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

===HCP v. HMP===[2]

HMP - Habitat Management Plan - An agreement issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) that outlines the rights and responsibilities of the Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA), its member agencies, University of California, and California state university in regards to HMP implementation. Most current draft document is the 1997 revision.

HCP - Habitat Conservation Plan - Incorporates relevant information from the 1997 HMP and supersedes the HMP as the primary conservation reference document for all non-federal Fort Ord land recipients.

The HCP plan covers approximately 27,838 acres of former Fort Ord.[3] HCP stemmed from the Habitat Management Plan (HMP), which was first published as part of the Basin Reuse Plan (BRP) in 1994. Although the 1996 HMP was never approved, it provides a strong foundation for the HCP. To begin implementation of the HCP, the plan must first be approved by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service US Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW). If approved, HCP would be a similar agreement between the Army and the state agency, the California Department Fish and Wildlife.

The issuance of incidental take permits - 2081 California Endangered Species Act (CESA) and 10(a)(1)(B)federal Endangered Species Act (ESA)- will be based on the HCP. CDFW and USFWS will be issuing agencies, respectively.

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. [4]
  • Section 10

Special Status Species

[5]

  • 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 [6]
  • 1993 - Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Fort Ord Disposal and Reuse Volume I of IV
  • 1994 - Publication of first HMP [7]
  • 1996 - Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Fort Ord Disposal and Reuse
  • 1997 - Base Reuse Plan,Reassessment and Final Environmental Impact Report [8]
  • 1997 - HMP Revision (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) [9]
    • 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 (Redevelopment Agency of the County of Monterey) [10]
    • The redevelopment plan's main objective is to improve and eliminate blighting conditions in the former Fort Ord. It outlines the powers, duties and obligations for the Monterey County Redevelopment Agency to implement the plan to accomplish redevelopment and revitalization of the area.
  • 2002 - Assessment East Garrison - Parker Flats Land Use Modifications (County of Monterey & Fort Ord Reuse Authority, Zander Associates) [11]
    • An assessment of the proposed exchanged use of Parker Flats and East Garrison area between the Fort Ord Reuse Authority (FORA) and the County of Monterey. The land swap would increase the overall reserve lands occupied by HMP Species as well as expand and enhance corridor connections between the northern and southern reserve lands.
  • 2008 - Final South Boundary Road Biological Monitoring Report [12]
    • This biological study was conducted as a requirement for the 1997 HMP and biological opinions by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which specifies mitigation and monitoring protocol for special-status species following cleanup activities. The survey reports the first year of biological monitoring for the vegetation clearance for South Boundary Road Project.
  • 2012 - Draft Biological Resources Report [13]
  • 2012 - HCP Scoping Report (EMC Planning Group Inc.) [14]
  • 2012 - Base Reuse Plan and 2012 Reassessment [15]
  • 2013 - Draft HCP

References

  1. FORA HMP
  2. 2013 FORA annual report
  3. FORA HCP
  4. ESA Section 7
  5. 2013 Biological Monitoring Report
  6. Flora and Fauna Baseline Study of Fort Ord http://199.255.250.170/ar_pdfs/ar-bw-1938/bw-1938.pdf
  7. First Publication of HMP
  8. Base Reuse Plan & Reassessment 1997 http://www.fora.org/BRP.html
  9. 1997 HMP Revision http://199.255.250.170/ar_pdfs/ar-bw-1787/bw-1787.pdf
  10. Redevelopment Plan for the Fort Ord Redevelopment Project http://www.co.monterey.ca.us/housing/pdfs/Fort_Ord/redevplan_fortord.pdf
  11. Zander Associates 2002 East Garrison - Parker Flats Land Use Modifications http://www.ci.seaside.ca.us/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=5114
  12. Final South Boundary Road Biological Monitoring Report (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Burleson Consulting, Inc.) http://199.255.250.170/ar_pdfs/ar-bw-2456a/02-19-08-final%20fort%20ord%20report.pdf
  13. Draft Biological Resources Report http://keepfortordwild.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Draft-Biological-Resources-Rpt-Jan-2012.pdf
  14. http://www.landwatch.org/pages/issuesactions/fortord/FORA-ScopingReport-2012.pdf
  15. Base Reuse Plan and 2012 Reassessment http://www.fora.org/BRPReassessment.html

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