First Name: | Dan |
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Last Name: | Silver |
Email Address: | dsilverla@me.com |
Affiliation | Endangered Habitats League |
Subject | California Natural and Working Lands Climate Change Implementation Plan Concept Paper. |
Comment |
Gentlepersons: Endangered Habitats League (EHL) support this component of California's GHG reduction program and urges an ambitious effort that goes far behind baseline trends. We particularly stress the importance of natural lands protection, which has the important co-benefit of climate adaption, for example in the preservation environmental gradients and movement corridors. However, while we agree that avoided conversion is a key factor in many part of the state, such as Southern California, there should be greater emphasis on the role of natural lands in sequestering carbon per se. Sequestration in soil is the major form of sequestration in scrub systems. The concept paper refers to "rangelands" rather than listing the more specific habitat types. Please clarify that rangelands include coastal sage scrub, chaparral, and oak woodland. This is very important. We support setting acreage targets. There is much emphasis on restoration. While EHL supports this goal, restoration is also expensive. It will be important to look at the cost effectiveness of preservation/avoided conversion in this context. Thank you for your consideration. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2018-05-22 14:55:53 |
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