Common use of Management activities Clause in Contracts

Management activities. The Parties have developed this Agreement to identify activities the District can implement to promote the conservation and recovery of the Covered Species and ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ piperia. The District has implemented several components of habitat restoration and enhancement on the Enrolled Property, such as: installing fencing around several ponds to control the access of cattle and prevent cattle from disturbing sensitive habitat; removing non-native vegetation and replanting with native vegetation within the fenced area; and supporting and maintaining the coastal prairie terrace grasslands. For the purposes of this Agreement, a visitor is any person present within the Enrolled Property for recreational or other purposes not directly affiliated with District activities. For the purposes of this Agreement, a guest is any person present within the Enrolled Property associated with the District or District activities. These management activities would be beneficial to Covered Species because they would maintain, enhance, and/or restore habitat for Covered Species, and implement other activities that would be beneficial to the conservation and recovery of the Covered Species. Existing habitat for Covered Species will be maintained and enhanced. Additional habitat for Covered Species could be created and restored as resources and funding are available for the District. The completion of habitat restoration activities would result in the enhancement and restoration of habitat for the Covered Species. Implementation of activities to enhance and restore ponds and their associated aquatic, wetland, and adjacent upland habitats would be beneficial to California red-legged frogs and California tiger salamanders, and the creation of additional breeding ponds would be highly beneficial to the populations of these listed species at the Park. Controlling non-native vegetation within the coastal terrace prairie grasslands and supporting an increase in number and distribution of native grasses and shrubs (e.g., seacliff buckwheat and coast buckwheat) would be beneficial to the ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly. Maintaining, supporting, and increasing numbers and distribution of ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ piperia and its habitat at the Park would be beneficial to ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ piperia. Restoration at certain areas of the Enrolled Property will be limited because habitat conditions are already favorable. The District agrees to carry out the following management activities at the Enrolled Property.  The District will maintain the area of California red-legged frog suitable habitat (Figure

Management activities. The Parties have developed this Agreement to identify activities the District can implement to promote the conservation and recovery of the Covered Species and ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ piperia. The District has implemented several components of habitat restoration and enhancement on the Enrolled Property, such as: installing fencing around several ponds to control the access of cattle and prevent cattle from disturbing sensitive habitat; removing non-native vegetation and replanting with native vegetation within the fenced area; and supporting and maintaining the coastal prairie terrace grasslands. For the purposes of this Agreement, a visitor is any person present within the Enrolled Property for recreational or other purposes not directly affiliated with District activities. For the purposes of this Agreement, a guest is any person present within the Enrolled Property associated with the District or District activities. These management activities would be beneficial to Covered Species because they would maintain, enhance, and/or restore habitat for Covered Species, and implement other activities that would be beneficial to the conservation and recovery of the Covered Species. Existing habitat for Covered Species will be maintained and enhanced. Additional habitat for Covered Species could be created and restored as resources and funding are available for the District. The completion of habitat restoration activities would result in the enhancement and restoration of habitat for the Covered Species. Implementation of activities to enhance and restore ponds and their associated aquatic, wetland, and adjacent upland habitats would be beneficial to California red-legged frogs and California tiger salamanders, and the creation of additional breeding ponds would be highly beneficial to the populations of these listed species at the Park. Controlling non-native vegetation within the coastal terrace prairie grasslands and supporting an increase in number and distribution of native grasses and shrubs (e.g., seacliff buckwheat and coast buckwheat) would be beneficial to the ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly. Maintaining, supporting, and increasing numbers and distribution of ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ piperia and its habitat at the Park would be beneficial to ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ piperia. Restoration at certain areas of the Enrolled Property will be limited because habitat conditions are already favorable. The District agrees to carry out the following management activities at the Enrolled Property.  • The District will maintain the area of California red-legged frog suitable habitat (FigureFigure 2) for the 30-year period of the Agreement, which will allow the potential for the California red-legged frog to increase population numbers and breeding locations at the Enrolled Property. • The District will maintain the area of California tiger salamander suitable habitat (Figure 3) for the 30-year period of the Agreement, which will allow the potential for the California tiger salamander to increase population numbers and breeding locations at the Enrolled Property. • The District will maintain the area of ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly suitable habitat (Figure 4) for the 30-year period of the Agreement, which will allow the potential for the ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly to increase population numbers and distribution at the Enrolled Property. • The population of California red-legged frogs at the Enrolled Property will be maintained at its current level for the 30-year period of the Agreement and the District will encourage an increase in the number of individuals and distribution of California red- legged frogs by enhancing and restoring ponds and associated habitat. Additionally, the District will create ponds within the Enrolled Property between existing ponds where California red-legged frogs occur to increase and maintain connectivity and distribution, as deemed appropriate by the Parties, and as resources and funding are available. • The population of California tiger salamanders at the Enrolled Property will be maintained at its current level for the 30-year period of the Agreement and the District will encourage an increase in the number of individuals and distribution of California tiger salamanders by enhancing and restoring ponds and associated habitat. Additionally, the District will create ponds within the Enrolled Property between existing ponds where California tiger salamanders occur to increase and maintain connectivity and distribution, as deemed appropriate by the Parties, and as resources and funding are available. • The ponds within the Enrolled Property will be managed in a manner to benefit the California red-legged frog and California tiger salamander for the 30-year period of the Agreement. The District will implement recommendations from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇ (2005 and 2006) and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and ▇’▇▇▇▇▇ (2008) for management of the Enrolled Property related to habitat for the California red-legged frog and habitat for the California tiger salamander. • Within 5 years after the signing of the Agreement, the District will develop a pond management strategy that will include a determination of the need for periodic draining of each pond. Additionally, the District will install flashboards at each pond within the first 5 years of the Agreement to facilitate the draining of ponds. The pond management strategy will be developed in coordination with the Service, and installation of flashboards and any pond draining will be conducted in coordination with the Service. • Within 5 years after the signing of the Agreement, the ponds that are occupied by California red-legged frogs and/or California tiger salamanders will be assessed and deep water will be created, as applicable; to provide an escape for any California red-legged frogs or California tiger salamanders that may be present in shallow areas when grazing occurs. • Within 5 years after the signing of the Agreement, the District will enhance and/or create habitat for the California red-legged frog at the Animas cattle trough, and any other water trough where evidence of California red-legged frog breeding is observed, as resources and funding are available. • Within 3 years after the signing of the Agreement, the District will assess the Enrolled Property for migration corridors potentially used by California red-legged frogs that occur between the ponds that are occupied by such species to promote interpond dispersal. Once a potential corridor has been identified for California red-legged frogs, the District will develop a strategy to enhance and maintain such corridor. All migration corridor activities will be implemented as deemed appropriate by the Parties, and as resources and funding are available. • Within 3 years after the signing of the Agreement, the District will assess the Enrolled Property for migration corridors potentially used by California tiger salamanders between the ponds that are occupied by the species to promote interpond dispersal. Once a potential corridor has been identified for California tiger salamanders, the District will develop a strategy to enhance and maintain such corridor. All migration corridor activities will be implemented as deemed appropriate by the Parties, and as resources and funding are available. • Within 5 years after the signing of the Agreement, the District will conduct a vegetation survey in the Baseline upland habitat areas for the California red-legged frog. Plant species will be identified including their frequency and distribution within the upland areas. Additionally, the distribution and ratio of native vegetation to non-native vegetation will be assessed and noted. • Within 5 years after the signing of the Agreement, the District will conduct a vegetation survey in the Baseline upland habitat areas for the California tiger salamander. Plant species will be identified including their frequency and distribution within the upland areas. Additionally, the distribution and ratio of native vegetation to non-native vegetation will be assessed and noted. Further, a survey will be conducted to determine the frequency and distribution of small mammal ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, or other such areas, within the Baseline upland habitat areas. • The population of ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterflies at the Enrolled Property will be maintained at its current level for the 30-year period of the Agreement and the District will encourage an increase in the number of individuals and distribution of ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterflies by enhancing grasslands and managing grazing within the grasslands to reduce non-native annual grasses. Grassland management will support an increase in the abundance and distribution of native plant species, and will support the maintenance of existing seacliff ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ and coast buckwheat and will encourage their expansion at the Enrolled Property. • The grasslands within the Enrolled Property will be managed in a manner to benefit the ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly for the 30-year period of the Agreement, including management of cattle grazing. Cattle grazing occurs in the grassland areas at the Enrolled Property, including the coastal terrace prairie grasslands where the ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly is known to occur. Cattle grazing can be an important component of grassland management as a method to control non-native invasive vegetation. • Within 3 years after the signing of the Agreement, the District will implement recommendations related to management of habitat for the ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly at the Enrolled Property from the Palo Corona Regional Park Grassland Management Plan (McGraw 2007). • Within 3 years after the signing of the Agreement, the District will implement the pending management recommendations related to improving habitat for the ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly at the Enrolled Property derived from the results of the aforementioned current study by ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. • Within 3 years after the signing of the Agreement, the District will conduct research to determine the long-term effects of grazing on ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly host plants, the ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly, and the surrounding native and exotic vegetation. This will be accomplished by establishing a set of permanent monitoring plots within the identified area of suitable habitat for the ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly, which coincides with the Baseline area for the ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly in Part 4 of this Agreement. Within the plots, the research will include sampling for host plant coverage, the number of individual host plants, and the number of individual ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterflies in each life stage. In coordination with the Service, the District will implement the management recommendations derived from the results of this research related to improving the status of the ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly and its habitat at the Enrolled Property. • Within 5 years after the signing of the Agreement, the District will conduct research to determine the degree to which the ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly host plants in the ravines support the population of ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly at the Park. This will be accomplished by establishing a set of permanent monitoring plots within the identified area of suitable habitat for the ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly, which coincides with the Baseline area for the ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly in Part 4 of this Agreement. Within the plots, the research will include sampling for host plant coverage, the number of individual host plants, and the number of individual ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterflies in each life stage. In coordination with the Service, the District will implement the management recommendations derived from the results of this research related to improving the status of the ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly and its habitat at the Enrolled Property. • If bullfrogs or any other non-native species that may prey upon on any life stage of California red-legged frogs and/or California tiger salamanders are detected within the Enrolled Property, the District will develop and implement an eradication strategy to remove/reduce the threat of predation within 1 month of detection, if not sooner, in coordination with the Service. • Within 5 years after the signing of the Agreement, the District will conduct disturbance activities to encourage the increase in establishment of seacliff buckwheat and/or coast buckwheat to provide areas where additional habitat for ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly could establish for the potential increase in abundance and distribution of the species at the Enrolled Property, as deemed appropriate by the Parties, and as resources and funding are available. • Within 5 years after the signing of the Agreement, the District will collect seed from seacliff buckwheat and coast buckwheat for the purpose of planting and/or seeding of buckwheat plants to expand habitat for ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ blue butterfly for the potential increase in abundance and distribution of the species at the Enrolled Property, as deemed appropriate by the Parties, and as resources and funding are available. • For the 30-year period of the Agreement, the District will maintain the existing suitable habitat for ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ piperia (Figure 5), control and remove any non-native invasive vegetation within this habitat, and support the increase in numbers and distribution of the species at the Enrolled Property. • Within 15 years after the signing of the Agreement, the District will conduct activities to increase the abundance and distribution of ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ piperia within the Enrolled Property, such as the collection, distribution, and sowing of seeds. These activities will occur within and adjacent to existing locations and habitats that are occupied by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ piperia and at any other areas where suitable habitat for ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ piperia occurs or is established, as deemed appropriate by the Parties, and as resources and funding are available. • Within 10 years after the signing of the Agreement, the District will conduct research to develop and implement restoration protocols for ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ piperia, including success criteria for evaluating the restoration effort, as deemed appropriate by the Parties, and as resources and funding are available. • The District will host schools and other groups for education and outreach activities, which could occur multiple times per year over the 30-year period of the Agreement. To increase public knowledge and awareness of listed species conservation, these guests would learn about native and listed species that occur on the Enrolled Property, the habitats where these species occur, and what actions these guests can do to benefit these species. Additionally, these guests would learn how Palo Corona Regional Park performs its function as a working cattle ranch while also providing high value to listed species. Boardwalks, trails, and/or viewing platforms may be constructed to reduce impacts to Covered Species and Covered Species habitat from guests or other visitors. Sensitive habitat fencing may be erected to reduce impacts from guests or other visitors to newly restored areas. • Within 10 years after the signing of the Agreement, the District will implement a comprehensive interpretive network of displays and exhibits that highlight the issues surrounding listed species and that identify the presence of listed species to increase public knowledge and awareness of listed species conservation at the Enrolled Property, and as resources and funding are available. These management activities relate to activities associated with the continued use of the Enrolled Property for ranching, maintenance, and park and open space conservation; provided these activities would not reduce the District’s ability to maintain the Baseline conditions. The District’s ranching, maintenance, and park and open space conservation activities would be conducted in a way that would not interfere with the implementation of the Beneficial Management Activities described above. The District would be covered in this Agreement for the following activities, provided such activities are consistent with the intent of this Agreement and are not contrary to the beneficial activities in this Agreement. • Ranching and associated activities, as according to the Grassland Management Plan for Palo Corona Regional Park (McGraw 2007). • Maintenance and associated activities, including: grading and re-contouring of the existing access roads within the Enrolled Property (see Avoidance and