Because PMW is committed to developing the Seaview Vineyard in keeping with the highest level of environmental responsibility, PMW has devised a long-term property management approach and designed a comprehensive plan to administer that long-term approach.

Long-Term Property Management

PMW's management approach for vineyard properties includes both passive and active actions to ensure successful stewardship of the property's natural and community resources in perpetuity. These actions include

• establishment and maintenance of wildlife corridors between the proposed vineyard units (from river to ridgetop) and along the South Fork of the Gualala River;
• establishment and maintenance of a forested buffer (including an established population of mature coast redwoods) along the South Fork of the Gualala River;
• nonindustrial forest management activities to improve the health of forest stands and to improve wildlife habitat;
• permanent protection of native oak woodlands;
• establishment of a permanent conservation easement; and
• establishment of a recorded easement granting the Seaview community previously unavailable legal access to the Seaview cemetary.

Comprehensive Plan to Administer the
Long-Term Property Management Approach

PMW has developed a comprehensive plan to administer the approach outlined above. These measures include but are not limited to

• carefully planned and implemented erosion and sediment control practices;
• concentration of vineyard development in 4 distinct units rather than across the entire 391-acre property;
• rehabilitation of existing but unserviceable road crossings of streams, which have deteriorated since their construction during past logging activities;
• rehabilitation and reconstruction of existing roads to provide vineyard access;
• repair of erosional features that have resulted from past land use activity by previous landowners;
• engineering roads, stream-crossing structures, reservoir, and vineyard drainage system, ensuring long-term stability;
• focused vineyard development in more gently sloping areas to minimize the amount of land to be cleared for vineyard utilization;
• establishment of a conservation easement on at least 35 acres of high-quality forest habitat;
• avoidance of fish-bearing and non-fish-bearing streams that may support other aquatic life; and
• predevelopment surveys for nesting raptors and special-status amphibians and, if necessary, assignment of appropriate protection measures.