Adaptive Management Sample Clauses

Adaptive Management. Canada and British Columbia recognize that monitoring the effects of actions and adjusting approaches as necessary will be critical to success.

Adaptive Management. Adaptive management allows for mutually agreed-upon changes to the covered activities outlined in the Landowner Agreement or Neighboring Landowner Agreement in response to changing conditions or new information. If reintroductions or habitat management actions do not yield the expected results, new or additional measures can be discussed between the Parties and the Cooperator. Where there is agreement between the KDWP, the Service, and the Cooperator, the Landowner Agreement or Neighboring Landowner Agreement can be amended to include new or revised measures with landowner agreement. Decisions related to adaptive management may be based on monitoring results and conclusions from annual reporting. However, adaptive management decisions can be made at any time deemed necessary by the Parties and the Cooperator. The process for amending a Landowner Agreement is discussed in the next section.

Adaptive Management the Parties recognize that monitoring the effects of measures and adjusting approaches as necessary will be critical to success, as recovery is an emerging “discipline”; and

Adaptive Management. 11.1 Permittee-Initiated Adaptive Management 11.2 FWS-Initiated Adaptive Management 11.3 Reductions in Mitigation 11.4 No Increase in Take

Adaptive Management. The Parties agree that Adaptive Management is an integral component of the Restoration Project. Adaptive Management is a process that: (1) uses monitoring and research to identify and define problems; (2) examines various alternative strategies and actions for meeting measurable biological goals and objectives; and

Adaptive Management. Adaptive Management allows for mutually agreed-upon changes to the Agreement’s conservation measures in response to changing conditions or new information. If the expected results of the conservation measures appear ineffective, management activities can be changed or alternative activities undertaken to achieve desired results. Decisions related to adaptive management will be based on an evaluation of compliance and biological monitoring results detailed in the annual reports, and of field observations by the Cooperators and Parties. The NWDPS team may also be asked to review reports and field observations and determine whether the management actions and/or conservation measures are adequate. Adaptive management decisions may be made at any time as deemed necessary by the Parties, however, a major evaluation of this Agreement will be implemented every fifth year to ensure that conservation goals are being achieved. Conservation measures will be evaluated to determine whether they result in increased protection of LCT i.e. reduced incidental take and/or improved conditions for LCT. The evaluation will include an assessment of incidental take on individual enrolled properties to determine if take can be prevented or reduced through modifications to management actions and/or conservation measures on aquatic habitats or adjacent lands. If management actions or conservation measures need to be altered to improve benefits for the species, this will be done by amending future Cooperative Agreements, not by altering the responsibilities of existing Cooperators. However, if existing Cooperators agree to alter their Cooperative Agreements, modifications of their responsibilities will be addressed on a case-by- case basis. Strategies to reduce incidental take, if necessary, will be reviewed with individual Cooperators and implemented where appropriate on a voluntary basis.

Adaptive Management. As recovery of threatened species is an emerging discipline, the Parties acknowledge the necessity of comparative tests and monitoring the effects of Conservation Measures and other actions, and adjusting approaches as necessary to improve recovery and protection of Boreal Caribou. The Parties shall make best efforts to amend the Conservation Measures in accordance with this Agreement where warranted, including by adaptive management or further and better scientific information and Indigenous Knowledge.

Adaptive Management. This CCAA incorporates adaptive management principles. The CCAA is intended to align with and complement implementation of the RWP. The RWP contemplates that elements of its conservation strategy will be evaluated periodically as described in Table 1. The process for identifying changes to the RWP conservation strategy resulting from adaptive management is outlined on pages 116 through 121 of the RWP. Changes identified through evaluation of the elements described in Table 1 are considered changed circumstances as described in Section XVI of this CCAA (Assurances Provided) and affect implementation of the CCAA by adjusting Conservation Measures and/or Mitigation Fees. New or changed conservation measures may be applied to new CIs, additional lands to be enrolled under existing CIs prior to listing, and existing Enrolled Property in existing CIs; however, new or changed conservation measures may only be applied to existing Enrolled Property by amending CIs in accordance with the procedures described in Section XXII of this CCAA (Modification of the CCAA and Amendment of the Permit) and Section VIII of the CI in Appendix C of this CCAA. Mitigation Fees may be adjusted in accordance with the provisions in Appendix A of this CCAA and Exhibit B to the CI. Table 1. Identified activities or situations that will trigger the adaptive management process or a specific conservation action. This table is found on pages 118–121 of the October 2013 RWP. Evaluated Element Utilized Information Trigger(s) Evaluation Frequency Primary Corrective Action(s) Considered Spatial Scale Anticipated Response Administrative Fee Stability of administrative endowment using figures contained within the WAFWA financial report Balance in the administrative endowment is not being sustained Annually Administrative fee is increased from 12.5% Range-wide Administrative fee is increased to ensure a non-wasting endowment for administrative services Individual technical service provider compliance Reports submitted by technical service providers Provider is not in full compliance WAFWA reporting standards Annually Issue non- compliance warning with corrective measures, removal of certification Range-wide Provider corrects error and comes into full compliance Evaluated Element Utilized Information Trigger(s) Evaluation Frequency Primary Corrective Action(s) Considered Spatial Scale Anticipated Response Population size 3-year average breeding population estimates derived from aerial survey and pop...

Adaptive Management. Adaptive management allows a conservation program to be adjusted from time to time to take into account new scientific information and to ensure that the program is as effective as possible. Several aspects of Chiricahua leopard frog biology and population dynamics are not currently well understood, including dispersal distances, mortality during drought, adult and larval survivorship, the role of disease and pollution, and population dynamics (Xxxxx 1999). The Recovery Plan, now in preparation, is expected to provide guidance on a variety of topics relevant to this Agreement. Furthermore, the Agreement will need to respond to specific management opportunities and needs as they arise. The Agreement therefore includes an adaptive management program to ensure: flexibility, implementation of Recovery Plan objectives to the maximum extent practicable, and that the most up-to-date scientific information is used. The need to incorporate adaptive management modifications into the Agreement may result from four potential sources: (1) new scientific information concerning the biology or population dynamics of Chiricahua leopard frogs or non-native predators of Chiricahua leopard frogs; (2) new scientific information concerning the effects of other biotic or abiotic factors on Chiricahua leopard frogs; (3) information derived from the Agreement’s monitoring program; and (4) management needs or recommendations described in a future Recovery Plan. We have attempted to make the provisions of this Agreement consistent with the draft Recovery Plan. Two types of adaptive management modifications within the covered area may be implemented under this Agreement, depending on their scope and the process for incorporating them. These are termed: major revisions to the Agreement; and ongoing management adjustments. A major revision is defined as one triggered by the availability of substantial new scientific information, typically from a source not related to the Agreement, concerning any biological assumption or criterion upon which the conservation program is based and that would require modification of any of the Agreement’s specific biological criteria or conservation measures. Examples of circumstances requiring a major revision would include new information suggesting that the Agreement’s translocation/distribution criteria are inadequate to meet its biological objectives, or that additional management measures not described in the Agreement are needed to ensure survival ...

Adaptive Management. 9.1 County-initiated adaptive management. The County will implement the adaptive management provisions in Chapter 6 of the MSCP when changes in management practices are necessary to achieve the MSCP’s biological objectives, or to respond to monitoring results or new scientific information. The County will make the changes without awaiting notice from the Service, and will report to the Service on any actions taken pursuant to this section. 9.2 Service-initiated adaptive management. If the Service determines that one or more of the adaptive management provisions in the MSCP have been triggered and that the County has not changed its management practices in accordance with Chapter 6 of the MSCP, the Service will so notify the Parties and will direct the County to make the required changes. Within 30 days after receiving the notice, the responsible Party will make the required changes and report to the Service on its actions. The changes are provided for in the MSCP, and hence do not constitute unforeseen circumstances or require amendment of the permit or MSCP, except as provided in this section. 9.3 Reductions in mitigation. The County will not implement adaptive management changes that may result in less mitigation than provided for covered species under the original terms of the MSCP, unless the Service first provides written approval. The County may propose adaptive management changes by notice to the Service, specifying the adaptive management modifications proposed, the basis for them, including supporting data, and the anticipated effects on covered species, and other environmental impacts. Within 120 days of receiving the notice, the Service will approve the proposed adaptive management changes, approve them as modified by the Service, or notify the County that the proposed changes constitute permit amendments that must be reviewed under Section 11.2 of this agreement. 9.4 No increase in take. This section does not authorize any modifications that would result in an increase in the amount and nature of take, or increase the impacts of take, of covered species beyond that analyzed under the original MSCP and any