Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act Permitting Program

Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act Permitting Program

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is preparing a Program EIR and efficient project-level California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review process that would provide a streamlined mechanism of CEQA compliance for property owners and land managers engaging in actions with potential to result in limited take of western Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia), as authorized under the Western Joshua Tree Conservation Act (WJTCA). The geographic focus area of take permit applications would be centered on the species' current range, plus an 8-kilometer buffer, which encompasses approximately 9,000,000 acres in portions of Mono, Inyo, Tulare, Kern, San Bernardino, Ventura, Los Angeles, and Riverside counties.

Adelanto, Apple Valley, Barstow, Big Bear Lake, Bishop, California City, Desert Hot Springs, Hesperia, Lancaster, Palmdale, Ridgecrest, San Bernardino, Tehachapi, Twentynine Palms, Victorville, Yucca Valley

Inyo, Kern, Los Angeles, Mono, Riverside, San Bernardino, Tulare, Ventura

Citywide, Countywide, Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Baldwin Hills Conservancy (BHC), California Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy (CVMC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 9 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Lahontan Victorville Region 6 (RWQCB), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC), Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights

Other (Alteration, removal, and relocation of western Joshua trees)

Incidental Take Permits

Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation