Ecosystems, Natural Communities, and Covered Species List Sample Clauses

Ecosystems, Natural Communities, and Covered Species List. The DRECP will employ a strategy that focuses on the conservation of ecosystems, natural communities, and ecological processes in the Planning Area. In addition, the DRECP will establish species-specific minimization, mitigation, conservation, and management measures where appropriate. For federal public lands under BLM administrative jurisdiction, the DRECP will likewise focus on and take into consideration public land resource values and protections afforded and determined by existing, modified, and/or proposed land use planning documents and processes. Natural communities that are likely to be addressed by the DRECP include, but are not limited to: creosote brush scrub, desert saltbush, Xxxxxx tree scrub, desert wash, alkali scrub, juniper-pinyon woodlands, springs, and seeps. The DRECP Covered Species list will be developed through the planning process with input from the public and other stakeholders. The Parties anticipate that species may be added or removed from the list based upon input from independent scientists (see section 8.3 below) and as additional information is revealed that informs the nature of the Covered Activities and the impact of Covered Activities on native species within the Planning Area. A preliminary list of natural communities, and the endangered, threatened, candidate, and other species known, or reasonably expected to be found, in those communities, that are intended to be the initial focus of the DRECP is attached as Exhibit B.

Ecosystems, Natural Communities, and Covered Species List. The Plan will employ a strategy that focuses on the conservation of ecosystems, natural communities, and ecological processes in the Planning Area. In addition, the Plan will employ species-specific avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measures as required to meet federal and state take authorization standards under FESA, CESA, and NCCPA. A description of natural communities and preliminary list of “Covered Species” that are intended to be the initial focus of the Plan is attached as Exhibit A. This list identifies the species that the Parties will evaluate for inclusion in the Plan and is not necessarily the Plan’s final Covered Species list. The Parties anticipate that species may be added or removed from the list. The Parties acknowledge that inclusion of a particular species as a Covered Species in the Plan will require an individual determination by each applicable Wildlife Agency that the Plan is in accordance with state and/or federal take authorization requirements.