Habitat Conservation Planning
- Strategic Goals
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Habitat
Conservation Planning Branch
CA Department of Fish and Wildlife
1416 Ninth Street, 12th Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 653-4875
- The California Environmental Quality Act
- External CEQA Project Review Procedures
- CEQA Filing Fees
- Federal Project Review
- CDFW's Internal CEQA Procedures
- Other Types of CEQA Project Reviews
Related Links
- California Law CEQA consists of Public Resources Code sections 21000-21177
- CEQA Statutes and Guidelines CEQA code and reference information (note: some information is out of date)
- CEQA FAQ (PDF)
- CEQA Public Notices
- SB 1535 (PDF) Changes in filing fees
- Fish and Game Code Section 711.4 and Section 713 Legal information on filing fees
Regional Plan Review Procedures
Some plans cover a number of counties or a biologically-based region (bioregion) within the State. These plans may even involve other states neighboring California. It is the responsibility of CDFW's regions to review and comment on these plans if they will have impacts on sensitive fish and wildlife resources; CDFW's may then offer specific recommendations based on the review. CDFW should strive to be a collaborating partner in the development of such plans. Often these plans are developed to consolidate several project reviews and approach mitigation issues on a landscape basis rather than on an individual project impact basis. A detailed treatment of landscape planning is presented in another part of this Operations Manual (see sections 1140 and 1150 on Natural Community Conservation Plans and Habitat Conservation Plans, respectively).
Contact CEQA Program – CDFW staff cannot make decisions or intercede on CEQA projects under the jurisdiction of another lead agency. Please address project-specific comments to the project's lead agency.