Recovery Plan Ad Hoc Report results
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Document ID=100032| Plan Title | Plan Stage | Plan Lead Region (FWS) | Plan Lead Office (FWS) | Species Common Name | Species Scientific Name | Action Priority | Action Number | Action Description | Action Status | Estimated Initiation Date | Estimated Completion Date | Action Lead Agencies | Responsible Parties | Work Types | Labor Types | Comments | Implementation Activity Number | Implementation Activity Description | Implementation Activity Status | Implementation Activity Estimated Initiation Date | Implementation Activity Estimated Completion Date | Implementation Activity Labor Types | Implementation Activity Work Types | Implementation Activity Responsible Parties | Implementation Activity Comments | Implementation Activity Species |
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| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 1 | 1.0.1 | Complete NEPA for C.C. Cragin Reservoir Renovation | Discontinued | FY 2010 | FY 2013 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, Private groups, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Planning | Volunteer, Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Identified as priority action in 2010 Action Plan. Due to issues with implementation of AGFD's Rotenone policy, politics, and timing of reservoir lowering, we were unable to complete this project. There will not be another opportunity to use rotenone at this site as it is scheduled to become the City of Payson's drinking water source in 2014. | 1.0.1-1 | Obtain funding for NEPA | Complete | 2009 | 2009 | Labor type not yet selected | Work type not yet selected | Funding obtained | ||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 1 | 1.0.1 | Complete NEPA for C.C. Cragin Reservoir Renovation | Discontinued | FY 2010 | FY 2013 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, Private groups, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Planning | Volunteer, Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Identified as priority action in 2010 Action Plan. Due to issues with implementation of AGFD's Rotenone policy, politics, and timing of reservoir lowering, we were unable to complete this project. There will not be another opportunity to use rotenone at this site as it is scheduled to become the City of Payson's drinking water source in 2014. | 1.0.1-2 | Initiate NEPA with scoping letter and develop environmental assessment for treatment. | Ongoing Current | 2013 | 2013 | Labor type not yet selected | Work type not yet selected | Unable to send out NEPA scoping letter due issues with AGFD rotenone policy and politics around treatment. | ||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 1 | 1.0.1 | Complete NEPA for C.C. Cragin Reservoir Renovation | Discontinued | FY 2010 | FY 2013 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, Private groups, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Planning | Volunteer, Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Identified as priority action in 2010 Action Plan. Due to issues with implementation of AGFD's Rotenone policy, politics, and timing of reservoir lowering, we were unable to complete this project. There will not be another opportunity to use rotenone at this site as it is scheduled to become the City of Payson's drinking water source in 2014. | 1.0.1-3 | Develop MOU between parties | Ongoing Current | 2013 | Labor type not yet selected | Work type not yet selected | ||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 1 | 1.0.2 | Implement C.C. Cragin Reservoir Renovation. | Discontinued | FY 2011 | FY 2013 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, Private groups, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Predator and Competitor Control | Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Identified as a priority action in 2010 Action Plan. Unable to conduct due to inability to navigate politics of rotenone application in time to conduct NEPA. | ||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 1 | 1.0.3 | Begin planning and initiate NEPA for renovation of upper Chevelon Creek. | Ongoing Current | FY 2010 | FY 2014 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, Private groups, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Planning | Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Identified as priority action in 2010 Action Plan. Have been working to set-up a meeting with Arizona Game and Fish to develop initial plan outline. Plan is to meet in October/November 2012 as AGFD was not able to meet to discuss this prior to this date. | ||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 1 | 1.1 | Prioritize populations for protection needed. | Complete | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Research: Population Surveys | Labor type not yet selected | We prioritized populations for protection at the 7/29/03 Recovery Team Meeting and continue to evaluate this ranking on a yearly basis. | ||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 1 | 1.3 | Acquire and protect land and water rights | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Acquisition: Management Agreement | Labor type not yet selected | In addition to funds required under task 1.2. Date indicates when AGFD purchased Wenima Wildlife Area. Sipe White Mountain Area purchased on 10/08/1993 and Grasslands Wildlife Area purchased on 06/25/1999. | |||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 1 | 1.4.1 | Inform agencies/individuals of responsibilities/opportunities | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Law Enforcement Division, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Other: Information and Education | Labor type not yet selected | Ongoing and within budget | |||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 1 | 1.4.2 | Ensure compliance with Section 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act | Ongoing Current | Prior to FY 1995 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Law Enforcement Division, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Other: Law Enforcement | Labor type not yet selected | Ongoing and within budget | |||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 1 | 1.5.1 | Ensure fish stocking plans are consistent with recovery plan goals and objectives | Ongoing Current | FY 2007 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Other: Regulations | Labor type not yet selected | Ongoing and within budget. AGFD reinitiated with FWS on their statewide sportfish stocking plan, but spinedace is not a Conservation And Mitigation Species. However, AGFD continues to work with us to minimize effects to spinedace from stocking nonnative fishes. | |||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 1 | 2.2.1 | Remove non-native fish in areas where continued spinedace survival is threatened | Ongoing Current | FY 2008 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Predator and Competitor Control | Labor type not yet selected | Note (not in plan): Added agency to whom this is also a responsibility (AZESFO). Working with AGFD, FS, SRP, and Phelps Dodge to try to renovate C.C. Cragin(Blue Ridge Reservoir). | |||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 1 | 2.2.2 | Install barriers to prevent introduction of non-native species | Ongoing Current | FY 2006 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Predator and Competitor Control | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY5 =$30,000. Note (not from plan): Cost estimate is too low to pay for even one barrier. Minimum cost is $100,000. | |||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 1 | 3.1.2.1 | Begin development of novel pesticides for control of nonnative fish and crayfish. | Ongoing Current | FY 2010 | FY 2016 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, Private groups, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Research | Species Expert, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Identified as priority action in 2010 Action Plan. Working with Bureau of Reclamation and USGS to find funding to move proposal forward. USGS currently testing Supraverm. Locally, FWS and USGS working to determine efficacy of using liquid ammonia to remove nonnative aquatic species. | ||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 1 | 3.2.1.1 | Develop genetic pedigree | Ongoing Not Current | Prior to FY 1995 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Research: Taxonomic Studies | Labor type not yet selected | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 1 | 3.2.1.2 | Maintain maximum genetic variability | Ongoing Not Current | FY 1995 - FY 1999 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Research: Taxonomic Studies | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY10 =$7,000 | |||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 1 | 5.1.1 | Examine direct interactions with other species | Ongoing Not Current | Prior to FY 1995 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Research: Predation | Labor type not yet selected | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 1 | 5.1.2 | Examine indirect interaction with other species | Ongoing Not Current | Prior to FY 1995 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Research: Predation | Labor type not yet selected | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 1.2.1.1 | Develop refugium above Blue Ridge Reservoir | Ongoing Current | FY 1995 - FY 1999 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Labor type not yet selected | Per the East Clear Creek Recovery Strategy, we continue to stock spinedace in Bear, Dane, and Yeager Canyons to try to develop a secure population. However, drought continues to impact these sites (e.g., pools drying). | |||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 1.2.2 | Develop refugium below Blue Ridge Reservoir | Ongoing Current | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 1.2.2 | Develop refugium in Silver Creek Drainage | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 1.2.3 | Develop refugium in Rudd-Nutrioso Creek Drainage | Not Started | Other | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Labor type not yet selected | Note (not in plan): Added agencies to whom this is also a responsibility (AZFRO & AZESFO). Working with Jim Crosswhite (summer/fall 2014), private landowner on Nutrioso Creek, to aquire his land and water rights to create instream refugium in Nutrioso Creek. | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 1.2.4 | Develop refugia in Chevelon Creek | Ongoing Current | FY 2007 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, Private groups, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Internal Administrative | Note (not in plan): Added agencies to whom this is also a responsiblity (AZFRO & AZESFO). On July 23, 2007, AGFD stocked spinedace in West Chevelon Creek. | |||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 1.2.6 | Develop refugium in Little Colorado River | Ongoing Current | Prior to FY 1995 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Labor type not yet selected | AGFD manages two properties along the Little Colorado River that contain spinedace (Wenima and Becker Wildlife Areas). Though these are not entirely protected sites, they do aid in protecting the habitat area for the spinedace. | |||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 1.3.1 | Purchase of base property for Buck Springs Range Allotment by Arizona Game and Fish Department. | Complete | FY 2008 | FY 2010 | Other | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, Private groups, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Acquisition | Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Administrative | Identified as a priority action in the 2010 Action Plan. | 1.3.1-1 | Develop management plan for area with partners | Ongoing Current | 2012 | Labor type not yet selected | Work type not yet selected | Working with partners to develop land management plan for Buck Springs and spinedace habitat. | |||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 2.1 | Identify habitats | Ongoing Current | FY 1995 - FY 1999 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Research: Habitat Requirements | Labor type not yet selected | Note (not in plan): Added agency to whom this is also a responsibility (AZESFO). We intend to stock spinedace in new habitat (Gentry Creek) in Fall 2013. | |||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 2.3 | Manage ecosystems to enhance biodiversity of native species | Ongoing Current | FY 1995 - FY 1999 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY10 =$52,500 Attempting to do this in the ECC Watershed per the Recovery Strategy and ECC Watershed Health Project. | |||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 3.0.1 | Stock spinedace in Kehl Canyon, Beaver Creek, Turkey Creek, Willow Creek, and Gentry Creek | Ongoing Current | FY 2010 | FY 2016 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Identify/Protect Foraging, Breeding and Mig Habitats, Management: Reintroduction | Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Identified as priority action in 2010 Action Plan. See action items under 3.1.4 | ||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 3.1.1 | Identify areas for reintroduction | Ongoing Current | FY 1995 - FY 1999 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Labor type not yet selected | Note (not in plan): Added agency to whom this is also a responsibility (AZESFO). | 3.1.1-1 | Stocking fish in Gentry Creek | Ongoing Current | 2013 | Labor type not yet selected | Work type not yet selected | |||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 3.1.3 | Prevent reentry of non-native competitors/predators | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Predator and Competitor Control | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY10 =$17,500 Note (not in plan): Added agency to whom this is also a responsibility (AZESFO). | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 3.1.4 | Reintroduce Spinedace | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management | Species Expert | FY4-FY7 =$12,000 Note (not in plan): Added agency to whom this is also a responsibility (AZESFO). Reintroduced spinedace to Willow Creek in October 2103 and August 2015. | 3.1.4-1 | Complete planning for introductins of spinedace into Willow, Gentry, and Turkey Creeks | Complete | Labor type not yet selected | Work type not yet selected | Planning completed | |||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 3.1.4 | Reintroduce Spinedace | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management | Species Expert | FY4-FY7 =$12,000 Note (not in plan): Added agency to whom this is also a responsibility (AZESFO). Reintroduced spinedace to Willow Creek in October 2103 and August 2015. | 3.1.4-2 | Introduce spinedace into Willow, Gentry, and Turkey Creeks | Ongoing Current | 2013 | Labor type not yet selected | Work type not yet selected | Fish were kept in captivity and USFWS and AGFD released them to Willow Creek in 2013 and 2015. In total, USFWS and AGFD stocked 276 spinedace into Willow Creek on two different occasions. In 2018 and 2019, USFWS and AGFD brought additional fish into captivity from Yeager Canyon, and stocked them into Willow, Gentry and Turkey creeks in 2018. AGFD conducted a wild-to-wild translocation of LC Spinedace collected from Yeager Canyon and released into Willow and Gentry in September 2019. In total AGFD stocked ~200 LC Spinedace into Turkey Creek and ~1,750 into Willow/Gentry on two different occasions. Turkey Creek dried the fall of 2020 and all spinedace appear to be gone; Willow and Gentry persist and fish were confirmed in surveys completed in August 2021. | ||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 3.1.5 | Monitor success of reintroductions | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Other | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY7 =$14,000 Monitored site in Willow Creek where spinedace were stocked in fall 2013. Monitoring on July 16, 2015, found four size classes of spinedace (evidence of reproduction)! | |||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 3.1.6 | Determine status of reintroduction | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Management: Other | Labor type not yet selected | FY7=2,000 and FY10=2,500 Track surveys conducted by AESO, AZFWCO, AGFD, and USFS | |||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 4.1 | Establish and implement monitoring for extant location | Ongoing Current | Prior to FY 1995 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Research: Population Surveys | Labor type not yet selected | FY10=1,000 | |||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 4.2 | Establish and implement standard sampling procedures and techniques | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Research: Population Surveys | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY10 =$35,000 | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 4.4.1 | Develop methods to quantify abundance | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Management: Other | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 6.1.1 | Determine self-sustaining population numbers | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Research: Population Surveys | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY5 $50,000 | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 6.1.2 | Determine self-sustaining population structure | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Research: Population Surveys | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY5 =$50,000 | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 6.1.3.1.1 | Determine physical characteristics for spawning | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Research: Habitat Requirements | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY5 =$20,000 | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 6.1.4 | Determine recruitment numbers required for self-sustaining populations | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Research: Population Surveys | Labor type not yet selected | FY04-FY05 =$40,000 | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 6.1.5 | Determine minimum population size required to maintain self-sustaining populations | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Research: Population Surveys | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY5 =$40,000 | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 6.1.6.1 | Determine physical characteristics required to maintaining self-sustaining populations | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Research: Habitat Requirements | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 6.1.6.2 | Determine chemical characteristics required to maintain self-sustaining populations | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Research: Environmental Contaminants | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 6.1.6.3 | Determine biological characteristics required to maintain self-sustaining populations | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Research: Population Surveys | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY5 =$50,000 | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 3 | 8.1.1 | Outreach efforts with Arizona | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Other: Information and Education | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY10 =$35,000 | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 3 | 8.1.2 | Outreach efforts nationally | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Other: Information and Education | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY10 =$7,000 | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 3 | 8.1.3 | Outreach efforts in local communities where spinedace occurs | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Other: Administration | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY10 =$7,000 | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 3 | 8.1.4 | Coordinate communications among federal, state, and local community efforts | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Other: Administration | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY10 =$7,000 | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 3 | 8.2.1 | Inform scientific community through outreach efforts | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Other: Information and Education | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY10 =$7,000 | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 3 | 8.2.2 | Inform professional community at meetings | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Other: Information and Education | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY10 =$7,000 | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 3 | 8.2.3 | Inform by giving presentations at meetings | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Other: Information and Education | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY10 =$7,000 | ||||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 3 | 8.2.4 | Publish research findings in professional journals | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Other: Administration | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY10 =$7000 See Bryan et al. (2002). | |||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office-Whiteriver (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 1.2.5 | Maintain refugium at Flagstaff Arboretum | Discontinued | FY 1995 - FY 1999 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY10 =$70,000 Note (not in plan): Added agencies to whom this is also a responsibility (AZESFO & AZGF). We are having issues with the management of this refugium site and are not likely to manage it into the future. Working with AGFD to develop another site at Raymond Ranch which we hope will be completed in FY2015. This site should replace the Arboretum site, which is not functional at this time. The Raymond Ranch site is not feasible. We continue to focus on more natural sites versus ponds to hold fish. | 1.2.5-1 | Build new refugia pond for ECC spinedace at AGFD's Raymond Ranch | Complete | Labor type not yet selected | Work type not yet selected | We were able to assist with funding to build this pond in FY2012 and it has been completed. | |||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office-Whiteriver (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 1.2.5 | Maintain refugium at Flagstaff Arboretum | Discontinued | FY 1995 - FY 1999 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY10 =$70,000 Note (not in plan): Added agencies to whom this is also a responsibility (AZESFO & AZGF). We are having issues with the management of this refugium site and are not likely to manage it into the future. Working with AGFD to develop another site at Raymond Ranch which we hope will be completed in FY2015. This site should replace the Arboretum site, which is not functional at this time. The Raymond Ranch site is not feasible. We continue to focus on more natural sites versus ponds to hold fish. | 1.2.5-2 | Collect spinedace from East Clear Creek population to stock into Raymon Ranch Pond. | Complete | 2012 | 2013 | Labor type not yet selected | Work type not yet selected | Collected fish | |||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office-Whiteriver (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 1.2.5 | Maintain refugium at Flagstaff Arboretum | Discontinued | FY 1995 - FY 1999 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Labor type not yet selected | FY4-FY10 =$70,000 Note (not in plan): Added agencies to whom this is also a responsibility (AZESFO & AZGF). We are having issues with the management of this refugium site and are not likely to manage it into the future. Working with AGFD to develop another site at Raymond Ranch which we hope will be completed in FY2015. This site should replace the Arboretum site, which is not functional at this time. The Raymond Ranch site is not feasible. We continue to focus on more natural sites versus ponds to hold fish. | 1.2.5-3 | Care for refuge fish until they can be released into pond at Raymon Ranch | Ongoing Current | 2011 | Labor type not yet selected | Work type not yet selected | AESO staff caring for ECC spinedace in captive facility until pond develops food source for fish. | ||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office-Whiteriver (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 3.1.2 | Remove non-native competitors/predators | Ongoing Current | FY 2008 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | Arizona Department of Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Ecological Services Field Office | Management: Predator and Competitor Control | Internal Technical Assistance | Note (not in plan): Added agency to whom this is also a responsiblity (AZESFO). Worked with Grand Canyon Wildlands Council, AGFD, FS and many volunteers to remove crayfish from Dines Tank (occupied spinedace habitat in Leonard Canyon). Had hoped to renovate CC Cragin and remove LECY and other nonnatives, but unable to conduct action due issues beyond our control. AGFD continues to monitor spinedace in the East Clear Creek watershed and mechanically remove nonnatives (e.g., green sunfish) when found in drainages. | |||||||||||
| Little Colorado Spinedace | F | 2 | Arizona Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office-Whiteriver (928) 338-4288 | Little Colorado spinedace | Lepidomeda vittata | 2 | 7.2 | Rear and supply fish for recovery purposes | Ongoing Current | FY 1995 - FY 1999 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, AZ Fisheries Resource Office | Management: Propagation | Species Expert | FY4 to FY10 $70,000 Spinedace are being reared at RMRS lab by AESO staff as refugia population and for reintroduction. Spinedace also being held at AGFD's Grasslands Wildlife Area in a pond. FY 18 Reared ~550 fish at RMRS lab. Space leased by AESO. | 7.2-1 | Rearing fish in Flagstaff Aquatics Lab | Ongoing Current | 2011 | Labor type not yet selected | Work type not yet selected | FWS staff responsible for care and rearing of these fish. Fish currently on station (Aug 2013) will be released to wild in October 2013 and new YOY will be added to lab stock in September 2013. |