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Environmental Planning#

Protecting and enhancing the environment is a core value in Fort Collins, and the community’s leadership on environmental stewardship and conservation reinforces that core value.

The Environmental Planning team works to advance the goals of the City's comprehensive plan. Through plans, policies and technical resources the team seeks to protect and enhance natural habitat features by identifying opportunities to integrate nature based design.

An image of a map that shows the Natural Habitats and Features of Fort Collins, Colorado, as well as the buffer zones.

Fort Collins Land Use Code Section 5.6.1 applies if any portion of a development site is within five hundred (500) feet of an area or feature identified as a natural habitat or feature.  The map layers provided delineate natural habitats and features to help determine if further analysis is needed for protection and enhancement of a natural feature during proposed development.  Natural Habitat Buffer Zones NHBZ are included in the map to show where protections are already in place in the City of Fort Collins. A Natural Habitat Buffer Zone is a protective area surrounding a natural habitat or feature. It is not necessarily ecologically sensitive in itself, but it serves as a cushion to minimize impacts from nearby development and enhance the natural habitat or feature.

Resources

Resources

  • Training
  • Wildlife Resources
  • Habitat Resources

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