The careful management of our natural resources, including the land, water sources, wildlife, and plants, is a responsibility that Stanford takes seriously. Development of a Habitat Conservation Plan is an important step toward this goal. An overview of the potential benefits to species and their habitat, Stanford University, and the community are listed below.
Species & Habitat
- Directly supports the covered species
- Improves protection for species and their habitats
- Improves habitat quality
- Increases species population size
- Increases extent of habitat
- Provides an "umbrella of protection" for many other local species
- Increases connectivity for species between occupied areas
- Creates a program to identify and reduce future threats and impacts to species
Stanford University
- Provides for coordinated monitoring, management, and restoration plans
- Provides a substantial commitment of resources at the onset of the program which allows for the initiation of conservation actions
- Increases knowledge of threatened and endangered species
- Provides clear guidelines on how and where to protect habitat
- Provides framework to take advantage of future opportunities and partnerships
- Helps promote resource conservation and education
- Allows development of new facilities needed to achieve Stanford University’s academic mission
Community
- Increases local knowledge of threatened and endangered species and related ecological resources
- Creates opportunities for cooperative regional efforts to conserve national resources
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