Pechanga Vernal Pool Project Kelcey Stricker
Pechanga Environmental Director September 2018
A Brief History of Pala Pool
Great Oak Ranch Tract Added to
Reservation
2005 Obligate wetland plants
associated with vp discovered in “sag
pond”
2006 Wet Season Surveys performed
on “seasonal depression #6”
2006 Dry Season Surveys identify Streptocephalus
woottoni
Pala Pool is fenced and disc-ing ceases
Wetland Plants Identified in Pala Vernal Pool
• Wooly-heads (Psilocarphus brevissimus) • Water pygmy-stonecrop (Crassula aquatic) • California water-starwort (Callitriche marginata) • Short-seeded waterwort (Elatine brachysperma) • Small-flowered popcorn flower (Plagiobothrys stipitatus var.
micranthus)
Protection and Preservation Measures
• Delineating (and protecting) microwatershed • Removal of non-native vegetation within and adjacent to pool • Developing an interim management and monitoring plan
2/23/11 Post Rain Pooling
4/08/14 Dry Season Post Fencing
2/07/17 Post Rain Pooling
Proposed De-Thatch Plan 2018
2018 Pre-Treatment
2018 Post-Treatment