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PRRIP — ED OFFICE DRAFT 6 1210712009' 2/0712009 <br />215 would be done with the assessment. Thabault said if there is money in FY 2010, the assessment <br />216 must be done by August 2010 bylaw. Harms said the good news is that Vivian is on staff and <br />217 continues to do surveys and monitoring. Freeman asked how the Service envisions looking at <br />218 issues related to current Program actions. Thabault said there is continuous and ongoing <br />219 dialogue as to where Program actions could potentially interface with the caddisfly. Harms said <br />220 the Service has provided comments on Program land actions through consultation under the Fish <br />221 and Wildlife Coordination Act. Farnsworth said as soon as a Program property comes online <br />222 those properties are surveyed for caddisflies by Vivian. <br />223 <br />224 Kowalski asked what the status of the caddisfly is in Nebraska under state law. Harms said the <br />225 species is not state listed but is a species of concern. The Service works hand -in -hand with the <br />226 Nebraska Game and Parks Commission on issues like this. Freeman said one concern she has is <br />227 that if there is a listing, it would complicate on- the - ground actions of the Program (for example, <br />228 issues of take). There is also a concern about how the Program would interface with a newly <br />229 listed species. Thabault said the Service recognizes those concerns but there are ways to <br />230 navigate the regulatory roadmap. In the end, there seems to be a high affinity between the <br />231 Program and the needs of the caddisfly. Farnsworth asked if the Service has received any <br />232 information yet from caddisfly DNA samples taken near Sutherland and in Holt County near the <br />233 Elkhorn River. Harms said not yet; Vivian said hopefully by the end of December. <br />234 <br />235 Barels asked about the funding mentioned by Thabault earlier and how much of that would be <br />236 used for surveys (and where). Thabault said that funding would not be used for surveys but for <br />237 staff time to prepare listing documents and other supporting information. Barels asked how <br />238 broadly the Service would look in the assessment. Thabault said the Service has to use best <br />239 available science and follow a strict timeline. The status assessment will portray the uncertainty <br />240 around the science. Barels asked if it is on the Program's Species of Concern list. Thabault said <br />241 it is; Farnsworth said it is listed as the "Platte River stonefly ". Freeman asked how difficult this <br />242 species is to survey for. Vivian said it is a 3, meaning the surveys are easy to survey when in <br />243 water compared to other species. Purcell asked how far in terms of spatial scope DNA testing <br />244 will occur (for example, caddisflies in Colorado). Thabault said that will be driven by an <br />245 assessment of the best available science. <br />246 <br />247 Harms agreed to send Chad Smith a copy of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission <br />248 caddisfly survey for distribution to the GC. <br />249 <br />250 Meeting adjourned at 4:32 p.m. Mountain time. <br />251 <br />252 <br />253 <br />254 <br />255 <br />256 <br />257 <br />This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are <br />made by the Governance Committee before approval. <br />PRRIP GC Meeting Minutes Page 6 of 11 <br />