![]() ![]() Species delimitation in endangered groundwater salamanders: Implications for aquifer management and biodiversity conservation. FWS database of all HCPs, sort by FWS Regions: ĭevitt, T.List of Large HCPs (>100,000 acres) nationally:.Santa Clara Valley HCP (Santa Clara County), CAįor more information about other HCPs, please refer to the following websites: Upper Santa Ana River HCP, CA (public draft released May 2021) Habitat Conservation Planīalcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan (Travis County) Examples of plans with 30 and 50 year permits are below. A 50-year permit term would also provide more certainty, compared to a 30-year permit term, that the conservation strategies, monitoring, and adaptive management programs will contribute adequately to species recovery. A 50-year permit term would better address GBRA’s long-term operations, which are projected to continue 50 years and beyond. GBRA anticipates proposing a GRHCP permit term of 50 years. in fishery and wildlife biology from Colorado State University. in fisheries and wildlife sciences from Virginia Tech and a B.S. Before his time in Texas, Ryan worked for TNC’s global water and regional science teams where he supported freshwater projects across the U.S. Ryan is a member of the Bay and Basin Expert Science teams for the Upper Rio Grande Basin and Nueces River and Corpus Christi and Baffin Bays. Other recent projects include a hydrology study of the San Saba River, flow restoration target definition in support of the Texas Environmental Flow Information Toolkit, development of the Texas Water Explorer website, implementation of a freshwater monitoring framework for TNC projects, and evaluation of the benefits of source water protection programs. He has directed placed-based applied freshwater conservation science work at TNC preserves and watershed projects in west Texas, the Devils River, the Hill Country and east Texas. Army Corps of Engineers modifying dam operations to improve downstream ecosystems. ![]() Ryan is also TNC’s Texas lead on the Sustainable Rivers Program, a partnership with the U.S. The water program implements statewide freshwater conservation strategies in the areas of market-based approaches to flow restoration, water management and policy, sustainable agriculture, and watershed conservation. Ryan leads The Nature Conservancy of Texas’ water program and science team. His areas of expertise include environmental flows, freshwater ecology, groundwater/surface water science, conservation planning, ecological monitoring, and geospatial analysis. Ryan Smith has over twenty years of professional experience in freshwater conservation. Ryan Smith, Director of Water and Science, The Nature Conservancy of Texas Guadalupe River Habitat Conservation Plan. ![]()
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