Habitat Conservation Plan

Data Definitions

Title	Plum Creek Native Fish HCP
USFWS Region(s)	6
USFWS Field Office(s)	Kalispell Ecological Services Sub-Office
Permits	TE034609-0
Status	I
NEPA Process	environmental impact statement
Involved Agency	USFWS and NMFS
Date Information
Date Noticed in Federal Register	12/17/1999
Date Permit Issued	11/23/2000
Date Application Withdrawn	---
Date Permit Expired	---
Date Permit Denied	---
Date Permit Suspended	---
Date Permit Revoked	---
Area Description Information
Location	The original HCP covered lands included lands in the states of Washington and Idaho, but all those HCP lands have been relinquished to other entities in the past 5 years since the HCP was signed. All the remaining HCP lands are located in several counties in western Montana.
Listed Species	Trout, bull - (Salvelinus confluentus) U.S.A., conterminous, lower 48 states T
Non-Listed Species	Trout, westslope cutthroat - (Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi) RT Whitefish, Mountain - (Prosopium williamsoni) Whitefish, pygmy - (Prosopium coulteri)
Habitat	montane riparian forest
States	Montana
Size (Total Area Covered, by State)	969624 acres (Montana) At the time of permit issuance, the total HCP project area within regions 1 and 6 was roughly 1.6 million acres, of which approximately 110,000 acres was in Region 1 (40,000 acres in Idaho and 70,000 acres in Washington). Region 1 had the lead for developing the HCP and Region 6 has the lead for implementation. After permit issuance, Plum Creek Timber Company sold its lands in Washington and subsequently in Idaho; hence the HCP is no longer being implemented in those states, only Montana lands remain in this HCP. Acreage covered in the HCP flucuates as the remaining lands in Montana are sold and acquired. In 2009, the remaining HCP land acreage is 969,624 acres.
Enrolled Size (Total Area Enrolled, by State)	Data not available At the time of permit issuance, the total HCP project area within regions 1 and 6 was roughly 1.6 million acres, of which approximately 110,000 acres was in Region 1 (40,000 acres in Idaho and 70,000 acres in Washington). Region 1 had the lead for developing the HCP and Region 6 has the lead for implementation. After permit issuance, Plum Creek Timber Company sold its lands in Washington and subsequently in Idaho; hence the HCP is no longer being implemented in those states, only Montana lands remain in this HCP. Acreage covered in the HCP flucuates as the remaining lands in Montana are sold and acquired. In 2009, the remaining HCP land acreage is 969,624 acres.
Other Information
Applicant Type	corporation
Land Use	ranching forest management activities
Duration	30 years, 0 months
Plan/Agreement Documents	Biological Opinion NEPA - ROD Set of Findings The HCP The HCP You may need to upgrade your pdf reader if you are having trouble accessing any of these documents.
Federal Register Documents	Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Receipt of an Application for an Incidental Take Permit Submitted by Plum Creek Timberlands, L.P., (and its partners Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc. and Plum Creek Timber I L.L.C.), Plum Creek Marketing Inc., Plum Creek Land Company, Plum Creek Northwest Lumber, Inc., Plum Creek Northwest Plywood, Inc., and Plum Creek MDF, Inc., for Lands in Montana, Idaho, and Washington (12/17/1999) Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement and Habitat Conservation Plan for Incidental Take (09/21/2000)

Report generated on: May 22, 2013

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