Ord Ferry Road over Little Chico Creek Bridge Replacement (California Endangered Species Act Incidental Take Permit No. 2081-2021-065-02-A2 (ITP))

Ord Ferry Road over Little Chico Creek Bridge Replacement (California Endangered Species Act Incidental Take Permit No. 2081-2021-065-02-A2 (ITP))

This proposed project involves the removal of the structurally deficient existing bridge and construction of a new wider bridge on the existing alignment. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is approving Amendment 2 to the ITP that includes the following changes: First, this Amendment updates the methods of compensatory mitigation to fully mitigate Project impacts to Central Valley Spring-run Chinook salmon (CVSR, Oncorhynchus tshawytcha). Second, this Amendment updates the required Security amount to reflect the costs of both proposed and completed compensatory mitigation. The Project will result in impacts to 2.36 acres of giant garter snake (GGS, Thamnophis gigas) habitat including temporary impacts to 1.71 acres; the Project will permanently remove 0.65 acres of GGS habitat. In addition, the Project will result in impacts to 0.0613 acres of CVSR habitat including temporary impacts to 0.06 acres; the Project will permanently remove 0.0013 acres of CVSR habitat. The project is expected to result in incidental take of GGS and CVSR, which are designated as threatened species under the California Endangered Species Act. The Amendment to the ITP as issued by CDFW changes the CVSR compensatory mitigation method from habitat restoration project on conserved lands to the purchase of credits at a mitigation or conservation bank. This Amendment also adjusts the Security amount required due to the change in compensatory mitigation required.

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