The County of San Diego proposes to reduce a threat to the Quino checkerspot butterfly by increasing and improving habitat on a County-owned site that had previously supported a hundred or more butterflies. The Quino is threatened by development pressure, invasion by non-native grasslands (NNG) and forbs, and, likely, changes to climate and long-term drought. It is considered an MSP Category SL (species at risk of loss). The County intends to significantly enhance improve Quino habitat conditions and connectivity by: 1) identifying and closing roads/portions of road on the site to vehicular activity; 2) preventing off-road vehicle activity that may be bifurcating and destroying Quino habitat; 3) fencing and signing these areas to be restored; 4) controlling and removing invasive NNG that compete with plantago erecta, the primary Quino habitat and food source seeding areas with primarily native plant species required for Quino survival; 5) documenting site condition improvements as well as any beneficial effect for Quino,
Project type: Habitat restoration
Main implementing entity: County of San Diego, Department of Parks and Recreation
Point of contact: Deborah Mosley
Project Page manager: Sarah McCutcheon
SDMMP lead: Sarah McCutcheon
Study lead: Deborah Mosley
Quino checkerspot butterfly Euphydryas editha quino
Goal: Protect, enhance, and restore Quino checkerspot occupied habitat and historically occupied habitat and the landscape connections between them to create resilient, self-sustaining populations that provide for persistence over the long-term (>100 years).
regional and/or local
NFO
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
SL
MGT-IMP-MGTPL EUPEDI-7
Management units: 3, 4, 6, 9
Beginning in 2018, implement highest priority management actions for Quino checkerspot on Conserved Lands.
Action |
Statement |
Action status |
Projects |
IMP-1 |
Management actions to be determined by the Quino Checkerspot Management Plan. |
waiting for precedent action |
Quino Habitat Restoration |
IMP-2 |
Submit project metadata and management data to MSP web portal |
waiting for precedent action |
Quino Habitat Restoration |
Criteria |
Deadline year |
=1 Management actions implemented for Quino checkerspot by 2021 |
2021 |