Devil’s Slide Tunnel Project: Home of the California red-legged frog Richard Vonarb District 4 Office of Biological Science and Permitting California Department.

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Devil’s Slide Tunnel Project: Home of the California red-legged frog Richard Vonarb District 4 Office of Biological Science and Permitting California Department of Transportation

California red-legged frog Rana draytonii

Project Location

EXISTING HIGHWAY 1 RIGHT-OF-WAY TO BE RELINQUISHED TO THE COUNTY OF SAN MATEO NORTH PORTAL BRIDGE SOUTH PORTAL SOUTH ROCK CUT DISPOSAL AREA / OMC SITE NEW ROADWAY TUNNELS Project Overview

Dual Tunnels – 4,200 feet long Tandem Bridges – 1,000 feet long Disposal Site – 520,000 m 3 capacity Operations and Maintenance Center (OMC) Wetland Mitigation Site – 5 ½ acres Habitat Restoration of Construction Areas and Disposal Site EXISTING HIGHWAY 1 TO BE RELINQUISHED TO SAN MATEO COUNTY NORTH PORTAL BRIDGES SOUTH PORTAL SOUTH ROCK CUT NEW ROADWAY TUNNELS DISPOSAL SITE / OMC SITE SOUTH PORTAL BRIDGES MITIGATION SITE Project Summary

On-going Biological Tasks: Construction monitoring Permit compliance Attendance at project team meetings Biological evaluation and permit amendments for CCO designs Long-term mitigation monitoring Evaluate public access impacts Agency coordination: California red-legged frog 1 San Francisco dusky-footed woodrat house Anna’s hummingbird chicks 2 Peregrine falcon 3 Vegetation monitoring Photo Credits: 1-K. Wiseman; 2 – R. Wilming; 3 – R. Aramayo Biological Issues

Exclusion Fencing

Bridge: September 2008

Bridge Site Overview

South Portal, Disposal Site, OMC

Approximate Location of Peregrine Falcon Nest Ledge Devil’s Promontory State Route 1 South Portal Peregrine Eyrie and South Portal

Disposal Site and OMC Overview

Charthouse Mitigation Site: September 2008

California red-legged frog (Rana draytonii) Status: Federal threatened Existing ponds at Shamrock Ranch were protected. New breeding pond created at Shamrock Ranch. Frogs excluded from the jobsite to the degree possible with fences and traps. Biologists monitor the job site daily to capture any frogs that enter the site. Kevin Wiseman, GANDA

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) Status: State Endangered Nests on Devil’s Promontory near the South Portal. Caltrans coordinated with the California Department of Fish and Game. Caltrans is monitoring the pair during the breeding season.

Nesting birds Status: Migratory Bird Treaty Act Prior to vegetation clearing, biologists survey the work area for active nests. If active nests are found, buffer areas are implemented, and clearing is rescheduled until the young have left the nest. Ross Wilming, GANDA Anna’s hummingbird USFWS DLS American robin

San Francisco dusky-footed woodrat (Neotoma fuscipes annectans) Status: California Species of Special Concern California Department of Fish and Game directed Caltrans to dismantle the woodrat houses located within the project site during the non-breeding season. Woodrat houses protected within Environmentally Sensitive Areas.