Thank you for visiting the City of Tucson’s Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) web page. If you are interested in the HCP or have questions or comments about the HCP, please contact us. We look forward to hearing from you.

Phone: 520-791-4675

E-mail: Leslie.Liberti@tucsonaz.gov

Public Works Building

201 N. Stone Ave.

Tucson, Arizona 85701

March 7, 2006 Preliminary Draft City of Tucson Habitat Conservation Plan

Advisory Committees:

Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)
- Technical Committee Charter
Stakeholders Advisory Committee (SAC)
- Stakeholder Committee Charter

Scheduled Meetings and Meeting Archives:

Scheduled Meetings

TAC & SAC Archives (Agendas & Minutes)

Reports:

Biological Resources and Mitigation Opportunities and Constraints for City of Tucson Properties in the Avra Valley, September 2003

The Southlands Study Area: Biological Resources, Mitigation Opportunities and Constraints, February 2003

Avra Valley Land Use Study for City of Tucson Property Holdings, March 1996

Draft Initial Conservation Target Report

Target Species Report Draft

Habitat Conservation Planning:

HCP Handbook
HCP Description
Safe Harbor/Candidate Conservation Agreements
Citizen’s Guide to HCPs
Powerpoint Presentation on City of Tucson Habitat Conservation Planning Process

Additional Links:

US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD)
Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan
Paseo de las Iglesias
Highlights on other HCPs

List of Potential HCP Covered Species

The following is a list of the Conservation Targets that will be included in the Habitat Conservation Planning Process. The list is the result of information collected from federal, state and local resources, and through consultation of natural resource experts throughout the region. These species were prioritized and categorized by the HCP Technical Advisory Committee. The HCP will be developed based on these priorities.

1) Species that are Habitat Conservation Targets for the Habitat Conservation Plan: Species that are Listed, or likely to be listed, and are present/with potential to occur in the Planning Area

Species Conservation Goals and Objectives

Pima pineapple cactus - abstract, photo, distribution

Cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl - abstract, photo, distribution

Lesser long-nosed bat - abstract, photo, distribution

Yellow billed cuckoo - abstract, photo, distribution

Burrowing owl - abstract, photo, distribution

Tucson shovel-nosed snake - abstract, photo, distribution

Ground snake (valley form) - abstract, photo, distribution

Needle-spined pineapple cactus - abstract, distribution

2) Species that are Conservation Targets for Potential Safe Harbor Agreements or Candidate Conservation Agreements: Species that are listed, or likely to be listed with potential to recolonize planning areas by natural processes if habitat is created or restored

Southwestern willow flycatcher - abstract, photo, distribution

Huachuca water umbel - abstract, photo, distribution

Gila topminnow - abstract, photo, distribution

Lowland leopard frog - abstract, photo, distribution

Mexican garter snake - abstract, distribution

Merriam’s mouse - abstract, photo, distribution

Desert pupfish - abstract, photo, distribution

3) Species that Conservation Targets that will be considered in future conservation recommendation agreements. Species that are present with potential to occur in the Planning Area, but are not likely to be listed

Bell’s vireo - abstract

Big brown bat - abstract, distribution

Big free-tailed bat - abstract

California leaf-nosed bat - abstract

California myotis - abstract, distribution

Cassin’s sparrow - abstract

Cave myotis - abstract, distribution

Desert iguanas - abstract

Desert night-blooming cereus - abstract

Desert tortoise - abstract, distribution

Giant spotted whiptail - abstract

Great plains narrow-mouthed toad - abstract, distribution

Hoary bat - abstract, distribution

Mexican (Brazilian) free-tailed bat - abstract, distribution

Mexican long-tongued bat - abstract, distribution

Pinkflower hedgehog cactus - abstract

Mountain plover - abstract, photo

Pallid bat - abstract, distribution

Peregrine falcon - abstract

Pocketed free-tailed bat - abstract, distribution

Rufous-winged sparrow - abstract, photo

Silver-haired bat - abstract, distribution

Spotted bat - abstract, photo, distribution

Swainson’s hawk - abstract, photo

Thornber fishhook cactus - abstract

Tumamoc globeberry - abstract, distribution

Western blind snake - abstract

Western pipistrelle - abstract

Western small-footed myotis - abstract, distribution

Yuma myotis - abstract, distribution