Recovery Plan Ad Hoc Report results
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Document ID=300001| 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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| Carolina Heelsplitter | F | 4 | South Carolina Ecological Services (843) 727-4707 | Carolina heelsplitter | Lasmigona decorata | 1 | 1.1 | Utilize existing legislation and regulations to protect the species and its habitat. | Ongoing Current | Prior to FY 1995 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Law Enforcement Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, State Conservation Agencies | Work type not yet selected | Internal Technical Assistance | This task is continuous and will be necessary, and cannot be completed, until species is recovered/delisted | |||||||||||
| Carolina Heelsplitter | F | 4 | South Carolina Ecological Services (843) 727-4707 | Carolina heelsplitter | Lasmigona decorata | 1 | 1.2 | Work with appropriate Federal and State agencies to identify actions that could negatively affect the species and incorporate protective measures into such actions. | Ongoing Current | Prior to FY 1995 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, State Conservation Agencies, Natural Resources Conservation Service | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Labor type not yet selected | This task is continuous and will be necessary, and cannot be completed, until species is recovered/delisted | |||||||||||
| Carolina Heelsplitter | F | 4 | South Carolina Ecological Services (843) 727-4707 | Carolina heelsplitter | Lasmigona decorata | 1 | 1.3.1&1.3.2 | Meet with local government officials and business interests and elicit their support for recovery. | Ongoing Current | FY 1995 - FY 1999 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, State Conservation Agencies, Natural Resources Conservation Service | Management: Planning | Internal Field Assistance | This task is continuous until the species is delisted. The Service has been working with Union and Mecklenburg County, other local governments, and NCDWQ to establish protective ordinances, state regulations, management palns, etc. to protect occupied streams from the effects of development and other land use activities; a Site Specific Mgmt Plan for the Goose Creek was approved by the NC EMC in February 2009 - the plan includes riparian buffer requirem'ts, stormwater controls measures, etc. for new development within the watershed; however, it provides for numerous exemptions/exceptions within the buffers without requiring mitigation and allows the granting of variances to the rules. Working with Lancaster County, SC a Carolina heelsplitter overlay district was approved by Lancaster County Council on April 28, 2008 (the overlay district establishes conservation guidelines designed to conserve Carolina heelsplitter in the Sixmile Creek basin and to create a market for Conservation Bank Credits that will help protect the heelsplitter outside of Sixmile Creek); and a Carolina heelsplitter Conservation Bank was established in 2009. Also working with Lancaster County, SC to improve existing poorly designed stream crossings on Carolina heelsplitter streams and tributaries to heelsplitter streams. | |||||||||||
| Carolina Heelsplitter | F | 4 | South Carolina Ecological Services (843) 727-4707 | Carolina heelsplitter | Lasmigona decorata | 1 | 1.4 | Encourage establishment of outstanding resource water designations and other protective strategies as a means of protecting the species. | Ongoing Current | FY 2000 - FY 2004 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, State Conservation Agencies, Natural Resources Conservation Service | Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation | Internal Field Assistance | Draft techical support document for development of a site-specific management plan (SSMP) for the protection and recovery of the Goose Creek/Duck Creek population was developed and submitted to the NCDWQ -- SSMP was issued by NCDWQ in 2009. | |||||||||||
| Carolina Heelsplitter | F | 4 | South Carolina Ecological Services (843) 727-4707 | Carolina heelsplitter | Lasmigona decorata | 1 | 2.1&2.2&2.3 | Conduct research necessary for species management and recovery; i.e., habitat requirements, biology, and threat analyses. | Ongoing Current | Prior to FY 1995 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, U.S. Forest Service, State Conservation Agencies | Management: General | Contract | In the fall of 2006, initiated fish host studies with individuals rescued from Duck Creek due to severe drought conditions; were forced to rescue additional individuals from Duck & Sixmile Creek, NC (2007 & 2008), and unnamed trib. to Bull Run Creek, SC (2008) that will be used for life history, controlled propagation, and population augmentation/reintroduction. 2009 - identified suitable fish hosts. In 2011, a genetic study of surviving populations was completed. | |||||||||||
| Carolina Heelsplitter | F | 4 | South Carolina Ecological Services (843) 727-4707 | Carolina heelsplitter | Lasmigona decorata | 2 | 1.3.3 | Develop information and education program and present. | Ongoing Current | Prior to FY 1995 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, U.S. Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy, State Conservation Agencies | Other: Information and Education | Internal Administrative | Task duration: 1 year to develop, then continuous. Among numerous other outreach efforts, worked with SCDNR, NC State Museum and other partners to develop and publish a SC mussel workbook and key (2004; second printing 2008) as well a smaller "field guide" and electronic versions (2008). | |||||||||||
| Carolina Heelsplitter | F | 4 | South Carolina Ecological Services (843) 727-4707 | Carolina heelsplitter | Lasmigona decorata | 2 | 1.5 | Consider use of land acquisition to protect the species. | Ongoing Current | FY 1995 - FY 1999 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, U.S. Forest Service, The Nature Conservancy, State Conservation Agencies | Acquisition: Easement | Internal Administrative | On-going efforts with the TNC, local land trusts, NCDOT, and others to acquire easements on streams supporting species; in 2005 the Service provided 2 million dollars to the SCDNR, through a Recovery Land Aquistition grant, to assist in the purchase of lands in the Flat Creek watershed; in 2010, a Conservation Bank in the Flat Creek watershed was established. | |||||||||||
| Carolina Heelsplitter | F | 4 | South Carolina Ecological Services (843) 727-4707 | Carolina heelsplitter | Lasmigona decorata | 2 | 2.5 | Determine number of individuals required to maintain viable population. | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Law Enforcement Division, Contract | Research: Population Surveys | Contract | |||||||||||||
| Carolina Heelsplitter | F | 4 | South Carolina Ecological Services (843) 727-4707 | Carolina heelsplitter | Lasmigona decorata | 2 | 3 | Search for additional populations and suitable habitat for reintroductions. | Ongoing Current | FY 2007 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, U.S. Forest Service, State Conservation Agencies, Contract | Research: Population Surveys | Internal Field Assistance | continuous as funding allows; 8 new populations have been discovered since listing; Completed surveys for new populations in of portions of the: Savannah R. system (iniated 2000, completed 2005), Catawba R. system (initated 2003, completed 2007) Saluda R. system (initiated 2005, completed 2008). | |||||||||||
| Carolina Heelsplitter | F | 4 | South Carolina Ecological Services (843) 727-4707 | Carolina heelsplitter | Lasmigona decorata | 2 | 4 | Develop artificial holding and propagation techniques; reintroduce species into historic habitat; and, if needed, augment existing populations. | Ongoing Current | FY 2007 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, Contract | Work type not yet selected | Contract | In cooperation with the NCWRC, NC State Univ., and others, initiated fish host studies. Life history studies (on-going); initiated threats analysis to identify site(s) for potential reintroduction (2009); initiated genetic evaluation of surviving populations for population augmentation and reintroduction efforts; rescued (from drying streams because of on-going exceptional drought conditions) additional individuals from two populations for holding and propagation for population augmentations/reintroductions (2007); NCWRC and NC State University in cooperation with the Service are holding and conducting controlled propagation of rescued individuals from 3 populations (because of exceptional drought conditions); 2008 provided funding to NCWRC to expand holding and propagation; 2010 working with Orangeburg, SC, NFH to expand their capacity for rescue, holding, and controlled propagation; also initiated threat analysis/land use study to evaluate streams for population reintroduction; 2012 - individuals from 3 populations are currently being held and propagated; provided additional funding to expand holding and propagation facilities to allow for holding and propagation of additional populations in danger of becoming extirpated to preserve genetic material and provide individuals for population augmentation/reintroduction. Holding, propagation, and life history studies continued in 2013 and plans were initiated for augmenting the Goose Creek population of the species. | |||||||||||
| Carolina Heelsplitter | F | 4 | South Carolina Ecological Services (843) 727-4707 | Carolina heelsplitter | Lasmigona decorata | 2 | 5 | Develop and utilize cryopreservation techniques. | Not Started | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, Contract | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | |||||||||||||
| Carolina Heelsplitter | F | 4 | South Carolina Ecological Services (843) 727-4707 | Carolina heelsplitter | Lasmigona decorata | 2 | 6 | Develop and implement a monitoring program. | Ongoing Current | Prior to FY 1995 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, U.S. Forest Service, State Conservation Agencies | Acquisition | Internal Field Assistance | Biennial as personnel and funding allow; 2009 - 2012 assessed effects of 2007-2008 exceptional drought conditions and status of populations. 2012 intiated study to identify sites (runs and pools) within drought prone streams, likely to maintain water and provide habitat for the heelsplitter, where mussels can be moved during emergency drought conditions (study continued in 2013 and monitoring of Turkey Creek population was initiated. | |||||||||||
| Carolina Heelsplitter | F | 4 | South Carolina Ecological Services (843) 727-4707 | Carolina heelsplitter | Lasmigona decorata | 3 | 2.4 | Based on biological and threat analyses, investigate need for management and implement where needed. | Ongoing Current | Prior to FY 1995 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, State Conservation Agencies, Natural Resources Conservation Service | Acquisition | Contract | Priority 1, 2, or 3, depending on result of 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3. continous until species is delisted | |||||||||||
| Carolina Heelsplitter | F | 4 | South Carolina Ecological Services (843) 727-4707 | Carolina heelsplitter | Lasmigona decorata | 3 | 7 | Annually assess recovery program and modify program and plan where required. | Ongoing Current | FY 2007 | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, U.S. Forest Service, State Conservation Agencies | Work type not yet selected | Labor type not yet selected | This task is conducted yearly; initiated 5-year review in 2007 |