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 limited to making recommendations to participating resource management agencies to address status, threats and conservation of roundtail chub, bluehead sucker, and flannelmouth sucker. ▪ The Coordination Team will meet at least once annually in October or November to develop range-wide priorities, review the annual conservation work plans developed by each agency, review conservation accomplishments resulting from implementation of conservation work plans, coordinate tasks and resources to most effectively implement the work plans, and review and revise the Strategy and states’ conservation and management plans as required. They will report on progress and effectiveness of implementing the conservation and management strategies and plans. The Coordination Team will decide the annual meeting date and location. ▪ Coordination Team meetings will be open to the public. Meeting decision summaries and annual progress reports will be distributed to the Coordination Team and the signatories. Other interested parties may obtain minutes and progress reports upon request. ▪ Development of the range-wide Conservation Strategy and states’ conservation and management plans will begin no later than March 2004 and be completed no later than December 2004. A 10-year period will be necessary to attain sufficient progress toward objectives outlined in this Agreement, the range-wide Strategy, and the state plans, but the time required to complete conservation actions may be revised with consensus of the signatories. ▪ Conservation actions will be scheduled and reviewed on an annual basis by the signatories based on recommendations from the Coordination Team. Activities that will be conducted during the first three to five years of implementation will be identified in annual work plans within the states’ conservation and management plans. The Strategy and states’ conservation and management plans will be flexible documents and will be revised through adaptive management, incorporating new information as it becomes available. ▪ The state wildlife agency that has the Coordination Team Leader responsibility will coordinate team review of conservation activities conducted by participants of this Agreement to determine if all actions are in accordance with the Strategy and state conservation and management plans, and the annual schedule. ▪ Following a 10-year evaluation, the Agreement, Strategy, and associated states’ conservation and management plans may be renewed. ▪ Expenditures to implement this Agreement and Strategy will be identified in states’ conservation and management strategies and are contingent upon availability of funding. ▪ Implementation funding will be provided by a variety of sources. Federal, state, and local sources will need to provide or secure funding to initiate procedures of the Agreement and Strategy, although nothing in this Agreement obligates any agency to any funding responsibilities. To date, various federal and state sources have contributed to conservation efforts for the three fish species, including development of the Agreement and Strategy. ▪ Federal sources may include, but are not limited to, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land Management, Land and Water Conservation funds, and the Natural Resource Conservation Service. Nothing in this document commits any of these agencies to funding responsibilities. ▪ State funding sources may include, but are not limited to, direct appropriation of funds by the legislature, community impact boards, water resources revolving funds, state departments of agriculture, and state resource management agencies. Nothing in this document commits any of these agencies to funding responsibilities. ▪ Local sources of funding may be provided by water districts, Native American Affiliations, cities and towns, counties, local irrigation companies, and other supporting entities, and may be limited due to factors beyond local control. ▪ In-kind contributions in the form of personnel, field equipment, supplies, etc., will be provided by participating agencies. In addition, each agency will have specific tasks, responsibilities and proposed actions/commitments related to their in-kind contributions. ▪ It is understood that all funds expended in accordance with this Agreement are subject to approval by the appropriate local, state or Federal appropriations. This instrument is neither a fiscal nor a funds obligation document. Any endeavor involving reimbursement or contribution of funds between the parties to this instrument will be handled in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and procedures, including those for government procurement and printing, if applicable. Such endeavors will be outlined in separate agreements (such as memoranda of agreement or collection agreements) that shall be made in writing by representatives of the parties and which shall be independently authorized by appropriate statutory authority. This instrument does not provide such authority. Specifically, this instrument does not establish authority for noncompetitive awards to the cooperator of any contract or other agreement. Any contract or agreement for training or other services must fully comply with all applicable requirements for competition.
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Samples: Conservation Agreement, Conservation Agreement
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 limited to making recommendations to participating resource management agencies to address status, threats and conservation of roundtail chub, bluehead sucker, and flannelmouth sucker. ▪ ! The Coordination Team will meet at least once annually in October or November to develop range-wide priorities, review the annual conservation work plans developed by each agency, review conservation accomplishments resulting from implementation of conservation work plans, coordinate tasks and resources to most effectively implement the work plans, and review and revise the Strategy and states’ conservation and management plans as required. They will report on progress and effectiveness of implementing the conservation and management strategies and plans. The Coordination Team will decide the annual meeting date and location. ▪ ! Coordination Team meetings will be open to the public. Meeting decision summaries and annual progress reports will be distributed to the Coordination Team and the signatories. Other interested parties may obtain minutes and progress reports upon request. ▪ ! Development of the range-wide Conservation Strategy and states’ conservation and management plans will begin no later than March 2004 and be completed no later than December 2004. A 10-year period will be necessary to attain sufficient progress toward objectives outlined in this Agreement, the range-wide Strategy, and the state plans, but the time required to complete conservation actions may be revised with consensus of the signatories. ▪ ! Conservation actions will be scheduled and reviewed on an annual basis by the signatories based on recommendations from the Coordination Team. Activities that will be conducted during the first three to five years of implementation will be identified in annual work plans within the states’ conservation and management plans. The Strategy and states’ conservation and management plans will be flexible documents and will be revised through adaptive management, incorporating new information as it becomes available. ▪ ! The state wildlife agency that has the Coordination Team Leader responsibility will coordinate team review of conservation activities conducted by participants of this Agreement to determine if all actions are in accordance with the Strategy and state conservation and management plans, and the annual schedule. ▪ ! Following a 10-year evaluation, the Agreement, Strategy, and associated states’ conservation and management plans may be renewed. ▪ ! Expenditures to implement this Agreement and Strategy will be identified in states’ conservation and management strategies and are contingent upon availability of funding. ▪ ! Implementation funding will be provided by a variety of sources. Federal, state, and local sources will need to provide or secure funding to initiate procedures of the Agreement and Strategy, although nothing in this Agreement obligates any agency to any funding responsibilities. To date, various federal and state sources have contributed to conservation efforts for the three fish species, including development of the Agreement and Strategy. ▪ ! Federal sources may include, but are not limited to, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land Management, Land and Water Conservation funds, and the Natural Resource Conservation Service. Nothing in this document commits any of these agencies to funding responsibilities. ▪ ! State funding sources may include, but are not limited to, direct appropriation of funds by the legislature, community impact boards, water resources revolving funds, state departments of agriculture, and state resource management agencies. Nothing in this document commits any of these agencies to funding responsibilities. ▪ ! Local sources of funding may be provided by water districts, Native American Affiliations, cities and towns, counties, local irrigation companies, and other supporting entities, and may be limited due to factors beyond local control. ▪ ! In-kind contributions in the form of personnel, field equipment, supplies, etc., will be provided by participating agencies. In addition, each agency will have specific tasks, responsibilities and proposed actions/commitments related to their in-kind contributions. ▪ ! It is understood that all funds expended in accordance with this Agreement are subject to approval by the appropriate local, state or Federal appropriations. This instrument is neither a fiscal nor a funds obligation document. Any endeavor involving reimbursement or contribution of funds between the parties to this instrument will be handled in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and procedures, including those for government procurement and printing, if applicable. Such endeavors will be outlined in separate agreements (such as memoranda of agreement or collection agreements) that shall be made in writing by representatives of the parties and which shall be independently authorized by appropriate statutory authority. This instrument does not provide such authority. Specifically, this instrument does not establish authority for noncompetitive awards to the cooperator of any contract or other agreement. Any contract or agreement for training or other services must fully comply with all applicable requirements for competition. ! A range-wide assessment of progress towards implementing actions identified in this Agreement and each state conservation and management plan will be provided to the signatories by the Coordination Team in the first, fifth and tenth years of the Agreement and every fifth year thereafter as dictated by any extension of this instrument beyond ten years. The Coordination Team will compile the annual assessment from submittals prepared by members of the Coordination Team. Copies of the annual assessment will be provided to the signatories, and to interested parties upon request.
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Samples: Conservation Agreement
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 limited to making recommendations to participating resource management agencies to address status, threats and conservation of roundtail chub, bluehead sucker, and flannelmouth sucker. ▪ The Coordination Team will meet at least once annually in October or November to develop range-wide priorities, review the annual conservation work plans developed by each agency, review conservation accomplishments resulting from implementation of conservation work plans, coordinate tasks and resources to most effectively implement the work plans, and review and revise the Strategy and states’ conservation and management plans as required. They will report on progress and effectiveness of implementing the conservation and management strategies and plans. The Coordination Team will decide the annual meeting date and location. ▪ Coordination Team meetings will be open to the public. Meeting decision summaries and annual progress reports will be distributed to the Coordination Team and the signatories. Other interested parties may obtain minutes and progress reports upon request. ▪ Development of the range-wide Conservation Strategy and states’ conservation and management plans will begin no later than March 2004 and be completed no later than December 2004. A 10-year period will be necessary to attain sufficient progress toward objectives outlined in this Agreement, the range-wide Strategy, and the state plans, but the time required to complete conservation actions may be revised with consensus of the signatories. ▪ Conservation actions will be scheduled and reviewed on an annual basis by the signatories based on recommendations from the Coordination Team. Activities that will be conducted during the first three to five years of implementation will be identified in annual work plans within the states’ conservation and management plans. The Strategy and states’ conservation and management plans will be flexible documents and will be revised through adaptive management, incorporating new information as it becomes available. ▪ The state wildlife agency that has the Coordination Team Leader responsibility will coordinate team review of conservation activities conducted by participants of this Agreement to determine if all actions are in accordance with the Strategy and state conservation and management plans, and the annual schedule. ▪ Following a 10-year evaluation, the Agreement, Strategy, and associated states’ conservation and management plans may be renewed. ▪ Expenditures to implement this Agreement and Strategy will be identified in states’ conservation and management strategies and are contingent upon availability of funding. ▪ Implementation funding will be provided by a variety of sources. Federal, state, and local sources will need to provide or secure funding to initiate procedures of the Agreement and Strategy, although nothing in this Agreement obligates any agency to any funding responsibilities. To date, various federal and state sources have contributed to conservation efforts for the three fish species, including development of the Agreement and Strategy. ▪ Federal sources may include, but are not limited to, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Bureau of Land Management, Land and Water Conservation funds, and the Natural Resource Conservation Service. Nothing in this document commits any of these agencies to funding responsibilities. ▪ State funding sources may include, but are not limited to, direct appropriation of funds by the legislature, community impact boards, water resources revolving funds, state departments of agriculture, and state resource management agencies. Nothing in this document commits any of these agencies to funding responsibilities. ▪ Local sources of funding may be provided by water districts, Native American Affiliations, cities and towns, counties, local irrigation companies, and other supporting entities, and may be limited due to factors beyond local control. ▪ In-kind contributions in the form of personnel, field equipment, supplies, etc., will be provided by participating agencies. In addition, each agency will have specific tasks, responsibilities and proposed actions/commitments related to their in-kind contributions. ▪ It is understood that all funds expended in accordance with this Agreement are subject to approval by the appropriate local, state or Federal appropriations. This instrument is neither a fiscal nor a funds obligation document. Any endeavor involving reimbursement or contribution of funds between the parties to this instrument will be handled in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and procedures, including those for government procurement and printing, if applicable. Such endeavors will be outlined in separate agreements (such as memoranda of agreement or collection agreements) that shall be made in writing by representatives of the parties and which shall be independently authorized by appropriate statutory authority. This instrument does not provide such authority. Specifically, this instrument does not establish authority for noncompetitive awards to the cooperator of any contract or other agreement. Any contract or agreement for training or other services must fully comply with all applicable requirements for competition.
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Samples: Conservation Agreement
