Balancing Environment and Development : Costs, Revenues, and Benefits of the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan

Abstract

The Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Planmitigates development effects on 146 plant and animal species byestablishing a 500,000-acre conservation reserve. This monograph examinesland-acquisition strategies and costs, revenue adequacy and potential newfunding sources, the plan's habitat-conservation goals, and whether the planhas streamlined transportation and development permitting processes.