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M. DALE STRICKLAND, Ph. D. PLATTE RIVER ENDANGERED SPECIES PARTNERSHIP <br />EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE IMPLEMENTING THE 1997 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT <br />2003 CENTRAL AVENUE • CHEYENNE • WYOMING • 82001 • TOLL FREE (877) 634 -1773 • FAX (307) 637 -6981 <br />TO: Governance and Technical Committees <br />FROM: Dale Strickland RECEIVED <br />RE: Monitoring Charts and Tables Ar N 18 2001 <br />DATE: April 16, 2001 (:o+arado Wator Conservation Board <br />I have asked the USFWS to provide the Technical Committee with guidance on the Service's <br />minimum data requirements for their evaluation of the Program at the end of the First <br />Increment. The Service extracted minimum data needs from the R3 -1 tables and developed <br />charts that illustrate their view of the relationship to the target species and their habitats. The <br />following is a brief description of the attached charts and tables: <br />1) Five charts <br />a. Draft —Chart 1 <br />Program Implementation, Program Compliance and Program Effectiveness <br />Monitoring <br />• This Chart illustrates how the Service will use milestones for ESA <br />compliance, through monitoring specific land and water actions of the <br />Program, and how Program effectiveness is evaluated through monitoring the <br />species and their habitats and using this information in an evaluation at the <br />end of the 1 st Increment. <br />b. Draft — Chart 2 <br />USFWS Data and Monitoring Needs — Program Water <br />Whooping Crane/Least Tern/Piping Plover <br />• This chart illustrates the Service's minimum monitoring and data needs for <br />species habitats to evaluate program effectiveness <br />c. Draft — Chart 2A <br />USFWS Data and Monitoring Needs — Program Water <br />Pallid Sturgeon <br />• Same as Chart 2 <br />d. Draft — Chart 3 <br />USFWS Species Response Data and Monitoring Needs <br />• This Chart illustrates the Service's minimum monitoring and data needs for <br />species response and includes information from the R3 -1 tables and existing <br />protocols. <br />e. Draft — Chart 4 <br />USFWS Program Lands Data and Monitoring Needs <br />This Chart illustrates the Service's minimum data requirements for Program <br />lands, pre - management and post - management or protection <br />