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HCP I mplementation in Pima County, Arizona

Learn about the implementation of the Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) in Pima County, Arizona, which aims to protect and conserve the diverse species and habitats in the region. Discover the key elements of the plan and the ongoing efforts to minimize and mitigate the impacts of rapid growth and development.

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HCP I mplementation in Pima County, Arizona

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  1. HCP Implementation in Pima County, Arizona Julia Fonseca Pima County Office of Sustainability and Conservation Photo by Aaron Flesch

  2. HCP overview 44 species (down from 55) 30 years / 36,000 acres 404 streamlining Avoidance, minimization and mitigation are already in place

  3. Pima County, Arizona • 9,189 Square Miles • 85% land is Federal, State or tribal • Population: 980,263 • Tucson: 6th poorest city of its size class in US Tucson

  4. Rapid Growth & Development in Eastern Pima County, Arizona

  5. The Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan elements respond to community values: Habitat and Corridors Cultural Resources Riparian Ranch Mountain Parks Pima County • Pima County Regional Flood Control District • Tohono O’odham Nation • U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service • City of Tucson • Town of Marana • Town of Oro Valley • Metropolitan Domestic Water District • U. S. Bureau of Land Management • U. S. Forest Service • Environmental Protection Agency • Arizona Game and Fish Department • National Park Service

  6. Ranch lands define urban form

  7. Habitat and Corridors Element:To ensure the long-term survival of the full spectrum of plants and animals that are indigenous to Pima County through maintaining or improving ecosystem structures and functions necessary for their survival. View from Diamond Bell Ranch 2010

  8. Reserve Design Process

  9. Implemented: From Development Guidelines to 2001 Land Use Plan

  10. 1999-2003: Plan development 2006: Owl delisted 2010: HCP submitted 2012: FWS DEIS

  11. Implemented:Riparian Mitigation Ordinance

  12. Implemented: $165 million inOpen Space Acquisitions225,000 acres under management

  13. Experiment: Ranch Management

  14. Land Management Implemented County mitigation lands have multiple uses for people as well as wildlife.

  15. Other types of mitigation land: Floodprone and In-Lieu Fee programs Developer set-asides Donations Future bond acquisitions Future land exchanges and RPPA acquisitions View from Diamond Bell Ranch, Brian Powell 2010

  16. Implemented: Cactus Mitigation Bank • County-owned land • For County projects • Established 2002 • Banks have a benefit to Pima County, but a landscape approach is better.

  17. Failed Species Restoration Project

  18. Experiment: Removal of Non-native Frogs in Ranch “Frogsheds”

  19. Process Improvement: CIP Impacts

  20. Other Advance Implementation • Invasive species management • Testing of monitoring protocols • Database development • Funding: property taxes

  21. NEPA Experiment Public scoping 2000, 2003 County-hosted public process, 7 draft HCPs DEIS published 2012 22 comments 2012

  22. Why advance implementation? • Protect habitat before more fragmentation. • Success helps sustains political will and citizen support. • Implementation creates certainty. • Failure shows what is not “practicable”. • Opportunity for process improvement before a permit is issued.

  23. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uMlomLOGFg Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan http://www.pima.gov/cmo/sdcp/

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