CONSERVATION ACTIONS. Enrollment and Habitat Conservation Fees will be used for Conservation Actions. The approved uses of Enrollment and Habitat Conservation Fees include the following Conservation Actions: • Remove and reduce threats to DSL and DSL Habitat. • Remove abandoned xxxxx, well pads, and associated roads, and reclaim or restore the locations; • Acquire Conservation Easements and other protections, both permanent and temporary to conserve contiguous blocks of priority areas of High and Intermediate Suitability DSL Habitat; • Restoration or Reclamation, as appropriate, of habitat connectivity and dispersal corridors in High Priority Areas; • Enhancing knowledge of effective conservation strategies by conducting research on the DSL, its habitat, and the efficacy of Conservation Measures and Actions; • Studying the efficacy of implementing the introduction or reintroduction of shinnery oak in priority areas and implementing the technique if it is effective and feasible; • Studying the efficacy of DSL translocation; and, • Studying: (a) the threats posed by high densities of well pads to DSL occupancy and dune structure; (b) the threats posed by roads, or certain types of roads; (c) re- establishment of DSL populations in currently unoccupied, suitable habitat; (d) the threats posed by sand mining activities; and (e) the effectiveness of well pad and road removal in ameliorating the effects of well pad and road density and implementing any changes dictated by the studies through the Adaptive Management process. Enrollment and Habitat Conservation Fees may be applied to Conservation Action not listed above, if a new Conservation Action is recommended to the Administrator by the Adaptive Management Committee and approved by the Service. In lieu of Habitat Conservation Fees, Participants may elect to contribute in-kind services by implementing Conservation Actions on their enrolled property. Participants also may conduct such Conservation Actions in advance of surface disturbances. In both cases, prior approval by the Administrator is required of those actions as being consistent with the Conservation Strategy and the requirements of this 2020 DSL CCAA. The Administrator will track and assess the Participant’s in-kind services on its own property and their costs and apply the services to the Habitat Conservation Fee or, if the costs incurred are more than the Habitat Conservation Fee owed, use the surplus as a pre- payment on future Habitat Conservation Fees. The Conservati...
CONSERVATION ACTIONS. The signatories will review and document existing and ongoing programmatic actions that benefit the three species. As signatories develop their individual management plans for conservation of the three species, each signatory may include but is not limited by or obligated to incorporate the following conservation actions:
1) Conduct status assessment of roundtail chub, bluehead sucker, and flannelmouth sucker.
2) Establish and maintain a database of past, present, and future information on roundtail chub, bluehead sucker, and flannelmouth sucker.
3) Determine roundtail chub, bluehead sucker, and flannelmouth sucker population demographics, life history, habitat requirements, and conservation needs.
4) Genetically and morphologically characterize populations of roundtail chub, bluehead sucker, and flannelmouth sucker.
5) Increase roundtail chub, bluehead sucker, and flannelmouth sucker populations to accelerate progress toward attaining population objectives for respective species.
6) Enhance and maintain habitat for roundtail chub, bluehead sucker, and flannelmouth sucker.
7) Control (as feasible and where possible) threats posed by nonnative species that compete with, prey upon, or hybridize with roundtail chub, bluehead sucker, and flannelmouth sucker.
8) Expand roundtail chub, bluehead sucker, and flannelmouth sucker population distributions through transplant activities or reintroduction to historic range, if warranted.
9) Establish and implement qualitative and quantitative long-term population and habitat monitoring programs for roundtail chub, bluehead sucker, and flannelmouth sucker.
10) Implement an outreach program (e.g., development of partnerships, information and education activities) regarding conservation and management of roundtail chub, bluehead sucker, and flannelmouth sucker. ▪ Administration of the Agreement will be conducted by a range-wide Coordination Team. The team will consist of a designated representative from each signatory to this Agreement and may include technical and legal advisors and other members as deemed necessary by the signatories. ▪ As a first order of business, the chair of the Coordination Team will be selected from signatory state wildlife agency participants. Leadership will be reconsidered annually, and any member may be selected as Coordination Team Leader with a vote of the majority of the team. The chair will serve no more than two consecutive one-year terms. ▪ Authority of the Coordination Team will be lim...
CONSERVATION ACTIONS. To further the purposes of the DRECP, and prior to the completion and approval of the DRECP, Applicants, Parties, and other entities may elect to preserve, enhance or restore, either by acquisition or other means, habitat in the Planning Area that supports Covered Species or natural communities. The Wildlife Agencies agree to credit such resources, in accordance with their biological value, toward the habitat protection, enhancement, and restoration requirements of the DRECP, as appropriate, provided these resources support Covered Species and natural communities; are appropriately conserved, restored or enhanced; and contribute to the DRECP conservation strategy.
CONSERVATION ACTIONS. The Conservation Strategy clearly outlines the actions to be implemented for the conservation of CRCT over the next five years. In addition, four general administrative actions outlined below, will be implemented. - Administration of the Agreement will be conducted by the CRCT Conservation Team. The team shall consist of one designated representative from each state and tribal wildlife agency, one from the Fish and Wildlife Service, one each from the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service. The team may also include technical and legal advisors and other members as deemed necessary by the signatories. - The designated team leader may rotate annually among the representatives from the three state wildlife agencies involved. - Authority of the Conservation Team shall be limited to making recommendations for the conservation of CRCT to the administrators of the signatory agencies. - The Conservation Team will meet at least annually to develop range-wide priorities, review the annual conservation work plans developed for each state, coordinate tasks and agency resources to most effectively implement the work plan, and review and revise the Strategy as needed. Updates to the CRCT GIS will also occur on an annual basis. - The Conservation Team will produce a range-wide status assessment during the last year of this agreement. It will include information on the current distribution, genetic status, presence of competing and hybridizing species, disease and other threats to CRCT. This information will be used to evaluate the foreseeable risks and general population health of existing conservation populations. The status assessment will also discuss progress towards meeting objectives in the Conservation Strategy. Based on the assessment the Conservation Team will make recommendations on need for extending the Agreement and revisions to the Strategy. - Conservation Team meetings will be open to the public. Meeting decision summaries and progress reports will be available to the Conservation Team and other interested parties.
CONSERVATION ACTIONS. In order to accomplish the objectives of this Agreement, the Parties agree to undertake the conservation actions described below. These actions are in addition to activities described in the Robust Redhorse Conservation Strategy, including research on habitat and life history requirements, recruitment, population genetics, development of culture techniques, and surveys for additional native populations. The Conservation Actions described below are consistent with the Parties’ goal of establishing a new robust redhorse population within its historic range. The anticipated new population of robust redhorse will increase the number of wild individuals, provide information on the life history and biology of the species, and serve as a refugial population should one or more of the known wild populations be lost due to a catastrophic event. The following conservation actions are specific to the Project Site, and the responsible Party is identified for each action. Where responsibility for a specific action has not been designated or assigned, the Parties agree to implement such measures through additional agreement, as appropriate, or through modification of this Agreement.
1. Stock the Project Site The GADNR will stock the Project Site with approximately 4,000 hatchery-reared robust redhorse fingerlings each year for five years. Once this Agreement becomes effective, the first stocking will occur during the following fall or spring season when water temperatures permit. The long-term goal of this action is to establish a refugial population from Oconee River parental stock that consists of a minimum of five year-classes. The Parties recognize, however, that variations from this goal may occur due to unforeseen circumstances and natural events and that these actions may require adaptive management changes, such as extending the stocking duration. For instance, monitoring and research may later indicate that stocked robust redhorse permanently leave the Project Site or that the Project Site is unsuitable for establishing a refugial or reproducing population. GADNR is responsible for producing, tagging, and stocking the fish for this project. For the purposes of this Agreement, the hatcheries that will provide robust redhorse fingerlings will be determined each spring by the GADNR in coordination with the other Parties as each hatchery prioritizes pond space for rearing other fish species. The Service will continue to provide a fish culturist and other in-kind ser...
CONSERVATION ACTIONS. The USFWS assesses existing and potential threats facing the species based on the five criteria as required by Section 4(a) (1) of the ESA. Within each of these criteria, several factors which have contributed to the degradation of Goose Creek milkvetch habitat and its EOs were identified. The conservation actions in this CAS were developed to address the threats identified in the USFWS 12-month finding. Disease or predation and recreation by Off-Highway Vehicles were both assessed as low threats in the 12-month finding and are not considered in this CAS. The process of selecting specific conservation actions for one or more BLM field offices is based on where the threat occurs. The signatories recognize that each field office is unique and that not every conservation action is appropriate for all BLM field offices. Where the BLM is identified in general terms in a conservation action, that action will be implemented by all three BLM field offices. Where the BLM is identified by State in a conservation action, that action will only be implemented by the field office(s) with management authority for the identified state(s). Additionally, the conservation actions can be site-dependent and are tailored to alleviate the threat(s) at the level of a site or EO. Conservation actions that will be enacted to address identified threats are described in Table 1. The timeline for implementation of the conservation actions will be within 4 months after this CAS is finalized or, as per the specified date or time period identified in Table 1. The conservation team identified in Table 1 will consist of a designated representative from each signatory to this CAS, as described in the Coordinating Conservation Activities section, below.
CONSERVATION ACTIONS. This section appends the conservation strategy section of the CCA with additional conservation actions, the expansion of Conservation Area A, and the inclusion of habitat patches to support dispersal between Conservation Areas A and B (Figures 3 and 4). The USFWS assesses existing and potential threats facing the species based on the five criteria as required by Section 4(a) (1) of the ESA. Within each of these criteria, several factors which have contributed to the degradation of CPSD tiger beetle habitat and its populations were identified. Threats include: 1) habitat loss and degradation caused by ORV use; 2) small population effects, such as vulnerability to random chance events; 3) the effects of climate change and drought; and 4) cumulative interaction of the individual factors listed above (77 FR 60208, October 2, 2012). The conservation actions in this amendment were developed to address the threats identified in the USFWS proposed rule. Conservation actions that will be enacted to address identified threats are described in Table 1. Habitat loss/degradation and mortality associated with ORV use • Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation agrees to expand the boundary of Conservation Area A to protect additional habitat while addressing diversity in recreation and maintaining safety standards for dune visitors. This area will be expanded in the 2013 field season from 207 acres (ac) to 266 ac (Figure 3), thus increasing protection of tiger beetle occupied xxxxxx from 48 percent to 88 percent. All new or expanded habitat areas will be demarcated with carsonite marking posts to facilitate compliance by Park visitors. • Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Recreation and the BLM will protect vegetated habitat islands of connectivity between the southern and northern conservation areas and monitor to ensure compliance. This action will occur in 2013 and will protect 263 ac of additional sand dune habitat comprised of 14 individual habitat patches (Figure 4) which range in size from 2.6 to 37.1 ac each. All new or expanded habitat areas will be demarcated with carsonite marking posts to facilitate compliance by Park visitors. • Tiger beetle adults and larvae were found to the south of Conservation Area A in 2012. The conservation committee will visit this area in spring of 2013 to determine any additional habitats that should be protected to support the tiger beetle. The size and configuration of any pr...
CONSERVATION ACTIONS. As part of demographic monitoring of the species’ include a component to study the relationship between precipitation patterns and species’ growth, reproduction and recruitment and mortality. This may be accomplished by establishing weather
CONSERVATION ACTIONS. As part of demographic monitoring of the species’ include a component to study the relationship between precipitation patterns and species’ growth, reproduction and recruitment and mortality. This may be accomplished by establishing weather monitoring equipment at existing long-term demographic sites currently monitored by Red Butte Gardens. Over the life of this plan identify and designate for conservation suitable habitat that is located on cooler, wetter slopes at higher elevations to ensure availability of future habitat.
CONSERVATION ACTIONS. As part of demographic monitoring of the species’ include a component to study the relationship between precipitation patterns and species’ growth, reproduction and recruitment and mortality. This may be accomplished by establishing weather monitoring equipment at existing long-term demographic sites currently monitored by Red Butte Gardens. Over the life of this plan identify and designate for conservation suitable habitat that is located on cooler, wetter slopes at higher elevations to ensure availability of future habitat. Comment [MGS88]: Both of these would seem to fit into the “research needs” category… Comment [T89]: Yes, but these are the research actions we need to take in order to try to address this threat. Factor: Wildfire
