Summary of Recommended
Actions
0 = ongoing 1 =
within 2 years 2 = 3 - 5 years 3 = desirable
* Develop
and implement a Habitat Management Plan (3)
* Monitor natural habitat areas (0)
* Control exotic plant invasions (0)
* Establish agri-tourism program (3)
* Undertake Queseria riparian reforestation (1)
* Monitor Queseria riparian restoration and realignment
(1)
* Conduct a study of the marsh and lagoon (1)
* Undertake a plant survey from the marsh to the coastal
bluffs (3)
* Construct interpretive trails (3)
* Plant insectary hedgerow in Long Barn field (3)
* Establish perennial grasses in drainage channels (1)
* Develop habitat management endowment fund (3)
* Participate in the Scotts Creek Watershed Council (0)
* Promote resistant native Monterey pines (0)
* Manage and monitor Monterey pine plantations (0)
* Determine future of non-native Monterey pine species
(3)
* Remediate erosion in head gullies (0)
* Repair and desilt ponds as needed (3)
* Re-establish USGS gaging station (3)
* Develop native plants website for the Ranch (1)
* Develop habitat management fund
(3)
Almost
half of Swanton Pacific Ranch (1,355 acres) is covered with mixed
forest, of which over 63% contains redwood as the dominant species
(Todd, 1988). The majority of the remaining land is grassland
with about 330 acres of brush. The major riparian corridor extends
through the center of the property along Scotts Creek and widens to
120 feet at the estuary to the ocean. There are several riparian
corridors along the subsidiary creeks, but, except for Little Creek,
these are only a few feet wide due to steep slopes. There are
102 acres of cultivated land, primarily in vegetables, and irrigated
and non-irrigated oat hay. For purposes of natural resource
management, the Ranch is divided in four major habitat areas, grassland,
wetland, riparian land and forestland, with the latter divided into
three separate forestry type areas.
