San Luis Valley Regional Habitat Conservation Plan Draft for Public Review

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4.3Community Infrastructure

Local governments, public utilities, quasi-municipal corporations, and other entities undertake the following infrastructure activities to provide public services. These services support the health, safety, economic welfare, and overall livability of the communities in the Valley and are consistent with the long-term conservation of the covered species and their habitat. These activities, and their anticipated impacts, are shown in Table 8.

Table 8. Anticipated impacts of community infrastructure.

Covered Activity	Type of Impact ○ = Temporary ● = Permanent	Range of Anticipated Annual Impacts (acres/year)	Maximum Percent of Total Habitat
Community Infrastructure
Vegetation removal from floodway	○	4 – 14	0.07%
Levee construction/maintenance	○	0 – 0.02	< 0.01%
Sediment removal and spoils disposal	○	Negligible	
Infrastructure construction	●	0 – 0.9	0.03%
Infrastructure maintenance	○	Negligible	
Contingency	○	< 6	0.01%
Subtotal Temporary Impacts	○	4 – 21	0.1%
Subtotal Permanent Impacts	●	0 – 0.9	0.03%

Community infrastructure activities are anticipated to temporarily impact up to 21 acres (or 0.1 percent) of riparian habitat each year, scattered across the HCP permit area. The largest of these impacts would be the removal of vegetation from floodways (up to 4 acres per lineal mile of river). Infrastructure construction activities are anticipated to permanently impact up to 0.9 acres of riparian habitat each year, or 27 acres of habitat during the 30-year life of this HCP. Coverage is limited to 0.5 acres for any given project.

4.4Riparian Conservation and Restoration

The conservation and restoration activities listed in Table 9 are ongoing and/or foreseeable projects in the Valley that will provide a net conservation benefit to the covered species by contributing to the recovery of those species.

Table 9. Anticipated impacts of conservation and restoration.

Covered Activity	Type of Impact ○ = Temporary ● = Permanent	Range of Anticipated Annual Impacts (acres/year)	Maximum Percent of Total Habitat
Conservation and Restoration
Habitat creation/restoration/protection	○	Negligible	
Weed management	○	Negligible	
Wetland creation/management	○	Negligible	
Contingency	○	< 2	0.01%
Subtotal Temporary Impacts	○	0 – 2	0.01%
Subtotal Permanent Impacts			

Conservation and restoration activities in the Valley are anticipated to result in up to 2 acres of temporary impacts to riparian habitat each year. In the long term, these activities will benefit the covered species by improving the extent, diversity, and overall conservation of native riparian habitat in the Valley. While these activities are covered under this HCP, the habitat benefits that will stem from their implementation will complement the mitigation and minimization commitments of this HCP by promoting the ongoing conservation and enhancement of riparian habitat in the Valley.

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