Balcones Canyonlands plan enters renewal with changes as 30-year permit nears end
At a meeting of the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan (BCCP) Coordinating Committee at Austin City Hall, BCCP officer Kimberly Harvey said the BCCP is in the final year of the 30-year incidental-take permit originally issued on May 2, 1996, and that recent U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service guidance requires the committee to resubmit the permit as a "permit renewal with changes," including updated biological analyses and NEPA review.
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At a meeting of the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan (BCCP) Coordinating Committee at Austin City Hall, BCCP officer Kimberly Harvey said the BCCP is in the final year of the 30-year incidental-take permit originally issued on May 2, 1996, and that recent U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service guidance requires the committee to resubmit the permit as a "permit renewal with changes," including updated biological analyses and NEPA review.
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