Fort Ord Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP)

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Summary

The Fort Ord Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) addresses the conservation and enhancement of habitat for several special status plants and animals. The plan identifies designated development areas, habitat management areas, and borderlands. Specific activities within these designated areas are also outlined.[1]

Background

The HCP plan covers approximately 27,838 acres of former Fort Ord.[2] HCP stemmed from the Habitat Management Plan (HMP), which was first published as part of the Basin Reuse Plan (BRP) in 1994. HMP is an agreement between the Army and the US Fish and Wildlife Service. If approved, HCP would be a similar agreement between the Army and the state agency, the California Fish and Wildlife Services.


Endangered Species Act (ESA)

  • Section 7 of the ESA calls for inter-agency collaboration to protect and conserve federally listed endangered species and their habitat. [3]
  • Section 10

Special Status Species

[4]

  • Sand gilia (Gilia tenuiflora arenaria)
  • Monterey spineflower (Chorizanthe pungens pungens)
  • Seaside bird’s-beak (Cordylanthus rigidus littoralis)
  • Hooker’s manzanita (Arctostaphylos hookeri hookeri)
  • Sandmat manzanita (A. pumila)
  • Monterey manzanita (A. montereyensis)
  • Monterey ceanothus (Ceanothus cuneatus var. rigidus)
  • Eastwood’s goldenbush (Ericameria fasciculata)
  • Yadon’s piperia (Piperia yadonii)
  • Contra Costa goldfields (Lasthenia conjugens)
  • California Black Legless Lizard (Anniella pulchra nigra; BLL)
  • California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense; CTS)
  • California linderiella (Linderiella occidentalis)


Timeline

  • 1990 - Placement on the National Priorities List by the EPA [5]
  • 1992 - Flora and Fauna Baseline Study of Fort Ord [6]
  • 1993 - Habitat Management Plan (HMP) development initiative. [7]
  • 1993 - Biological Opinion for the Disposal and Reuse of Fort Ord [8]
  • 1993 - Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Fort Ord Disposal and Reuse Volume I of IV
  • 1994 - Publication of first HMP [9]
  • 1996 - Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Fort Ord Disposal and Reuse
  • 1997 - Base Reuse Plan,Reassessment and Final Environmental Impact Report [10]
  • 1997 - HMP Revision [11]
  • 2002 - Redevelopment Plan for the Fort Ord Redevelopment Project [12]
  • 2004 - Observed Effects of Fire Retardant and Fire Foam on Maritime Chaparral in Ranges [13]
  • 2007 - Implementation Plant for the Fort Ord Redevelopment Project Area [14]
  • 2008 - Final South Boundary Road Biological Monitoring Report [15]
  • 2012 - Base Reuse Plan and 2012 Reassessment [16]
  • 2012 - Draft Biological Resources Report [17]
  • 2013 - 2013 Draft Habitat Restoration and Monitoring Report, Non-Remediated Areas, Fort Ord Dunes State Park [18]
  • 2013 - Draft HCP

Links

References

  1. FORA HMP
  2. FORA HCP
  3. ESA Section 7
  4. 2013 Biological Monitoring Report
  5. Pacific Southwest, Region 9: Superfund Fort Ord http://yosemite.epa.gov/r9/sfund/r9sfdocw.nsf/ViewByEPAID/CA7210020676
  6. Flora and Fauna Baseline Study of Fort Ord http://199.255.250.170/ar_pdfs/ar-bw-1938/bw-1938.pdf
  7. Base Reuse Plan
  8. Biological Opinion for the Disposal and Reuse of Fort Ord http://199.255.250.170/ar_pdfs/ar-oe-0045/OE-0045.pdf
  9. First Publication of HMP
  10. Base Reuse Plan & Reassessment 1997 http://www.fora.org/BRP.html
  11. 1997 HMP Revision http://199.255.250.170/ar_pdfs/ar-bw-1787/bw-1787.pdf
  12. Redevelopment Plan for the Fort Ord Redevelopment Project http://www.co.monterey.ca.us/housing/pdfs/Fort_Ord/redevplan_fortord.pdf
  13. Observed Effects of Fire Retardant and Fire Foam on Maritime Chaparral in Ranges http://199.255.250.170/ar_pdfs/ar-oe-0631/OE-0631.pdf
  14. Implementation Plant for the Fort Ord Redevelopment Project http://www.co.monterey.ca.us/housing/pdfs/Fort_Ord/Implementation%20Plan.pdf
  15. Final South Boundary Road Biological Monitoring Report http://199.255.250.170/ar_pdfs/ar-bw-2456a/02-19-08-final%20fort%20ord%20report.pdf
  16. Base Reuse Plan and 2012 Reassessment http://www.fora.org/BRPReassessment.html
  17. Draft Biological Resources Report http://keepfortordwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Draft-Biological-Resources-Rpt-Jan-2012.pdf
  18. http://199.255.250.170/ar_pdfs/ar-bw-2677/bw-2677.pdf

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