;
2. Disrupt the natural hydrologic regime of aquatic habitats thus inducing rates of channelization with corresponding losses of riparian and suitable habitat; and
3. Prevent the passage of migrating fish species where adequate fish ladders are absent.

Channelization measures have restricted natural meandering of watercourses thus reducing aquatic and riparian habitat and increased scouring of the current watercourse channel, reducing habitat quality.

Diversions have been identified to reduce the downstream volume of water in aquatic habitats thus reducing the amount of suitable habitat available to species.

Urbanization includes the loss of natural habitat to a variety of development activities (conversion to homes, agriculture, pasture, etc.) that affect native species by: reducing the amount of habitat available to species (especially in lowlands, valleys, and the coastal plain), increasing fragmentation effects, increasing exotic species introduction, and increased pollution.

Pollution includes many forms of degradation (e.g. chemical runoff, excess sediment loads, thermal) mainly caused by industrial and agricultural activities that affect native species by depositing large amounts of contaminants into aquatic habitats, degrading water quality enough to negatively alter the growth, reproduction, and survival of many species.

Two major types of mining occur in the CNCB: gravel and mineral mining. Gravel mining involves the removal of substrate from aquatic habitats faster than it can be replaced by natural processes by reducing the amount of suitable habitat available mainly to fishes. Mineral extraction occurs at various scales, targeting multiple types of minerals (e.g. nickel, gold) within the CNCB. The major effects of these types of mining include habitat destruction and hazardous chemical deposition.

Overharvesting involves the removal of individuals from a population of a particular species faster than they can be replaced by natural reproduction. This reduces the abundance of species and thus the number of individuals available to participate in reproductive activities required for the continued persistence of the species.

Estuarine degradation involves the general degradation of estuarine habitats, mainly from pollution, urbanization, and dredging activities that affect native aquatic species by decreasing the amount of suitable habitat available. Estuaries represent critical stop-over habitat for many species of water birds and plays a variety of roles for multiple fish species.

Introductions of exotic species (mostly plants and fish) have occurred throughout the CNCB with the following effects on native species: competition with and replacement of native species reducing their growth, survival, and reproduction, and changing the structure and composition of several communities.

Many native aquatic species (primarily fish populations) are "enhanced" through hatchery activities that increase the number of individuals available to both recreation and reproduction. This affects native aquatic species by introducing fish that: increase competition with native stocks and reduce the genetic integrity of native stocks. (Hatchery fish are usually produced from stocks that are not native to the aquatic habitat in which they are planted. These individuals usually have a genetic quality that is inferior to those of the native individuals, and after successful interbreeding occurs, offspring are produced that are less capable of maintaining the species into the future).

Many habitats often receive large amounts of recreational pressure, such as rafting, catch-and-release fishing, and off highway vehicle (OHV) use. These disturbances can have dramatic (e.g. OHV degradation of sensitive dune communities) or subtle (e.g. snowy plover abandonment of beach and dune sites due to human disturbance) effects. Disturbance of individuals can cause abandonment of key sites or reduction in the amount of time they spend feeding, resting, and reproducing, potentially reducing their growth and survival.

This includes the direct suppression of fire as well as landscape alterations designed to decrease fire potential and intensity (e.g. fire and fuel brakes in chaparral). Fire suppression has different effects ranging from threatening the existence of entire communities, such as closed-cone cypress, to causing forests to become much more dense with younger trees.

*1 Southern California sub-species

*2 Federally de-listed in 1999.