Adaptive Management. Canada and British Columbia recognize that monitoring the effects of actions and adjusting approaches as necessary will be critical to success.
Adaptive Management. 11.1 Permittee-Initiated Adaptive Management 11.2 FWS-Initiated Adaptive Management 11.3 Reductions in Mitigation 11.4 No Increase in Take
Adaptive Management the Parties recognize that monitoring the effects of measures and adjusting approaches as necessary will be critical to success, as recovery is an emerging “discipline”; and
Adaptive Management. Adaptive management allows for mutually agreed upon changes to the Agreement's conservation measures in response to changing conditions or new information. If the conservation measures do not yield the expected results and appear ineffective, then management activities can be changed or alternative activities undertaken to achieve those expected results. Several aspects of relict leopard frog biology and population dynamics are not currently well understood, including dispersal distances, mortality during drought, adult and larval survivorship, the role of disease and pollution, and population dynamics (RLFCT 2005). Furthermore, the Agreement will need to respond to specific management opportunities and needs as they arise, and unforeseen conditions such as drought, which may independently affect individual relict leopard frog populations or occupied habitats. The Agreement therefore includes an adaptive management program to ensure flexibility, implementation of CAS objectives to the maximum extent practicable, and that the most up-to-date scientific information is used. Decisions related to adaptive management will be based primarily on an evaluation of the compliance and biological monitoring results detailed in the annual reports. The need to incorporate adaptive management modifications into the Agreement may result from four potential sources: (1) new scientific information concerning the biology or population dynamics of relict leopard frogs or non-native predators of relict leopard frogs; (2) new scientific information concerning the effects of other biotic or abiotic factors on relict leopard frogs; (3) information derived from the Agreement’s monitoring program; and (4) management needs or recommendations described in future revisions of the CAS. The provisions of this Agreement are intended to be consistent with the CAS. Adaptive management decisions can be made at any time as deemed necessary by the Parties; however, the Parties in coordination with the RLFCT will carry out a major evaluation of this Agreement every fifth year to ensure that it is achieving its conservation goals. Management activities will be evaluated as to whether they are resulting in the protection of relict leopard frogs on enrolled lands. If there is no increase in population sizes and/or an inability to successfully establish persistent translocation populations within the first five years of this Agreement, the Parties will identify changes in management activities t...
Adaptive Management. Adaptive management allows for mutually agreed-upon changes to the covered activities outlined in the Landowner Agreement or Neighboring Landowner Agreement in response to changing conditions or new information. If reintroductions or habitat management actions do not yield the expected results, new or additional measures can be discussed between the Parties and the Cooperator. Where there is agreement between the KDWP, the Service, and the Cooperator, the Landowner Agreement or Neighboring Landowner Agreement can be amended to include new or revised measures with landowner agreement. Decisions related to adaptive management may be based on monitoring results and conclusions from annual reporting. However, adaptive management decisions can be made at any time deemed necessary by the Parties and the Cooperator. The process for amending a Landowner Agreement is discussed in the next section.
Adaptive Management. The Parties agree that Adaptive Management is an integral component of the Restoration Project. Adaptive Management is a process that: (1) uses monitoring and research to identify and define problems; (2) examines various alternative strategies and actions for meeting measurable biological goals and objectives; and
Adaptive Management. Adaptive Management allows for mutually agreed-upon changes to the Agreement’s conservation measures in response to changing conditions or new information. If the expected results of the conservation measures appear ineffective, management activities can be changed or alternative activities undertaken to achieve desired results. Decisions related to adaptive management will be based on an evaluation of compliance and biological monitoring results detailed in the annual reports, and of field observations by the Cooperators and Parties. The NWDPS team may also be asked to review reports and field observations and determine whether the management actions and/or conservation measures are adequate. Adaptive management decisions may be made at any time as deemed necessary by the Parties, however, a major evaluation of this Agreement will be implemented every fifth year to ensure that conservation goals are being achieved. Conservation measures will be evaluated to determine whether they result in increased protection of LCT i.e. reduced incidental take and/or improved conditions for LCT. The evaluation will include an assessment of incidental take on individual enrolled properties to determine if take can be prevented or reduced through modifications to management actions and/or conservation measures on aquatic habitats or adjacent lands. If management actions or conservation measures need to be altered to improve benefits for the species, this will be done by amending future Cooperative Agreements, not by altering the responsibilities of existing Cooperators. However, if existing Cooperators agree to alter their Cooperative Agreements, modifications of their responsibilities will be addressed on a case-by- case basis. Strategies to reduce incidental take, if necessary, will be reviewed with individual Cooperators and implemented where appropriate on a voluntary basis.
Adaptive Management. As recovery of threatened species is an emerging discipline, the Parties acknowledge the necessity of comparative tests and monitoring the effects of Conservation Measures and other actions, and adjusting approaches as necessary to improve recovery and protection of Boreal Caribou. The Parties shall make best efforts to amend the Conservation Measures in accordance with this Agreement where warranted, including by adaptive management or further and better scientific information and Indigenous Knowledge.
Adaptive Management. This CCAA incorporates adaptive management principles. The CCAA is intended to align with and complement implementation of the RWP. The RWP contemplates that elements of its conservation strategy will be evaluated periodically as described in Table 1. The process for identifying changes to the RWP conservation strategy resulting from adaptive management is outlined on pages 116 through 121 of the RWP. Changes identified through evaluation of the elements described in Table 1 are considered changed circumstances as described in Section XVI of this CCAA (Assurances Provided) and affect implementation of the CCAA by adjusting Conservation Measures and/or Mitigation Fees. New or changed conservation measures may be applied to new CIs, additional lands to be enrolled under existing CIs prior to listing, and existing Enrolled Property in existing CIs; however, new or changed conservation measures may only be applied to existing Enrolled Property by amending CIs in accordance with the procedures described in Section XXII of this CCAA (Modification of the CCAA and Amendment of the Permit) and Section IX of the CI in Appendix C of this CCAA. Mitigation Fees may be adjusted in accordance with the provisions in Appendix A of this CCAA and Exhibit 2 to the CI. Table 1. Identified activities or situations that will trigger the adaptive management process or a specific conservation action. This table is found on pages 118–121 of the October 2013 RWP. Evaluated Element Utilized Information Trigger(s) Evaluation Frequency Primary Corrective Action(s) Considered Spatial Scale Anticipated Response
Adaptive Management. This CCA is based on adaptive management principals. The FWS and the BLM agree and recognize that implementation of the conservation measures herein must be consistent with the concepts and principals of adaptive management. The effectiveness of the conservation measures, monitoring methods, and new technologies will be reviewed by the FWS, BLM, and NMDGF on an annual basis. Upon such evaluation, appropriate modifications to the conservation measures will be incorporated to further enhance the goals of this CCA. Additionally, research projects that are designed to determine the effectiveness of management practices will be encouraged and utilized to determine what adaptive management is necessary.
