Balancing environment and development : costs, revenues, and benefits of western Riverside County multiple species habitat conservation plan / / Lloyd Dixon ... [et al.].

• Author: Rand Transportation, Space, and Technology (Program)
• TeilnehmendeR: Dixon, Lloyd S.; Rand Transportation, Space, and Technology (Program); Rand Corporation.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Notes: "Sponsored by the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority."; "Rand Transportation, Space, and technology."
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-232).
• ISBN: 1282451170; 9786612451171; 0833048244
• Access: Open access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Lloyd Dixon ... [et al.].

The Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan(MSHCP) is an ambitious effort to balance development and environmentalconcerns in an area of rapid urban growth. In return for setting up a500,000-acre conservation reserve, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service andthe California Department of Fish and Game granted the county and cities inwestern Riverside County a 75-year ""take"" permit for endangered species. Thetake permit allows the cities and county to approve development projectsoutside the reserve that could negatively affect 146 sensitive plant andanimal species. The