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RCA’s "reserve of the month" highlights JPR Inc. parcels and species habitat in southeast plan area
Summary
Reserve Management and Monitoring Manager Cody Bear Sutton presented JPR Inc. reserve lands in unincorporated Riverside County, describing over 2,000 acres of acquired reserves, proposed Core 6 (about 4,300 acres when assembled), habitat types and several covered species including the Quino checkerspot butterfly, Payson's jewel-flower, granite night lizard, golden eagle, and mountain quail.
Cody Bear Sutton, Reserve Management and Monitoring Manager for the RCA, presented the May 'reserve of the month' on May 4, describing JPR Inc. reserve lands—parcels referred to by the RCA as ANS/Knowles, Winchester 700, JPR Inc., JPR Inc. 6, and Silverado Ranch—located in unincorporated Riverside County east of Temecula.
Cody said the RCA acquired the JPR Inc. parcels primarily with Section 6 federal grant funding and with local development mitigation fees, and that the ARL (acquired reserve lands) highlighted on the exhibit total more than 2,000 acres. He described the properties as gently rolling chaparral, grassland and desert scrub, noted monitoring work such as drift fencing to document herpetological species, and pointed to photos showing habitat types and species.
The presentation listed species documented on the reserves, including the Quino checkerspot butterfly, Payson's jewel-flower, the granite night lizard and the golden eagle, and highlighted the mountain quail as a sometimes-overlooked resident. Cody said that, as reserve gaps are filled, proposed Core 6 would comprise roughly 4,300 acres and would connect westward via proposed linkages to other cores and existing conserved lands such as the Beauty Mountain Wilderness.
In question-and-answer, a board member for District 2 asked about egg counts pictured in a slide. Cody clarified that while a photo might show 17 eggs, the typical reported clutch range is 9–15 and that "most would hatch" but post-hatch predation reduces survivorship.
Board members thanked staff for the presentation and the recent field trip to reserve lands.
