PALM SPRINGS, Calif. -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is extending the public review and comment period for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power draft Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP).
Comments will be accepted until Dec. 4, 2015.
Comments may be sent by U.S. mail to Kennon Corey, LADWP HCP, Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife Service Office, 777 E. Tahquitz Canyon Way, Suite 208, Palm Springs, CA 92262.
The draft HCP encompasses about 314,000 acres of land in Inyo and Mono counties, and proposes to provide incidental take coverage for 10 years to address 7 species – 5 of which are listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act, including the Owens pupfish and southwestern willow flycatcher.
Activities to be analyzed by the HCP include water gathering and distribution; power production and transmission; livestock grazing; and fire management.
Copies of the draft HCP are available online at http://www.fws.gov/carlsbad/HCPs/HCP_Docs.html.
You may also request a CD of the documents by sending an email to fw8cfwocomments@fws.gov, or by contacting the Palm Springs Fish and Wildlife Office at 760-322-2070.
The notice announcing the extension of the comment period was published in today’s Federal Register.
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