WBMER #19 Oh Deer! Traditional Cache
TheDrGene: Time to redo this entire series with new fresh containers and fresh hides.
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This one should be farily obvious by the cache name. It is a micro and this sign is the perfect placement for one of these. Your GeoMobile should be just visible by now. I hope you have had a good time hiking/biking this series. These are a few of our favorite trails.
The Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve is a biological transition area between Southern California and Central California, and a number of species reach either the northern or southern limits of their distribution here. The area is approximately 5,200 acres and is owned by the State of California, administered by the State Lands Commission, and managed under a 49-year lease by the California Department of Fish and Game, the lead agency for the project. The transitional biogeographic nature of this area, much of which is populated by a vegetation type known as maritime chaparral, accounts in large part for its relatively high rate of diversity and regional endemism. Other factors are the sandy substrates and the prevalence of regular summer fog.
This property supports one of the last significant natural stands of maritime chaparral in central California. Because of the number of rare and endemic plants, the unusual oaks, a rich herbaceous understory and a diverse animal fauna, maritime chaparral on the Burton Mesa is recognized as a valuable biological resource. Various land uses have reduced the original extent of Burton Mesa Chaparral throughout the region and it has come under significant pressure from development and adjacent land uses, resulting in habitat loss and fragmentation and invasion of exotic species. The Land Management Plan describes the existing biological resources in detail. In summary, the Reserve supports high plant and animal diversity (more than 300 native plant species and more than 230 native animal species) and a significant number of endemic, rare, threatened, or endangered species, many of which comprise the rare Burton Mesa Chaparral community.
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