Agriculture and Ranching Sector Sample Clauses

Agriculture and Ranching Sector. ‌ The Participant will allow the Administrator access to the enrolled property to conduct surveys. The Participant shall have an opportunity to review the survey plan to ensure that it is conducted in a manner that is not unduly disruptive to Participant’s activities on the property. In exchange for granting the access described above, the Agriculture and Ranching Participants will not pay Enrollment, Habitat Conservation, or Implementation Fees. For properties with severed surface and mineral leases (stratification), the Participant will work with the Administrator and holders of leases to develop approaches for planned development that conforms with the requirements of the CCAA, including where feasible and appropriate, a surface use agreement or mineral management plan. Participants, in addition to providing access, shall implement the following Conservation Measures, to minimize adverse effects on the DSL: High Suitability Areas of DSL Habitat: • Refrain from causing any New Surface Disturbance in High Suitability areas of DSL Habitat; • Comply with the NRCS Code 528 including livestock stocking rates, or equivalent grazing management system; • No release, planting or related actions to establish or introduce exotic or invasive species, including but not limited to feral pigs or other species that may degrade habitat; • Construction of new fences and livestock structures, when possible, shall avoid High Suitability DSL Habitat; • Avoid introduction of non-native vegetation by using habitat appropriate native vegetation and best management practices, such as cleaning vehicle coming into the area to remove mud and seeds. If an activity is identified that introduces new non-native vegetation, the activity or source will be controlled to manage or remove the invasive vegetation; and • Use of herbicides for shinnery oak management only when habitat goals cannot be achieved by other means, including grazing system management. When herbicide use cannot be avoided, the following measures will be implemented: o No herbicide application for the control of shinnery oak in dune complexes and dispersal corridors between dune complexes and shinnery oak associated with dune complexes. Maintenance of buffers around dune complexes of 100 meters to ensure dune stability where tebuthiuron will be applied. Herbicide application for the management/control of mesquite and other problematic woody and herbaceous plants will be conducted only with the Administrator’s approval ...