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Home of Habitat Exchange
Habitat Exchange, Inc.
921 E. Green St.
Pasadena, CA 91106
626-795-9241
Habitat Exchange is a company that provides large areas
of open land space for wildlife habitat.
Our mission is to develop and maintain wide open lands
for wildlife, which can be leased to other companies or
organizations in different areas that have construction
projects that require environmental remedies.
We develop large parcels of land into private "wildlife
refuges" so that different species of wildlife can live
in their natural habitat.
Our current project is a large 160 acre wildlife refuge
on the northeast shore of the Salton Sea in California
near the city of Niland. It consists of 1 large 30 acre
fresh water lake from 1 to 10 feet deep, and 6 other 20
or more acre fresh water ponds about 1 foot deep.
Since our goal is to provide environmental remedies to
construction projects, we intentionally divided the project
into 7 segments so that we can provide habitat exchange to
large projects as well as small projects. We are presently
in the planning stages where we intend to convert one of the
20 acre ponds into 5 individual 4 acre segments so that
we can provide environmental remedies to smaller projects.
The project is designed to give maximum access to a great
variety of wildlife. Different species of birds and
waterfowl prefer to feed and nest in different depths of
water, for this specific reason our project is designed
and constructed with various depths, sloping edges and
small islands.
One of the great advantages of this project is the
construction method used to build the lake and ponds.
The fresh water is surrounded by about 20 feet wide road
like levies. These land areas which are planted with
vegetation such as Timothy grass and Bull Rush provide
seeds as food and foliage for cover.
Additionally the land areas provide nesting and feeding
habitat for other species of birds such as the Burrowing
Owl that build their nests on the banks of ponds, lakes
and ditches.
We use fresh clean water from the All American Canal
which brings water to the region from the Colorado River.
We use continuous flowing water every day throughout the
year at the rate of about 2 1/2 acre feet of water every
24 hours which is about 815,000 gallons of water a day.
Another advantage of this project is the fact that it
borders the "Wister Wildlife Refuge" which is about 4,000
acres, maintained by the State of California. Since
"Wister" is a state public refuge, funded in part by
hunting license fees it allows Duck, Geese, Quail, Dove,
and Pheasant hunting during the appropriate hunting
seasons.
As a private wildlife refuge we do not allow hunting of
any kind, and the entire 160 acres is posted as a no
hunting area. This creates the unique condition where
during the hunting season the ducks and Geese know
instinctively that this is a safe sanctuary.
This project is designed, constructed and maintained by
professionals with expertise and experience in
environmental habitat.
Our Executive V.P. for environmental planning is Darlene
Batatian, with a Masters Degree in Geology from Idaho
State University at Pocotello Idaho who has been a part
of our Salton Sea Project since its inception in 1996.
Our Executive V.P. for design and construction is Denise
Springer, with a Masters Degree in Architecture from UCLA
in Los Angeles. She has also been a part of our Salton Sea
Project since its inception.
The Salton Sea area which is on the North American Flyway
has about 380 different species of birds and is considered
one of the most diverse bird and waterfowl habitats in the
country and the world.
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Last modified: Friday, 14-Dec-2007 19:09:18 PST
