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U.S. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION .
117TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 117-294
WILDLIFE REFUGE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION
FOR THE COMMUNITY ACT
APRIL 25, 2022.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of
the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. GRIJALVA, from the Committee on Natural Resources,
submitted the following
R E P O R T
[To accompany H.R. 972]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Natural Resources, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 972) to establish the Western Riverside County Wildlife
Refuge, and for other purposes, having considered the same, re-
ports favorably thereon without amendment and recommends that
the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of H.R. 972 is to establish the Western Riverside
County Wildlife Refuge.
BACKGROUND AND NEED FOR LEGISLATION
Riverside County is located in Southern California, spanning
from the Greater Los Angeles area to the Arizona Border. The
county is the fourth most populated in the state, with 2.46 million
people.1 As a result of this large population and high growth rates,
the Western Riverside County Regional Conservation Authority
was established in 2004 to implement the Western Riverside Coun-
ty Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP) under
Section 10 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA).2 The MSHCP
framework seeks to preserve a half million acres of wildlife habitat
to allow for future development and infrastructure projects nec-
'QuickFacts, Riverside County, California, U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, https://www.census.gov/
quickfacts/riversidecountycalifornia (estimate of July 1, 2021).
2See About RCA, W. RIVERSIDE CNTY. REG'L CONSERVATION AUTH., https://www.wrc-rea.org/
about-rca/ (last visited Apr. 8, 2022). See generally Habitat Conservation Plans, U.S. Fish &
Wildlife Serv., https://www.fws.gov/service/habitat-conservation-plans (last visited Apr. 8, 2022).
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