Conservation Actions. The signatories will review and document existing and ongoing programmatic actions that benefit the three species. As signatories develop their individual management plans for conservation of the three species, each signatory may include but is not limited by or obligated to incorporate the following conservation actions:
Conservation Actions. Enrollment and Habitat Conservation Fees will be used for Conservation Actions. The approved uses of Enrollment and Habitat Conservation Fees include the following Conservation Actions: • Remove and reduce threats to DSL and DSL Habitat. • Remove abandoned xxxxx, well pads, and associated roads, and reclaim or restore the locations; • Acquire Conservation Easements and other protections, both permanent and temporary to conserve contiguous blocks of priority areas of High and Intermediate Suitability DSL Habitat; • Restoration or Reclamation, as appropriate, of habitat connectivity and dispersal corridors in High Priority Areas; • Enhancing knowledge of effective conservation strategies by conducting research on the DSL, its habitat, and the efficacy of Conservation Measures and Actions; • Studying the efficacy of implementing the introduction or reintroduction of shinnery oak in priority areas and implementing the technique if it is effective and feasible; • Studying the efficacy of DSL translocation; and, • Studying: (a) the threats posed by high densities of well pads to DSL occupancy and dune structure; (b) the threats posed by roads, or certain types of roads; (c) re- establishment of DSL populations in currently unoccupied, suitable habitat; (d) the threats posed by sand mining activities; and (e) the effectiveness of well pad and road removal in ameliorating the effects of well pad and road density and implementing any changes dictated by the studies through the Adaptive Management process. Enrollment and Habitat Conservation Fees may be applied to Conservation Action not listed above, if a new Conservation Action is recommended to the Administrator by the Adaptive Management Committee and approved by the Service. In lieu of Habitat Conservation Fees, Participants may elect to contribute in-kind services by implementing Conservation Actions on their enrolled property. Participants also may conduct such Conservation Actions in advance of surface disturbances. In both cases, prior approval by the Administrator is required of those actions as being consistent with the Conservation Strategy and the requirements of this 2020 DSL CCAA. The Administrator will track and assess the Participant’s in-kind services on its own property and their costs and apply the services to the Habitat Conservation Fee or, if the costs incurred are more than the Habitat Conservation Fee owed, use the surplus as a pre- payment on future Habitat Conservation Fees. The Conservati...
Conservation Actions. To further the purposes of the DRECP, and prior to the completion and approval of the DRECP, Applicants, Parties, and other entities may elect to preserve, enhance or restore, either by acquisition or other means, habitat in the Planning Area that supports Covered Species or natural communities. The Wildlife Agencies agree to credit such resources, in accordance with their biological value, toward the habitat protection, enhancement, and restoration requirements of the DRECP, as appropriate, provided these resources support Covered Species and natural communities; are appropriately conserved, restored or enhanced; and contribute to the DRECP conservation strategy.
Conservation Actions. The Conservation Plans clearly outline the actions to be implemented for the conservation of RGCT over the next five years. In addition, four general administrative actions outlined below will be implemented. Coordinating Conservation Activities • Administration of the Agreement will be conducted by the RGCT Conservation Team. The team shall consist of one designated representative from each state and tribal wildlife agency, one from Fish and Wildlife Service, one each from the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, and National Park Service. The team may also include technical and legal advisors and other members as deemed necessary by the signatories. • The designated team leader may rotate annually among the representatives from the two state wildlife agencies involved. • Authority of the Conservation Team shall be limited to making recommendations for the conservation of RGCT to the administrators of the signatory agencies. • The Conservation Team will meet at least annually to develop range-wide priorities, review the annual conservation work plans developed for each state, and coordinate tasks and agency resources to most effectively implement the work plan. Updates to the RGCT GIS will also occur on an annual basis. • The Conservation Team will develop a Conservation Strategy that will encompass the goals, objectives and strategies outlined in the Conservation Plans. • The Conservation Team will produce a range-wide status assessment during the last year of this Agreement. It will include information on the current distribution, genetic status, and presence of competing and hybridizing species, disease and other threats to RGCT. This information will be used to evaluate the foreseeable risks and general population health of existing conservation populations. The status assessment will also discuss progress towards meeting strategies in the Conservation Plans. Based on the assessment, the Conservation Team will make recommendations on need for extending the Agreement. • Conservation Team meetings will be open to the public. Meeting decision summaries and progress reports will be available to the Conservation Team and to other interested parties.
Conservation Actions. Enrollment and Habitat Conservation Fees will be used for Conservation Actions. The approved uses of Enrollment and Habitat Conservation Fees include the following Conservation Actions: • Remove abandoned xxxxx, well pads, and associated roads, and reclaim or restore the locations; • Acquiring Conservation Easements and other protections to conserve contiguous blocks of priority areas of High and Intermediate Suitability DSL Habitat; • Restoration or Reclamation, as appropriate, of habitat connectivity and dispersal corridors in High Priority Areas; • Enhancing knowledge of effective conservation strategies by conducting research on the DSL, its habitat, and the efficacy of Conservation Measures and Actions; • Studying the efficacy of implementing the introduction or reintroduction of shinnery oak in priority areas and implementing the technique if it is effective and feasible; and,
Conservation Actions. As part of demographic monitoring of the species’ include a component to study the relationship between precipitation patterns and species’ growth, reproduction and recruitment and mortality. This may be accomplished by establishing weather monitoring equipment at existing long-term demographic sites currently monitored by Red Butte Gardens. Over the life of this plan identify and designate for conservation suitable habitat that is located on cooler, wetter slopes at higher elevations to ensure availability of future habitat. Comment [MGS88]: Both of these would seem to fit into the “research needs” category… Comment [T89]: Yes, but these are the research actions we need to take in order to try to address this threat. Factor: Wildfire
Conservation Actions. The USFWS assesses existing and potential threats facing the species based on the five criteria as required by Section 4(a) (1) of the ESA. Within each of these criteria, several factors which have contributed to the degradation of Goose Creek milkvetch habitat and its EOs were identified. The conservation actions in this CAS were developed to address the threats identified in the USFWS 12-month finding. Disease or predation and recreation by Off-Highway Vehicles were both assessed as low threats in the 12-month finding and are not considered in this CAS. The process of selecting specific conservation actions for one or more BLM field offices is based on where the threat occurs. The signatories recognize that each field office is unique and that not every conservation action is appropriate for all BLM field offices. Where the BLM is identified in general terms in a conservation action, that action will be implemented by all three BLM field offices. Where the BLM is identified by State in a conservation action, that action will only be implemented by the field office(s) with management authority for the identified state(s). Additionally, the conservation actions can be site-dependent and are tailored to alleviate the threat(s) at the level of a site or EO. Conservation actions that will be enacted to address identified threats are described in Table 1. The timeline for implementation of the conservation actions will be within 4 months after this CAS is finalized or, as per the specified date or time period identified in Table 1. The conservation team identified in Table 1 will consist of a designated representative from each signatory to this CAS, as described in the Coordinating Conservation Activities section, below. Table 1. Conservation Actions to Address Threats, Potential Threats, and Research Needs for Goose Creek Milkvetch (GCM). The Actions implemented by all three BLM Field Offices will apply to all habitat on BLM lands (equivalent to 93% of the total habitat), unless specified otherwise next to an Action. Threat and Associated Impacts Conservation Action Wildfire Management Planning and Firefighting Activities
Conservation Actions. In order to accomplish the objectives of this Agreement, the Parties agree to undertake the conservation actions described below. These actions are in addition to activities described in the Robust Redhorse Conservation Strategy, including research on habitat and life history requirements, recruitment, population genetics, development of culture techniques, and surveys for additional native populations. The Conservation Actions described below are consistent with the Parties’ goal of establishing a new robust redhorse population within its historic range. The anticipated new population of robust redhorse will increase the number of wild individuals, provide information on the life history and biology of the species, and serve as a refugial population should one or more of the known wild populations be lost due to a catastrophic event. The following conservation actions are specific to the Project Site, and the responsible Party is identified for each action. Where responsibility for a specific action has not been designated or assigned, the Parties agree to implement such measures through additional agreement, as appropriate, or through modification of this Agreement.
Conservation Actions. As part of demographic monitoring of the species’ include a component to study the relationship between precipitation patterns and species’ growth, reproduction and recruitment and mortality. This may be accomplished by establishing weather monitoring equipment at existing long-term demographic sites currently monitored by Red Butte Gardens. Over the life of this plan identify and designate for conservation suitable habitat that is located on cooler, wetter slopes at higher elevations to ensure availability of future habitat.
