Habitat conservation areas and riparian conservation stream buffers mean less land for logging. While timber harvests would continue to exist in the state forests, the plan’s overall effect on ...

What the Habitat Conservation Plan would do. The HCP is designed to bring western Oregon’s forests into alignment with the federal Endangered Species Act, preserving habitat for at least 17 ...

What the Habitat Conservation Plan would do. The HCP is designed to bring western Oregon’s forests into alignment with the federal Endangered Species Act, preserving habitat for at least 17 ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. — A crowd of about 100 people gathered at the Oregon Board of Forestry’s March 8 meeting to blast a proposed habitat conservation plan that would restrict logging […] ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the Notice of Availability for the proposed Yolo Habitat Conservation Plan and Natural Community Conservation Plan (HCP) prepared by the Yolo Habitat ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Habitat Conservation Plan program may not be perfect but it is far from the caricature of a developers' dream portrayed in the Post-Intelligencer's "License to ...

Once approved, the county’s Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) should make it easier for developers to get permits for projects in unincorporated Thurston County, said Thurston County Commission ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is currently reviewing a proposal — called a Habitat Conservation Plan, drafted by 11 private Collier landowners — that would cluster development on 45,000 ...

Full implementation of the HCP is expected to potentially affect 500,000 acres of suitable lesser prairie-chicken habitat. Under the plan, industry participants will work with LPC Conservation LLC ...

In part, the 30-year Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) would streamline what can be a burdensome permitting process for people who want to build on the species’ habitat.

The Habitat Conservation Plan, known as HCP, would have clustered development on 45,000 acres around Immokalee, while preserving 107,000 acres of prime panther habitat.

What the Habitat Conservation Plan would do. The HCP is designed to bring western Oregon’s forests into alignment with the federal Endangered Species Act, preserving habitat for at least 17 ...