Central and Coastal Subregion NCCP/HCP Sample Clauses

Central and Coastal Subregion NCCP/HCP. Also pursuant to a 1993 Planning Agreement, an NCCP/HCP was prepared for the 208,000-acre Central and Coastal Subregion. The Coastal and Central Subregion NCCP/HCP was approved by the Wildlife Agencies July 17, 1996. At the time of approval, it involved the participation of the County, seven cities within the subregion and eleven different private, public and quasi- public landowners. When initiated in 1993, the County’s NCCP/HCPs were designed to focus on the protection of coastal sage scrub habitat and three so-called “target” species: the coastal California gnatcatcher, coastal cactus xxxx and orange-throated whiptail lizard. Because coastal sage scrub occurs in scattered patches of varying sizes within the overall vegetation mosaic in southern California, NCCP planning was initiated in large part on the assumption that by focusing protection of coastal sage scrub a much broader mosaic of natural communities would be protected. This proved to be the case because, when it was approved by the Wildlife Agencies in 1996, the Central and Coastal Subregion NCCP/HCP provided for regulatory coverage for 39 individual species (including 7 state or federally-listed species and 32 other non-listed species) found within the subregion through creation of a 37,378-acre Habitat Reserve and implementation of a long-term Adaptive Management Program. In addition, participating landowners received state/federal agency “assurances” relating to future impacts to other species within coastal sage scrub, chaparral, oak woodlands, Tecate cypress forest and cliff and rock habitats. The Central and Coastal NCCP/HCP focused on the conservation of upland species and habitat. It did not provide for “full” regulatory coverage for species dependent primarily aquatic resources and it did not provide for management of aquatic resources (i.e., wetlands and other aquatic resources covered under Section 404 of the federal Clean Water Act or under Sections 1600 et seq. of the California Fish and Game Code) as part of the Habitat Reserve Adaptive Management Program. Five of the “Covered Species” under the Central and Coastal NCCP/HCP were aquatic species that were identified as “Conditionally-Covered Species.” Under the terms of the approved Coastal and Central NCCP/HCP, species receiving “conditional coverage” meant that landowners could be required to undertake one or more additional measures to receive final Take authorizations, such as conducting additional species surveys and/or prepar...