Effectiveness Monitoring. Effectiveness monitoring includes population and habitat surveys to assess the long-term success of the reintroduction and habitat management actions. The type, frequency, and approximate timing of property visits, as well as any notice requirements, will be agreed upon in coordination with the landowner and stipulated in the Landowner Agreement or Neighboring Landowner Agreement. Monitoring may be performed at some or all enrolled properties. Alligator snapping turtles may be collected using baited hoop traps, typically set between 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. and checked the following morning. Covered fish species may be captured using standard fisheries sampling techniques (i.e., electrofishing, trapping, and seining). For the covered mussel species, tactile surveys will be conducted by surveyors wading the stream while sweeping the surface of the substrate with their hands to detect mussels. Depending on the population size and goals of reintroduction, surveys may involve qualitative or quantitative methodology.9 For all covered species, captured individuals will be inspected to assess presence of an identifying mark, and any untagged individuals found may be tagged or marked as well. Additional actions could include measuring specimens to assess growth rates. For covered mussel species, the shell valves may be gently pried apart to assess breeding status of females by examining the gills. Captured mussels can be kept in mesh bags in the water and held out of water only as long as needed for counting and measuring, then replaced in the substrate.
Effectiveness Monitoring. The Implementing Entity shall accomplish effectiveness monitoring of the HCP/NCCP by implementing all elements of the integrated monitoring and adaptive management program described in Chapter 7.0 of the HCP/NCCP.
Effectiveness Monitoring. Effectiveness monitoring, relative to project objectives, answers the question, “Were treatment and restoration projects effective?” This question could be answered on either a regional or a project-level scale. Invasive plant infestations require pre-project inventories to determine how, when, and where treatments are to be applied, and post- treatment monitoring to assess the effectiveness (treatment) in meeting project objectives (e.g. restoring structure and composition of native vegetation). A goal of the Effectiveness Monitoring component in the Regional Invasive Plant Program is to answer the following questions: Have the number of new invasive plant infestations increased or decreased in the Region or at the project level? What changes in distribution, amount and proportion of invasive plant infestations have resulted due to treatment activities in the region or at the project level? Has the infestation size for a targeted invasive plant species been reduced regionally or at the project level? Which treatment methods, separate or in combination, are most successful for specific invasive species? Which treatment methods have not been successful for specific invasive species? The nation-wide NRIS/Terra database, and the upcoming FACTS database, provide common reporting formats to input information and provide a mechanism for addressing the above questions. In addition, current long-term ecological monitoring networks will assist the FS in determining trends of invasive plant infestations at the Regional level. The NRIS/Terra database could be sorted to answer the above questions because it tracks size and species of infestations as well as treatment methods. The Forest Inventory and Analysis Network (FIA) or the Forest Health Monitoring plots associated with the FIA network could be used to follow invasion trends. Such networks could be used to track trends in the spread or reduction in spread of the more dominant invasive plants in the region. Monitoring programs developed at the Forest level would answer more project specific questions. Listed Species - Monitoring that addresses the effectiveness of various measures designed to reduce potential adverse effects from the project, including standards in the EIS, “project design criteria”, “design features”, and “protection measures” may also need to be conducted. This type of monitoring will only be required for a representative sample of invasive plant treatment projects that pose a “high risk” to fe...
Effectiveness Monitoring. The purpose of the Effectiveness Monitoring Measures is to track the success of the Operating Conservation Program in relation to the Plan’s biological goals and objectives and provide the basis for the Adaptive Management Measures. Four categories of projects will be implemented: Rapid Response Monitoring, Response Monitoring, Long- term Trend Monitoring/Research, and Experimental Watersheds Program.
Effectiveness Monitoring. Effectiveness monitoring methods were designed to determine whether placed gravel distributed and sorted as intended given the flow regime experienced during the monitoring period. During previous monitoring periods, a combination of surveyed cross sections, scour monitors, and visual/photo observations were used to determine if placed gravel moved or not. Based on previous years’ monitoring, it was determined that scour monitors (Xxxxxx- Xxxxx et al. 1999) and visual/photo observations were sufficient to determine if placed gravel had moved at the 2013 placement sites.
Effectiveness Monitoring. Past bedload transport calculations at RM 219.9 suggested that flows of 1,800 cfs could initiate transport of 0.5 inch (12.7 mm) rocks, and flows above 2,200 to 3,900 cfs could move 1 to 3 inch (25.4 to 76.2 mm) rocks, respectively, at this site (PacifiCorp 2004, 2005). Gravel added in 2014 was within the 1 to 3 inch size range. Flows in the peaking reach where the RM 219.9 and RM 216.8 sites are located (just downstream of the powerhouse) ranged from 321-3,020 cfs during the monitoring period (October 2014-October 2015). The gravel placed at the RM 219.9 site in 2013 was transported downstream, so it was expected that the gravel added in 2014 would also be transported away from the sites.
Effectiveness Monitoring. PALCO, with input from the wildlife agencies and peer review panels, will craft hillslope effectiveness monitoring, instream effectiveness monitoring, and trend monitoring strategies for each hydrologic unit. The exact details of what, where, when, and how PALCO will monitor will be determined by questions and hypotheses posed by PALCO and the wildlife agencies. PALCO and the wildlife agencies will develop these monitoring objectives based on the findings of watershed analysis and other sources of assembled information. PALCO will use effectiveness monitoring as a basis for evaluating the results of carrying out prescriptions on the features or processes that occur on the hillslope and on those in the instream environment. Hillslope effectiveness monitoring will help PALCO determine whether properly implemented prescriptions on the hillslope actually work (e.g., properly installed water bars actually prevented road surface rill erosion). Instream effectiveness monitoring will be used to determine whether the prescriptions result in protection of aquatic values (e.g., maintained or decreased the percent of fine sediment in spawning riffles). PALCO will monitor both instream and upslope conditions to assess the effectiveness of the Aquatics Conservation Plan. These effectiveness studies, in turn, will provide most of the impetus for the adaptive management component of the Plan.
Effectiveness Monitoring. Within one year of permit issuance PALCO, USFWS, and CDFG will jointly develop a forest carnivore survey methodology. The objective will be to determine the extent of Pacific xxxxxx use of habitat types and seral stages present on PALCO lands. The research/monitoring project will begin by the end of the second year after permit issuance. Five years after starting the research monitoring project, PALCO, USFWS, and CDFG shall meet to review the results of surveys and potential additional research needs.
Effectiveness Monitoring. Effectiveness monitoring involves gathering data and information on the population of the Covered Species, its habitat, and vegetation and associated resources to verify that desired habitat conditions are being maintained or improved. DLL will gather and analyze effectiveness data for Covered Species and vegetative conditions using the procedures outlined below. Vegetative monitoring data and information is needed by DLL for its livestock production and other Ranch management programs. The effectiveness monitoring information will be shared with UDWR and USFWS annually within the annual reports. Specific procedures for monitoring are outlined below for the Covered Species and for vegetation monitoring.
Effectiveness Monitoring. Cooperator shall undertake effectiveness monitoring for any habitat restoration, enhancement, and management activities required in Section 5 above, and according the Effectiveness Monitoring Plan (Exhibit C) prepared by the Cooperator. Cooperator shall complete and submit a Reporting Form C: Monitoring Summary, to the County by December 31st of each year monitoring is conducted.