This layer contains the boundaries of the sand source and sand transport areas described in the Coachella Valley Multiple Species Conservation Plan. Includes the conservation area, the natural community name, and the acreage.

FullName (Community Name)

Associated with the Natural Communities domain. More information on individual communities and associated conservation approaches can be found in Section 10: Natural Community Accounts and Conservation Measures of the CVMSHCP.

ADD: Active desert dunes

ADSF: Active desert sandfields

AWS: Arrowweed scrub

CC: Chamise chaparral

CAM: Cismontaine alkali marsh

CAVFM: Coastal and valley freshwater marsh

DDWW: Desert dry wash woodland

DFPOW: Desert fan palm oasis woodland

DSALTS: Desert saltbush scrub

DSINKS: Desert sink scrub

EDSF: Ephemeral desert sand fields

ILOC: Interior live oak chaparral

MB: Mesquite bosque

MH: Mesquite hummocks

MMWS: Mojave mixed woody scrub

MPJW: Mojavean pinyon-juniper woodland

PJWS: Peninsular juniper woodland and scrub

RC: Redshank chaparral

SDC: Semi-desert chaparral

SCWRF: Sonoran cottonwood-willow riparian forest

SCBS: Sonoran creosote bush scrub

SMWSS: Sonoran mixed woody and succulent scrub

SAWRF: Southern arroyo willow riparian forest

SSARW: Southern sycamore-alder riparian woodland

SPSDD: Stabilized and partially stabilized desert dunes

SPSDSF: Stabilized and partially stabilized desert sand fields

ConsArea (Conservation Area)

Associated with the Conservation Area domain. More information on individual conservation areas and associated goals can be found in Section 4: Species Accounts and Conservation Measures of the CVMSHCP.

CAB: Cabazon Conservation Area

CVSWCD: Coachella Valley Stormwater Channel and Delta Conservation Area

DTL: Desert Tortoise and Linkage Conservation Area

DP: Dos Palmas Conservation Area

EIH: East Indio Hills Conservation Area

EH: Edom Hill Conservation Area

HWY111: Highway 111/I-10 Conservation Area

IHP: Indio Palms Hills Conservation Area

IHJTNPL: Indio Palm Hills/Joshua Tree National Park Linkage Conservation Area

JTNP: Joshua Tree National Park Conservation Area

LC: Long Canyon Conservation Area

MHOM: Mecca Hills/Orocopia Mountains Conservation Area

SRSJM: Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains Conservation Area

SCWP: Snow Creek/Windy Point Conservation Area

SCC: Stubbe and Cottonwood Canyons Conservation Area

TP: Thousand Palms Conservation Area

UMCBMC: Upper Mission Creek/Big Morongo Canyon Conservation Area

WDC: West Deception Canyon Conservation Area

WWC: Whitewater Canyon Conservation Area

WWFP: Whitewater Floodplain Conservation Area

WH: Willow Hole Conservation Area

None: Not in a Conservation Area

Acreage

Acreage (geodesic) is calculated using NAD 1983 California (Teale) Albers (Meters) and US Survey