Organizations Filed Purposes:
TO ENCOURAGE PRESERVATION, ENHANCEMENT AND RESTORATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES TO ENCOURAGE PRESERVATION, ENHANCEMENT AND RESTORATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES WITHIN THE DESIGNATED RESERVE THROUGH INTERACTION WITH PUBLIC AGENCIES, CONSERVATION-ORIENTED ORGANIZATIONS, PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE INTERESTED PUBLIC.
RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT - WORKING WITH PARTICIPATING LANDOWNERS THAT MAKE UP THE MORE THAN 37,000 ACRE NATURE RESERVE OF ORANGE COUNTY (NROC), THE NATURAL COMMUNITIES COALITION (NCC) COORDINATED THE RESTORATION OF THE COASTAL SAGE SCRUB (CSS) HABITAT WITHIN THE RESERVE. THIS BENEFITS THE COASTAL CACTUS WREN, CALIFORNIA GNATCATCHER AND ORANGE-THROATED WHIPTAIL LIZARD, EACH IDENTIFIED IN THE NATURAL COMMUNITY CONSERVATION PLAN (NCCP) AND HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN (HCP) FOR THE CENTRAL AND COASTAL SUBREGION OF ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. NROC AND THE HABITAT RESTORATION EFFORTS WITHIN BENEFIT AN ADDITIONAL 31 IDENTIFIED SPECIES WHOSE LONG TERM SURVIVAL IS DEPENDENT UPON HEALTHY AND CONNECTED LANDSCAPES. IN 2020 NCC CREATED PONDS AND RESTORED UPLAND HABITAT TO BENEFIT WESTERN SPADEFOOT TOADS IN THE NROC.
MONITORING - COORDINATING THE ANNUAL MONITORING OF SPECIES AND NATURAL COMMUNITIES OF THE RESERVE IS THE WAY NCC MEASURES THE SUCCESS OF LAND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS AND IMPACTS OF PUBLIC RECREATION, AND HOW IT TRACKS THE ECOLOGICAL HEALTH OF THE SPECIES FOR WHICH NROC WAS ESTABLISHED. IN ADDITION TO ONGOING ECOLOGICAL MONITORING EFFORTS, NCC PLAYED A LEAD ROLE IN THE 2020 IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORANGE COUNTY COMPONENT OF THE SECOND CALIFORNIA GNATCATCHER MONITORING PROGRAM. THIS GNATCATCHER MONITORING PROGRAM WAS A FIVE COUNTY EFFORT. NCC ALSO INITIATED A COMPREHENSIVE RESERVE-WIDE MONITORING EFFORT TO ASSESS THE DISTRIBUTION AND POPULATION STATUS FOR THE WESTERN SPADEFOOT - ONE OF THE IDENTIFIED SPECIES FOR WHICH THE RESERVE WAS ESTABLISHED.
COWBIRD TRAPPING - IN 2020, NCC CONTINUED ITS ANNUAL OBLIGATION TO TRAP BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS TO MANAGE THEIR IMPACTS ON PROTECTED BIRD SPECIES. COWBIRDS ARE BROOD PARASITES. FEMALE COWBIRDS LAY THEIR EGGS IN THE NEST OF OTHER NATIVE BIRDS. THE NEST-OWNING SPECIES THEN UNKNOWINGLY RAISE THE COWBIRD CHICK TO MATURITY OFTEN TO THE DETRIMENT OF ITS OWN CLUTCH. IN AREAS WHERE THE COWBIRD POPULATIONS ARE HIGH, TRAPS ARE USED TO LOWER THEIR NUMBERS AND INCREASE REPRODUCTIVE AND FLEDGLING SUCCESS OF BIRD SPECIES PARASITIZED BY COWBIRDS. A TOTAL OF NEARLY TWO DOZEN COWBIRD TRAPS WERE DEPLOYED IN 2020 FOR A TOTAL OF MORE THAN 2,400 TRAP-DAYS IN AREAS OF THE RESERVE WHERE COWBIRD IMPACTS ON PROTECTED SONGBIRDS ARE KNOWN TO BE HIGH.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| James Sulentich | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $210,224 |
| Stacy Blackwood Cnty Of Orange | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Thomas Eastman Pal | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Recupero Pal | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Scott Smith City Of Irvine | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Travis Huxman Uci | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Kenneth Borngrebe Sce | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Doug Feramenga Tca | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Todd Lewis Cdpr | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| David Mayer Cdfw | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Nancy Gardner City Of Nb | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jonathan Snyder Usfws | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Dean Kirk Irvine Company | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Denny Pal | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Diane Doesserich Mwd | VICE PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
| Steve Lamar Irwd | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
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