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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
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 1 1121 Make landowners aware of plants and habitat Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Texas State University, Private Landowners, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, International Boundary and Water Commission, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Janssen Biological Other: Information and Education Species Expert, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance One of the important initial tasks undertaken by TPWD was to survey for populations and identify the landowners on whose land the plants occurred. TPWD spent several years locating landowners and educating them about the plants and their habitat. The TPWD botantist who worked on this section 6-funded project later formed her own consulting business, Janssen Biological. She has continued to work on the Johnston's frankenia even after leaving TPWD. Under contract to TNC, she made additional LO contacts between 2003 and 2006 - always educating them regarding the endangered frankenia and its management needs. She frequently works under contract to oil and gas companies or individual LO's doing rare plant surveys throughout the range of Johnston's frankenia, so she continues to educate LO's even into the present. Additionally, TNC's South Texas Project Officer has been working with at least 3 LO's who have frankenia on their ranches. He has also raised awareness of the plant and its habitat needs. In Fall 2011 (FY2012), consultant Janssen worked with TNC and LO's - getting cooperative agreements in place. Included vegetation inventories - mapping - increased LO awareness of their JF populations. In 2014, International Boundary and Water Commission and NRCS representatives received training for field identification of Johnston's frankenia from FWS' LRGVNWR and CCESFO staff, along with TNC and Janssen Biological. 1121-1 In 2014, the LRGV NWR Plant Ecologist, Kim Wahl, trained International Boundary & Water Commission (IBWC) staff to recognize the species and its habitat in the field so that they would be able to recognize the species on IBWC's Falcon Lake properties. Also in FY14, NRCS personnel were trained for field identification by Gena Janssen, Kim, TNC, and FWS CCFO staff. Ongoing Current 2014 2014 Labor type not yet selected Work type not yet selected
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 1 1121 Make landowners aware of plants and habitat Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Texas State University, Private Landowners, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, International Boundary and Water Commission, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Janssen Biological Other: Information and Education Species Expert, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance One of the important initial tasks undertaken by TPWD was to survey for populations and identify the landowners on whose land the plants occurred. TPWD spent several years locating landowners and educating them about the plants and their habitat. The TPWD botantist who worked on this section 6-funded project later formed her own consulting business, Janssen Biological. She has continued to work on the Johnston's frankenia even after leaving TPWD. Under contract to TNC, she made additional LO contacts between 2003 and 2006 - always educating them regarding the endangered frankenia and its management needs. She frequently works under contract to oil and gas companies or individual LO's doing rare plant surveys throughout the range of Johnston's frankenia, so she continues to educate LO's even into the present. Additionally, TNC's South Texas Project Officer has been working with at least 3 LO's who have frankenia on their ranches. He has also raised awareness of the plant and its habitat needs. In Fall 2011 (FY2012), consultant Janssen worked with TNC and LO's - getting cooperative agreements in place. Included vegetation inventories - mapping - increased LO awareness of their JF populations. In 2014, International Boundary and Water Commission and NRCS representatives received training for field identification of Johnston's frankenia from FWS' LRGVNWR and CCESFO staff, along with TNC and Janssen Biological. 1121-2 Renewing landowner contacts Ongoing Current 2015 Labor type not yet selected Work type not yet selected During FY15, TPWD began to reinitiate contact with landowners on whose land frankenia populations are known to occur.
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 1 1122 Work with landowners on land management practices Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Janssen Biological U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Private Landowners, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, International Boundary and Water Commission, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Janssen Biological Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation Species Expert, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance Since 1993, when TPWD began their Johnston's frankenia project, working with LO's on land management practices has been a primary activity aimed at avoiding impacts to the species and its habitat. Much of the information gained from the TPWD/TSU research on species biology and ecology, was used to determine the best management scenarios for this species. Even after TPWD concluded its project in 1999, the private consultant (Janssen Biological) who previously worked for TPWD, as well as TNC have continued their work with LO's. In FY 2011, TNC worked with the LO's of a ranch on the most northern periphery of the species' known range to relocate 8 plants out of the path of a proposed oil field road. From 2006-2011 (FY2012), TNC and Janssen Biological used funds provided by FWS's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program to carry out actions with LOs that included monitoring of populations and installing Texas Conservation Partner from gate signs and "stay on the road" plant protection signs - on 3 ranches (in Webb and Zapata counties).
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 1 1123 Fence private sites Ongoing Not Current FY 2011 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Janssen Biological The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Private Landowners, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Janssen Biological Management: Land Use Species Expert, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance The need to fence Johnson's frankenia to exclude grazing has never been definitively shown as a need on any particular property. Fencing might be beneficial if it kept construction activities (such as oil and gas road or well pad building) out of populations, but to date this hasn't been done. Symbolic fencing, including posting signs around populations to help avoid impacts- keeping construction and oil/gas activities out, has been done on some private ranches. Also, one LO has switched grazing schemes so he's moving cattle more often (decreases chances of grazing on JF). One LO who has signed a number of conservation agreements over the years and who is always aware of all his population locations and actively works to avoid and damage, bought additional land with JF and plans to protect it there as well.
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 2 111 Identify essential habitat Complete Prior to FY 1995 FY 2000 - FY 2004 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Texas State University, Private Landowners, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Natural Resource Conservation Service Research: Ecosystem Studies, Management: General, Management: Land Use, Research: Habitat Requirements Graduate Student, Contract Between 1993 and 1999, TPWD conducted research and surveys to determine the characteristics of habitat occupied by the Johnston's frankenia.
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 2 113 Permanently protect at least one site Complete Prior to FY 1995 FY 1995 - FY 1999 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Acquisition: Fee Title Internal Administrative The USFWS' Realty Division completed acquisition of the Chapeno Tract in Starr County, adding it to the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge in the 1990's. Part of one subpopulation of Johnston's frankenia extends onto this tract. By summer 2012, LRGV NWR had remapped Chapeno Tract population and done plant count estimates. Refuge also acquired additional property that has approximately 300 JF plants.
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 2 12 Protect habitat in Mexico Not Started FY 2012 Other U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Management: International Cooperation, Management: Habitat Maintenance and Manipulation, Management: Land Use Internal Technical Assistance Although at least 4 populations have been reported from Mexico, they are all on privately-owned land and the level of protection for these populations is unknown.
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 2 13 Prevent inherent biological threats Partially Complete Prior to FY 1995 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Texas State University, Private Landowners, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Natural Resource Conservation Service Research: Climate Change, Research: Ecosystem Studies, Research: Population Surveys, Research: Habitat Status, Research: Habitat Requirements, Research: Demographic Studies, Research: Competition Graduate Student, Species Expert, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance Although the listing documents and the recovery plan for the Johnston's frankenia indicated that inherent biological limitations, including such parameters as a small number of populations and few individuals, and a low reproductive potential, posed a threat to the continued existence of frankenia, research that clarified the life history and habitat requirements of the species, along with population surveys that showed greater than 70 populations and multi-million individual plants, showed that this threat was not valid. Ancedotal evidence was collected regarding effects of drought. JF is drought deciduous. It sheds its leaves and looks to be in poor condition during drought - however, following rainfall, it responds quickly by producing more leaves and flowering. Janssen Biological and one LO indicated that the severe droughtiness of 2011 resulted in JF looking poor along with the rest of the vegetation but after spring 2012 rains, the plants look good again.
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 2 14 Develop a management plan Partially Complete FY 1995 - FY 1999 FY 2012 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Private Landowners, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Janssen Biological Management: Planning Species Expert, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance TPWD voluntary conservation agreements for private LO's with Johnston's frankenia contained management recommendations and were a very cursory type of management plan - primarily providing for avoidance of impacts to the species (which was the species' greatest need). TPWD got the first agreements signed in 1996 and they had a 10-year time frame. Some of the same landowners resigned these agreements in 2006, as did some new landowners. The TNC also has a management-type of agreement with at least 3 LO's of frankenia. The LRGV NWR includes management of frankenia in its CCP. FY2012, all conservation agreements between TNC and LOs contain a section "Conservation Actions and Species Management" that specifies the actions to be taken on any particular ranch. Two conservation agreements were signed by Dec. 31, 2011, and a third was drafted.
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 2 15 Monitor populations Ongoing Current FY 1995 - FY 1999 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Private Landowners, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, International Boundary and Water Commission, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Janssen Biological Other: Information and Education, Research: Population Surveys, Management: Population Monitoring Contract, Internal Field Assistance TPWD installed photo monitoring points in some frankenia populations in the mid-1990's and did some follow-up monitoring of these sites. TNC conducts annual monitoring of frankenia on those ranches where the LO's have signed conservation agreements with TNC. All of the monitoring to date has been visual observations of conditions of the plants and the habitat, and inspection to look for any threats such as habitat destruction. A post-delisting monitoring plan has been drafted (2011). During FY15, TPWD began renewed monitoring of frankenia. 15-1 In FY14, FWS, Janssen, TNC and others visited several population sites to look at the condition of the plants following an extended period of drought that was broken by rainfall over a couple of months. The frankenia appeared to be fine despite the extended drought conditions. Ongoing Current 2014 2014 Labor type not yet selected Work type not yet selected
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 2 15 Monitor populations Ongoing Current FY 1995 - FY 1999 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Private Landowners, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, International Boundary and Water Commission, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Janssen Biological Other: Information and Education, Research: Population Surveys, Management: Population Monitoring Contract, Internal Field Assistance TPWD installed photo monitoring points in some frankenia populations in the mid-1990's and did some follow-up monitoring of these sites. TNC conducts annual monitoring of frankenia on those ranches where the LO's have signed conservation agreements with TNC. All of the monitoring to date has been visual observations of conditions of the plants and the habitat, and inspection to look for any threats such as habitat destruction. A post-delisting monitoring plan has been drafted (2011). During FY15, TPWD began renewed monitoring of frankenia. 15-2 Monitoring of known frankenia populations was started again in FY15. Ongoing Current 2015 Labor type not yet selected Work type not yet selected During FY15, TPWD began renewed monitoring of frankenia at some known populations.
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 2 21 Determine precise habitat requirements Complete Prior to FY 1995 FY 1995 - FY 1999 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Other U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Texas State University, Private Landowners, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Janssen Biological Research: Ecosystem Studies Species Expert, Contract, Internal Field Assistance TPWD determined habitat requirements for the Johnston's frankenia through research conducted between 1993 and 1999.
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 2 221 Study demography Partially Complete Prior to FY 1995 FY 1995 - FY 1999 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Texas State University, Private Landowners, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Janssen Biological Research: Demographic Studies Species Expert, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance TPWD and TSU conducted some demographic analysis between 1993 and 1996.
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 2 222 Study phenology Complete Prior to FY 1995 FY 1995 - FY 1999 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Texas State University, Private Landowners, Janssen Biological Research: Other Information Species Expert, Contract TPWD and TSU gathered information on phenology of Johnston's frankenia between 1993 and 1996.
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 2 223 Study reproductive biology Complete Prior to FY 1995 FY 1995 - FY 1999 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Texas State University, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Janssen Biological Research: Other Information Species Expert, Contract TPWD and TSU conducted reproductive biology studies for Johnston's frankenia including fertilization strategies and pollination.
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 2 23 Study population ecology Complete Prior to FY 1995 FY 1995 - FY 1999 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Texas State University, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Janssen Biological Research: Ecosystem Studies Species Expert, Contract TPWD conducted some basic studies of population ecology for Johnston's frankenia between 1993 and 1999.
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 2 3 Search for additional populations Ongoing Current Prior to FY 1995 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Private Landowners, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, International Boundary and Water Commission, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Janssen Biological Research: Population Surveys Species Expert, Contract, Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance Population surveys for Johnston's frankenia began in earnest in 1993 as part of a section 6-funded project done internally by TPWD. TPWD botanist Gena Janssen did extensive surveys for new populations in Starr, Zapata, and Webb Counties in Texas and even did some road surveys in Mexico. By 1999, she had located 58 populations in Texas (including relocating the 5 populations known at the time of listing) and 4 populations in Mexico. Since 1999, when the TPWD project ended, additional surveys have been done. Some of these surveys have been part of other projects including the TPWD-funded surveys for a rare plant project that took place between 2003-2006. Other populations have been found by botanists conducting surveys for other purposes and discovering frankenia as an incidental find or looking for the species as part of surveys being done prior to oil and gas activities. At least 64 populations had been located in Texas by 2003 when a first proposal to delist the species was published. Additional sites have been located since that time. Although no funded formal searches were completed in FY2012, Janssen Biological continued to work across S.TX landscape doing botanical surveys for pipeline companies. Janssen's tracked locations of any new populations of JF if they were seen. 3-1 Janssen Biological conducted surveys for listed plants, including frankenia, during FY14 for an electric transmission line project that will extend from Laredo to Cameron County. Also, during FY14, the USDA's APHIS Tick Riders Program contacted surveys for endangered plants in the footprint of their proposed new fence between Roma and Laredo. Ongoing Current 2015 Labor type not yet selected Work type not yet selected
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 2 4 Establish botanical garden populations Not Started U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Management: Propagation Internal Technical Assistance There are no botanical garden populations of Johnston's frankenia at present. The species is among those on the list for the Center for Plant Conservation's ongoing rare plant seed collection project in south Texas
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 2 5 Develop public awareness Partially Complete Prior to FY 1995 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, The Nature Conservancy of Texas, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, International Boundary and Water Commission, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Janssen Biological Other: Information and Education Contract, Internal Technical Assistance The TPWD conducted an extensive education/outreach campaign in the early years of its section 6 project (1993-1995) in order to stimulate interest of LO's in the species and in cooperating with TPWD on species conservation activities. TPWD also worked to educate the Natural Resource Conservation Service's staff in Webb, Zapata, and Starr Counties, as a way to meet LO's and to pass information on conservation and management of frankenia to the people who actually delivered land management and conservation on-the-ground. TPWD also set up booths at County fairs and did presentations in schools in Zapata County to educate the public about conservation of endangered species. No public awareness activies were completed in FY2012 except work with LOs. In FY 14, staff from IBWC and NRCS received training in field identification of Johnston's frankenia so that they could help landowners identify the plant and so the plant could be searched for during surveys of IBWC's Falcon Lake tracts of land. 5-1 The LRGV NWR's Plant Ecologist, Kimberly Wahl, created a field identification handout for Johnston's frankenia. She also carried out classroom and field identification training for IBWC staff so that they could recognize the species, and other rare species, on their Falcon Lake property. Also in FY 14, staff from NRCS offices in Zapata, Webb, and Starr Counties, were trained to recognize frankenia in the field so that they could assist landowners in avoiding impacts to the species. Complete 2014 2014 Labor type not yet selected Work type not yet selected
Johnston's Frankenia(Frankenia johnstonii) Recovery Plan F 2 Texas Coastal Ecological Services Field Office (281) 286-8282 Johnston's frankenia Frankenia johnstonii 3 16 Establish down- and delisting criteria Complete FY 2000 - FY 2004 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Other: Regulations Internal Administrative The Johnston's frankenia recovery plan did not establish down- or delisting criteria because so much information about the species' distribution, abundance, range, life history, and ecology was lacking. The TDoPW (TPWD), in cooperation with TSU, conducted population surveys and research on the life history and ecological aspects of the species, during the 1990's. This work, along with additional surveys done between 2003-2006, turned up a large number of populations in 3 southern Texas counties, some being as large as a million plants. Biological and ecological research showed the plant to be very competitive within the harsh habitat conditions in which it is found. The species is currently being proposed for delisting based on the results of this work, even though recovery criteria were never determined. We can assume that this action is completed because the species is being proposed for delisting.