Natural Community Conservation Planning

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Natural Community Conservation Planning (NCCP)

Guidance Documents

GENERAL GUIDANCE

• Natural Community Conservation Planning (NCCP) Phases (PDF)
• Lessons Learned from Regional Conservation Planning Efforts.  2003. (PDF)

EVALUATIONS OF CONSERVATION PLANNING

• Natural Community Conservation Planning: the Origins of an Ambitious Experiment to Protect Ecosystems. 2001. Pollak, D. California Research Bureau, California State Library. (PDF)
• The Future of Habitat Conservation? The NCCP Experience in Southern California. 2001. Pollak, D. California Research Bureau, California State Library. (PDF)
• Using Science in Habitat Conservation Plans. 1999. Kareiva, P., S. Andelman, D. Doak, B. Elderd, M. Groom, J. Hoekstra, L. Hood, F. James, J. Lamoreux, G. LeBuhn, C. McCulloch, J. Regetz, L. Savage, M. Ruckelshaus, D. Skelly, H. Wilbur and K. Zamudio. National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, Santa Barbara. (PDF)

GOVERNANCE

• Comparative Review of Governance Structures for Ecosystem Management. 2006. Conservation Biology Institute. (PDF)
• Comparative Review of Governance Structures for Ecosystem Management: Appendix A - Profiles of Conservation Programs Surveyed. 2006. Conservation Biology Institute. (PDF)

OUTREACH AND COLLABORATION

• Regional Conservation Planning and Local Government Leadership.  2004.  Hall, H. (PDF)
• Increasing Agricultural Community Involvement in Regional Conservation Planning.  2004.  Henson, B. (PDF)
• Improving Public Outreach and Education for Natural Community Conservation Planning .  2000.  Nyce, C. (PDF)

SCIENTIFIC INPUT

• Guidance for the NCCP Independent Science Advisory Process.  2002. (PDF)
• Science Advisor Reports for individual conservation plans are also available.

PLAN DEVELOPMENT

• Roles & Responsibilities of Consultants in Developing NCCP/HCPs.  2002.  Hogle, I. (PDF)
  • Recommendations (PDF)

MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING

• Designing Monitoring Programs in an Adaptive Management Context for Regional Multiple Species Conservation Plans.  2004.. Atkinson, A. J., P. C. Trenham, R. N. Fisher, S. A. Hathaway, B. S. Johnson, S. G. Torres and Y. C. Moore.. U.S. Geological Survey; Western Ecological Research Center. (PDF)
• Draft - Research Guidance to Address the Needs of Land Managers  1997.  Stine, P. (PDF)
• Bibliographies on Coastal Sage Scrub and Related Malacophyllous Shrublands of Other Mediterranean-Type Climates.  1994.  O'Leary, J.F., DeSimone, S.A., D. Murphy, P. Brussard, Gilpin, M.S. and R. Noss. (PDF)
• Components of the San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) biological monitoring program have been under review since 2003 and also provide a good reference for management and monitoring:
  • Using Variance Components Analysis to Improve Vegetation Monitoring for the San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program(MSCP).  2008. Deutschman, D. H., S. Strahm, D. Bailey, J. Franklin and R. Lewison.  Department of Biology, San Diego State University. (PDF)
  • Vegetation Monitoring for the MSCP – Jumpstart for Field Season 2008 – Final Report. 2008.Deutschman. H. S. Strahm, D. Bailey, J. Franklin and R. Lewison. Department of Biology, San Diego State University. (PDF)
  • Developing Conceptual Models to Improve the Biological Monitoring Plan for San Diego's Multiple Species Conservation Program 2007. Hierl,L.A., J. Franklin, D. H. Deutschman and H. M. Regan .  Department of Biology, San Diego State University. (PDF)
  • Grouping and Prioritizing Natural Communities for the San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program. 2006. Franklin, J., L. A. Hierl, D. H. Deutschman and H. M. Regan. Department of Biology, San Diego State University. (PDF)
  • San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program Covered Species Prioritization. 2006. Regan, H. M., L. A. Hierl, J. Franklin and D. H. Deutschman. Department of Biology, San Diego State University. (PDF)
  • San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) Rare Plant Monitoring Review and Revision. 2006. McEachern, K., B. Pavlik, Rebman, J and R. Sutter. U.S. Geological Survey; Western Ecological Research Center. (PDF)
    
  • Assessment of the Biological Monitoring Plan for San Diego's Multiple Species Conservation Program.  2005.  Hierl, L. A., H. M. Regan, J. Franklin and D. H. Deutschman.  Department of Biology, San Diego State University. (PDF)