Documents & events relating to Seaside Bird's Beak
(Cordylanthus rigidus ssp. littoralis)
Compiled by Fred Watson, PhD
Copyright (C) F. Watson
- 1976. Griffin. Native Plant Reserves on Fort Ord.
- 1992. Flora and Fauna Baseline Study of Fort Ord, California. US Army with technical assistance from Jones & Stokes Associates. See map in Figure F-7.
- 1999, March 24. Letter from EMC Planning to FORA relating to potential for Seaside Bird's Beak and other rare plants to occur in FORA's North-South Road / Highway 218 project site. Concludes no consultation with CDFG is necessary because prior documentation of SBB was only on west side of NSR, and road widening is proposed for east side. (Note: Subsequent surveys (e.g. Zander 2004) found SBB on east side of NSR.)
- 2000, May 11. FORA application to CDFG for incidental take authorization for Seaside Bird's Beak as part of NSR/Hwy218 widening project. Includes Mitigation Plan prepared by Zander (April 2000). Maps locations of Seaside's Birds Beak that would be impacted by project. Proposes mitigation by establishing new colonies on Range 42 (south of Eucalyptus Rd about half a mile west of old BLM HQ). (Note: It is almost certain CDFG never authorized this take, as evidenced by the fact the project never extended as far north as the SBB area, and by subsequent emails referencing CDFGs action around this time. An April 20 memo from Zander to FORA foreshadows the possibility that CDFG might not accept the proposed mitigation plan. It is not inconceivable that the application was never submitted, although the transmittal letter is signed by the FORA Assistant EO at the time.)
- 2004 April (reported November). Zander finds endangered Seaside Bird's-beak at GJMB/SBR intersection as part of what became Appendix C to the 2005 EA/IS for GJMB/Eucalyptus Rd.
- 2010 November. FORA applies for Seaside Bird's-beak Take Permit, designating as mitigation the 4.63 acre habitat reserve parcel at the northeast corner of SOuth Boundary Road and General Jim Moore Boulevard. Mistakenly refers to it as: "4.65 acres" (should be 4.63), and has a typo in the APN "0311-191-0113-000" (should be 031-191-013-000). Permit never issued. Project never happened.
Docs: (1) Take permit application. (2) Transmittal letter.
- 2018 November 16. Map of Seaside Bird's Beak near the intersection of South Boundary Road and General Jim Moore Boulevard. Prepared by Denise Duffy & Associations for Whitson Engineers / FORA. Presumably based on spring/summer 2018 surveys.