Northeast Ridge FAQ Database
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Northeast Ridge (24 entries)
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3300 acres -- about 3 times the size of Golden Gate Park.
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An endangered species is "any species which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant portion of its range” (Endangered Species Act, 1973).
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Most basically, if a species is put on the Endangered Species List, it becomes illegal to kill it or destroy its habitat.
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), which is part of the Interior Department.
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Since the ESA is supposed to prevent the killing of endangered species, the USFWS has to issue a special permit that allows the “taking” of a species. The ITP is a ...
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An HCP is a plan, under the ESA, that allows development on endangered species habitat by issuing an Incidental Take Permit (ITP) for the endangered species. In return for the harm ...
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The USFWS is the ultimate authority. In the San Bruno Mountain HCP, the San Mateo County Parks Department is the plan operator. The HCP Trustees, composed of the city ...
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The HCP allowed for a certain amount of planned development. SBMW has fought nearly all of these. When we have been unsuccessful or had only limited success, development has ...
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Mitigation means lessening the negative effects of something, usually something that cannot be entirely prevented. Thus a pollution mitigation plan would be a plan to reduce the effects of pollution. ...
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Each home or commercial building built under the HCP agreement pays a yearly assessment for habitat restoration. In the original plan, the amount of money needed to conserve the habitat was ...
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The HCP defines restored habitat a s “areas where both invasive species control and replanting of native species is conducted .” Although it doesn’t define habitat restoration, it defines habitat ...
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An overwhelming majority of Endangered Species have already lost so much habitat that they are endanger of extinction. Taking more of their habitat further threatens them. Most scientists agree that ...
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Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), if the governing agency determines that a proposed building project may impact the environment, an Environmental Impact Review (EIR) is required. It includes an ...
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The original EIR for the Northeast Ridge was approved in 1982. Building did not take place at that time, and an Addendum (addition that involved changes) to the EIR was approved ...
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An Environmental Assessment (EA) is a study of the environmental impacts of a project under the Federal Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). An EA is akin to an EIR, only applying ...
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Loss of habitat is the biggest cause of the butterflies decline, and primary reason they are endangered. Permanent loss of habitat, we argue, is worse than habitat degraded by invasive ...
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Since the HCP came into effect 26 years ago, 330 acres of habitat have been permanently destroyed (new houses and roads), and 230 acres temporarily ...
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We take issue with the HCP definition of restored habitat since it doesn’t speak to successful restoration, or describe the amount of biodiversity of a restored site compared to the native ...
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What we see as preferable is a concerted effort to find other sources of funding and to develop a very active volunteer stewardship organization. Such a plan does not destroy and ...
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We care especially for our children and grandchildren that will live with the planet we leave for them. Open space is at a premium in the north peninsula. Even ...
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A negative declaration, shortened to “Neg Dec” is a statement that says, “based on an initial study, no significant environmental harm will be done by a particular building project.” If ...
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San Mateo County approved the negative declaration for the NER. Now the Brisbane City Council, which has already approved the EIR Amendment, will have a meeting to consider whether changes need ...
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SBMW has filed a suit objecting to the passage of the negative declaration.
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Parties to a lawsuit are required to consider a settlement agreement – some sort of compromise both parties can live with. If no settlement is forthcoming, the suit goes to ...
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