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Northern California Conservation Planning Partners Eleventh Annual Habitat Conservation Planning From Tahoe to the Bay Workshop. John Kopchik East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy www.cocohcp.org. The Nature of Our Regional Conservation Plans. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Northern California Conservation Planning Partners
Eleventh Annual Habitat Conservation Planning From Tahoe to the Bay Workshop
John Kopchik
East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy
www.cocohcp.org
The Nature of Our Regional Conservation Plans
• Plans that proactively address conservation of endangered and rare species and the biological communities of an area, while providing more assured and streamlined permitting for economic activities.
• Cover a whole county or a
sub-county area• Local government usually the
lead agency
Problems regional conservation plans are designed to address
How regional conservation plans try to address these problems
Definitions
• HCP (Habitat Conservation Plan): A federally-approved plan to conserve and permit impacts to endangered species.
• NCCP (Natural Community Conservation Plan): Similar to HCP, but approved by the State (CDFW).
• RGP (Regional General Permit): A permit issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to cover a specified category of projects.
Approved NCCPP Plans
• San Joaquin MSHCP 5/2001
• East Contra Costa HCP/NCCP 8/2007
• Santa Clara Valley HCP / NCCP 7/2013
NCCPP Plans in Preparation
• Butte Regional Conservation Plan
• Placer County Conservation Plan
• South Sacramento HCP
• Solano HCP
• Yolo Natural Heritage Program
• Yuba / Sutter HCP/NCCP
• State Plan of Flood Control NCCP
Other Regulatory Processes
• Section 404, Clean Water Act
• Section 401, Clean Water Act
• Porter – Cologne Water Quality Control Act
• Future state Wetlands and Riparian Protection Policy
• Section 1600, Fish and Game Code
Some Biological Advantages Over Project by Project Permitting
• Direct limited resources away from project-by-project permitting and toward conservation
• Assemble a regional system of large reserves and landscape linkages drawing on the best available science to
• Avoid postage stamp preserves that become surrounded by development
• In-perpetuity monitoring and adaptive management at system-level
• Additional funding sources / better coordination
Some Economic Advantages Over Project by Project Permitting
• Avoid long and costly delays in obtaining permits
• Avoid financial institution concern about presence of listed species
• Secure regulatory permits from local planning agencies (more local contol)
• Certainty about habitat conservation requirements
Conservation Planning in California• 30 years since first HCP in nation• 20 years since first regional conservation plans
in southern California• 10 years since NCCP Act• Regional conservation plans are in place or
under preparation in 22 California counties• Total planning area: 11.7 million acres• Planned/proposed conservation: 2 million acres• Market value of covered activities: $1.6 trillion• Conserve habitat for more than 700 rare and
imperiled species
California Habitat Conservation Planning Coalition
• Multi-sector
• Four goals- funding for HCPs and NCCPs
- coordination with other permitting and
regional plans
- effectiveness
- build support
• E-newsletter
NCCPP Coordinator:
John Hopkins
Institute for Ecological Health 409 Jardin Place, Davis, CA 95616
[email protected] (530) 756-6455
www.instituteforecologicalhealth.org