USFWS approves Lesser Prairie-Chicken Habitat ConservationPlan
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved LPC Conservation LLC’s habitat conservation plan (HCP) and associated incidental take permit. The HCP is designed to minimize and offset impacts to the lesser prairiechicken from renewable energy development in the Great Plains.
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires all incidental take permits (ITPs) to include HCPs, which describe...