Lost Pines Habitat Conservation Plan for Bastrop County, Texas and Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment Plan for the Houston Toad

Loomis Austin, Inc. assisted Bastrop County with the preparation of a Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) and Preliminary Draft Environmental Assessment for the Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis).  The large-scale, programmatic HCP supports an application by Bastrop County for the issuance of
a Section 10 permit under the Endangered Species Act.  The plan incorporates an innovative set of locally-developed conservation solutions that help protect the Houston toad in a manner consistent with the values and resources of the local community.  Prominent features of the conservation program include guidelines for conservation subdivision development and land management activities, a private landowner grant program, a coordinated biological monitoring program, and public education and outreach.