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Committee approves transfer of 163 acres of Rancho Diana Preserve to generate habitat credits under SEPHCP
Summary
The Planning and Community Development Committee voted Oct. 28 to forward a proposal to transfer management and monitoring of 163 acres of the Rancho Diana Preserve into the Southern Edwards Plateau Habitat Conservation Plan, a move staff said will create habitat enrollment credits to fund future preserves.
The Planning and Community Development Committee voted Oct. 28 to forward a proposal to transfer management and monitoring of 163 acres of the Rancho Diana Preserve into the Southern Edwards Plateau Habitat Conservation Plan, a move staff said will create enrollment credits that can be sold to fund future preserves.
Logan Sparrow, assistant director in Development Services, told the committee the SEPHCP is a voluntary regional conservation program run by the city and Bexar County as co‑permittees with U.S. Fish and Wildlife. “The SEPHCP is effectively an insurance policy,” Sparrow said, describing how enrollment fees provide incidental‑take coverage that allows nonfederal projects to proceed while funding larger, perpetual preserves.
Sparrow said the 1,152‑acre Rancho Diana tract…
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