LanWest Project Boundary Tierra del Sol Solar Project ......Delphinium parishii ssp. subglobosum -...
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FIGURE 2.3-19
LanEAST/LanWEST Solar Wildlife Corridors and Habitat Linkages MapSOITEC SOLAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EIR
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LanEast Project BoundaryLanWest Project BoundaryTierra del Sol Solar Project BoundaryGeneralized Wildlife Species Corridor Movements
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Soitec Solar Development Program EIR 2.3-302
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LanEAST Solar USFWS Critical Habitat MapSOITEC SOLAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EIR
SOURCE: AECOM 2012; USFWS; Bing Maps
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LanEast Project BoundaryLanEAST Solar 5- Mile Buffer
USFWS Critical HabitatPeninsular Bighorn SheepQuino Checkerspot Butterfly
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Soitec Solar Development Program EIR 2.3-304
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Tierra del Sol Solar Special-Status Plant Observations Impacts MapSOITEC SOLAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EIR
SOURCE: AECOM 2012; SOITEC 2012; Bing Maps
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Tierra del Sol Solar FarmImpacts
Fuel Mod ZoneSouthwest Powerlink ROW
Special-Status Species - PlantsAstragalus douglasii var. perstrictus - Jacumba milk-vetchDeinandra floribunda - Tecate tarplantGeraea viscida, Sticky geraeaHesperocyparis forbesii - Tecate cypressLinanthus bellus - desert beautyLathyrus splendens - pride-of-California
Astragalus douglasii var. perstrictus, Jacumba milk-vetchDeinandra floribunda - Tecate tarplantGeraea viscida, sticky geraeaLinanthus bellus - desert beauty
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Soitec Solar Development Program EIR 2.3-306
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Tierra del Sol Solar Special-Status Wildlife Observations Impacts MapSOITEC SOLAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EIR
SOURCE: AECOM 2012; SOITEC 2012; Bing Maps
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Tierra del Sol Solar FarmImpacts
On-Site Impact AreaFuel Mod ZoneSouthwest Powerlink ROW
Special-Status Species ObservationsSialia mexicana, Western bluebirdLepus californicus, Black-tailed jackrabbitPhrynosoma blainvillii, Blainville’s horned lizardAmphispiza belli, Sage sparrowNeotoma lepida - Desert woodratLanius ludovicianus - Loggerhead shrike
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Soitec Solar Development Program EIR 2.3-308
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Rugged Solar Farm Special-Status Plant Observations Impacts MapSOITEC SOLAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EIR
SOURCE: AECOM 2012b; CNDDB 2012d; SanGIS 2012; Bing Maps
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Rugged Solar Project Boundary
Fence Line
Impacts
On-Site Impact Area
Off-Site Access Road
Rugged Solar Property 1/2-Mile Buffer
CNDDB Observations
Linanthus bellus - Desert beauty
Astragalus douglasii var. perstrictus - Jacumba milk-vetch
Geraea viscida - Sticky geraea
Deinandra floribunda - Tecate tarplant
Special-Status Plant Observations
Linanthus bellus - Desert beauty
Delphinium parishii ssp. subglobosum - Desert larkspur
Mimulus aurantiacus var. aridus - desert monkey flower
Quercus engelmannii - Engelmann oak
Astragalus douglasii var. perstrictus - Jacumba milk-vetch
Caulanthus simulans - Payson’s jewelflower
Lathyrus splendens - Pride of California
Geraea viscida - Sticky geraea
Deinandra floribunda - Tecate tarplant
Deinandra floribunda - Tecate tarplant
Astragalus douglasii var. perstrictus, Jacumba milk-vetch
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Soitec Solar Development Program EIR 2.3-310
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Rugged Solar Farm Special-Status Wildlife Observations Impacts MapSOITEC SOLAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EIR
SOURCE: AECOM 2012; SanGIS 2012; Bing Maps
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Rugged Solar Project Boundary
Fence Line
Impacts
On-Site Impact Area
Off-Site Access Road
Special-Status Wildlife Observations
Phrynosoma blainvilli - Blainville’s horned lizard
Aspidoscelis tigris - Coastal western whiptail
Accipiter cooperii - Cooper’s hawk
Sceloporus orcutti - Granite spiny lizard
Eremophila alpestris actia - Horned lark
Lanius ludovicianus - Loggerhead shrike
Aspidoscelis hyperythra beldingi - Orange-throated whiptail
Falco mexicanus - Prairie falcon
Buteo jamaicensis - Red-tailed hawk
Amphispiza belli belli - Sage sparrow
Lepus californicus bennettii - San Diego black-tailed jackrabbit
Odocoileus hemionus - Southern mule deer
Buteo swainsoni - Swainson’s hawk
Neotoma lepida - desert woodrat
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Soitec Solar Development Program EIR 2.3-312
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FIGURE 2.3-25a
Tierra del Sol Solar Vegetation Impacts MapSOITEC SOLAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EIR
SOURCE: AECOM 2012; SOITEC 2012; Bing Maps
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Tierra del Sol Solar FarmImpact Type
On-Site Impact AreaFuel Mod ZoneSouthwest Powerlink ROWOak Root Zone (50-Ft. Buffer)
CODE, GIS_TITLEBSS, Big Sagebrush ScrubCC, Granitic Chamise ChaparralCC/MBS, Granitic Chamise Chaparral/Montane Buckwheat ScrubCLOW, Coast Live Oak WoodlandDL, Disturbed LandGNMX, Granitic Northern Mixed Chaparral
GNMX/MBS, Granitic Northern Mixed Chaparral/Montane Buckwhe*MBS, Montane Buckwheat ScrubMBS/RSC, Montane Buckwheat Scrub/Red Shank ChaparralOW, Open WaterRSC, Red Shank ChaparralSOC, Scrub Oak ChaparraldMBS, disturbed Montane Buckwheat Scrub
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Soitec Solar Development Program EIR 2.3-314
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Impacts - Tierra del Sol Gen-Tie Vegetation CommunitiesSOITEC SOLAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EIR
SOURCE: SANDAG; Bing Maps
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Gen-Tie 150-Ft. Buffer
Tierra del Sol Solar Farm
Overhead Power Line
Underground Power Line
Gen-Tie Pole Locations
Impact BufferUpland Vegetation Communities
BSS, Big Sagebrush Scrub
CLOW, Coast Live Oak Woodland
DEV, Developed
DL, Disturbed Land
GNMX, Granitic Northern Mixed Chaparral
MBS, Montane Buckwheat Scrub
NNG, Non-native Grassland
RSC, Red Shank Chaparral
Oak Root Zone (50-Ft. Buffer)
ACOE/CDFW/RWQCB JurisdictionalNon-wetland ephemeral waters
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Soitec Solar Development Program EIR 2.3-316
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FIGURE 2.3-25CImpacts - Tierra del Sol Gen-Tie Vegetation Communities
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Gen-Tie 150-Ft. Buffer
Tierra del Sol Solar Farm
Gen-Tie Pole Locations
Overhead Power Line
Impact Buffer
Upland Vegetation CommunitiesBSS, Big Sagebrush Scrub
CLOW, Coast Live Oak Woodland
DEV, Developed
DL, Disturbed Land
GNMX, Granitic Northern Mixed Chaparral
MBS, Montane Buckwheat Scrub
NNG, Non-native Grassland
RSC, Red Shank Chaparral
SOC, Scrub Oak Chaparral
dCLOW, disturbed Coast Live Oak Woodland
WMM, Wet Montane Meadow
SWS, Southern Willow Scrub
Oak Root Zone (50-Ft. Buffer)
ACOE/CDFW/RWQCB JurisdictionalNon-wetland ephemeral waters
Jurisdictional WetlandsACOE/CDFW/RWQCB
CDFW/County
RPO 50-Ft. Buffer
Data Stations
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FIGURE 2.3-25dImpacts - Tierra del Sol Gen-Tie Vegetation Communities
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Gen-Tie 150-Ft. Buffer
Tierra del Sol Solar Farm
Gen-Tie Pole Locations
Overhead Power Line
Underground Power Line
Impact Buffer
Upland Vegetation CommunitiesCLOW, Coast Live Oak Woodland
DEV, Developed
DL, Disturbed Land
GNMX, Granitic Northern Mixed Chaparral
MBS, Montane Buckwheat Scrub
NNG, Non-native Grassland
RSC, Red Shank Chaparral
SOC, Scrub Oak Chaparral
dCLOW, disturbed Coast Live Oak Woodland
WMM, Wet Montane Meadow
SWS, Southern Willow Scrub
Oak Root Zone (50-Ft. Buffer)
ACOE/CDFW/RWQCB JurisdictionalNon-wetland ephemeral waters
Jurisdictional WetlandsACOE/CDFW/RWQCB
CDFW/County
RPO 50-Ft. Buffer
Data Stations
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Soitec Solar Development Program EIR 2.3-320
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Rugged Solar Vegetation Impacts MapSOITEC SOLAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EIR
SOURCE: AECOM 2012; SanGIS 2012; Bing Maps
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Rugged Solar Project Boundary
Impacts
Fuel Mod Zones
On-Site Impact Area
Off-Site Access Road
MUP Limits
Overhead Collector Cable System
Open Space
RPO Wetlands (50-Ft. Buffer)
ACOE/CDFG/RWQCB
Oak Root Zone (50-Ft. Buffer)
Upland Vegetation Communities
BSS, Big Sagebrush Scrub
CC, Granitic Chamise Chaparral
CLOW, Coast Live Oak Woodland
GNMX, Granitic Northern Mixed Chaparral
MBWS, Montane Buckwheat Scrub
MOW, Mixed Oak Woodland
NNG, Non-Native Grassland
OW, Open Water
RSCH, Red Shank Chaparral
SDC, Semi-Desert Chaparral
SDC-rock, Semi-Desert Chaparral - Rock
SOC, Scrub Oak Chaparral
dBSS, disturbed Big Sagebrush Scrub
dMBWS, disturbed Montane Buckwheat Scrub
dSDC, disturbed Semi-Desert Chaparral
dSOC, disturbed Scrub Oak Chaparral
Wetland Vegetation Communities
AM, Alkali Meadow
NVC, Non-Vegetated Channel
TS, Tamarisk Scrub
dAM, disturbed Alkali Meadow
dMFS, disturbed Mulefat Scrub
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Soitec Solar Development Program EIR 2.3-322
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Biological Cumulative Study AreaSOITEC SOLAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EIR
SOURCE: CA Dept. of Conservatio, 2008; SanGIS 2011; AECOM 2012; Soitec 2012
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Biological Cumulative Study Area
Penninsular Range Eco-Subregional Area
Cumulative ProjectsWind Energy Project
Transmission Energy Proj
Solar Energy Project
Wind Energy Towers
Development Projects (Federal)
Residential Development Projects (County)
Other Development Projects (County)
Proposed FacilitiesECO Substation Project
Tule Wind Wind Farm Turbine Locations
ESJ Wind Phase I Turbine Locations
Existing FacilitiesSouthwest Powerlink
Sunrise Powerlink Transmission Line
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Tierra del Sol Solar
Rugged Solar
LanEAST Solar
LanWEST Solar
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Soitec Solar Development Program EIR 2.3-324
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Biological Cumulative Study Area VegetationSOITEC SOLAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EIR
SOURCE: CA Dept. of Conservatio, 2008; SanGIS 2011; AECOM 2012; Soitec 2012
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Biological Cumulative Study Area
Penninsular Range Eco-Subregional Area
Cumulative ProjectsSolar Energy Project
Wind Energy Towers
Development Projects (Federal)
Residential Development Projects (County)
Other Development Projects (County)
Proposed FacilitiesECO Substation Project
Tule Wind Wind Farm Turbine Locations
ESJ Wind Phase I Turbine Locations
Existing FacilitiesSouthwest Powerlink
Sunrise Powerlink Transmission Line
Alkali Marsh
Broadleaved Upland Forest
Chaparral
Chenopod Scrub
Cismontane Woodland
Closed-Cone Coniferous Forest
Coastal Scrub
Freshwater Marsh
General Agriculture
Great Basin Scrub
Lower Montane Coniferous Forest
Meadows and Seeps
Mixed Oak Woodland
Mojavean Desert Scrub
Non-Native Vegetation
Non-Native Woodland
Pinon and Juniper Woodlands
Pinon and Juniper Woolands
Riparian Forests
Riparian Scrubs
Riparian Woodlands
Sonoran Desert Scrub
Undifferentiated Open Woodland
Unvegetated Habitat
Upper Sonoran Subshrub Scrub
Urban/Developed
Valley Needlegrass Grassland
Valley Sacaton Grassland
Valley and Foothill Grassland
Woodland
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Sunrise Powerlink
Tierra del Sol Solar
Rugged Solar
LanEAST Solar
LanWEST Solar
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Soitec Solar Development Program EIR 2.3-326
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