Common use of Effectiveness Monitoring Clause in Contracts

Effectiveness Monitoring. Effectiveness monitoring includes population and habitat surveys to assess the long-term success of the reintroduction and habitat management actions. The type, frequency, and approximate timing of property visits, as well as any notice requirements, will be agreed upon in coordination with the landowner and stipulated in the Landowner Agreement or Neighboring Landowner Agreement. Monitoring may be performed at some or all enrolled properties. Alligator snapping turtles may be collected using baited hoop traps, typically set between 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. and checked the following morning. Covered fish species may be captured using standard fisheries sampling techniques (i.e., electrofishing, trapping, and seining). For the covered mussel species, tactile surveys will be conducted by surveyors wading the stream while sweeping the surface of the substrate with their hands to detect mussels. Depending on the population size and goals of reintroduction, surveys may involve qualitative or quantitative methodology.9 For all covered species, captured individuals will be inspected to assess presence of an identifying mark, and any untagged individuals found may be tagged or marked as well. Additional actions could include measuring specimens to assess growth rates. For covered mussel species, the shell valves may be gently pried apart to assess breeding status of females by examining the gills. Captured mussels can be kept in mesh bags in the water and held out of water only as long as needed for counting and measuring, then replaced in the substrate.