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where restoration work has been applied, assess trends towards positive watershed condition. • Strategy 1 a.4 -- Qver the life of the plan, move at least 20 percent of degraded watersheds towards positive conditions.. This will be accomplished either by modifying management activities that may further compromise the health of degraded watershed or by rehabilitating degraded resources in the watershed. o Objective lb: Provide ecological conditions to sustain viable populations of native and desired normative species and to achieve objectives for Management Indicator Species (MIS) and focal species.. • Strategy 1b.3 -~ Develop and implement co~aservation strategies for the plant and animal species on the Regional Sensitive Species List whose habitat accur~s on National Forest System lands. • Strategy 1b.4 -~ within 15 years, demonstrate positive trends in habitat availability, habitat quality, or other factors affecting sensitive species and Management indicator Species„ o Objective ~c: Help ensure viability of species of concern for the white River National Forest through implementation of the Forest Plan and recommendations made in the Species Viability Reports,. • ' Strategy 1 c„ 1--Develop and implement management strategies needed to support desired population levels and trends for species identified as having a viability concern. • Strategy l c.. I 0 -Link subpopulations of cutthroat trout to create meta- populations. Expand and improve occupied habitat through activities such as removing exotic tract species f~r~om cutthroat habitat, constructing barriers to prevent invasion or r~einvasion of exotic species into occupied habitat, increasing deep pool habitat, enhancing quantity of large woody debris and other physical habitat features. • Strategy l c. l 1--Conduct habitat survey and assessment of 40 miles of known or potential cutthroat streams per year during the life of the plan. White River National Forest Forest-wide standards and guidelines, as amended, applicable to CRCT and their habitat are listed below. This direction would be followed for the proposed Vail Mountain Summer Construction pr~oj ects analyzed in this document.. The activities proposed in this project are analyzed against the standards, guidelines, and management measures listed below.. -- forest Plan Standards ar2d Guidelines - Colo~~ado Rivet Cutthroat Trout • ~4pplicable Standat^ds 1 ~, For management activities that have the potential to impact occupied cutthroat trout habitat, tributaries of occupied cutthroat trout habitat, or