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WHEREAS, the local governments participating in this Memorandum will ensure that their land use decisions will comply with state and federal environmental and endangered species statutes .and regulations and that their governing actions will promote appropriate use and protection of the areas identified as having important biological values in southwester San Bernardino County under their jurisdictions while promoting sound decision making practices that attempt to balance the ecological and economic needs for the region, and WHEREAS, efforts to coordinate conservation programs among local, State, and Federal agencies in California are exemplified by the signing in 1991 of The Agreement on Biological Diversity by twenty-seven Federal, State, and local agencies including the Bureau of Land Management, the Service and the Department, and which Agreement provides a framework for collaborative conservation planning on a bioregional or local scale, and, WHEREAS, biological resources are important to all citizens of San Bernardino County, including indigenous people and future residents, THEREFORE, it is mutually agreed and understood that, 1.0 PURPOSES OF MEMORANDUM The governmental Participating Agencies have administrative and/or regulatory responsibilities over species of concern in the southwestern San Bernardino County. They have voluntarily entered into this Memorandum for the following purposes: 1.1 To definetheir roles and responsibilities in the development and implementation of a San Bernardino Valley Multi -Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP), 1.2 To develop a MSHCP that is consistent with the ESA, the CESA and the Natural Community Conservation Planning (NCCP) program, and ensures conservation and protection of currently listed, proposed and candidate species and species of concern and their habitats within the designated plan area. The boundaries of the plan are described in Attachment A. The species proposed to be covered by the plan are enumerated in Attachment B. 1.3 To provide definition and certainty to the planning process prior to substantial investment of time and funding, and 1.4 To demonstrate a commitment to this process as the 'forum for a comprehensive approach to resolving land use and endangered species conflicts. 2.0 PURPOSES OF THE PLAN It is agreed that the plan will be a coordinated multi -agency, multi -species conservation plan focusing on certain covered species within the plan boundaries. The purposes of the plan are: MSHCP MOU - Revised 12-8-97 2