Providing a Net Conservation Benefit Sample Clauses

Providing a Net Conservation Benefit. The Service has determined that the conservation measures, as described above, are reasonably likely to provide a net conservation benefit for the covered species. As described in more detail below, that net conservation benefit will likely occur as soon as the minimum flows provided for in section 4.1 are implemented in the enrolled portions of Chewacla Creek. The conservation measures described above are expected to increase the quality and quantity of habitat available to the covered species. As documented above, lack of flow is a primary cause of habitat degradation within the enrolled properties. The provisions for minimum flows below Lake ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Dam, the monitoring of habitat conditions, and the control of subsidence features are expected to ameliorate this situation. The Agreement will provide a stream flow that approximates the normal flows in all reaches of the Creek by adding a portion of the Quarry water to Lake ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and requiring minimum flow below the dam. For example, based on data from 1980 to the present, Lake ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ has not discharged a continuous flow to Chewacla Creek, as documented by data reported at ▇▇▇▇ (2001) Appendix E-3. Since Chewacla Creek is a “gaining stream” in this section, a requirement for 2.0 MGD at the base of Lake ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Dam will likely result in more than 2.0 MGD in-stream flow downstream near Pretty Hole during normal conditions For example, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ (2001) reported data for May 2001 demonstrating that when the flow just below the dam was 2.01 MGD, the flow just above Pretty Hole was 4.87 MGD; and, later that month, when the flow below the dam was only 0.57 MGD, the flow just above Pretty Hole was 1.39 MGD. With the control of subsidence features provided for in the conservation measures, the 2.0 MGD requirement below Lake ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ should provide more natural flows in Chewacla Creek within the enrolled properties. Subsidence feature control, coupled with the minimum flow requirement at Lake ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Dam, is expected to restore year-round flow to that section of Chewacla Creek between Pretty Hole and outfall 2 that has been dewatered. This section, because of its present intermittent nature, is not available habitat for the covered species. With implementation of the conservation measures, that section is expected to become fully available for repopulation by the covered species. Moreover, year-round flow in that section is expected to increase the opportunity for host fish to access the covered species. The pr...
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Providing a Net Conservation Benefit. The Property is within the Awapa Plateau Recovery Area, which is currently the furthest from meeting the recovery goals identified in the Recovery Plan due to few and sparsely distributed colonies. Existing UPD populations on privately-owned, irrigated pastures in this area and throughout the range of the species are seemingly healthy, in contrast to colonies on more arid public lands, where biologists have had only limited success in restoring the species. Lower success in these areas may be due to several factors, including a lack of water in the forage of the animal during periods of drought, lower forage production in these areas, limiting the prairie dog’s ability to obtain sufficient fat reserves prior to hibernation, and fewer source populations on higher elevation public lands. This project presents a rare opportunity to create UPD habitat on irrigated lands with high productivity and high vegetative moisture content where the above factors would not be limiting. It is anticipated that the conservation measures agreed to would encourage prairie dogs to expand onto the Property within several years of the treatments. The Cooperator is willing to allow this expansion to occur even if it means prairie dogs eventually occupy all 22 acres. The conservation measures that the Cooperator will undertake to accomplish the expected net conservation benefit for the covered species are set forth in detail in the Conservation Plan attached hereto and incorporated herein (Attachment 1). The goal of pastureland improvements will be to increase forage quality and quantity and improve visual surveillance habitat through brush treatments, re-seeding, and irrigation that will reduce sagebrush density and increase the quality and quantity of the vegetation available to the colony. It is anticipated that the work proposed would also provide a significant benefit to the Cooperator by increasing the quantity and quality of forage available to livestock on the parcel. It is also anticipated that irrigation measures will improve water flow on the property, thereby reducing soil erosion into the nearby wetlands. Specific conservation measures include:
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Providing a Net Conservation Benefit. The Landowner agrees to undertake management activities that will enhance habitat for gopher tortoises and RCWs. Both species have a strong preference for open, fire-maintained southern pine forests, particularly longleaf pine. The Landowner's forest and habitat management plan will maintain, enhance, and restore such habitat for both species. Without the active managementby the Landowner, as described below, such habitat would not naturally exist or expand on the property. The Landowner's forest and habitat management plan will voluntarily restore, enhance, and increase habitat for the gopher tortoise in all pine uplands with soils suitable for the tortoise, on about 480 acres. Three basic habitat conditions or measures will be attained by this plan. • Maintain basal areas at or below 70 ft2/acre. At this stocking, a stand will be open with sufficient penetrating sunlight to stimulate growth of the herbaceous plant layer, incubate gopher tortoise eggs, and provide basking. Commercial timber harvests will be used to reduce basal areas and attain this objective. Also, encroaching hardwoods that are not commercially harvested but need to be removed to attain the basal area criterion will either be felled or injected with herbicide. • Prescribe frequent fire. Frequent prescribed fire will reduce and control hardwood and shrub encroachment in the understory that, otherwise, would increase the density of woody stems and overstory cover. Fire will be prescribed at two-to-three-year intervals, or a sufficient frequency to attain and maintain an open understory with a well-developed herbaceous plant layer. The Service will provide the Landowner with technical assistance in developing fire prescriptions, especially in those areas where burning may be difficult because of heavy fuel loads. • Restore longleaf pine. The basic silviculture of longleaf pine production, with open stands and frequent fire, is highly compatible and beneficial to the gopher tortoise. The Landowner will restore longleaf pine in natural pine stands by facilitating natural regeneration as a part of on-going timber management in areas with longleaf seed trees in the overstory, or by planting longleaf when natural regeneration is not feasible. When young loblolly pine plantations become commercially mature, the Landowner intends to clear cut and artificially regenerate these stands as longleaf pine. The timing and establishment of beneficial management will vary depending on management priority ...
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