Contents of this Safe Harbor Agreement. This Safe Harbor Agreement submitted in support of an Enhancement of Survival Permit (Permit) will include information about the following: • Conservation measures, including baseline for the spotted owl within the Safe Harbor Agreement covered lands and actions that would be undertaken by RRC to support the Barred Owl Removal Experiment; • Contribution to recovery of the northern spotted owl; • Net conservation benefits; • Assessment of incidental take during the term of the Safe Harbor; • Monitoring and reporting requirements; • Responsibilities of RRC and USFWS; • Landowner assurances; • Duration of the permit; • Process for land additions, amendments, dispute resolution, and permit termination, transfer, and renewal; and • Consistency of the Safe Harbor Agreement with applicable Federal, State, and county laws and regulations.
Contents of this Safe Harbor Agreement. This SHA submitted in support of an enhancement of survival permit will include information about the following: conservation goals and objectives; spotted owl habitats covered, including the habitat conditions and the enrolled property; elevated baseline for the spotted owl within the SHA covered lands; management actions that would be undertaken to accomplish the expected net conservation benefits to the spotted owl in the White Salmon SOSEA, the Columbia Gorge SOSEA and more generally over the Applicants’ forest lands; benefits that will lead directly or indirectly to recovery, where the benefits would be achieved within the SOSEAs and outside the SOSEAs’ and the timing of these benefits; agreed-upon time-frames in which these management actions will remain in effect to achieve the anticipated net conservation benefits; an assessment of whether incidental take is expected to occur during the term of the SHA and, if so, when the incidental take might occur; a notification requirement to provide FWS or appropriate state agencies with a reasonable opportunity to rescue individuals of a spotted owl before any authorized incidental taking occurs, if appropriate; landowner assurances; reporting requirements; the process for land additions, amendments, dispute resolution, and permit termination, transfer, and renewal; consistency of the SHA with applicable federal, state, and county laws and regulations; and monitoring schedule and the responsible parties who will monitor maintenance of the elevated baseline, implementation of terms and conditions of the SHA, and any incidental take as authorized in the Permit.
Contents of this Safe Harbor Agreement. This Safe Harbor Agreement is submitted in support of the issuance by the USFWS of an Enhancement of Survival Permit (“Permit”) under Section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) and will include information about the following: • Conservation measures, including baseline for the spotted owl within the Safe Harbor Agreement covered lands and actions that would be undertaken by Weyerhaeuser to support the Experiment; • Contribution to recovery of the spotted owl; • Net conservation benefits; • Assessment of incidental take during the term of the Safe Harbor; • Monitoring and reporting requirements; • Responsibilities of Weyerhaeuser and USFWS; • Landowner assurances; • Duration of the Permit; • Process for land additions, amendments, dispute resolution, and permit termination, transfer, and renewal; and • Consistency of the Safe Harbor Agreement with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations.
Contents of this Safe Harbor Agreement. This document integrates Xxxxxxx’x SHA, as part of the application package for the Permit under Section 10 of the ESA, and WDNR’s CHEA for murrelets and spotted owls. The SHA submitted in support of an enhancement of survival permit will include information about the following: conservation goals and objectives; species and/or habitats covered, including the habitat conditions and the enrolled property; agreed-upon baseline conditions for each of the covered species addressed in the SHA; voluntary management actions that would be undertaken to accomplish the expected net conservation benefits to the species, how the benefits would lead directly or indirectly to recovery, where and when the benefits would be achieved, and the agreed-upon time frames in which these management actions will remain in effect to achieve the anticipated net conservation benefits; any incidental take associated with the management actions during the term of the SHA; a notification requirement to provide USFWS or appropriate state agencies with a reasonable opportunity to rescue individuals of a covered species before any authorized incidental taking occurs, if appropriate; activities that would be expected to return the enrolled property to baseline conditions and the extent of incidental take that would likely result from such activities; landowner assurances; reporting requirements; the process for land additions, amendments, dispute resolution, and permit termination, transfer, and renewal; consistency of the SHA with applicable federal, state, and county laws and regulations; monitoring schedule and the responsible parties who will monitor maintenance of baseline conditions, implementation of terms and conditions of the SHA, and any incidental take as authorized in the Permit; and other requirements of Section 10 of the ESA. This agreement also represents a WDNR CHEA, and will contain the following elements, if different from the SHA, as described below. an estimate of the baseline amount of habitat; a determination of the ability of Everett to maintain habitat conditions across the project landscape over time; a determination of the overall benefits of the proposed measures to create, enhance, or maintain habitat and the proposed baseline; and the term of the agreement. Figure 1-1: Project Vicinity Map
