- Preserve areas allow for the orderly and timely use of habitat lands for vital regional projects such as county roads, major state highways and improvements to regional interstate highways.
- A mitigation bank of karst and bird habitat allows landowners to have a pre-approved method for use of habitat that otherwise cannot be avoided – such as for city governments, schools and private landowner projects – through a regionally cooperative and unified approach.
- The foundation manages preserves in accordance with uniform habitat management practices and regulations. Individual plans are as uniform or as cost-effective and require extended research and approval periods. The foundation's Habitat Conservation Plan provide for timely (generally less than 60 days) approvals for participation, much shorter than the 18 month to 2 year time frame for individual plan approval.
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