CDFW Approved Mitigation Service Areas [ds2659]

This data set is of service areas for mitigation and conservation banks for which the California Department of Fish and Wildlife is a signatory. It does not include service areas for banks which are approved only Federally or for credits for species for which the Department does not require mitigation. All data, including boundaries and species covered and should be verified with the bank sponsor prior to making any decisions based on this data set. The contact information for the bank sponsor can be found at https://wildlife.ca.gov/conservation/planning/banking/approved-banks. Please look at the "Comment" field for important information regarding individual Service Area limitations. A Conservation or Mitigation Bank is privately or publicly owned land managed for its natural resource values. In exchange for permanently protecting, managing, and monitoring the land, the bank sponsor is allowed to sell or transfer habitat credits to perrmitees who need to satisfy legal requirements and compensate for the environmental impacts of developmental projects. Conservation (Endangered Species) Banking A conservation bank generally protects threatened and endangered species and habitat. Credits are established for the specific sensitive species that occur on the site. Conservation banks help to consolidate small, fragmented sensitive species compensation projects into large contiguous preserves which have much higher wildlife habitat values. Other agencies that typically participate in the regulation and approval of conservation banks are the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-National Marine Fisheries Service. Mitigation (Wetlands) Banking A mitigation bank protects, restores, creates, and enhances wetland habitats. Credits are established to compensate for unavoidable wetland losses. Use of mitigation bank credits must occur in advance of development, when the compensation cannot be achieved at the development site or would not be as environmentally beneficial. Mitigation banking helps to consolidate small, fragmented wetland mitigation projects into large contiguous preserves which will have much higher wildlife habitat values. Mitigation banks are generally approved by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.本数据集收录加州鱼类与野生动物局（California Department of Fish and Wildlife）作为签约方的减缓银行与保护银行服务区域。本数据集不包含仅获联邦批准的银行服务区域，以及加州鱼类与野生动物局无需开展减缓补偿的物种对应的栖息地信用额度。所有数据（包括边界范围与覆盖物种等信息）均需在基于本数据集开展任何决策前，与银行发起方进行核实。银行发起方的联系方式可通过链接 https://wildlife.ca.gov/conservation/planning/banking/approved-banks 查询。请查看「Comment」字段，获取关于单个服务区域限制的重要信息。 保护银行与减缓银行均指为保护自然资源价值而运营管理的私有或公有土地。作为永久保护、管理与监测该土地的对价，银行发起方可向需满足法定要求、补偿开发项目对环境造成影响的许可持有人出售或转让栖息地信用额度。 保护（濒危物种）银行通常用于保护受威胁与濒危物种及其栖息地，针对场地内出现的特定敏感物种设立对应栖息地信用额度。保护银行可将零散的小型敏感物种补偿项目整合为连片的大型保护地，显著提升野生生物栖息地的整体价值。通常参与保护银行监管与审批的其他机构包括美国鱼类与野生动物局（U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service）以及美国国家海洋和大气管理局-国家海洋渔业局（National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-National Marine Fisheries Service）。 湿地减缓银行（Mitigation (Wetlands) Banking）用于保护、修复、营造并改善湿地栖息地，针对不可避免的湿地流失设立对应信用额度。若无法在开发场地内完成补偿，或该场地的补偿环境效益未达最优，则需在开发活动开展前使用湿地减缓银行的信用额度。湿地减缓银行可将零散的小型湿地减缓项目整合为连片的大型保护地，显著提升野生生物栖息地的整体价值。湿地减缓银行通常由加州鱼类与野生动物局、美国鱼类与野生动物局、美国陆军工程兵团（U.S. Army Corps of Engineers）以及美国环境保护署（U.S. Environmental Protection Agency）审批通过。