Wildlife_habitat
Clark County Land Use Hearings · Jul 23, 2026 · 1:12:19–1:13:00 · Watch on CVTV ↗
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Keywords: wetlands migratory birds habitat stormwater wildlife
What was said
1:11:12 staff report, um, uh, finding 12 under habitat impacts. So, uh, this is from Mr. Watt. Um, it says their temporary habitat impacts under certain of the Oak trees for trenching. And, um, but if, if, if you, if they're trenching and it cuts the root, isn't that a permanent impact? I'm not sure how that's a temporary impact and Mr. Watt, if you can respond to that question, Mr. Watt, we're not hearing you. I think you're muted, Mr. Watt. We're
1:12:07 not hearing you. Let's try that. There we go. There we go. Okay. I don't know what happened. Um, so yeah, uh, Lance Watt Park County habitat. And so I guess that when we've been in discussion with fish and wildlife on this issue with Oak trees and you know, what's a permanent impact was that temporal impact. And he said, I mean, if we're talking about, I guess they're looking more at the physical impact as the whole loss of the entire Oak and they're generally
1:13:00 considering if we've got impacts underneath the canopy of the Oak that the Oak itself may still survive. But I said, that's where we generally try to fall on talking with an arborist and they said they've provided a report from an arborist that mentioned that they thought that the Oak trees should still survive with some of these impacts, but we also condition that they still have to monitor them after everything. So we've got a base condition before any construction happens. And then we get another report right after construction and then or another handful of years afterwards. And if there's adverse impacts
1:13:52 to those Oaks, then we're looking at additional permitting requirements. Okay. So if, because
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direct keyword 1:12:19–1:13:00 wetlands, migratory birds, habitat, stormwater, wildlife
r. Watt, if you can respond to that question, Mr. Watt, we're not hearing you. I think you're muted, Mr. Watt. We're not hearing you. Let's try that. There we go. There we go. Okay. I don't know what happened. Um, so yeah, uh, Lance Watt Park County habitat. And so I guess that when we've been in discussion with fish and wildlife on this issue with Oak trees and you know, what's a permanent impact was that temporal impact. And he said, I mean, if we're talking about, I guess they're looking more