Reserve Unit Management Plans. 43 11.4.2.2 Management of Agriculture and Grazing Easements or Leases 43 12.0 CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES 44 12.1 Process to Respond to Changed Circumstances 44 13.0 FUNDING 45 13.1 Obligations of the Parties 46 13.1.1 Obligations of the Authorized Entities 46
Reserve Unit Management Plans. The Implementation Office will prepare and implement management plans for protected natural communities and Covered Species habitats that are found within those communities. Management plans will be prepared by reserve unit, which may be an individual reserve or multiple reserves in a specified geographic area that share common management needs. Within two years of acquiring parcels, the Implementation Office will conduct surveys to collect information to identify actions necessary to achieve the applicable biological objectives related to management and enhancement of the reserve. The Implementation Office will prepare reserve unit management plans in collaboration with the Fish and Wildlife Agencies, and will submit plans to the Fish and Wildlife Agencies for approval within four years of the first acquisition within each reserve unit. Prior to approval of a reserve unit management plan, reserves will be managed using best practices based on successful management of the site prior to acquisition, or based on management at other similar sites. General enhancement and management actions to be implemented throughout the reserve system are described in Chapter 3.4.11.2.3 and address fire management, recreation, invasive plant control, nonnative animal control, mosquito abatement, pesticides, levee maintenance, reserve system connectivity and permeability, and access control. Management and enhancement actions specific to certain natural communities will be included in reserve management plans, as provided in CM 11. The Implementation Office shall evaluate each Reserve Management Plan for effectiveness and revise it as appropriate (a) to incorporate new acquisitions within the same reserve unit and to document new best management practices; (b) at least every five
