CONSERVATION MEASURES. Conservation measures that may be implemented on enrolled properties to assist with the recovery of LCT will be as varied as the types of lands and landowner. While this section lists many possible conservation measures for each management action, all possible measures can not be anticipated. Each cooperator will not be expected to implement the full set of measures. The conservation measures to be implemented will be specific to each individual’s baseline, habitat conditions, and management needs. Conservation measures implemented by the landowner to manage livestock grazing to meet a desired habitat goal may contain the following elements: control of stocking rates (Number/density of animals per unit area), manipulation of grazing season, and/or changes in duration, frequency and livestock types. Other measures may include livestock exclusion fencing, off-site water development and herding strategies. Private landowners actively farming to produce an agricultural crop will have the opportunity to implement a multitude of conservation measures to improve habitat conditions for LCT. Agricultural conservation measures could include crop selection, establishment of riparian buffer zones, and fertilizer and land disturbance (plowing and tilling) management. Manipulations in flow diversion timing, duration, and volume may be implemented as well as runoff minimization practices. These grazing and agricultural mitigation measures may be utilized to minimize sediment production, algae blooms, water temperature increases, and water quality degradation, as well as to provide for increases in stream flows and improvements in riparian habitat conditions. Several additional conservation measures that may be implemented include road or trail management (including improved crossings or fish passage structures), riparian vegetation plantings, rehabilitation projects, and stream habitat improvement projects. Other options may exist that are not apparent until a willing landowner and biologist have the opportunity to exchange ideas. The overall goal is to produce conservation measures that are mutually beneficial to the cooperator and the long-term existence of LCT. As conservation measures are formulated, they will be included in that landowner’s specific Cooperative Agreement and added to this list of conservation measures for future use.
CONSERVATION MEASURES. This section describes the approaches and strategies for conserving, and reducing and/or eliminating threats to the LPC and SDL. These approaches and strategies are based on ecological and biological principles to ensure a long-term approach to the protection and management of the LPC and SDL. Therefore, the ultimate goal of this CCA is to facilitate conservation of the LPC and SDL in southeastern New Mexico. For example, Participating Cooperators can agree to protect and enhance existing populations and habitats, restore degraded habitat, create new habitat, augment existing populations of LPC, restore historic populations, fund research studies, or undertake other activities on their Federal leases/allotments which improve the status of the LPC and SDL. The management activities included in this CCA should reduce and/or eliminate threats to the species. Each CP will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis where Participating Cooperators will contribute funds to accomplish conservation measures above and beyond those required in the RMPA, and implement agreed upon conservation measures on the enrolled property. While it is not necessary to conduct all conservation measures listed below on every property enrolled under this CCA, approved conservation measures will be undertaken as necessary to reduce and/or eliminate a particular threat (See Appendix E). CEHMM, in coordination with the FWS and BLM, may use contributed funds to conduct conservation measures on non-Federal lands (private or State) if those landowners agree, in writing through the CCAA, to allow the implementation of the specified conservation measures on their lands. The goal is to implement the highest priority conservation measures needed (regardless of land ownership) to reduce and/or eliminate threats to both species, as determined by the FWS, BLM, and NMDGF with input by CEHMM. As new information or empirical data becomes available, conservation measures can be modified or added through adaptive management to achieve greater species conservation. Conservation measures to benefit the LPC include, but are not limited to: improving habitat and increasing populations by coordinating vegetation treatments with ongoing activities, decreasing habitat fragmentation, propagating and releasing and/or translocating individuals, and conducting research conducive to adaptive management of the LPC. Measures to benefit the SDL include, but are not limited to: preventing further habitat fragmentation and...
CONSERVATION MEASURES. This CCAA incorporates the conservation strategy in the RWP, which includes a series of Conservation Measures intended to avoid and minimize impacts on LEPCs and their habitat, as well as mitigate any remaining habitat impacts. As indicated by each Conservation Measure below, some of the avoidance and minimization measures are required, identified below as “Required,” and some may be applied at the discretion of the Participant, identified below as “Discretionary.” If a Participant chooses not to implement a discretionary conservation measures, the Participant will need to mitigate for resulting impacts. The required mitigation fees will be determined based on the amount of habitat that would be impacted after the application of those measures, the CHAT categories that the impacts are located within, and the habitat quality based on the habitat evaluation conducted using the Habitat Evaluation Guide (“HEG”), as described in Appendix A of this CCAA and the Exhibit B of CI.
CONSERVATION MEASURES. To qualify for take coverage, all enrollees must agree to implement the following conservation measures (CM) on enrolled lands. The following measures apply to all enrollees.
CONSERVATION MEASURES. This section describes the approaches and strategies for conserving the DSL and reducing or eliminating the threats thereto. These approaches and strategies are designed to benefit the DSL through the application of Conservation Measures, including avoidance and minimization measures. As new information or empirical data becomes available, Conservation Measures may be modified or added to future CIs through Adaptive Management, and to existing CIs with written approval from the Participant. Conservation Measures for each Participant Sector are included in this section of the 2020 DSL CCAA and in the Template CIs in Appendix B. The following is a suite of Conservation Measures required in the CIs for Enrolled Properties, broken down by Participant sector and habitat suitability area.
CONSERVATION MEASURES. The primary objective of this CA is to enhance the conservation status of the relict leopard frog in Xxxxx County, Nevada through the restoration and maintenance of habitats suitable for the establishment of populations of the frog by translocation of animals of various life stages. In order to accomplish this, it is essential that private landowners, the Service, and the Department work together to provide suitable habitats and positive stewardship for relict leopard frogs. Management activities that are undertaken through this CA will result in additional habitat being available for relict leopard frogs, and an enhanced network of secure relict leopard frog populations becoming established across the presumed natural range of the species. If the property is not occupied by relict leopard frogs at the time of enrollment, the Cooperator will have no responsibilities under this CA except to report the absence of relict leopard frogs to NDOW on an annual basis until such a time as a Cooperator and the Department agree to place relict leopard frogs on the property. Management actions that will be implemented once relict leopard frogs are placed on a Cooperator’s property are detailed under Section 4.2 “Responsibility of Parties”. Any additional management considerations and actions to benefit relict leopard frogs which are specific to the enrolled property, and which have been mutually agreed to between the Department and the Cooperator, are detailed in Attachment A to this CA. Nothing in this CA prevents the Cooperator from implementing land management activities not described in the Agreement, as long as such actions do not affect the beneficial actions set forth in the Agreement, as long as the Cooperator implements the agreed upon conservation measures in the CA. Emergency situations arising from natural disasters (e.g., fire, excessive rainfall, extreme drought, sustained extreme heat, insect infestations, or epidemic disease) may require the initiation of certain land management actions that may result in take of relict leopard frogs. The Cooperator will notify the Department within at least 5 working days of such a situation, and will make reasonable accommodations to the Department and/or the Service for survey and/or relocation of relict leopard frogs prior to initiation of the land management action. Certain other urgent emergency situations such as the failure of water supplies, water delivery systems or pond structures, may occur outside of the co...
CONSERVATION MEASURES. The biological goal of the 2020 DSL CCAA is to achieve a net conservation benefit for the Covered Species through reduction or elimination of threats to the Covered Species on Enrolled Property. The 2020 DSL CCAA aims to achieve this goal through the following objectives: • Develop a conservation strategy financially supported through a fee structure to acquire conservation easements and other protections, and to implement other conservation actions. • Enrollment of Participants in the 2020 DSL CCAA and the payment of fees by Participants including stratified mineral rights holders1. • Avoid, minimize, or offset impacts from Covered Activities in the portions of the Covered Area categorized as High or Intermediate Suitability, or in areas with demonstrated potential to affect the abundance, habitat suitability, or habitat connectivity of the Covered Species. • Preserve and/or restore high priority areas of DSL Habitat. • Implement research and evaluation of conservation measures and conservation actions of the 2020 DSL CCAA. To meet the goal and objectives, the 2020 DSL CCAA proposes conservation measures for the Covered Species. These conservation measures are described in detail in the 2020 DSL CCAA and include the following types of measures:
CONSERVATION MEASURES. The following are recommended conservation measures to facilitate LEPC habitat conservation, restoration, and/or enhancement within the Planning Area. The list is organized by general habitat management technique for ease of use. Flexibility exists within all techniques at the discretion of those involved in the ODWC-approved WMP process. Although not included in the list, it is important to recognize that in addition to the listed techniques, a property covered by a CI that already has suitable LEPC habitat and would be managed “as is” or on which improvements to the habitat would be made, would also constitute an appropriate conservation measure within this CCAA. Sources for the list of conservation measures include Xxxx et al. (1999), NRCS and XXXX (1999), Xxxxxxx et al. (2002), Xxxxxxx et al. (2003), Xxxxxxx and Peoples (2004), Xxxxx et al. (2004), and Xxxxx (2004). Background information and additional detail can be found within these resources. It should be noted that the list of conservation measures, provided in the following paragraphs, is a synthesis of available information, and reflects our current understanding of LEPC habitat requirements and population responses to available habitat. The monitoring component of this CCAA (see Section X Monitoring Provisions) is an important part of delivery of conservation measures in order for continued refinement of practices; it is strongly recommended that participating landowners and technical assistance providers (ODWC, NRCS, USFWS biologists) evaluate and monitor LEPC habitat responses to implemented measures using the principles of adaptive resource management (Xxxxxxx and Xxxxxxx 1990).
CONSERVATION MEASURES. To accomplish the objectives of this Agreement, the Parties agree to undertake the conservation measures described herein. These measures are in addition to the conservation actions currently being undertaken by the NCPCP in cooperation with the other parties, including research on habitat and life history requirements, seedling germination and dispersal success, intensive culture techniques, and on-going reintroduction efforts into the existing Falls Reservoir population. Actions taken under this Agreement are cooperative and voluntary and may help with the understanding of the habitat and life history requirements for this species.
CONSERVATION MEASURES. The Applicants will conduct their forest management activities in accordance with the provisions of the SHA, which include Forest Practices Rules in place at the signing of this Agreement, as well as additional provisions to set aside special areas of habitat for the term of the Permit, and grow, enhance, and maintain suitable habitat that will result in a net benefit to the spotted owl. The Applicants’ propose a landscape management approach that accommodates the Applicants desire to manage a sustainable forest in a manner that conserves spotted owls and eliminates the need for the Applicants to harvest habitat and formally pursue decertification of owl sites that have been occupied by barred owls. Over time, some acres of owl habitat will be harvested that is currently restricted under the current Forest Practices Rules in Washington but there will be more connectivity and lands managed for the benefit of owls across the Applicants’ ownership landscape in Oregon and Washington to provide a net conservation benefit. This landscape management approach contributes to owl recovery by maintaining and growing more habitat than would exist without the SHA and by complementing the existing owl landscape management strategies on adjacent federal and state forestlands.
