Conservation
Restoration
Jensen River Ranch Conceptual Plan
The Final Conceptual Plan for Habitat Enhancement and Public Access on the Jensen River Ranch is available to the public to view online or download from this site. The Conceptual Plan was saved as a series of PDF files which can be viewed with Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you do not have the Acrobat Reader, you may download the software free of charge from the Adobe website.
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Cover (461K)
Title Page (73K)
Executive Summary (131K)
Table of Contents (106K)
Chapter Dividers (63K)
Chapter 1. Introduction (142K)
Chapter 2. Existing Conditions and Site Assessment (285K)
Chapter 3. Project Elements and Alternatives (218K)
Chapter 4. Benefits Analysis (135K)
Chapter 5. Implementation Strategies and Analysis of Restoration Element Options 160K)
Chapter 6. Preferred Alternative (108K)
Chapter 7. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Land Management (125K)
Chapter 8. Construction Phasing and Potential Funding Sources (110K)
Chapter 9. References (105K)
Appendix A. Photos (379K)
Appendix B. Public Access Concept (700K)
Appendix C. Cost Estimates:
Cost Estimate Alternative 1 (557K)
Cost Estimate Alternative 2 (500K)
Cost Estimate Alternative 3 (487K)
Appendix D. Assumptions Used to Conduct the Benefits Analysis of Alternatives (103K)
Appendix E. Assumptions Used to Conduct the Benefits Analysis of Restoration Element Options (99K)
List of Tables:
Table 2-1 Master Special-Status Wildlife Species (134K)
Table 3-1 Jensen River Ranch Project Elements and Project Scenarios (88K)
Table 3-2 Summary of Preserved and Restored Habitat Acres under the No-Project Alternative and the Project Alternatives (35K)
Table 3-3 Summary of Estimated Cost for Each Alternative (35K)
Table 4-1 Corresponding Nomenclature Used in the Benefits Analysis and in the Final Plan (32K)
Table 4-2 Habitats Present or Proposed for the No-Project and Project Alternatives (32K)
Table 4-3 Models Used to Conduct the Benefits Analysis (39K)
Table 4-4 Target Years Used in the Benefits Analysis (34K)
Table 4-5 Average Annual Habitat Units Provided under Each Alternative (34K)
Table 4-6 Change in Average Annual Habitat Units Provided under Each Alternative (34K)
Table 4-7 Cost per Average Annual Habitat Unit under Each Alternative (35K)
Table 4-8 Alternatives Analysis Project Goal Summary Table (40K)
Table 5-1 Description of Restoration Methods for Low, Moderate, and High End Restoration Element Options for Each Habitat Type (54K)
Table 5-2 Recommended Plant Species for Plant Community Types (186K)
Table 5-3 Per-Acre Average Annual Habitat Units Provided by Each Restoration Element Option (33K)
Table 5-4 Cost per Acre by Restoration Element Option (35K)
Table 5-5 Cost of Average Annual Habitat Units per Acre (34K)
Table 8-1 Example of Construction Phasing Approach (58K)
Table 8-2 Potential Sources of Assistance for Project Implementation (214K)
Table D-1 Habitat Models and Associated Variables Used in the Benefits Analysis
Table E-1 Habitat Models and Associated Variables Used in the Benefits Analysis
List of Figures
Figure 1-1 Location Map (183K)
Figure 2-1 Soils (46K)
Figure 2-2 Vegetation Types (45K)
Figure 2-3 Land Use (539K)
Figure 2-4 Infrastructure (543K)
Figure 3-1 Conceptual Cross Section Through Woodland Visual Buffer (240K)
Figure 3-2 Conceptual Cross Section Through Backwater Slough (335K)
Figure 3-3 Conceptual Cross Section Through Oxbows (392K)
Figure 3-4 Model Results of Water Depth for Oxbow 1 Using Daily Fresno Station Data for 10-Years (130K)
Figure 3-5 Modeling Results for Depth and Duration of Water with the Constructed Oxbows (60K)
Figure 3-6 Conceptual Cross Section Through Drainage (188K)
Figure 3-7 Conceptual Cross Section Through DK Area Channel (318K)
Figure 3-8 Alternative 1: Oxbow Lakes (2.3MB)
Figure 3-9 Alternative 2: High Terrace (2.3MB)
Figure 3-10 Alternative 3: Lowered Floodplain (2.3MB)
Figure 4-1 Average Annual Habitat Units Provided by Each Alternative (26K)
Figure 4-2 Cost per AAHU for Each Habitat Type under Alternatives 1, 2, and 3 (24K)
Figure 5-1 Annual Average Habitat Units per Acre Provided by Each Restoration Element Option (25K)
Figure 5-2 Cost of Annual Average Habitat Unit per Acre Generated by Restoration Elements (24K)
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