Monitoring, Adaptive Management, and Reporting Clause Samples

Monitoring, Adaptive Management, and Reporting. Program Sponsor shall be responsible for mitigation monitoring and shall provide annual monitoring reports for a minimum of five years from the date of the initiation of mitigation activities at each individual mitigation site. The monitoring reports shall contain, at minimum, a documentation of relative success of each mitigation activity as it pertains to stated performance standards, geomorphology reporting, survivorship of planted species, evidence of natural vegetative growth, and photographic documentation. Specific monitoring plans for each individual mitigation site shall be submitted as part of each individual mitigation plan. Program Sponsor shall employ an adaptive management plan for the ILF and individual mitigation projects in order to ensure that the needs of the watershed are met. If any information or circumstances are discovered during regular monitoring and management that may interfere with these needs, or if the needs of the watershed change, Program Sponsor shall implement corrective measures to address these unforeseen situations. All adaptive and corrective measures will be coordinated with the IRT prior to implementation, and the ILF Program and individual mitigation plans shall be revised as necessary to ensure long term sustainability and protection of these corrective measures. Program Sponsor shall maintain accurate records for the expenditure of ILF funds and documentation of restored areas, including the date restoration work began at each individual mitigation site, the total number of acres restored, and all annual monitoring reports. Program Sponsor shall provide the USACE with an annual financial report containing a detailed account of how all monies from the ILF fund were expended or collected during the preceding year. The report shall be submitted to the IRT annually.