SCH Number 2022040069

Project Info

Title

Otay Trails & Mitigation Bank Expansion Project

Description

The proposed project involves the expansion of the 2016 Restoration Project mitigation bank (Original Mitigation Bank) and the creation, modification, and expansion of trails within the entire proposed project limits. The project site encompasses approximately 135 acres within five parcels located in the City of Chula Vista in southwestern San Diego County, California. The mitigation bank expansion is located on land owned by HomeFed and the City of Chula Vista and includes enhancement, rehabilitation, and re-establishment of hydrological processes, vegetation communities, and wildlife habitats associated with the Lower Otay River watershed that will be self-sustaining and can adjust to dynamic natural processes. The proposed project would also re-establish primary and secondary flow channels, low and high floodplains, and native transitional habitat as well as remove nonnative invasive species and restore native vegetation. This will serve to improve hydrologic conditions, significantly reduce the upstream invasive species seed sources, preserve connectivity between adjacent areas of preserved land and natural habitats, and preserve wildlife movement corridors, and would result in a net gain in functions and services following restoration activities.

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