IPaC - Information, Planning, and Conservation System 
Environmental Conservation Online System
IPaC features
  • Initial Project Scoping »:
    Find out if any threatened or endangered species, designated critical habitat, or other natural resources of concern may be affected by your proposed project and then receive a list of conservation measures (or best management practices) designed specifically for your activity types. Enter here to request an official Fish and Wildlife Service species list.
  • Project Builder »:
    Refine your project design and construct the environmental review documents you'll need.
  • Conservation Measure Search »:
    Create a custom query against the conservation measure database.
  • FAQs »:
    Read more about how IPaC works and the type of information you can retrieve from IPaC.
What's coming?

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and its partners are expanding IPaC's functionality in 2010 and 2011.

Summer 2010
  • Expansion of the trust resource list capabilities to other parts of the U.S beyond the southern U.S./Mexico border.
Summer 2011
  • Implementation of IPaC's "Project Builder" functionality to assist project proponents in designing their projects and constructing needed consultation documents on-line.
Fall 2011
  • Implementation of IPaC's "Reporting and Monitoring" module to allow project proponents to fulfill project implementation reporting requirements on-line.
What is IPaC?

Purpose: To provide information about sensitive resources within the vicinity of a proposed project. IPaC provides the following types of information:

  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Trust Resources include FWS owned lands and facilities, migratory birds, federally threatened and endangered species, inter-jurisdictional fishes, and some marine mammals. The FWS also has some specific Trustee responsibilities for Tribal Fish and Wildlife interests. The IPaC system provides information regarding federally designated and proposed candidate, threatened, and endangered species, final critical habitats, and Service refuges that may occur in the identified areas, or may be affected by the proposed activities.
  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service recommended Conservation Measures that detail how a user may avoid, minimize, and mitigate adverse effects that may result from potential activities.
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Last updated: January 15, 2012