Recovery Plan Ad Hoc Report results
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Document ID=1002509| 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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| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 1 | 2.1 | Prepare and implement a management plan to temporarily protect Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep herds from predation losses, where needed, until viable herd sizes are reached. | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | Other | California Department of Fish and Game | Management: Reintroduction, Management: Planning | Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance | As of 2013, a revised plan has been developed or is in development. However, CDFW has decided not to contract with USDA Wildlife Services to continue mountain lion monitoring and management. It has yet to be determined how monitoring and management will be implemented. Due to a number of SNBS being killed by mountain lions in 2016-2017, the RIT is continuing to work on developing an appropriate predator management plan. Individual mt. lions can be removed as necessary. | |||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 1 | 2.2.1 | Reduce potential predator influences on winter habitat selection where appropriate | Unknown | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | California Department of Fish and Game | California Department of Fish and Game | Management: Predator and Competitor Control | Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Due to a number of SNBS being killed by mountain lions during winter 2016-2017, the RIT is continuing to work on developing an appropriate predator management plan. Individual mt. lions can be removed as necessary. | |||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 1 | 2.2.2 | Supplement small female groups where appropriate to attain threshold herd sizes that will encourage behavioral attributes favorable to winter range use | Ongoing Current | California Department of Fish and Game | California Department of Fish and Game | Management: Reintroduction | Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Note: estimated cost $3,000 per animal captures; number captured per year to be determined (TBD). Females were augmented to various herds beginning in 2005. In 2005, females were added to Baxter (1), Sawmill (3) and Williamson (1). In 2009, 6 females were added to Warren. In 2013, females were added to Gibbs (3), and Convict (3) and Olancha received a reintroduction beginning with 10 females and 4 males. In 2014, 4 females were added to Olancha; and Big Arroyo began a reintroduction with 10 females and 4 males. In 2015, 5 females were added to Gibbs creating a new deme and Laurel and Cathedral began reintroduction efforts with 7 females and 4 males and 10 females and 3 males, respectively. In 2018, Olancha and Big Arroyo were augmented with 1 and 3 females, respectively. In 2020, Warren was augmented with 6 females. | ||||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 1 | 2.3.1 | Prevent contact between bighorn sheep and domestic sheep or goats | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | California Department of Fish and Game | Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management | Management: Disease Control, Management: Land Use | Volunteer, Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Note: Continued implementation of action expected to be necessary after delisting. In 2014, the Service purchased collars for CDFW to deploy on rams in the Northern Recovery Unit to monitor their movement in relation to domestic sheep allotments. In 2015 - 2018 CDFW and FWS met with Mono Co. CA to discuss risk of contact at Conway and Mattly Ranches. Mono County decided not to renew the grazing leases and beginning in 2018, domestic sheep grazing will not occur on Conway or Mattly Ranches. | |||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 1 | 3.1 | Develop and implement a strategy for translocations | Ongoing Current | FY 2007 | California Department of Fish and Game | National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service | Management: Reintroduction | Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | As part of the recovery permit, CDFW must develop a capture and translocation plan. In 2013, a draft translocation plan was developed for moving animals to the Olancha Peak, Convict Creek, and Mt. Gibbs herd units. In 2014, animals were translocated into the Big Arroyo herd unit in the Kern Recovery Unit. In 2015 the plan was finalized and animals were reintroduced to Laurel Creek (Kern Rec. Unit) in Sequoia NP and Cathefral Range (Northern Rec. Unit) in Yosemite NP. New deme (Alger Creek) in Mt. Gibbs (Northern Rec. Unit) created. Olancha Peak Herd Unit (Southern Rec. Unit) augmented. | |||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 1 | 3.2.1 | Manage wild herds as sources of stock | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | California Department of Fish and Game | California Department of Fish and Game | Management: Reintroduction | Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Note: Costs included in other actions. | |||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 1 | 5.2 | Monitor key predators in the vicinity of winter ranges | Unknown | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | Other | California Department of Fish and Game | Management: Predator and Competitor Control | Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Note: Costs included in action 2.2.1; Action expected to be necessary until delisting of species. CDFW is performing limited monitoring of mountain lions and documents any evidence of predation. | |||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 2 | 1.2 | Maintain and/or enhance integrity of bighorn sheep habitat | Unknown | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | Other | National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Note: Costs are TBD | |||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 2 | 2.2.3 | Enhance bighorn sheep winter range habitat to increase visibility where appropriate | Discontinued | FY 2007 | California Department of Fish and Game | National Park Service, California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | There are no plans to enhance habitat at this point in time. | |||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 2 | 2.3.2 | Develop an action plan in the event that a pneumonia outbreak occurs | Not Started | Other | California Department of Fish and Game | Management: Disease Control | Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | |||||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 2 | 3.2.2 | Develop criteria for and, if appropriate, implement a captive breeding program | Obsolete | Other | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service | Other | Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | |||||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 2 | 5.1 | Develop and implement a monitoring plan for population abundance and distribution of bighorn sheep herds in the Sierra Nevada | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | California Department of Fish and Game | University of California, White Mountain Research Station, California Department of Fish and Game | Research: Population Assessment, Research: Population Surveys, Management: Population Monitoring | Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Note: Continued implementation of action expected to be necessary after delisting. When emergency listed in 1999, estimated 125 animals. Recovery Plan (2007) indicates 12 of 16 herd units are essential. In 2011-2012, 7 units (plus Bubbs Creek) were occupied. Estimated total of animals is 480. In 2014-2015, 14 units (includes Bibbs Creek and Cathedral Range) occupied. Estimated total of animals is over 600. In 2015-2016, same 14 units occupied as in 2014-2015. Estimated total of animals is 667. In 2016-2017, same 14 herd units. Estimated total animals is above 600 (losses due to severe winter, predation). | |||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 2 | 5.4 | Monitor exposure to disease organisms of concern | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | Other | California Department of Fish and Game | Management: Disease Control | Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Note: Action expected to be necessary until delisting of species. CDFW checks for signs of disease during every capture. | |||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 2 | 6.1 | Investigate genetic population structure of existing herds | Ongoing Current | Other | University of California, White Mountain Research Station, California Department of Fish and Game | Research: Genetics | Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | |||||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 2 | 8 | Establish an implementation advisory team for coordination and communication | Ongoing Current | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game | National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management | Management: Other | Volunteer, Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Note: Action expected to be necessary until delisting of species. Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep RIT established in 2011. Meets almost annually. | ||||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 3 | 1.1 | Identify and acquire important habitat not in public ownership from willing landowners | Ongoing Current | Other | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service, CalTrans | Acquisition: General, Acquisition: Easement, Acquisition: Management Agreement, Acquisition: Exchange, Acquisition: Fee Title, Acquisition: Other | Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Costs are TBD; In 2016, CDFW purchased 2,036 ac from private owners. Now called Green Creek Wildlife Area (located in Mono Co. CA). | ||||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 3 | 2.4 | Manage human use locally where it is found to cause bighorn sheep to avoid important habitat and, thereby, compromises survivorship or reproductive success | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | California Department of Fish and Game | National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service | Management: General | Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | In 2014, CDFW began study in Pine Creek Canyon (Wheeler Herd Unit) to address concerns of increased recreation (hikers, climbers, sightseers). This area is used for lambing. Trying to determine if effecting sheep use of area. Continuing to collect date in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018. Additional graduate level research is occurring related to back country recreation. Thesis may be completed by Dec 2023. | |||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 3 | 4 | Implement a genetic management plan to maintain genetic diversity of Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep. The plan must use genetic variation gathered in action 6.1 | Ongoing Current | California Department of Fish and Game | California Department of Fish and Game | Management: Other | Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Note: Implementation costs included in 3.1; Action expected to be necessary until delisting of species. As part of the recovery permit, CDFW must develop a capture and translocation plan. In 2013, CDFW considered genetics when moving animals into the Olancha Peak, Convict Creek, and Mt. Gibbs herd units. Same as in 2015. CDFW will consider genetics in future translocations. | ||||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 3 | 5.3 | Monitor vegetation structure and composition changes likely to affect bighorn sheep population parameters. | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | California Department of Fish and Game | National Park Service, California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service | Research: Habitat Status | Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Study conducted by USGS (2015) to determine if pack stock use in meadows overlapped with SNBS use of meadows. Found little spatial overlap existed between the two. Where there was overlap, vegetation data collected did not indicate pack stock use was modifying SNBS habitat or impacting nutrition. | |||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 3 | 6.2 | Develop a population viability analysis (PVA) for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep | Ongoing Current | Other | University of California, White Mountain Research Station, California Department of Fish and Game | Research: Population Assessment | Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | |||||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 3 | 6.3 | Further investigate habitat use patterns of bighorn sheep herds | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | Other | California Department of Fish and Game | Research: Other Information | Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Johnson (2013) looked at only use of low elevation winter range and found selection for forage at large spatial scales and avoidance of predation risk by selecting for escape terrain at finer scales. Spitz (2015) evaluated winter resource use and selection by migrants and residents using resource selection functions across three scales from 2005-2013. Corroborated earlier findings and found in contrast to migrants, residents avoiaded predation risk at large sclaes and focused on forage in fine scale selection. Migrants gained better access to forage. Spitz et al. (2018). Forshee (2018) strongest factor predicting lamb survival was distance from steep rocky escape habitat that mothers traveled during first month. Schroeder et al. (2010) studied sexual segregation during winter. | |||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 3 | 6.4 | Investigate and analyze human use patterns relative to habitat use patterns of bighorn sheep | Unknown | FY 2007 | Other | National Park Service, California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service | Research: Other Information | Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | ||||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 3 | 6.5 | Investigate the potential for altering habitat use patterns of mountain lions on bighorn sheep winter ranges by aversive conditioning | Obsolete | Other | California Department of Fish and Game | Research: Other Information | Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | |||||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 3 | 6.6 | Investigate future reintroduction sites relative to potential predator and domestic sheep problems and other potential conflicts | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | Other | National Park Service, California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service | Management: Planning, Research: Other Information | Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | These concerns were considered prior to reintroducing sheep into the Cathedral Range in 2015. | |||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 3 | 6.7 | Investigate and, if appropriate, develop a plan for decreasing mortality of bighorn sheep remaining at high elevation in extreme winters | Obsolete | Other | California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service | Management: Planning, Research: Other Information | Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | |||||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 3 | 6.8 | Attempt to develop long term data that will help elucidate predator-prey dynamics of this ecosystem as they affect bighorn sheep | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | Other | University of California, White Mountain Research Station, National Park Service, California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service | Research: Predation | Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | ||||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 3 | 6.9 | Investigate effects of climate change on bighorn sheep habitat | Ongoing Current | U.S. Geological Survey - Biological Resources Division | National Park Service, California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey - Biological Resources Division | Research: Climate Change | Species Expert, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance | Note: Both action duration and costs are to be determined (TBD). Study being conducted by USGS. | ||||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 3 | 7.1 | Conduct a survey of public uses of bighorn sheep habitat and public attitudes regarding bighorn sheep | Unknown | Other | National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service | Management: Other, Research: Other Information | Internal Field Assistance | |||||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 3 | 7.2 | Develop and distribute information related to recovery efforts | Ongoing Current | California Department of Fish and Game, Other | National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service | Management: Other | Internal Field Assistance | Note: Action expected to be necessary until delisting of species. Currently done by CDFW and the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Foundation. Publications, community and school outreach activities. | ||||||||||||
| Final Recovery Plan for the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis californiana) | F | 8 | Reno Fish and Wildlife Office (775) 861-6300 | Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep | Ovis canadensis sierrae | 3 | 7.3 | Continue, update, and coordinate, existing informational and outreach programs and develop further programs as needed | Ongoing Current | California Department of Fish and Game, Other | National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Game, U.S. Forest Service | Management: Other | Internal Field Assistance | Note: Action expected to be necessary until delisting of species. Currently being done by CDFW and the Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Foundation. |