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View of Painted Rock looking East. Soda Lake is to the left; The Temblor Range is in the distance on the opposite side of the Carrizo Plain. The objectives of land management include preservation of a representative sample of the historic, natural southern San Joaquin Valley flora and fauna. Emphasis of conservation focuses resource conservation (archeological, geological, and paleontological) and on preservation of threatened and endangered species and their habitat. Endangered and threatened speices including blunt-nosed lizard, San Joaquin kit fox, San Joaquin antelope squirrel, and giant- and short-nosed- kangaroo rats, the California condor, greater- and lesser sandhill cranes, raptors, and other wildlife. Ongoing conflict resolution focuses on interests of regional oil and gas development, ranching, farming, hunting, water resources, and other recreational interests and development. High priorities also include the protection of cultural, archeological, vegetation, paleontological, and geological resources. |
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