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<br />Sequoia Ecological Consulting, Inc. <br />CalVTP Project-Specific Analysis and Addendum <br />Augustin Bernal Community Park Fuel Reduction <br />November 2025 <br />A-70 <br /> <br /> <br />MITIGATION MEASURES APPLICABLE? <br />(Y/N) TIMING IMPLEMENTING <br />ENTITY <br />VERIFYING/ <br />MONITORING <br />ENTITY <br />During the dispersal season from October 15 (or after the first rainfall of the year) through <br />April 15, pre-treatment visual surveys would be performed daily by an RPF, qualified <br />biologist, or biological monitor, prior to implementation of any treatment activities (i.e., <br />mechanical, manual, and herbicide) within breeding, upland, or dispersal habitat as <br />determined by a qualified biologist. If a California red-legged frog is found during pre- <br />activity surveys or enters the Project site during treatment activities, all work would stop <br />within a non-disturbance buffer of 100 feet around the individual unless the qualified RPF <br />or biologist determines that a different sized buffer is appropriate to avoid disturbance, <br />injury, or mortality. Treatment activities would cease within the buffer until the animal <br />leaves on its own, and the occurrence would be reported to the qualified RPF or biologist <br />and USFWS. <br />Specific habitat features (i.e., log, tree, debris pile) used by frogs observed on-site would <br />be evaluated by a qualified RPF or biologist for habitat retention, if habitat retention is <br />achievable while meeting project goals of reducing fuel loads. <br />All herbicide use during project implementation would comply with the herbicide use <br />restrictions in the stipulated injunction issued by the Federal District Court for the Northern <br />District of California to resolve the 2006 case brought against USEPA by the Center for <br />Biological Diversity. For example, to comply with the injunction, only cut stump and basal <br />bark applications would be allowed in California red-legged frog habitat under the <br />following conditions. <br />Cut stump and basal bark applications may be used but would not be applied within 60 <br />feet of breeding or non-breeding aquatic habitat. <br />If operators need to move or treat large woody debris greater than 12 inches in diameter, <br />that piece of woody debris would be evaluated for the presence of California red-legged <br />frog by a qualified biologist, qualified professional, RPF, RPF-supervised designee, or a <br />contractor who has been through the environmental awareness training.