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. (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. 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. 6.1.2.1 Establishment of Marbled Murrelet Conservation Areas and Other Protective Buffers
CONSERVATION MEASURES. 6.5.2.1 Surveys32 Surveys of potential nesting habitat (i.e., at Scotia Bluffs, Xxxxxx Bluff, or any other location where suitable cliffs over 70 feet in height occur) shall be conducted within THP areas and within 0.5 mile 32 A property-wide PEFA consultation with DFG dated 3/31/00 defines survey timing. A site-specific consultation dated 1/25/07 allows hauling without prior surveys on the Xxxxxxx Road during the breeding season (within ½ mile of Xxxxxx Bluffs). Revisions to the consultation dated 7/14/11 and 6/12/13 adds the Xxxxxxx Bluff eyrie (2011), and exempts additional roads north of the Xxxxxxx Road from the need to survey for hauling. The current language is included in the THP templates. of their boundaries if operations will occur during the breeding season (January 15 to August 15). This distance shall be increased to one mile for projects involving blasting or pile driving activities. Surveys shall follow the guidelines in Xxxxx (1992), “Protocol for Observing Known and Potential Peregrine Falcon Eyries in the Pacific Northwest,” any year operations will occur.
1. Field personnel shall be trained to recognize peregrines and potential nesting habitat.
CONSERVATION MEASURES. PALCO will conduct reconnaissance-level surveys (as described in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [USACE] gravel extraction permits for the area) on gravel bars above the Rio Dell bridge. If reconnaissance level surveys locate plovers above the Rio Dell bridge, full protocol surveys will be instituted on all gravel bars within one mile of the sighting. If snowy plovers are detected, the individual(s) shall be observed for evidence of nesting behavior. If a nest site is discovered, a 1,000- foot seasonal operations buffer will be applied until the end of the breeding season (March 24 to September 15), until it is determined that the nest has failed, or until nesting has been completed. If PALCO acquires rights to gravel bars on the Eel River downstream from the Rio Dell bridge, those bars shall be surveyed in full compliance with the USFWS protocol existing at the time, and nest protection measures implemented will be consistent with measures used in the Eel River area at the time. If the species’ breeding range is determined by any means to extend up the Eel River to the Rio Dell bridge, PALCO shall begin full protocol surveys of gravel bars above the Rio Dell bridge and, if nests are located, implement nest protection measures as above. PALCO shall evaluate proposed gravel extraction levels with respect to potential indirect effects downstream. Within three years of permit issuance, PALCO and the agencies will meet to evaluate indirect effects of extraction on downstream gravel bars and to determine whether practicable mitigation measures would be appropriate.
CONSERVATION MEASURES. Aquatic conservation measures, principally the CMZ and RMZ measures, will minimize potential disturbance to nesting colonies. Where new road construction crossing low gradient Class I waters is planned, and potential bank swallow habitat exists, PALCO shall survey the proposed alignment during the nesting season, once in May and once in June to identify any nest colonies within 200 feet of the construction area. These surveys shall be separated by at least one week. If nest colonies are found, PALCO shall consult with USFWS and CDFG to jointly develop, and PALCO shall implement, measures which shall maintain the nest colony. Activities that may indirectly impact or disturb active nest colonies shall be separated by at least a 200-foot buffer during May and June. Alternative mitigation measures may be developed through consultation with USFWS and CDFG. PALCO shall attempt to prevent bank swallows from nesting in stock-piled sand associated with instream mining operations by using netting or other means developed in consultation with USFWS and CDFG.