POLICIES AND PRINCIPLES. In the following principles, “should” indicates a non-obligatory best practice.
POLICIES AND PRINCIPLES. This Cooperative recognizes the following policies and principles:
A. Participation in the Safe Harbor Agreement’s Chiricahua leopard frog conservation program by any cooperator not a signatory to the Safe Harbor Agreement and entry into this Agreement by any such cooperator is entirely voluntary and is subject to the sole discretion of the cooperator. Entry into the Agreement by the Department and USFWS is also voluntary and subject to their sole discretion.
B. Unless otherwise indicated, specific work projects or activities that involve the transfer of funds, services, or property among the parties to this Cooperative will require the execution of separate agreements or contracts contingent upon the availability of funds as appropriated by Congress, any applicable State legislature, or other funding entity, as applicable.
C. This Cooperative in no way restricts its parties from participating in similar activities or arrangements with other public or private agencies, organizations, or individuals, nor shall obligate its parties to expend appropriations or enter into any contract or other obligations.
D. This Cooperative does not modify or supercede the existing statutory authority or direction of any party to the Cooperative.
E. This Cooperative may be modified or amended upon written request of any party hereto and the subsequent written concurrence of all the parties. Participation in this Cooperative by any party may be terminated with a 60-day written notice by that party to the other parties. Unless terminated under the terms of this paragraph, this Cooperative shall remain in full force and effect until the termination of the Permit as described in Section 3.3 of the Safe Harbor Agreement.
POLICIES AND PRINCIPLES. This MOU recognizes the following set of polices and principles:
A. [Party] agrees to coordinate with the other Parties to this MOU regarding lands within the MSHCP Plan Area.
1. The RCA, USFWS, and/or CDFG agree to provide any available digital files and hard copy maps of such lands to the same upon request. [Party] likewise agrees to provide the RCA, USFWS and CDFG with any available digital files and hard copy maps of the same.
2. [Party] further agrees to provide any further information they possess regarding types of vegetation and quality of vegetation on the lands they manage within the MSHCP Plan Area to the RCA, USFWS and CDFG or the MSHCP Reserve Oversight Management Committee ("RMOC").
B. [Party] agrees to participate fully as a member of the RMOC as set forth in Section
C. [Party] agrees to work with the other Parties to this MOU and the RMOC to ensure the development of a coordinated approach for managing PQP lands in a cooperative manner consistent with the goals and objectives of the MSHCP.
D. If any land management prescriptions of [Party] are found to be inconsistent with MSHCP objectives and requirements, the Parties will work collaboratively to resolve the inconsistencies.
1. The Parties will make every effort to expeditiously resolve any disagreements. If resolution cannot be accomplished promptly during regularly scheduled meetings and conference calls, a further attempt to reach resolution will be promptly attempted in a interim meeting or conference call dedicated to the purpose of resolving the disagreement.
2. If the Parties cannot reach agreement on any issue, including but not limited to management of PQP lands within the MSHCP Plan Area, after completing an interim meeting or conference, all Parties agree to elevate the decision to successively higher levels within each organization until consensus is reached.
