CREDITS AVAILABLE
Call: 435/979-1984
Email updhceprogram@hotmail.com
Check out our Utah Prairie Dog Habitat Credits Exchange page for more information.
CONSERVATION BASED MITIGATION – IN PERPETUITY – ADVANCE CREDITING
$800/CR (partial credits available per acreage & mitigation requirements)
Acquired: 1040
Sold: 446.1013
For Sale: 593.90
Permanent Impact Mitigation: 6, 8, 10 CR/Acre (low, med, high impacted site*)
Temporary Impact Mitigation: 1.2, 1.6, 2 CR/Acre (low, med, high impacted site*)
SALES: GARKANE POWER, STATE BANK OF SOUTHERN UTAH (PRIVATE CEDAR CITY LOT), ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER/VERIZON, UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
Permanent Impact Mitigation: 6, 8, 10 CR/Acre (low, med, high impacted site*)
Temporary Impact Mitigation: 1.2, 1.6, 2 CR/Acre (low, med, high impacted site*)
*see additional detail
High Country News August 20, 2012 Vo. 44 No. 14 p.6
It’s a model similar to conservation banking, in which landowners protect endangered species habitat on their own property and then sell credits to offset building elsewhere. The credit exchange goes further by acting as broker and removing the permitting delays and financial risk involved in setting up one’s own bank, making it easier for landowners to participate. Biologists and farm experts then consult landowners on how to manage both dogs and land, and Wightman inspects to ensure it’s done right. Their assistance helps landowners navigate the complex maze of regulations.
Another advantage of the credit exchange model is its landscape-scale approach to habitat protection, which targets parcels near existing habitat to help reconnect the prairie dog’s range. The goal is to go beyond the usual mitigation yardstick of “no net loss” of habitat by protecting more land and more dogs than are actually impacted by building. “This offers a mitigation approach that we think is more efficient, more effective, and gets more conservation per dollar than any other option,” says Toombs. High Country News August 20, 2012 Vo. 44 No. 14 p.6.
