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J26 Vernal Pool Monitoring- Vista Del Mar Elementary School Project

Five-year monitoring of vernal pool reference site J26 Vernal Pool Complex as part of the comprehensive mitigation program associated with the construction of the San Ysidro School District's Vista Del Mar Elementary School. The J26 Complex is formally recognized by the USFWS as a vernal pool reference site. It is located 10 km north of the restoration area. Vernal pools in the J26 Complex were chosen as control pools to monitor restoration success. This includes monitoring of San Diego fairy shrimp populations, vernal pool plant germination and abundance, and levels of inundation in a healthy vernal pool system.
Project Focus

San Diego fairy shrimp

vernal pools and alkali playa

Rebecca Schwartz

Rocks Biological Consulting

Alanna Sullivan; Jim Prine

Sarah McCutcheon

Rosanne Humphrey

Project Protocol
J26 Vernal Pool Complex Programmatic Reference Pool Monitoring Protocol

Post-restoration monitoring methods for the programmatic reference vernal pools in the J26 vernal pool complex as they relate to 5-year monitoring requirements for a vernal pool restoration project that is part of a comprehensive mitigation program associated with construction of the San Ysidro School District’s (SYSD) Vista Del Mar Elementary School.

transects; visual encounters; camera stations