Sierra Nevada Conservancy Boundary

<p>Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) boundary. The boundary was
mapped to correspond with statute AB 2600 (2004) and as re-defined in SB 208
(2022). Work on the boundary was completed by CalFire, GreenInfo Network, and
the California Department of Fish and Game. Meets and bounds description of the
area as defined in statute: PRC Section 33302 (f) defines the Sierra Nevada
Region as the area lying within the Counties of Alpine, Amador, Butte,
Calaveras, El Dorado, Fresno, Inyo, Kern, Lassen, Madera, Mariposa, Modoc,
Mono, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, Trinity,
Tulare, Tuolumne, and Yuba, described as the area bounded as follows: On the
east by the eastern boundary of the State of California; the crest of the
White/Inyo ranges; and State Routes 395 and 14 south of Olancha; on the south
by State Route 58, Tehachapi Creek, and Caliente Creek; on the west by the line
of 1,250 feet above sea level from Caliente Creek to the Kern/Tulare County
line; the lower level of the western slope’s blue oak woodland, from the
Kern/Tulare County line to the Sacramento River near the mouth of Seven-Mile
Creek north of Red Bluff; the Sacramento River from Seven-Mile Creek north to
Cow Creek below Redding; Cow Creek, Little Cow Creek, Dry Creek, and up to the
southern boundary of the Pit River watershed where Bear Creek Mountain Road and
Dry Creek Road intersect; the southern boundary of the Pit River watershed; the
western boundary of the upper Trinity watershed in the County of Trinity; on the
north by the boundary of the upper Trinity watershed in the County of Trinity
and the upper Sacramento, McCloud, and Pit River watersheds in the County of
Siskiyou; and within the County of Modoc, the easterly boundary of the Klamath
River watershed; and on the north in the County of Modoc by the northern
boundary of the State of California; excluding both of the following: (1) The
Lake Tahoe Region, as described in Section 6605.5 of the Government Code, where
it is defined as &quot;region&quot; (2) The San Joaquin River Parkway, as
described in Section 32510.</p>

<p>According to GreenInfo Network and the California Department
of Fish and Game, the blue oak woodland used to define a portion of the Sierra
Nevada Conservancy's western boundary was delineated using referenced
vegetation and imagery data.</p>