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Status and Management Recommendations for Arctostaphylos virgata (Marin Manzanita) in Point Reyes National Seashore  Status and Management Recommendations for Arctostaphylos virgata in Point Reyes National Seashore July 2007 DRAFT Executive Summary 5 I. Introduction 6 A. Goals and Objectives 6 B. Planning and Policy Guidance 7 1. National Park Service Management Policies 7 2. NPS Director’s Orders 8 a. Director’s Order #77, Natural Resources 8 b. Director’s Order #18, Fire Management 9 3. PRNS Fire Management Plan 9 III. Status of Arctostaphylos virgata 11 A. Description 11 B. Current Taxonomic Status 18 IV. Ecology 18 A. Habitat Type 18 V. Fire Ecology and Population Dynamics 21 A. Response to Fire 21 VI. Range of species 24 A. Distribution and Status of Populations 24 1. Range and distribution of Arctostaphylos virgata 24 2. San Geronimo Ridge (MMWD) 24 3. South side of Mt. Tamalpais 25 4. Bolinas Ridge (MMWD, GGNRA) 25 5. Inverness Ridge 26 B. Summary of Total Range and Extent 30 VII. Management Recommendations for Arctostaphylos virgata in PRNS 33 A. Current Management Practices for Arctostaphylos virgata 33 1. Wildland Urban Interface Projects on Non-Federal Lands. 33 2. Trail Maintenance in PRNS 34 3. Roadside Maintenance in PRNS 34 4. Fuel Reduction Projects in PRNS 35 Bolinas Ridge Fire Road 35 Inverness Ridge Trail Wildland Urban Interface 36 5. Prescribed Burning in PRNS 37 6. Other Operations in PRNS 37 B. Recommended Best Management Practices (BMPs) [to be completed for the final report] 37 1. Routine Trail Maintenance 37 2. Roadside Fuel Reduction, Mowing and Maintenance 38 3. Clearing for Fuel Reduction Zones in PRNS 38 4. Recommendations for BMPs for Prescribed Burning 43 5. Recommendations to Pursue Proactive Population Management 44 6. Recommended Monitoring Protocol 44 7. Recommendations for Research Topics 46 VIII. Literature Cited 49 APPENDIX A Evolution, Plant Status and Relationships within the Genus 53 APPENDIX B Ceanothus sp