• Northern backdrop to Lake Sutherland, northeast of Ramona
  
  
• Site offers transition--north-to-south--from chaparral to native grassland to oak woodlands
  
  
• Conservancy purchased 243 acres to preclude development within large public ownership
  
  
• Citizen funding for purchase permits Conservancy to sell habitat credits – with funds available for use for other purchases
  
  
• Vegetation burned in 2007 Witch Creek Fire – natural recovery expected

Location & Access

• North slopes of Lake Sutherland, north off State Route 78 at Sutherland Dam Road, 7 miles northeast of Ramona
  
  
• Parcels purchased were in-holdings within lands owned by City of San Diego Water Department
  
  
• Property abuts Cleveland National Forest to west
  
  
• Mesa Grande Reservation Housing lies below off Blank Canyon Road
  
  
• Property closed to general public access – plans are for side-trail link when Coast-to-Crest Tail is extended to Lake Sutherland
  
  
• Conservancy conducts member-only hikes on mountain and on adjacent property purchased east of Lake Sutherland

Resource Values

• Completes major area of public ownership with habitat connections eastward to 5,400 acre Santa Ysabel Ranch and westward to Pamo Valley, Boden Canyon and San Paqual Valley
  
  
• Prevents development, which in turn protects the watershed
  
  
• South facing chaparral, with upper native grassland and diverse oak forest on northern slope
  
  
• Majestic stand of Englemann oaks
  
  
• Rare gabro soils and native grasses
  
  
• Panoramic views of Lake Sutherland, westward to Rancho Guejito, and east to the Lagunas
  

Conservancy Role

• Conservancy purchased with funds from members and donors
  
  
• Property was advertised “for development”
  
  
• Conservancy selling mitigation credits on the property, the returns from which will be re-invested in purchase of additional properties, such as on Volcan Mountain

Management & Related Work

• Conservancy manages property
  
  
• General public access will be planned as side trail to extension of Coast-to-Crest Trail from Boden Canyon to Lake Sutherland
  
  
• Conservancy negotiating the sale of additional mitigation credits, the proceeds from which will be available for additional land purchases
  
  
• Road access to property is gated and very remote
  
  
• Conservancy conducts guided hikes to area
  
  
• Planned extension of Coast-to-Crest Trail will run to southern edge of the property