Guidance Documents

Conservation Planning

• Economic Effects of Regional Habitat Conservation Plans: Executive Summary | White Paper (2014)
• Maximizing Efficiency During the Preparation of Regional Habitat Conservation Plans: A Summary of Two Surveys (2014)
• Improving Efficiency During Preparation of Regional Habitat Conservation Plans: Results of Survey #1 (2013)
• Using Science in Habitat Conservation Plans (1999)
• Natural Community Conservation Planning (NCCP): The Origins of an Ambitious Experiment to Protect Ecosystems (2001)
• The Future of Habitat Conservation? The NCCP Experience in Southern California (2001)
• Regional Conservation Planning in California: A Guide (2004)

Governance

• Comparative Review of Governance Structures for Ecosystem Management (2006)
• Comparative Review of Governance Structures for Ecosystem Management: Appendix A - Profiles of Conservation Programs Surveyed (2006)

Outreach And Collaboration

• Regional Conservation Planning and Local Government Leadership (2004)
• Increasing Agricultural Community Involvement in Regional Conservation Planning (2004)
• Improving Public Outreach and Education for Natural Community Conservation Planning (2000)

Plan Development

• Roles & Responsibilities of Consultants in Developing NCCP / HCPs (2002)
  • Recommendations

Management and Monitoring

• Designing Monitoring Programs in an Adaptive Management Context for Regional Multiple Species Conservation Plans (2004)
• Draft - Research Guidance to Address the Needs of Land Managers (1997)
• Bibliographies on Coastal Sage Scrub and Related Malacophyllous Shrublands of Other Mediterranean-Type Climates (1994)
• Components of the San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) biological monitoring program have been under review since 2003 and also provide a good reference for management and monitoring:
  • Using Variance Components Analysis to Improve Vegetation Monitoring for the San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program (2008)
  • Vegetation Monitoring for the MSCP – Jumpstart for Field Season 2008 – Final Report (2008)
  • Developing Conceptual Models to Improve the Biological Monitoring Plan for San Diego's Multiple Species Conservation Program (2007)
  • Grouping and Prioritizing Natural Communities for the San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program (2006)
  • San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program Covered Species Prioritization (2006)
  • San Diego Multiple Species Conservation Program (MSCP) Rare Plant Monitoring Review and Revision (2006)
  • Assessment of the Biological Monitoring Plan for San Diego's Multiple Species Conservation Program (2005)