| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 67.51 |
| Liaison | Lacey Raak |
| Submission Date | July 29, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
California State University, Monterey Bay
OP-T2-20: Wildlife Habitat
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.25 / 0.25 |
Anya
Spear Campus Planner Campus Planning and Development |
Does the institution have programs in place to protect and/or create wildlife habitat on institution-owned land?:
A brief description of the wildlife habitat program, policy, or practice:
The 2007 Master Plan, Volume II, Chapter 6 policies protect existing wildlife habitat, restore habitat and design the future campus around habitat.
The website URL where information about the program, policy, or practice is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The campus has designated 272 acres between the Main Campus and East Campus Housing as Open Space. This land is crisscrossed by a network of trails and used by the campus and community for hiking, biking, horseback riding and plant studies.
The 2007 Master Plan, Volume II, Chapter 6 policies listed below protect existing wildlife habitat, restore habitat and design the future campus around habitat.
Planning
P1: Create a campus core that integrates the academic, social and natural areas on campus. Celebrate the significant natural resources that the oak groves and the native meadow offer by wrapping high-activity academic, student and administrative buildings around them, creating a distinct sense of place within a comfortable 10-minute walking radius.
P3: Respect and Strengthen Ecological Resources. Counteract previous damage to oak and chaparral woodlands, riparian corridors, coastal grasslands, and dunescapes by enhancing the natural habitats so that they become integral to the character of the campus.
P4: Integrate Natural and Green Spaces into the Framework for Development. Organize the built environment around a natural and designed open space network to integrate the natural and built environments and enhance outdoor learning, social interaction, recreation, and overall campus ambiance.
Campus Framework
CF 1 Integrate habitats and campus development. Use future development to make site’s habitats the backbone of the emerging campus.
CF 1.1 Form the heart of the campus core around the oak groves and native grasses called the Meadow
CF 1.6 Leave the western portion of the East Campus, south of Inter-Garrison Road, largely untouched, with the exception of faculty/staff housing east of Eight Avenue.
CF 1.7 Maintain and monitor, or cause to be monitored, the native landscape including the oak groves in the East Campus residential ara and the East Campus Open Space. Management measures shall include, but not be limited to: maintenance of a large, contiguous block of oak woodland habitat through the East Campus Open Space that connects to blocks of oak woodland habitat to the south, east and north; access control; erosion control; and non-native species eradication. Specific management measures should be coordinated through the CRMP.
CF1.8: Create and maintain open spaces that respect the natural ecology and dunescape environment prevalent in the region.
CF 1.10 CSUMB shall coordinate with the County of Monterey and U.C. Natural Reserve System (UCNRS) to minimize potential for HMP species in the habitat conservation and corridor areas adjacent to CSUMB land to be adversely affected by human activity associated with access. To that end, CSUMB shall consult with the County and UCNRS regarding potential pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle access to adjacent habitat conservation and corridor areas and develop methods for controlling this access.
CF3: Create an Open Space Framework. Provide a system of open spaces and pedestrian linkages throughout the campus.
CF3.2 Connect all parts of the campus with a network of open spaces interlinked with pedestrian and non-motorized transit paths. This will include reinforcing informal connections through the oak groves south of the meadow.
Campus Development
CD 2: Utilize Sustainable Practices. Plan the campus to promote an efficient use of technology combined with site sensibility. Design infrastructure and environmental systems to efficiently minimize construction costs and use less energy over time.
CD 2.100 Restore natural and native landscapes. Use drought-tolerant plants to optimize use of water resources.
The campus has designated 272 acres between the Main Campus and East Campus Housing as Open Space. This land is crisscrossed by a network of trails and used by the campus and community for hiking, biking, horseback riding and plant studies.
The 2007 Master Plan, Volume II, Chapter 6 policies listed below protect existing wildlife habitat, restore habitat and design the future campus around habitat.
Planning
P1: Create a campus core that integrates the academic, social and natural areas on campus. Celebrate the significant natural resources that the oak groves and the native meadow offer by wrapping high-activity academic, student and administrative buildings around them, creating a distinct sense of place within a comfortable 10-minute walking radius.
P3: Respect and Strengthen Ecological Resources. Counteract previous damage to oak and chaparral woodlands, riparian corridors, coastal grasslands, and dunescapes by enhancing the natural habitats so that they become integral to the character of the campus.
P4: Integrate Natural and Green Spaces into the Framework for Development. Organize the built environment around a natural and designed open space network to integrate the natural and built environments and enhance outdoor learning, social interaction, recreation, and overall campus ambiance.
Campus Framework
CF 1 Integrate habitats and campus development. Use future development to make site’s habitats the backbone of the emerging campus.
CF 1.1 Form the heart of the campus core around the oak groves and native grasses called the Meadow
CF 1.6 Leave the western portion of the East Campus, south of Inter-Garrison Road, largely untouched, with the exception of faculty/staff housing east of Eight Avenue.
CF 1.7 Maintain and monitor, or cause to be monitored, the native landscape including the oak groves in the East Campus residential ara and the East Campus Open Space. Management measures shall include, but not be limited to: maintenance of a large, contiguous block of oak woodland habitat through the East Campus Open Space that connects to blocks of oak woodland habitat to the south, east and north; access control; erosion control; and non-native species eradication. Specific management measures should be coordinated through the CRMP.
CF1.8: Create and maintain open spaces that respect the natural ecology and dunescape environment prevalent in the region.
CF 1.10 CSUMB shall coordinate with the County of Monterey and U.C. Natural Reserve System (UCNRS) to minimize potential for HMP species in the habitat conservation and corridor areas adjacent to CSUMB land to be adversely affected by human activity associated with access. To that end, CSUMB shall consult with the County and UCNRS regarding potential pedestrian, bicycle and vehicle access to adjacent habitat conservation and corridor areas and develop methods for controlling this access.
CF3: Create an Open Space Framework. Provide a system of open spaces and pedestrian linkages throughout the campus.
CF3.2 Connect all parts of the campus with a network of open spaces interlinked with pedestrian and non-motorized transit paths. This will include reinforcing informal connections through the oak groves south of the meadow.
Campus Development
CD 2: Utilize Sustainable Practices. Plan the campus to promote an efficient use of technology combined with site sensibility. Design infrastructure and environmental systems to efficiently minimize construction costs and use less energy over time.
CD 2.100 Restore natural and native landscapes. Use drought-tolerant plants to optimize use of water resources.
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