INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN AND
ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT PREPARATION
The El Dorado County Development Services Department is seeking proposals from qualified consultants to conduct the development of the El Dorado County Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP) for the west slope of the County at 4000’ elevation and lower. This request for proposal (RFP) defines the scope of services and outlines the requirements that must be met by Proposers interested in providing such services.
The County adopted a General Plan in 2004. Several of the Policies (7.4.2.8, 7.4.2.9, and 7.4.1.6)
and Implementation Measures (CO-M and CO-U) are General Plan EIR mitigation measures that are
intended to protect natural resources (Policy 7.4.2.8), corridors for wildlife movement, particularly
large terrestrial mammals (Policy 7.4.2.9), and state or federally listed rare, threatened or endangered
species and their habitats (Policy 7.4.1.6) and are the focus of this RFP. These policies and
measures direct the County to identify important habitat and to establish a program for habitat
preservation, effective management, monitoring, and mitigation. This will include developing land
conservation strategies that conserve and restore contiguous blocks of important habitat to offset the
effects of increased habitat loss and fragmentation elsewhere in the county. Habitat preservation
areas, with preference given to large contiguous blocks of habitat in areas not subject to future
fragmentation and where feasible, corridors to facilitate species movement among these blocks, are
to be identified. Together, these areas will form a network of priority preservation lands in El Dorado
County. The hope is that establishing such a network will provide proactive preservation planning at
a landscape level that will reduce future endangered species listings, human-wildlife conflicts, and
make El Dorado County more resilient to expected land-use and global climate change. El Dorado
County’s population is projected to reach 243,000 by 2025, an increase of over 80,000 new residents.
This plan will compliment existing efforts by planners and developers to avoid or compensate for
environmental impacts covered under CEQA by identifying receiving areas for investment in offsite
mitigation. A preservation plan can also galvanize efforts to pursue state and federal funding to
implement local land and water conservation projects. The County considered and rejected the
option to pursue a Habitat Conservation Plan and Natural Communities Conservation Plan, and has
elected to utilize the methodology established in the General Plan.
closing June 11, 2009. Please visit Procurement and Contracts for the RFP.
http://www.edcgov.us/contracts/pdf/09-918-116.pdf
