Fort Ord Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP)

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Summary

The Fort Ord Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) is presently (April 2014) an administrative draft document that addresses the conservation and enhancement of habitat for several special status plants and animals on the former Fort Ord. 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 Department Fish and Wildlife.

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

  • 1992 - Flora and Fauna Baseline Study of Fort Ord [5]
  • 1993 - Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Fort Ord Disposal and Reuse Volume I of IV
  • 1994 - Publication of first HMP [6]
  • 1996 - Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Fort Ord Disposal and Reuse
  • 1997 - Base Reuse Plan,Reassessment and Final Environmental Impact Report [7]
  • 1997 - HMP Revision (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jones & Stokes Associates) [8]
    • A revision of the 1994 HMP to reflect modifications to the reuse scenario that was informed by the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (1996)
  • 2001 - HMP Republication
  • 2002 - Redevelopment Plan for the Fort Ord Redevelopment Project [9]
  • 2002 - Assessment East Garrison - Parker Flats Land Use Modifications (Zander Associates) [10]
    • An assessment of the proposed boundary changes between the Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA) and the County of Monterey
  • 2008 - Final South Boundary Road Biological Monitoring Report [11]
  • 2012 - Draft Biological Resources Report [12]
  • 2012 - HCP Scoping Report [13]
  • 2012 - Base Reuse Plan and 2012 Reassessment [14]
  • 2013 - Draft HCP

References

  1. FORA HMP
  2. FORA HCP
  3. ESA Section 7
  4. 2013 Biological Monitoring Report
  5. Flora and Fauna Baseline Study of Fort Ord http://199.255.250.170/ar_pdfs/ar-bw-1938/bw-1938.pdf
  6. First Publication of HMP
  7. Base Reuse Plan & Reassessment 1997 http://www.fora.org/BRP.html
  8. 1997 HMP Revision http://199.255.250.170/ar_pdfs/ar-bw-1787/bw-1787.pdf
  9. Redevelopment Plan for the Fort Ord Redevelopment Project http://www.co.monterey.ca.us/housing/pdfs/Fort_Ord/redevplan_fortord.pdf
  10. Zander Associates 2002 East Garrison - Parker Flats Land Use Modifications http://www.ci.seaside.ca.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=5114
  11. 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
  12. Draft Biological Resources Report http://keepfortordwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Draft-Biological-Resources-Rpt-Jan-2012.pdf
  13. http://www.landwatch.org/pages/issuesactions/fortord/FORA-ScopingReport-2012.pdf
  14. Base Reuse Plan and 2012 Reassessment http://www.fora.org/BRPReassessment.html

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