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