Chapter 3 - Natural Resources - Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton

Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan [March 2012 - Update]
species by providing measures for avoidance and minimization of impacts to the species
and its habitat. The terms and conditions of the consultation and BO for the construction,
operation and maintenance of the Crucible Challenge Course (Crucible) in the Oscar One
and Edson Range areas of Camp Pendleton that was issued on 14 August 1996, provide
monitoring and adaptive management for the Pacific pocket mouse population in the Oscar
One and Edson Range training areas. Management details, survey information, etc., for the
Pacific pocket mouse are located in Appendix F, Section F.12.
DISTRIBUTION
Global
Historically, the Pacific pocket mouse
occurred within about 3 km of the coast
of southern California, from Marina
Del Rey and El Segundo in Los
Angeles County south to the vicinity of
the Mexican border in San Diego
County. Within its range, the Pacific
pocket mouse has a much-localized
distribution on suitable habitat.
Regional
Currently, its only known localities
include one population at Dana Point,
California and populations on Camp
Pendleton.
MCBCP
FIGURE 3-22. PPM LOCATIONS
The Pacific pocket mouse occurs on Base
in the following three areas: the Oscar One and Edson Range training areas, east of the San
Onofre housing area (San Mateo South), and in the northwest corner of the Base between
the Base boundary with the City of San Clemente and Cristianitos Road (San Mateo North)
(Figure 3-21). For detailed information on the Pacific pocket mouse, survey information
and its management on Base see Appendix F, Section F.12.
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