WESTERN RIVERSIDE COUNTY
MULTIPLE SPECIES HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN

• Volume 1 - The Plan
• Volume 2 - The MSHCP Reference Document
• Volume 3 - Implementing Agreement

• Volume 4 - Final EIR/EIS
• Volume 5 - Final Responses to Comments
• Nexus Report

Location: MSHCP > VOLUME 2

VOLUME 2 - THE MSHCP REFERENCE DOCUMENT

A. MSHCP CONSERVATION AREA DESCRIPTION

1.0 INTRODUCTION

2.0 OVERVIEW OF MSHCP PLAN AREA

• 2.1 Physiography
• 2.2 Conservation Planning Context
• 2.3 Climate
• 2.4 Bioregions

3.0 MSHCP CONSERVATION AREA DESCRIPTION

• 3.1 Generalized Vegetation
• 3.1.1 Methodology
• 3.1.2 MSHCP Conservation Area Vegetation Description
• 3.2 Uncollapsed Vegetation
• 3.3 Conservation within Bioregions
• 3.3.1 Santa Ana Mountains Bioregion
• 3.3.2 Agua Tibia Mountains Bioregion
• 3.3.3 Riverside Lowlands Bioregion
• 3.3.4 San Jacinto Foothills Bioregion
• 3.3.5 San Jacinto Mountains Bioregion
• 3.3.6 Desert Transition Bioregion
• 3.3.7 San Bernadino Mountains Bioregion
• 3.3.8 Summary of Bioregions Analysis
• 3.4 Soils
• 3.5 MSHCP Conservation Area Patch Size, Shape and Edge Effects
• 3.5.1 Methods for Measuring Habitat Patch Size
• 3.5.2 Results of the Habitat Patch Analysis
• 3.5.3 Methods for Measuring Edge Effects
• 3.5.4 Results of Edge Effects Analysis

4.0 LITERATURE CITED

LIST OF EXHIBITS

• Exhibit 1 MSHCP Plan Map
• Exhibit 2 Bio-Regions and generalized Vegetation on Hillshaded Relief in MSHCP Plan Area
• Exhibit 3 Regional MSHCP Context
• Exhibit 4 Vegetation Map with Criteria Area
• Exhibit 5 Sensitive Soils with Criteria Area

LIST OF TABLES

• Table 1 Acreage of Generalized Vegetation Communities to be Conserved Within the MSHCP Conservation Area
• Table 2 Variation in Relative Distribution of Vegetation Communities Between Areas to be Conserved under the MSHCP and the Plan Area
• Table 3 Conservation of Uncollapsed Vegetation Types
• Table 4 Acreage and Percent Conservation in Bioregions
• Table 5 Conservation of Vegetation Communities in the Santa Ana Mountains Bioregion
• Table 6 Conservation of Vegetation Communities in the Agua Tibia Mountains Bioregion
• Table 7 Conservation of Vegetation Communities in the Riverside Lowlands Bioregion
• Table 8 Conservation of Vegetation Communities in the San Jacinto Foothills Bioregion
• Table 9 Conservation of Vegetation Communities in the San Jacinto Mountains Bioregion
• Table 10 Conservation of Vegetation Communities in the Desert Transition Bioregion
• Table 11 Conservation of Vegetation Communities in the San Bernadino Mountains Bioregion
• Table 12 Acreage and Percent Conserved of Select Sensitive Soils
• Table 13 Number and Acreage of Natural Vegetation Patches Within the MSHCP Conservation Area
• Table 14 Results of Edge Analysis
• Table 15 Edge-affected Lands by Bioregions (Acres)

B. MSHCP SPECIES ACCOUNTS

• Introduction to Species Accounts
• Amphibians
• Birds
• Crustaceans
• Fish
• Insects
• Mammals
• Plants
• Reptiles

C. MSHCP HABITAT ACCOUNTS

• Alluvial Scrub
• Big Sagebrush Scrub
• Black Oak Forest
• Broadleaved Upland Forest
• Chaparral
• Coastal Sage Scrub
• Dairy and Livestock Feedyards
• Field Croplands
• Freshwater Wetlands
• Grasslands
• Grove/Orchard
• Jeffrey Pine
• Lodgepole Pine Forest
• Lower Montane Coniferous Forest
• Mixed Evergreen Forest
• Oak Woodland
• Peninsular Juniper Woodland and Scrub
• Residential/Urban/Exotic
• Riparian Forest/Woodland/Scrub
• San Jacinto Valley Vernal Pools (Sawyer & Keeler-wolf)
• Sonoran Desert Scrub
• Southern California White Fir Forest
• Southern Interior Basalt Vernal Pools
• Subalpine Coniferous Forest

D. MSHCP LITERATURE CITED AND REFERENCES

I. CORRESPONDENCE

• A. Correspondence Received During the Western Riverside County MSHCP Planning Process

II. INTERNAL DOCUMENTS

• A. Internal RCIP Documents

III. REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

• A. Agency Documents, Plans and Policy Statements
• B. Environmental Documents
• C. Wildlife/Plant Surveys
• D. Research Papers, Journal Articles, Books and Letter Citations
• 1) Amphibians
• 2) Birds
• 3) Fish
• 4) Insects
• 5) Invertebrates
• 6) Mammals
• 7) Plants
• 8) Reptiles

E. Habitat Conservation Planning/Regional Planning Issues

F. Stakeholder Platforms and Interest Group Proposals

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