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Kerr County joins regional habitat plan with Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority to streamline endangered mussel protections
Summary
The commissioners approved a memorandum of agreement with the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority to participate in a programmatic habitat plan and relocation program intended to reduce the cost and permitting burden if the county must drain or alter lake beds where federally listed mussels live.
Kerr County on Tuesday approved a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) to participate in a regional Guadalupe River Habitat Conservation Plan and a Programmatic Aquatic Resource Relocation Plan.
County officials said the agreement is intended to make it easier and less expensive to comply with the Endangered Species Act if a dam drawdown, construction or other action affects habitat for federally listed mussels such as the fat mucket and the golden orb. GBRA is…
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