The interim strategy
- Short-term losses of habitat should be minimized so as to not foreclose future
conservation planning options untilsuch time as an NCCP has been completed and
long-term enhancement and management programs are formulated.
- Total interim loss should be limited to 5% of CSS habitat in any individual
subregion.
- To the maximum degree practicable, the 5% loss should be limited to areas with
smaller populations of target species.
- To the maximum degree practicable, the 5% loss should not disproportionally
impact specific subunits of the environmental gradient in each subregion (as
defined by vegetation subcommunity, latitude, elevation, distance from coast,
slope, aspect or soil type).
- During the interim period, subregional and subarea planning should strive to
protect areas of higher long-term conservation value -- defined by extent of CSS
habitat, proximity of that habitat to other habitat, value as landscape linkages or
corridors, or presence of target species or other species of concern -- until a
subregional plan can be put in place.
- Development pressure should be directed toward areas that have lower long-term
conservation value. Such habitat areas are smaller in extent, are more isolated,
have limited value as landscape linkages, and support comparatively fewer
individuals of target species.
- Planning should ensure that all interim habitat losses are adequately mitigated and
should contribute to the interim subregional mitigation program that will be
subsumed in the long-term subregional NCCP as specified in the Process
Guidelines.
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