Habitat Maintenance and Management Actions. All Cooperators agree to document and maintain the existing or baseline habitat condition for the applicable covered species. This may include the following maintenance actions. • Maintain existing riparian habitat. • Ensure connectivity of covered species on enrolled lands. • Refrain from undertaking activities that adversely affect hydrologic function of habitat for covered species. • Adhere to best management practices to protect water quantity and quality.
Habitat Maintenance and Management Actions. All Cooperators agree to document and maintain the existing or baseline habitat condition for the applicable covered species. This may include the following maintenance actions. • Maintain existing riparian habitat. • Ensure connectivity of covered species on enrolled lands. • Refrain from undertaking activities that adversely affect hydrologic function of habitat for covered species. • Adhere to best management practices to protect water quantity and quality. Cooperators may also voluntarily agree to habitat management actions in the Landowner Agreement to enhance habitat conditions for the reintroduced species or the species already present. The KDWP will encourage Cooperators to include habitat management actions in the Landowner Agreement to enhance habitat on enrolled lands such that habitat conditions improve beyond the documented baseline or existing conditions. Specific habitat management actions may 8 Xxxxxxx, X. X., M. A. Xxxxxxxxx, and X. X. Xxxxx. 2018. Chapter 7: Juvenile Mussel Release and Monitoring. In M. A. Xxxxxxxxx, X. X. Xxxx, X. X. Xxxxxx, X. X. Xxxxxxx, X. Xxxxx, X. X. Xxxxx, X. X. Xxxxxxx and X. X. Xxxxxx, Freshwater Mussel Propagation for Restoration, pp. 223–239. New York: Cambridge University Press. 9 Xxxxxxx, X. X., and X. X. Xxxxx. 2003. A Guide to Sampling Freshwater Mussel Populations. American Fisheries Society Monograph 8. Bethesda, MD: American Fisheries Society.
