3.4 Biological Resources
Table 3.4-2
Closest Distance to Reefs/Kelp Beds
from the Seaward Boundary of Each Receiver Site
Distance (ft) to Kelp Bed Canopy
Distance (ft)
Receiver Site
to Reef
1999
1997
1978-1996
Proposed Sites
Oceanside
2,250
8,000
1,150
North Carlsbad
200
2,250
700
South Carlsbad North
225
1,600
1,000
South Carlsbad South
350
3,000
1,000
Batiquitos
150
1,500
1,300
Leucadia
0
925
925
Moonlight Beach
400
>4,500
850
850
Cardiff
450
1,200
1,075
1,000
Solana Beach
0
>6,000
1,000
1,000
Del Mar
2,250
3,750
1,000
Torrey Pines
650
3,000
1,800
Mission Beach
6,000
800
800
Imperial Beach
None nearby
1,900
1,900
the May survey, which was during a period of predicted grunion runs. Cobble cover was not extensive
enough to preclude grunion egg laying and sand depths may have been of sufficient depth.
Nearby Sensitive Resources
California least tern nesting locations are located from about two to five miles north of the site at MCB
Camp Pendleton (Figure 3.4-1). The closest western snowy plover nesting locations are within one mile
south at Agua Hedionda Lagoon.
Intertidal and inshore surfgrass beds occur south of the receiver site offshore Juniper Avenue and offshore
Tamarack Avenue north of the inlet jetty to Agua Hedionda Lagoon.
Nearshore waters off North Carlsbad are characterized by mostly sandy bottom with patches of low-relief
reef and smaller patches of high-relief reef. The low-relief reef starts approximately 525 feet offshore in
-7 to -12 feet MLLW, which is about 200 feet from the seaward boundary of the fill site (Table 3.4-2).
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