The land selected obviously did not fall inside the study area, but it effectively closes the GAP on the three highly suitable areas for the Kit Fox. This land is also near the 5 freeway and maybe it will be possible to build a tunnel underneath the freeway for the foxes to cross safely into this sanctuary.
The current land cover of the area is natural but it is a status 4 land. There is an island of status 3 land within the status 4. I feel this land is not readily used and can be converted to a Kit Fox sanctuary.
The next map shows the competition in this new sanctuary
As you can see the Red Fox does not ultimately travel past the freeway very far so this selected sanctuary would not have high competition from Red Foxes
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