BHAS Retains Attorney for Habitat Conservation Plan
BHAS retained Paul Kampmeier, a Seattle attorney with Endangered Species Act (ESA) and Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) expertise. Paul helped prepare our stakeholder comments and recommendations for improving the draft Bush Prairie (Tumwater) HCP. BHAS expressed concerns regarding the future populations of the federally listed Olympia Pocket Gopher, Streaked Horned Lark, Oregon Vesper Sparrow, and Oregon Spotted Frog. The BHAS Chapter will provide more detailed comments when the SEPA/NEPA (State and National Environmental Policy Acts) environmental review is open for comment this fall.
Photo credit: Vesper Sparrow, by Rachel Hudson.
