Beneficial Management Activities. This section provides a detailed description of Beneficial Management Activities to be implemented on the Enrolled Property for the benefit of the Covered Species.
Beneficial Management Activities. These management activities would be beneficial to the Covered Species because they would maintain, enhance, and/or restore habitat for the Covered Species, and contribute to the recovery of the Covered Species. Existing habitat for the Covered Species will be maintained. In addition, habitat will be enhanced and restored as resources and funding are available to DPR. Implementing activities to enhance and restore coastal scrub and coastal bluff scrub that increase density and distribution of seacliff buckwheat would be beneficial to the Xxxxx’x blue butterfly. Controlling and removing non-native vegetation, and revegetating these areas with native plants would support an increase in the number and distribution of seacliff buckwheat that would benefit the Xxxxx'x blue butterfly. Enhancing the existing aquatic stream habitat and riparian and wetland habitats by eliminating existing wet-crossings at Xxxxxxxxx Creek and Xxxx Creek would be beneficial to California red-legged frogs by reducing Park visitor disturbances to these habitats. Restoration opportunities in certain areas of the Enrolled Property will be limited because habitat conditions at those areas are already favorable for the Covered Species. DPR agrees to carry out the following management activities at the Enrolled Property: • Maintain existing intact Xxxxx'x blue butterfly habitat. DPR will maintain the Baseline area of seacliff buckwheat (See Figure 3) for the 15-year period of the Agreement, which will allow the potential for the Xxxxx'x blue butterfly to persist and increase in number at the Enrolled Property. • Close non-system user-made trails. Within 10 years after the signing of the Agreement, DPR plans to close 3.7 miles of non-system user-made trails that traverse coastal scrub west of Highway 1 and close or rehabilitate eroded trail sections east of Highway 1, as funding and resources are available. Trail closures will enable native plant species to colonize old trails, allow opportunities for DPR to revegetate closed areas with native plants (including seacliff buckwheat), support the maintenance of existing seacliff buckwheat colonies, and encourage an increase in the number of seacliff buckwheat at the Enrolled Property. • Control visitor access. Visitor access occurs in areas supporting seacliff buckwheat, including areas where the Xxxxx'x blue butterfly is known to occur. Where off-trail use is observed to be affecting seacliff buckwheat and/or its habitat (e.g., trampling of p...
Beneficial Management Activities. These activities and methods for the translocation and reestablishment of the California red- legged frog at SMMNRA have been designed in a cooperative and collaborative effort with multiple agencies, organizations, and private entities including: CDPR, Service, U.S. Geological Survey, NPS, MRCA, Santa Xxxxxx Xxx Restoration Commission, and The Bay Foundation. See section 8.0 for specific responsibilities of the Parties. CDPR agrees to carry out the following beneficial management activities at the Enrolled Properties: • Activities associated with the translocation and reestablishment of California red-legged frogs at the Enrolled Properties. The methods for reestablishment of California red-legged frogs are described in Appendix 1, which is based upon Appendix G of the Recovery Plan for the California red-legged frog (General Guidelines for Reestablishment of California red-legged frog Populations) (Service 2002), and have been adapted by experts to coincide with this specific location. Additionally, all activities associated with the reestablishment of California red-legged frogs at the Enrolled Properties will follow the measures identified in Appendix F of the Recovery Plan for the California red-legged frog (Code of Practice to Reduce the Spread of Disease and Parasites) (Service 2002) to reduce the potential for infecting amphibians with novel pathogens at a new site. Full implementation of the reestablishment is expected to take 5 years. Monitoring of habitat suitability will be conducted annually during the reestablishment period and at least once every 5 years thereafter (see Part 8 of this Agreement). Monitoring for the presence of California red-legged frogs will be conducted annually during the reestablishment period and at least once every 5 years thereafter (see Part 8 of this Agreement). CDPR is committed to the reestablishment of California red-legged frogs within the Enrolled Properties. • Restoration activities, including the control and eradication of invasive non-native plant species, to conserve intact native habitats and to allow for the establishment of native plant species. Restoration also includes removing of man-made structures or the control of sources of water pollution. Active restoration efforts within the Enrolled Properties and near or within the proposed reintroduction sites include the following: • Removal of Xxxxxxx grass, (Phalaris aquatic), artichoke thistle (Cynara cardunculus), purple fountain grass (Pennisetum setac...
Beneficial Management Activities. Instream Habitat.
Beneficial Management Activities. These activities and methods for the translocation and re-introduction of the Amargosa vole in Shoshone have been designed in a collaborative effort with multiple agencies, organizations, and private entities including: the Landowner, the Service, CDFW, the USGS, UC Xxxxx, and the Bureau. See Section 8.0 for specific responsibilities of the Parties. The Landowner agrees to carry out the following Beneficial Management Activities at the Core Area:
Beneficial Management Activities. These management activities would be beneficial to the Xxxxx pupfish because they are intended to contribute to the recovery criteria of the species by establishing an additional self- sustaining population of the species at the Enrolled Property. Additionally, these activities would be beneficial by creating and maintaining its habitat, and implementing other activities that would be beneficial to the conservation and recovery of the species. The translocation and establishment of this population of Xxxxx pupfish is anticipated to be more genetically diverse than any other population of the species because individuals from multiple sources will be used to create the population at the Enrolled Property. Once the population of Xxxxx pupfish is established, it could serve as a source of individuals for additional translocations at other sites within the historic range of the species, further contributing to the conservation and recovery of the species. The recovery plan for Xxxxx pupfish identifies that management plans are a needed component for translocations. This Agreement will serve as a management and implementation plan for translocation, establishment, and other associated conservation and recovery activities for the Xxxxx pupfish at the Enrolled Property, including habitat maintenance and methods to control and reduce threats to the species and its habitat. The Parties will develop a species monitoring plan within 1-year of the signing of the Agreement. The Tribe will develop a management plan for the COSA. The Tribe’s management plan would identify methods for management of the COSA for native plants and animals, Tribal uses of the COSA, and include elements from this Agreement related to management of the pond(s) to benefit the Xxxxx pupfish. Implementation of translocation and establishment activities for Xxxxx pupfish and activities to maintain its aquatic habitat would be beneficial to the species. Additionally, activities associated with controlling and reducing threats to Xxxxx pupfish within the Enrolled Property would be beneficial to the species. The Tribe agrees to carry out the following activities at the Enrolled Property. • The Tribe will provide suitable habitat for and allow the translocation and establishment of the Xxxxx pupfish at the Enrolled Property. The translocation of Xxxxx pupfish will occur at the first appropriate time, as determined by the Parties, after the Agreement goes into effect. Translocation may occur in one or m...
Beneficial Management Activities. This section provides a detailed description of the Beneficial Management Activities to be implemented on the Enrolled Property for the benefit of the Covered Species. The Enrolled Property typically has sufficient water in early spring through late spring to irrigate the Enrolled Property and provide by-pass. As the snowmelt period tails off, irrigation demand remains high as instream needs also become critical through early-mid June snow melt flows tail of into a long low flow condition that can last from late June into November. The Enrolled Property typically is diverting 3-5 cfs during base flow conditions (late July-mid October), which is a majority of the available flow. The objective of the Enrolled Property is to develop an irrigation strategy that coincides with life stage needs for Coho salmon, to improve habitat conditions for critical life stages. This includes cooperating with other Permittees to maintain flows per life stage to improve access, distribution and habitat conditions for Coho Salmon. The largest potential to contribution to flow by Permittee will be achieved by improving irrigation and distribution efficiency yielding conserved water for instream benefit. The Enrolled Property irrigation occurs during spawning, rearing and juvenile out- migration/redistribution life stages. The proposed projects aid in reducing diversion volume and improving water quality. The Enrolled Property’s contribution to the reach wide flow strategy improves consistency of flow establishes minimum flow targets per season/life stage and establishes cold water refugia reach for over-summering. The management activities proposed herein will contribute to improved habitat conditions for the Covered Species within a valuable stream reach that is expected to respond to the proposed projects resulting in habitat improvements over time that will contribute to recovery of coho salmon populations.
Beneficial Management Activities. “Beneficial management activities” are voluntary conservation actions to be undertaken by TWC that the Service believes will result in a net benefit for the covered species:
Beneficial Management Activities. The primary objective of the Template SHA and Site Plan Agreements is to enhance, restore, or maintain habitat to benefit the Covered Species. To accomplish this, the Parties will implement BMAs (the types of actions to be implemented will vary with each Site Plan) that will result in improved habitat conditions for the Covered Species. Habitat restoration projects authorized under the Template SHA will be designed and implemented consistent with techniques and minimization measures presented in CDFG’s California Salmonid Stream Habitat Restoration Manual, Third Edition, Volume II with four chapters (Part IX: Fish Passage Evaluation at Stream Crossings, Part X: Upslope Assessment and Restoration Practices, Part XI: Riparian Habitat Restoration, and Part XII: Fish Passage Design and Implementation) added in 2003, 2004, and 2009, respectively (Xxxxx et al. 1998, hereafter referred to as CDFG Manual). The Template SHA requires AMMs for all projects to avoid or minimize adverse effects to the Covered Species and habitat. Individual Site Plans will include property-specific BMAs that will be implemented on an enrolled property, and the monitoring protocol that will be implemented for each BMA. Project design and implementation of BMAs will include the AMMs provided below. Table 1 lists the entire suite of potential BMAs that could be implemented under the Template SHA on a given property and the type of monitoring that will be associated with each BMA. If grant funds are obtained to implement a given BMA on an enrolled property, data collection and reporting will be required to satisfy the grant contract obligations. Implementation monitoring of BMA’s, as described below will be used to inform the Parties and to confirm that each BMA has been constructed as intended, without any structural changes or omissions that would compromise the integrity of the project or reduce it’s intended benefits.
