CONSERVATION MEASURES. Conservation measures that may be implemented on enrolled properties to assist with the recovery of LCT will be as varied as the types of lands and landowner. While this section lists many possible conservation measures for each management action, all possible measures can not be anticipated. Each cooperator will not be expected to implement the full set of measures. The conservation measures to be implemented will be specific to each individual’s baseline, habitat conditions, and management needs. Conservation measures implemented by the landowner to manage livestock grazing to meet a desired habitat goal may contain the following elements: control of stocking rates (Number/density of animals per unit area), manipulation of grazing season, and/or changes in duration, frequency and livestock types. Other measures may include livestock exclusion fencing, off-site water development and herding strategies. Private landowners actively farming to produce an agricultural crop will have the opportunity to implement a multitude of conservation measures to improve habitat conditions for LCT. Agricultural conservation measures could include crop selection, establishment of riparian buffer zones, and fertilizer and land disturbance (plowing and tilling) management. Manipulations in flow diversion timing, duration, and volume may be implemented as well as runoff minimization practices. These grazing and agricultural mitigation measures may be utilized to minimize sediment production, algae blooms, water temperature increases, and water quality degradation, as well as to provide for increases in stream flows and improvements in riparian habitat conditions. Several additional conservation measures that may be implemented include road or trail management (including improved crossings or fish passage structures), riparian vegetation plantings, rehabilitation projects, and stream habitat improvement projects. Other options may exist that are not apparent until a willing landowner and biologist have the opportunity to exchange ideas. The overall goal is to produce conservation measures that are mutually beneficial to the cooperator and the long-term existence of LCT. As conservation measures are formulated, they will be included in that landowner’s specific Cooperative Agreement and added to this list of conservation measures for future use.
CONSERVATION MEASURES. This section describes the approaches and strategies for conserving, and reducing and/or eliminating threats to the LPC and SDL. These approaches and strategies are based on ecological and biological principles to ensure a long-term approach to the protection and management of the LPC and SDL. Therefore, the ultimate goal of this CCA is to facilitate conservation of the LPC and SDL in southeastern New Mexico. For example, Participating Cooperators can agree to protect and enhance existing populations and habitats, restore degraded habitat, create new habitat, augment existing populations of LPC, restore historic populations, fund research studies, or undertake other activities on their Federal leases/allotments which improve the status of the LPC and SDL. The management activities included in this CCA should reduce and/or eliminate threats to the species. Each CP will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis where Participating Cooperators will contribute funds to accomplish conservation measures above and beyond those required in the RMPA, and implement agreed upon conservation measures on the enrolled property. While it is not necessary to conduct all conservation measures listed below on every property enrolled under this CCA, approved conservation measures will be undertaken as necessary to reduce and/or eliminate a particular threat (See Appendix E). CEHMM, in coordination with the FWS and BLM, may use contributed funds to conduct conservation measures on non-Federal lands (private or State) if those landowners agree, in writing through the CCAA, to allow the implementation of the specified conservation measures on their lands. The goal is to implement the highest priority conservation measures needed (regardless of land ownership) to reduce and/or eliminate threats to both species, as determined by the FWS, BLM, and NMDGF with input by CEHMM. As new information or empirical data becomes available, conservation measures can be modified or added through adaptive management to achieve greater species conservation. Conservation measures to benefit the LPC include, but are not limited to: improving habitat and increasing populations by coordinating vegetation treatments with ongoing activities, decreasing habitat fragmentation, propagating and releasing and/or translocating individuals, and conducting research conducive to adaptive management of the LPC. Measures to benefit the SDL include, but are not limited to: preventing further habitat fragmentation and...
CONSERVATION MEASURES. This CCAA incorporates the conservation strategy in the RWP, which includes a series of Conservation Measures intended to avoid and minimize impacts on LEPCs and their habitat, as well as mitigate any remaining habitat impacts. As indicated by each Conservation Measure below, some of the avoidance and minimization measures are required, identified below as “Required,” and some may be applied at the discretion of the Participant, identified below as “Discretionary.” If a Participant chooses not to implement a discretionary conservation measures, the Participant will need to mitigate for resulting impacts. The required mitigation fees will be determined based on the amount of habitat that would be impacted after the application of those measures, the CHAT categories that the impacts are located within, and the habitat quality based on the habitat evaluation conducted using the Habitat Evaluation Guide (“HEG”), as described in Appendix A of this CCAA and the Exhibit B of CI.
CONSERVATION MEASURES. To qualify for take coverage, all enrollees must agree to implement the following conservation measures (CM) on enrolled lands. The following measures apply to all enrollees.
CONSERVATION MEASURES. The biological goal of the 2020 DSL CCAA is to achieve a net conservation benefit for the Covered Species through reduction or elimination of threats to the Covered Species on Enrolled Property. The 2020 DSL CCAA aims to achieve this goal through the following objectives: • Develop a conservation strategy financially supported through a fee structure to acquire conservation easements and other protections, and to implement other conservation actions. • Enrollment of Participants in the 2020 DSL CCAA and the payment of fees by Participants including stratified mineral rights holders1. • Avoid, minimize, or offset impacts from Covered Activities in the portions of the Covered Area categorized as High or Intermediate Suitability, or in areas with demonstrated potential to affect the abundance, habitat suitability, or habitat connectivity of the Covered Species. • Preserve and/or restore high priority areas of DSL Habitat. • Implement research and evaluation of conservation measures and conservation actions of the 2020 DSL CCAA. To meet the goal and objectives, the 2020 DSL CCAA proposes conservation measures for the Covered Species. These conservation measures are described in detail in the 2020 DSL CCAA and include the following types of measures:
1 Mineral rights may be held by a different Participant or Participants than surface rights, in which case, they are referred to as stratified mineral interests. • Avoid or limit surface development and surface use in High or Intermediate Suitability Areas of DSL Habitat; utilize existing developed areas and infrastructure to the extent possible and practicable; and minimize infrastructure footprints. • Support collaboration between severed surface and mineral lease holders to develop approaches to minimize surface disturbance and implement planned development that conforms with the requirements of the CCAA. • Develop and implement plans and measures to minimize and/or control habitat fragmentation, groundwater use, dust, traffic, and spills. • Monitor disturbed areas (e.g., dunes) to identify areas where re-grading is necessary. • Monitor infrastructure (e.g., pipelines) to identify sources of potential contamination. • Restore disturbed areas through re-grading and revegetation. • Implement best management practices, such as barrier fencing, to protect DSL Habitat and individual DSL. • Physically inspect trenched areas to remove and relocate trapped DSL and provide escape ramps. • Implement site-specific habita...
CONSERVATION MEASURES. (a) Each Customer enrolled in TAP shall agree to accept and reasonably maintain any free conservation measures offered to the Customer by the Water Department.
(b) Failure to accept and/or reasonably maintain the free conservation measures offered by the Water Department shall result in the Customer’s removal from TAP as set forth in Section 206.6(c) of these regulations.
CONSERVATION MEASURES. To accomplish the objectives of this Agreement, the Parties agree to undertake the conservation measures described herein. These measures are in addition to the conservation actions currently being undertaken by the NCPCP in cooperation with the other parties, including research on habitat and life history requirements, seedling germination and dispersal success, intensive culture techniques, and on-going reintroduction efforts into the existing Falls Reservoir population. Actions taken under this Agreement are cooperative and voluntary and may help with the understanding of the habitat and life history requirements for this species.
CONSERVATION MEASURES. The following are recommended conservation measures to facilitate LEPC habitat conservation, restoration, and/or enhancement within the Planning Area. The list is organized by general habitat management technique for ease of use. Flexibility exists within all techniques at the discretion of those involved in the ODWC-approved WMP process. Although not included in the list, it is important to recognize that in addition to the listed techniques, a property covered by a CI that already has suitable LEPC habitat and would be managed “as is” or on which improvements to the habitat would be made, would also constitute an appropriate conservation measure within this CCAA. Sources for the list of conservation measures include Xxxx et al. (1999), NRCS and XXXX (1999), Xxxxxxx et al. (2002), Xxxxxxx et al. (2003), Xxxxxxx and Peoples (2004), Xxxxx et al. (2004), and Xxxxx (2004). Background information and additional detail can be found within these resources. It should be noted that the list of conservation measures, provided in the following paragraphs, is a synthesis of available information, and reflects our current understanding of LEPC habitat requirements and population responses to available habitat. The monitoring component of this CCAA (see Section X Monitoring Provisions) is an important part of delivery of conservation measures in order for continued refinement of practices; it is strongly recommended that participating landowners and technical assistance providers (ODWC, NRCS, USFWS biologists) evaluate and monitor LEPC habitat responses to implemented measures using the principles of adaptive resource management (Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx 1990).
CONSERVATION MEASURES. The Applicants will conduct their forest management activities in accordance with the provisions of the SHA, which include Forest Practices Rules in place at the signing of this Agreement, as well as additional provisions to set aside special areas of habitat for the term of the Permit, and grow, enhance, and maintain suitable habitat that will result in a net benefit to the spotted owl. The Applicants’ propose a landscape management approach that accommodates the Applicants desire to manage a sustainable forest in a manner that conserves spotted owls and eliminates the need for the Applicants to harvest habitat and formally pursue decertification of owl sites that have been occupied by barred owls. Over time, some acres of owl habitat will be harvested that is currently restricted under the current Forest Practices Rules in Washington but there will be more connectivity and lands managed for the benefit of owls across the Applicants’ ownership landscape in Oregon and Washington to provide a net conservation benefit. This landscape management approach contributes to owl recovery by maintaining and growing more habitat than would exist without the SHA and by complementing the existing owl landscape management strategies on adjacent federal and state forestlands.
CONSERVATION MEASURES. 8.1 The Parties agree to the overarching recovery goal of achieving self-sustaining local populations for each boreal caribou range in Labrador, and the short and medium term population objectives set out in Appendix I. These population objectives will guide the application and evaluation of conservation measures in Labrador and they may be reviewed from time-to-time, in collaboration with Indigenous governments and organizations.
8.2 The Parties agree that habitat within the three local population ranges identified in the Recovery Strategy is well above the 65 per cent intact threshold and that the loss of individuals from harvest is currently the largest threat to boreal caribou in Labrador.
8.3 The Parties acknowledge that:
8.3.1 Caribou recovery requires on-the-ground conservation measures both immediately and over the long term to increase caribou recruitment and manage caribou mortality; and
8.3.2 Determining the appropriate conservation measures is a multifaceted and complex undertaking that requires consideration of Indigenous perspectives, biological data, jurisdictional legislation and policies, social values, economic values, and natural resource related tenures.
8.4 In the development of the conservation measures set out in this agreement, the Parties will be guided by information derived from the following sources:
8.4.1 Newfoundland and Labrador’s Recovery Plan and other caribou-related plans, including updates, and other available information; and
8.4.2 Federal recovery documents, including the Recovery Strategy and Action Plan, including updates.
8.5 Conservation measures to be implemented under this agreement are outlined in Appendix II. These measures may be modified based on adaptive management principles and their implementation is contingent on funding.
