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Title: Agua Caliente Tribal Habitat Conservation Plan


1
Agua Caliente Tribal Habitat Conservation Plan
  • October 12, 2007
  • Prepared by
  • Margaret E. Park, Director of Planning Natural
    Resources
  • Tribal Planning Development Department

2
Why a Tribal Habitat Conservation Plan (THCP)?
  • A voluntary Tribal Action
  • Protect/manage biological resources
  • 21 animals and 3 plants
  • Exercise Tribal sovereignty
  • Tradition as land use managers
  • Stewards of the land
  • Streamlines Endangered Species Act compliance and
    eliminates piecemeal approach

3
What is a THCP?
  • Identifies plants/animals to be protected
  • Identifies habitat to be conserved
  • Establishes mitigation for future land
    development
  • To permit incidental take of endangered
    wildlife as Reservation develops

4
VFCA
MCCA
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Valley Floor Conservation Area (VFCA)
  • GOAL conserve 1506 acres
  • Development allowed with payment of 5,730/acre
    fee minimal reviews
  • Extra restrictions near base of mountains to
    protect Peninsular bighorn sheep
  • Section 6 sand field habitat acquisition
  • Caseys June beetle conservation requirements

6
VFCA Target Acquisition Areas (TAA)
  • TAAs are conservation areas on and
    off-Reservation
  • Allow maximum acquisition flexibility of best
    habitat
  • Minimum conservation
  • 25 active/ephemeral sand fields
  • 25 stabilized sand fields
  • 20 other habitat types

7
VFCA Section 6 Sand Field Habitat
  • Fringe-toed Lizard
  • Palm Springs Pocket Mouse
  • Coachella Valley milk-vetch

8
Gene Autry Trail
Vista Chino
9
Caseys June beetle
  • Candidate for ESA listing
  • Limited distribution
  • Unknown life history
  • Cooperative research with USFWS
  • Development restrictions
  • Land dedication requirements

10
Mountains Canyons Conservation Area (MCCA)
  • GOAL Conserve 19,375 acres
  • Future development
  • Conserve 85 of property 15 can be developed
    in mountains
  • Pay THCP mitigation fee
  • No net loss in riparian canyons and palm groves
  • Cluster construction to minimize impacts
  • Very low density and impact

11
Peninsular Bighorn sheep
  • Avoid impacts to Peninsular Bighorn sheep (PBS)
    lambing use areas
  • Maintain a PBS movement corridor
  • ¼ mi. buffer around water sources
  • Seasonal restrictions
  • Breeding
  • Lambing

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MCCA Birds Bats
  • Avoid impacts to canyons that provide water and
    vegetation for
  • Least Bells vireo
  • Summer tanager
  • Southern Yellow Bat
  • Seasonal restrictions
  • Breeding
  • Nesting
  • Removing fountain grass and tamarisk

14
MCCA - Frogs
  • Mountain Yellow-legged frog
  • California Red-legged frog

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How is habitat acquired for conservation?
  • VFCA pay fee and develop
  • Tribe buys land with fees and conserves it
    forever
  • 4 ac developed 1 ac conserved
  • MCCA dedicate land, pay fee
  • Tribe maintains dedicated land and conserves it
    forever
  • 1 ac developed 5.67 ac conserved

16
How is habitat conserved?
  • No development No conservation
  • Willing sellers only
  • 75 years to accomplish HCP goals

17
How is conserved habitat managed?
  • Research Adaptive management
  • Habitat improvement
  • Weed removal
  • Revegetation with native plants
  • Remove non-native animal species

18
How is conserved habitat managed?
  • Tribal HCP Manager (new position)
  • Staff Biologist (new position)
  • Consulting biologists (as needed)
  • Tribal Rangers
  • Canyons Maintenance Crews
  • Planners

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How is the Plan funded?
  • Cash-flow analyses in Plan
  • 1. Expected Build-out
  • 220 acres/yr VFCA
  • 3.75 acres/yr MCCA
  • 2. Maximum Build-out
  • 220 acres/yr VFCA
  • 40.63 acres/yr - MCCA

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How is the Plan funded?
  • Cash-flow analysis assumptions
  • HCP Mitigation Fees to fund habitat acquisition
    5,730/acre
  • Endowment established to fund conserved habitat
    2.14 earnings after inflation
  • Tribal commitment credit for existing expenses

21
How is the Plan funded?
  • THCP Mitigation Fees
  • 5,730/acre
  • Will increase as needed for inflation, costs of
    Plan

22
How is the Plan funded?
  • Endowment Fund
  • Revenue from land dedications
  • Annual Plan net revenues added
  • Year 40 Endowment fully-funded
  • Endowment earnings 2.14 after inflation

23
How is the Plan funded?
  • Tribal Commitments
  • Administration of Plan 208,000/yr
  • Rangers, maintenance crews 556,000 /yr
  • Ensure land is dedicated as development occurs
  • At Year 75 of the Plan, the endowment fully funds
    all activities.

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Who benefits?
  • Tribe
  • Greater self reliance
  • No perceived disadvantage vs. CVAG Plan
  • Allottee land coverage
  • 4,100 acres on valley floor
  • 10,270 acres in mountains/canyons
  • Developers
  • Certainty of requirements
  • Simpler process, one-stop shop at Tribal
    Government

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Next Steps
  • 90-day public review October 12, 2007 January
    10, 2008
  • Open House meeting November 8th
  • U.S. Fish Wildlife Service must OK
  • Expect OK in Fall 2008 including
  • 10(a) Permit issued by Service
  • Approved THCP
  • Final EIS
  • Implementation Agreement (Legal document)
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