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Comment 38 for 2030 Target Scoping Plan Discussion Draft (sp2030disc-dec16-ws) - 1st Workshop.


First Name: Dan
Last Name: Silver
Email Address: dsilverla@me.com
Affiliation: Endangered Habitats League

Subject: 2030 Target Scoping Plan Discussion Draft
Comment:
Endangered Habitats League (EHL) supports the Draft’s
identification of Natural and Working Lands as a “central” to
meeting California’s 2030 targets.  Preservation and management of
Natural and Working Lands can not only sequester carbon
but––particularly for Natural Lands––provide extraordinary
co-benefits, such as recreation, ecological resilience to climate
change, and “smart growth” patterns of development.   

In this context, we commend the development of an ARB Natural and
Working Lands (NWL) Inventory along with the Spring Proposed 2030
Target Scoping Plan.  This inventory and evaluation of carbon stock
changes that come with land preservation or conversion can provide
the basis for realizing the GHG benefits inherent in these lands. 
The analysis should fully exploit the capacity of soil to store
carbon (which occurs even after wildfire consumes above ground
storage).  Information on soil carbon sequestration is available
from UC Riverside (Dr. Mike Allen).

We request that the Spring Proposed 2030 Target Scoping Plan
include alternatives to realize these carbon benefits, so as to
expedite implementation.  Ready-to-go options include allocating
Cap and Trade revenues to acquiring land for California’s Natural
Community Conservation Plans (NCCPs) and extending to habitat lands
the existing program for avoiding conversion of agricultural lands
to developed uses.

We concur with the goal of reducing greenfield development and
achieving “smart growth” outcomes, but believe that this will
require the development of new state-level guidance for local land
use.

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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2016-12-15 17:15:43



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