Required Conservation Measures Sample Clauses

Required Conservation Measures. This section lists specific minimum requirements that must be met under the Agreement, including a list of required conservation measures (management actions) that must be implemented to alleviate risks, the “required conservation period” (the period during which conservation commitments under the Agreement must be implemented or maintained), and monitoring and reporting requirements.

Required Conservation Measures. To avoid unnecessary mortality of Chiricahua leopard frogs or deterioration of Chiricahua leopard frog habitat at aquatic sites on a Participating Neighbor’s lands, including stock tanks, that support Chiricahua leopard frogs, Participating Neighbors agree: (a) Where practicable, to implement aquatic site maintenance regimes, schedules, or techniques that maintain a portion of the site as escape cover for resident Chiricahua leopard frogs during maintenance activities; or, subject to the Participating Neighbor’s consent (b) to grant access to appropriate (e.g., Department, USFWS, or other permitted) personnel to collect and hold Chiricahua leopard frogs from the site during site maintenance operations and to return the Chiricahua leopard frogs to the site upon completion of maintenance activities, and, in this event, to provide 60 days notice to such personnel prior to commencement of maintenance operations. Maintenance resulting from an emergency situation (c) will be defined and treated consistently with the same situations for a Participating Landowner, described in Section 2.5.1(1)(ii). (ii) To manage activities, including cattle grazing, in and around aquatic sites supporting Chiricahua leopard frogs so as to avoid destruction or excessive deterioration of Chiricahua leopard frog habitat. This will include: (a) avoidance of excessive trampling in and around the site, especially during Chiricahua leopard frog breeding periods when egg masses are easily destroyed (i.e., late February through October for sites below 5,900 feet, and June through August above 5,900 feet.); (b) appropriate management of the numbers and seasonality of cattle use; and (c) any other appropriate measures to which the Participating Neighbor consents. All such measures must be compatible with necessary operations on the property. (iii) To minimize or prevent the introduction of non-native predators or potential disease vectors into Chiricahua leopard frog habitat by: (a) committing to not knowingly engage in releases of bullfrogs, non-native predatory fish, crayfish, tiger salamanders, or other wildlife onto covered properties and to not knowingly permit any other person or organization to engage in such releases on covered properties; (b) reporting any observed occurrences of such species in Chiricahua leopard frog habitat on their properties to the Department; and (c) permitting access to lands by appropriate (e.g., Department or USFWS) personnel to implement control programs f...