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Page 13 year before submittal of funding proposals. Team members will then meet to discuss the top projects on the list and approve those that will be included in each Team member's annual workplans. The number of top priority projects for each year will be dependent upon the amount of expected funding for the upcoming year and the cost of each of the top priority projects. Each participating region in the Division is expected to participate in at least one, if not multiple projects to address threats to the species each year. Other Team members will incorporate three species projects as identified through the prioritization process. Three species cooperators will revisit the Annual Priorities document at the end of each calendar. year to determine whether any projects need to be removed from or added to the list. Required components Regular surveying of populations is identified as a conservation action under the Range-wide Agreement. In addition to serving the conventional purposes of identifying baseline conditions and assessing impacts of management actions, this method of evaluation of conservation actions is also necessary to fulfill the PECE criteria regarding effectiveness of a conservation program; thus, it is necessary to 1) provide evidence of population stability; 2) provide information to direct future management (adaptive management), another PECE criteria; and 3) assess cost effectiveness of actions. Other conservation actions identified in the Agreement and reiterated in the Strategy include development of a database to track all monitoring information; research on and identification of life history, habitat requirements, and conservation needs; genetic and morphological characterization of populations; range expansion; population enhancement; habitat enhancement; nonnative control; and outreach (see Figure 1-1). Each of these activities is an essential component in the overall conservation of each of these species. Certain components may not be necessary for each species or in each management unit; however, no one component will be disregarded for a species unless agreed upon through consensus of the Team members. Timeline · 2005 - 2009: Identify andjill information gaps. If the status of a population, drainage, or stream or the number of populations in a given management unit is unknown, we will conduct baseline surveys. In addition, we will identify the population size or number of occupied stream miles needed in each management unit to maintain persistence. We will also evaluate and determine population boundaries for each species and incorporate genetic information into delineation of management units. Each of these details will aid the Team as they assess progress during the fifth and tenth years of the Agreement (2009 and 2014). · 2005 - indefinite: Prevent losses of known populations. If we determine through baseline surveys that numbers and sizes of populations per management unit are sufficient and stable, we will prevent the loss of these populations through protection of the current situation if threats are currently minimal, or identification and reduction of threats in systems where threats are more immediate. Reduction of threats will be through conservation actions deemed appropriate for the type and severity of threats in the management unit, as identified through baseline surveys. · 2006: Formulate management objectives for drainages where information is stifficient to do so and begin management. The three species cooperators have begun formulating specific conservation and management actions for each species in each drainage. This list, which can