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LanEAST/LanWEST Solar Wildlife Corridors and Habitat Linkages MapSOITEC SOLAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EIR

SOURCE: AECOM 2012; Bing Maps

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LanEast Project BoundaryLanWest Project BoundaryTierra del Sol Solar Project BoundaryGeneralized Wildlife Species Corridor Movements

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FIGURE 2.3-20

LanEAST Solar USFWS Critical Habitat MapSOITEC SOLAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EIR

SOURCE: AECOM 2012; USFWS; Bing Maps

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USFWS Critical HabitatPeninsular Bighorn SheepQuino Checkerspot Butterfly

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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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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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FIGURE 2.3-22

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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FIGURE 2.3-23

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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FIGURE 2.3-24

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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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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FIGURE 2.3-25b

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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FIGURE 2.3-25CImpacts - Tierra del Sol Gen-Tie Vegetation Communities

DRAFT/FINALSOITEC SOLAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EIR7345

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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

DRAFT/FINALSOITEC SOLAR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM EIR7345

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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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FIGURE 2.3-26

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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FIGURE 2.3-27

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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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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Rugged Solar

LanEAST Solar

LanWEST Solar

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