Common use of Planning Area Clause in Contracts

Planning Area. The DRECP Planning Area encompasses the Mojave and Colorado Desert Ecoregions as identified in California. The western boundary of the Planning Area has been modified using the CREZ boundaries, so that the Planning Area boundary has expanded slightly to the west, to ensure incorporation of complete RETI CREZs. The Planning Area includes all or a portion of the following counties: ▇▇▇▇, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Inyo, Riverside, Imperial, and San Diego. A map of the DRECP Planning Boundary is provided as Exhibit A. The Parties intend to evaluate and analyze information regarding biological resources and anticipated Covered Activities in the Desert. Based on this analysis, the Parties anticipate the Planning Area boundaries will be further modified and refined to reflect where the locations of these activities are likely to be implemented. The Parties acknowledge the DRECP Planning Area overlaps, in whole or in part, with several existing NCCPs, HCPs, and other conservation and land-use plans involving one or more of the Parties. The Parties shall seek to maintain compatibility between the DRECP and these other plans, and any other such plans that may be approved before the DRECP is finalized, by adapting the DRECP to be compatible with existing plans, by amending existing plans, or by some combination of these methods.