HCP HCP Documents

HCP Documents

HCP Documents
Fact Sheets
Presentations
Supporting Science

Regulations (PDFs)

Proposed Code Changes (updated 8/1/2022)

Proposed Mitigation Fee

Environment Impact Statement (PDFs)

EIS Determination of Significance

EIS Checklist
Draft EIS & Appendices

Final EIS and Appendicies

HCP Economic Analysis (PDF)

Executive Summary

HCP Economic Study (full)

Public Participation (PDF)

Public Participation Plan

Public Comments

Habitat Conservation Plan (PDFs)
Habitat Conservation Plan - submitted to USFWS February 2022 with Appendices

Quick Facts (PDF)

Overview (PDF)

Permit Process (PDF)

Projects Excluded from Review (PDF)

Habitat Calculation Tool (PDF)

Species and Habitat Conservation (PDF)

About the Environmental Impact Statement (PDF)

Presentation to OMB 8/25/2022

Presentation to MLSA 6/14/2022

Presentation about Conservation Program

Presentation about the USFWS Review of the County's HCP

Presentation about the Oregon Spotted Frog

Presentation to Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife

Documents Related to HCP Planning & the Federal ITP Permit (PDFs)

2011 Thurston County Regional Planning Council Profile (statistics, trends, analyses, and comparisons for Thurston County and its individual jurisdictions)

2012 Thurston County Regional Planning Council Population & Employment Land Supply Assumptions

2012 Ecology Calculating Credits and Debits for Compensatory Mitigation in Wetlands of Western Washington

2014 USFWS, WDFW & TC Selection of areas in Thurston County for long-term conservation and recovery of the Mazama pocket gopher (MPG)

2019 Thurston County Regional Planning Council Population & Employment Land Supply Assumptions

2022 USFWS Findings and Recommendations Regarding the Proposed Issuance of Incedental Take Permit for Thurston County's HCP

2020 Climate Change Adaptation Approach for HCPs

Endangered Species Act Listings & Petition (PDFs)
2013 USFWS Federal Register Listing for Taylor's checkerspot butterly

2014 USFWS Federal Register Listing for Mazama pocket gopher

2016 USFWS Federal Register Listing for Oregon spotted frog

2017 American Bird Conservancy Petition to List Oregon Vesper Sparrow under the Endangered Species Act

2018 USFWS Federal Register Listing for Oregon vesper sparrow

Species & Habitat Science (PDFs)

General
1990 Soil Survey from Washington State Department of Natural Resources and Washington State University Agriculture Research Center, United States Department of Agriculture

2011 Northwest Scientific Association Climate Change Impacts on Western Pacific Northwest Prairies & Savannas

Bird (Oregon Vesper Sparrow & Streaked Horned Lark)
2005 WDFW Status Report for Mazama Pocket Gopher, Streaked horned lark, and Taylor's checkerspot butterfly
2013 USFWS Designation of Critical Habitat for Taylor's checkerspot butterfly and Streaked horned lark
2021 WDFW Status Report for Oregon Vesper Sparrow

Butterfly (Taylor's checkerspot)
2005 WDFW Status Report for Mazama Pocket Gopher, Streaked horned lark, and Taylor's checkerspot butterfly
2013 USFWS Designation of Critical Habitat for Taylor's checkerspot butterfly and Streaked horned lark
2013 WDFW Progress Report for Taylor's checkerspot Captive Rearing and Translocation
2014 WDFW Progress Report for Taylor's checkerspot Captive Rearing and Translocation
2016 WDFW Status Report for Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly
2019 WDFW Progress Report for Taylor's checkerspot Captive Rearing and Translocation

Frog (Oregon spotted)
2013 WDFW Oregon Spotted Frog Recovery Plan

2016 USFWS Designation of Critical Habitat for Oregon Spotted Frog

Gopher (Mazama Pocket Gopher subspecies)
2005 WDFW Status Report for Mazama Pocket Gopher, Streaked horned lark, and Taylor's checkerspot butterfly
2013 WDFW Status Report for Mazama Pocket Gopher

2014 USFWS Designation of Critical Habitat for Mazama Pocket Gopher

2014 USFWS & WDFW Reserves for Mazama Pocket Gopher Considerations for Thurston County HCP
2015 USFWS Memo for Mazama pocket gopher Conservation Strategy and Mitigation Guidance
2015 USFWS Results Report of the Mazama Pocket Gopher Screening in Thurston County
2016 USFWS Results Report of the Mazama Pocket Gopher Screening in Thurston County

2017 USFWS Memo Mazama Pocket Gopher Service Areas Revised
2017 USFWS Results Report of the Mazama Pocket Gopher Screening in Thurston County
2018 USFWS Screening Protocol for Mazama Pocket Gopher
2020 WDFW Status Report for Mazama Pocket Gopher

Important Notice: The reports, memos and documents on this page do not constitute the full body of knowledge and supporting science used to develop the Thurston County Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP), the Environmental Impact Statement for the HCP, or related documents. A fuller list can be found by revewing the references cited in the documents on this page.