A decade in the making, the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Conservation District is making progress on a Habitat Conservation Plan aimed at mitigating groundwater-pumping effects on endangered salamanders. The ultimate goal of the plan is to acquire a federal Incidental Take Permit – a risk reduction measure protecting the district and its well permittees from potential […]
Incidental Take Permit
A permit issued under the Endangered Species Act that are required when private entities engage in projects that might result in the take of endangered or threatened species.