Benton County’s Prairie Species Habitat Conservation Plan: Signposts for the future of species-based land-use regulation?
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Date
2011-02-10
Authors
Novick, Adam
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Publisher
The Wildlife Society, Oregon Chapter
Abstract
Does Benton County's recently approved Habitat Conservation Plan address concern that species-based land-use regulation (whether prohibitions or mitigation requirements) might be counterproductive to the survival of maintenance-dependent species on non-federal land? I suggest that despite significant limitations, the plan gives this concern unprecedented recognition, including a promise of some prosecutorial discretion and a recommendation to refine rules implementing the US Endangered Species Act. I discuss what might help the US Fish and Wildlife Service and others do more to address this concern.
Description
18 p. Presented at the annual meeting of the Oregon chapter of The Wildlife Society, Bend OR, 10 Feb 2011.
Keywords
Biodiversity conservation policy, Conservation-reliant species, Regulatory disincentives, US Endangered Species Act of 1973, Habitat conservation -- Oregon -- Benton County, Safe harbor agreements, Candidate conservation agreements with assurances, Prosecutorial discretion, Benton County (Or.), p\Prairie species, Aldo Leopold, Game theory, Game-theoretic analyisis, Supply curve analysis, United States. Endangered Species Act of 1973, Endangered Species Act of 1973, Leopold, Aldo, Land use -- Oregon -- Benton County -- Planning