Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Fred W. Crowder, Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer
Subject: Agreement with the Regents of the University of California
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution waiving the Request for Proposal process and authorizing an agreement with the Regents of the University of California to provide 50% cost share funding with the University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources (UCANR) for a Human-Wildlife Interactions Advisor position, for the term of July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $216,000.
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BACKGROUND:
Northern California is home to a rich variety of wildlife and natural resources and a long tradition of ranching and livestock production. The ability of ranchers to address losses resulting from predation is challenged through evolving concepts regarding wildlife management, conservation, and State laws. When experiencing livestock losses from predation, there are few alternatives other than lethal removal through depredation permit issued by California's Department of Fish and Game. Additionally, predator management issues in California are likely to receive greater attention, and possibly become more contentious as wolves recolonize northern California. With greater scrutiny of traditional remedies to predation, there is a need to research, develop and implement new tools, as presently there is little research and few resources dedicated to such efforts, and there are many differing opinions regarding what is effective and most cost efficient. Additionally, such human-wildlife conflicts extend beyond range and agricultural lands and affect residents with livestock and pets in the unincorporated area, the urban-wildland interface, as well as visitors to parks and open space. Such situations create a need to provide education and outreach, as well as develop effective and socially acceptable tools for ma...
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