Natural Resources Management Plan

Natural Resources Management Plan

Fragments of unique plant and animal habitats within San Francisco and Pacifica, known as Significant Natural Resource Areas (Natural Areas), have been preserved within the parks that are managed by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department (SFRPD). In the late 1990s, the SFRPD initiated a Natural Areas Program to protect and manage these Natural Areas. Ovex the course of several years, the SFRPD developed the Natural Resources Management Plan (NIZMP), with the final draft plan published in February 2006. This NRMP contains detailed information on the biology, geology, and trails within 32 Natural Areas, 31 in San Francisco and one (Sharp Park) in Pacifica. The NRMP is intended to guide natural resource protection, habitat restoration, trail and access improvements, other capital projects, and maintenance activities over the next 20 years. The NRMP delineates the acreage within each Natural Area into management area categories based on the management priority. The NRMP prescribes both general management activities that apply to all Natural Areas and management activities specific to each Natural Area. The NRMP identifies a number of goals with respect to conservation and restoration, education, research, stewardship, recreation, and monitoring goals. Recommended actions identified for each Natural Area are intended to meet the overall goals of the NRMP and may include, but are not limited to, habitat restoration, removal of invasive species, tree removal, erosion control, _ trail closure, relocation or creation, and closure or reduction of dog play areas. Individual Natural Areas may be identified as an entire park or only a portion of the park. Unless otherwise specified in the NRMP or the Draft EIR, management actions apply only to the geographic boundary of the Natural Area. The attached table and map identify each Natural Area, and the Natural Area's acreage and general location. The Draft EIR analyzes the 20-year management plan at a programmatic level, with project-level review of routine maintenance actions and habitat restoration at Sharp Park. The Draft EIR identified the following unavoidable significant environmental effects of the proposed project: Cultural and Paleontological Resources, Recreation, Biological Resources, and Air Quality. Significant Hydrology and Water Quality, and Hazards and Hazardous Materials effects identified in the Draft EIR were found to be less than significant with mitigation.

Pacifica, San Francisco

San Francisco, San Mateo

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