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Safe Harbor Agreements
The Safe Harbor Policy provides incentives for property owners to restore, enhance and maintain habitats for listed species
Because many endangered and threatened species occur exclusively, or to a large extent, on non-Federally owned property, the involvement of non-Federal property owners in the conservation and recovery of listed species is critical to the eventual success of these efforts.
Under the policy, the Services will provide participating property owners with technical assistance to develop Safe Harbor Agreements that manage habitat for listed species, and provide assurances that additional land, water, and/or natural resource use restrictions will not be imposed as a result of their voluntary conservation actions to benefit covered species.
When the property owner meets all the terms of the Agreement, the Services will authorize incidental taking of the covered species at a level that enables the property owner ultimately to return the enrolled property back to agreed upon baseline conditions.
Contact
Rick Kuyper, 2800 Cottage Way, Room W-2605, Sacramento, California 95825. (916) 414-6600. FAX: (916) 414-6712/6713.
Safe Harbor Agreement Application Form
Form 3-200-54 (PDF)
Application for Safe Harbor Agreements & Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances
Safe Harbor Pamphlet
Safe Harbor Agreements for Private Landowners (pdf)
Federal Register Notices
Announcement
of Final Safe Harbor Policy (PDF)
Federal Register 64:32717, June 17, 1999
2004 revisions
PDF |
TEXT
Federal Register 69:24084, May 3, 2004
Pacific Gas and Electric Company Tulare Hill Safe Harbor Agreement
April 10, 2008
PG&E and the Service have completed a safe harbor agreement for serpentine endemic species on Tulare Hill in Santa Clara County.
PG&E will restore and maintain habitat for the Bay checkerspot butterfly, Metcalf Canyon jewelflower and Santa Clara Valley dudleya.
Restoration will mainly involve controlling invasive non-native grasses with managed grazing.
In addition, the agreement assures PG&E that the Service will not impose additional restrictions because of their voluntary conservation actions.
See agreement (PDF 1074KB) for more information.
Last updated: August 4, 2008
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