Streamlined Regulatory Compliance: A single programmatic solution greatly reduces the complexity of meeting regulatory requirements.
Reduced Costs: Comprehensive regional mitigation plans reduce time spent, analysis carried out and discussions with regulatory agencies by developers to achieve individual project mitigation, which in turn reduces costs to the developer.
Planning Costs: Costs of achieving mitigation are documented, allowing developers to incorporate costs into early project planning and financing.
Unlisted Species Protection: HCPs include mitigation for plant and wildlife species not yet federally listed and may prevent the need for future listing. If any of theses species are listed in the future there will not be additional conservation needs.
Eliminate Endangered Species Liability: Landowners concerned about liability from endangered species' use of their lands can receive assurances under the HCP.
Varied Opportunities For Participation: Landowners are offered opportunities to voluntarily sell land, obtain conservation easements, transfer development rights and participate in other programs.
Funding Opportunities: The HCP provides direct funds for conservation easements on agricultural lands that provide a source of income to landowners.
Large scale conservation: Effective landscape-scale conservation avoids postage stamp preserves that may not retain biological values over the long-term.
Multi-species and Habitat Protection: Regional HCPs protect a broad diversity of species and habitats and encompass large geographic areas.
Effective Conservation: Will provide an effective means to protect and manage species and habitat resources.
Adaptive Management: Mitigation measures that do not meet their goals can be modified under the adaptive management program.
