which irrigation and crop management practices are in place . These state grants assist local governments with water conservation and resource management for the area .
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife ( CDFW ) is the state ’ s agency responsible for overseeing and managing California ’ s wildlife and natural communities . CDFW provides protection and maintenance of wildlife habitat , and administers California ’ s natural communities for educational , recreational , commercial , and scientific uses . CDFW assists local governments and private organizations through conservation planning programs , including integrated resource management plans , conservation , and mitigation banks that assist developers by providing off‐site environmental alternatives for projects that cannot conserve or mitigate within the site . CDFW also assists when private and public agencies partner to protect land through easements to ensure species and habitat preservation .
CDFW provides planning assistance grants to local governments and private sector organizations to aid in the development of community conservation plans or integrated resource management plans . These grants are also used to acquire land to enable habitat preservation .
Travis AFB is situated near wetlands and wildlife habitat that provides refuge for various threatened and endangered species ; thus , providing impetus for coordination and conservation planning with CDFW .
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California Department of Transportation
The California Department of Transportation ( C responsible for planning , construction , mainten coordination of the state ’ s roadway infrastructu railways . Solano County is part of Caltrans Distr together with its partners , completed more tha improvements to Interstate 80 ( I‐80 ) in Solano C improvements include approximately 27 miles o Occupancy Vehicle lanes in Fairfield .
4.6 State of California Local J Planning Tools
The planning tools used by the TSS Study Area j and categorized as permanent , semi‐permanen California , as in many other states , cities and co and development regulatory authority . Cities a by state statute to adopt general plans .
Table 4‐1 provides an overview of existing plann an assessment of their applicability to military c
General Plans
California law requires every city and county to comprehensive , long‐range general plan compl serve as a guide for the physical development o requires that , at a minimum , the general plan id policies for seven broad areas , called elements : housing , open space , conservation , noise , safet air quality . The law permits other issues to be a required elements or as additional ones . State l decisions of a city follow logically from and be c plan .
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