Section 2800.
2800. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Natural Community Conservation Planning Act. (Repealed and added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 4, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
Section 2801.
2801. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The continuing population growth in California will result in increasing demands for dwindling natural resources and result in the continuing decline of the state’s wildlife. (b) There is a need for broad-based planning to provide for effective protection and conservation of the state’s wildlife heritage while […]
Section 2802.
2802. The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the policy of the state to conserve, protect, restore, and enhance natural communities. It is the intent of the Legislature to acquire a fee or less than fee interest in lands consistent with approved natural community conservation plans and to provide assistance with the implementation […]
Section 2805.
2805. The definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Adaptive management” means to use the results of new information gathered through the monitoring program of the plan and from other sources to adjust management strategies and practices to assist in providing for the conservation of covered species. (b) “Candidate species” has the same […]
Section 2809.
2809. Any person, or any local, state, or federal agency, independently, or in cooperation with other persons, may undertake natural community conservation planning. (Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 4, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
Section 2810.
2810. (a) The department may enter into an agreement with any person or public entity for the purpose of preparing a natural community conservation plan, in cooperation with a local agency that has land use permit authority over the activities proposed to be addressed in the plan, to provide comprehensive management and conservation of multiple wildlife […]
Section 2815.
2815. The department shall establish, in cooperation with the parties to the planning agreement, a process for public participation throughout plan development and review to ensure that interested persons, including landowners, have an adequate opportunity to provide input to lead agencies, state and federal wildlife agencies, and others involved in preparing the plan. The public […]
Section 2820.
2820. (a) The department shall approve a natural community conservation plan for implementation after making the following findings, based upon substantial evidence in the record: (1) The plan has been developed consistent with the process identified in the planning agreement entered into pursuant to Section 2810. (2) The plan integrates adaptive management strategies that are periodically evaluated and […]
Section 2821.
2821. Concurrent with the approval by the department of a final natural community conservation plan, the department shall do both of the following: (a) Establish a list of species that are authorized for take pursuant to Section 2835 and the department shall make specific findings to support coverage pursuant to Section 2820. For purposes of determining […]