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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />CHAPTER 5. MAINTENANCE PLAN <br /> <br />5.1 Maintenance Activities <br /> <br />Reclamation is responsible for the routine inspection and maintenance of the MA but may choose <br />to contract out or reach some other method of agreement to accomplish the monitoring and <br />maintenance. The livestock exclosure fences will be periodically inspected and repaired as- <br />needed. Weed problem areas will be re-inspected regularly during the post-mitigation <br />monitoring period and supplemental treatments will be implemented as-needed to ensure that <br />weeds do not exceed a maximum of 10 percent areal coverage. <br /> <br />Where streambank stabilization and channel-floodplain restoration measures are implemented, <br />maintenance at these sites will be in response to bank instabilities detected during the course of <br />the mitigation monitoring. Maintenance activities will consist primarily of replanting vegetation <br />that has died or been removed by erosion or trespass grazing. Regrading and replanting both <br />could be required at the southern mitigation parcel if severe bank/channel instabilities occur due <br />to very large flood events. However, assuming neither extreme flooding nor vegetation die-off <br />occur prior to the re-establishment of the wetland/riparian vegetation, no bank maintenance <br />should be necessary. <br /> <br />Issues of overall resource management such as irrigation, fire control and visitor management <br />will be addressed in an overall resource management plan for the MA. <br /> <br />5.2 Maintenance Schedule <br /> <br />Maintenance activities will continue for the life of the project. As each portion of the mitigation <br />program is completed, it shall be converted to an operations and maintenance status. <br /> <br />5.3 Responsible Parties <br /> <br />Reclamation is expected to be the long-term owner of the property, but the possibility existsto <br />have part or all of the property converted to State (CDOW) or Tribal (Southern Ute Indian Tribe) <br />management. Additionally, the property may be managed by a conservation organization or <br />private entity with appropriate covenants attached to ensure the continued protection of habitat <br />values established by mitigation actions. <br /> <br />Reclamation will retain the ultimate responsibility for the long-term maintenance of the <br />mitigation site, but may contract or reach some agreement for that maintenance to be performed <br />by the State, Tribe or other entity as noted above through cooperative agreement, contract or <br />binding method. <br /> <br />-47- <br />