The LA County Oak Woodlands Conservation Management Plan is now available online!
The draft LA County Oak Woodlands Conservation Plan is designed to:
- Preserve southern California's vital and rapidly shrinking oak woodlands.
- Create a vision of what oak woodlands resources in Los Angeles County will look like in 50 years.
- Balance the regulatory elements of the existing Los Angeles County Oak Tree Protection Ordinance with incentives to encourage voluntary conservation and expansion of oak woodlands.
- Allow access to the State of California Oak Woodlands Conservation Fund to encourage preservation and expansion of oak woodlands.
- Facilitate uniform evaluation of land development projects' impacts on oak woodlands.
- Provide guidance for balancing the long-term housing needs of the County with conservation and enhancement of oak woodlands.
- Educate the public about the many benefits derived from healthy oak woodlands.
The plan is now available online!
This website was established by the Los Angeles County Oak Woodlands Habitat Conservation Strategic Alliance as a communication tool. The DRAFT plan and maps were available for public review and comment from October 2009 to January 2011. Locations, time and dates for 4 public community meetings were also posted.
This plan evolved over a two year period, and incorporates the input from over 100 community members, as well as over 3,500 hours of time spent reading, writing and thinking about oak woodlands contributed by the Los Angeles County Foresters, Regional Planning staff, Board of Supervisors staff, Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains (RCDSMM) staff, Building Industry Association (BIA) staff, University of California Integrated Hardwood Range Management Program (UC/IHRMP) staff, California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG) staff, local arborists and consultants. This is a pretty impressive, mostly volunteer driven effort!
Download plans & maps.
Los Angeles County Oak Woodlands Conservation Management Plan, May 2011 LA County 1935 Historical Map Oak Woodlands Overlay Zone Oak Woodlands Species Distribution Types of Oak Woodlands in LA County Potential Oak Woodlands Conservation Areas Significant Woodlands Areas Oak Woodlands Areas: Puente Hills Oak Woodlands Areas: San Gabriel Mountains Oak Woodlands Areas: Santa Clarita Mountains Oak Woodlands Areas: Santa Monica Mountains Public Meetings: PP Oak Presentation 2009
Questions?
Contact the Oak Woodlands Habitat Conservation Strategic Alliance at lacoakplan@gmail.com.