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Habitat Conservation Plan--HCP
Habitat Conservation Plan Overview
About the Cedar River Watershed Habitat Conservation Plan
The Cedar River Watershed Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) is a 50-year, ecosystem-based plan that was prepared to address the declining populations of salmon, steelhead and other species of fish and wildlife in the Cedar River basin.
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Prepared under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the plan is designed both to provide certainty for the City of Seattle’s drinking water supply and to protect and restore habitats of 83 species of fish and wildlife that may be affected by the City of Seattle’s water supply and hydroelectric operations on the Cedar River.
Components of the plan
There are 3 major components of the HCP. See Related links, below, for detailed information.
1. Landsburg Mitigation & Cedar River Sockeye Hatchery: Mitigation for the blockage to salmon and steelhead trout at the Landsburg Diversion Dam.
2. Instream Flow Management: A stream-flow regime to provide habitat for salmon and steelhead in the mainstream of the Cedar River.
3. Watershed Management: Watershed forest and land management related to habitat for a wide variety of fish and wildlife species in the municipal watershed.
City Seeks to remove Sockeye Hatchery from HCP
SPU has requested that federal services remove Cedar River Sockeye from the list of species that are included in the Cedar River Habitat Conservation Plan. Learn more >
For more information
Due to the redesign of the Seattle Public Utilities Web site, we are currently adding more information about the Habitat Conservation Plan. If you do not see the information you are looking for under Related links, below, please check back soon, or contact:
Cyndy Holtz, HCP Program Manager
Seattle Public Utilities
(206) 386-1990
cyndy.holtz@seattle.gov
Related links
HCP Documents
Landsburg Mitigation
Sockeye Hatchery
Instream Flow Management
Cedar River Watershed
Instream Flow Commission
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