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EXHIBIT A <br /> Alameda County Resource Conservation District, <br /> University California, Davis, & University of California,Berkeley <br /> PROJECT BACKGROUND <br /> The Altamont Landfill Open Space Committee(ALOSC) is interested in basing <br /> their land acquisition and/or conservation easement purchases on scientific <br /> research and findings related to the presence and movement of native wildlife <br /> species in the vicinity of the I-580 transportation corridor. This proposed project is <br /> the second phase of a multi-phase program that will help to meet the ALOSC goals <br /> by highlighting areas of wildlife use and movement. The Phase II project will <br /> continue field-collection of data about wildlife occurrence and movement in <br /> Alameda County, within the ALOSC responsibility area. Insights from these data <br /> will be critical to informing efforts to protect wildlife during movements toward <br /> and across 1-580 in the Altamont Pass/Diablo Range and the East Bay hills. In the <br /> current phase of study, Phase I project leads (Alameda County Resource <br /> Conservation District [ACRCD] and the Road Ecology Center at U.C. Davis <br /> [UCD]) will continue field data collection to assist with determination of which <br /> lands offer the greatest potential for wildlife connectivity in the ALOSC <br /> responsibility area. This information will support ALOSC decision making about <br /> lands to be acquired in fee title or permanent easement, in cooperation with private <br /> or public landowners interested in preserving all or portions of their property. <br /> SCOPE OF WORK <br /> Phase I (Completed) <br /> Phase i of this project involved field investigations of wildlife occurrence and <br /> movement, including initial compilation of available information about wildlife <br /> species occurrence(including listed,threatened and endangered species) from the <br /> California Department of Fish and Wildlife's California Natural Diversity <br /> Database(CNDDB), the UCD California Roadkill Observation System(CROS), <br /> and Biodiversity.Information Serving Our Nation (BISON, via U.S. Geological <br /> Survey) databases, as well as camera and other sightings data identified to date. <br /> 3 <br />