1. The Implementation Committee will develop a grazing approach for areas near designated Life History Sites or Sensitive Habitat Areas. 2. Pumping of water for agricultural purposes will not occur in Zone A. 3. Avoid utilizing low-water crossings when other routes are available. 4. Implement or erosion control along the banks of the Black and Delaware rivers. 5. A staged vegetation plan will be developed by the Implementation Committee for each occupied site and invasives (Creosotebush, Larrea tridentate; Honey Mesquite, Prosopis glandulosa; Saltcedar, Tamarix spp.; Russian Olive, Elaeagnus angustifolia; and Tarbush, Flourensia cernua) will be replanted with native grasses, trees, or shrubs. This process should be incremental but not result in the total removal of native vegetation. B. Zone B Within the Black and Delaware rivers (excluding Zone A in each), Blue Springs, – and their associated USGS 100-year floodplain: The Implementation Committee will develop a grazing approach for near designated Life History Sites or Sensitive Habitat Areas. Temporarily maintain minimum stream flows and cease pumping of water if minimum flow is reached. The Technical Work Group, following the Governance process (Section II), will work with subject matter experts to determine minimum flow within five years of implementation of this CCAA. 2. Avoid utilizing low-water crossings when other routes are available. 3. Implement erosion control along the banks of the Black and Delaware rivers. 4. Increases in current agricultural practices that could impact Zone A (e.g., increasing grazing pressure and developing new agricultural fields) will not be allowed. C. Zone C - Ephemeral Drainages to the Black and Delaware rivers, including Owl Draw: The Implementation Committee will develop a grazing approach for areas near designated Life History Sites or Sensitive Habitat Areas. Temporarily maintain minimum stream flows and cease pumping of water if minimum flow is reached. The Technical Work Group, following the Governance process (Section II), will work with subject matter experts to determine minimum flow within five years of implementation of this CCAA. Avoid utilizing low-water crossings when other routes are available. Carlsbad Irrigation District CID owns and operates a diversion dam downstream of the Occupied Habitat in the Black River and manages irrigation canals leading to the diversion dam from the Pecos River and from the diversion dam to deliver water to CID members. In lieu of Enrollment and Habitat
1. The Implementation Committee will develop a grazing approach for areas near designated Life History Sites or Sensitive Habitat Areas. 2. Pumping of water for agricultural purposes will not occur in Zone A. 3. Avoid utilizing low-water crossings when other routes are available. 4. Implement or erosion control along the banks of the Black and Delaware rivers. 5. A staged vegetation plan will be developed by the Implementation Committee for each occupied site and invasives (Creosotebush, Larrea tridentate; Honey Mesquite, Prosopis glandulosa; Saltcedar, Tamarix spp.; Russian Olive, Elaeagnus angustifolia; and Tarbush, Flourensia cernua) will be replanted with native grasses, trees, or shrubs. This process should be incremental but not result in the total removal of native vegetation. B. Zone B – Within the Black and Delaware rivers (excluding Zone A in each), Blue Springs, and their associated USGS 100-year floodplain: The Implementation Committee will develop a grazing approach for near designated Life History Sites or Sensitive Habitat Areas. Temporarily maintain minimum stream flows and cease pumping of water if minimum flow is reached. The Technical Work Group, following the Governance process (Section II), will work with subject matter experts to determine minimum flow within five years of implementation of this CCAA. 2. Avoid utilizing low-water crossings when other routes are available. 3. Implement erosion control along the banks of the Black and Delaware rivers. 4. Increases in current agricultural practices that could impact Zone A (e.g., increasing grazing pressure and developing new agricultural fields) will not be allowed. C. Zone C - Ephemeral Drainages to the Black and Delaware rivers, including Owl Draw: The Implementation Committee will develop a grazing approach for areas near designated Life History Sites or Sensitive Habitat Areas. Temporarily maintain minimum stream flows and cease pumping of water if minimum flow is reached. The Technical Work Group, following the Governance process (Section II), will work with subject matter experts to determine minimum flow within five years of implementation of this CCAA. Avoid utilizing low-water crossings when other routes are available. Carlsbad Irrigation District CID owns and operates a diversion dam downstream of the Occupied Habitat in the Black River and manages irrigation canals leading to the diversion dam from the Pecos River and from the diversion dam to deliver water to CID members. In lieu of Enrollment and Habitat
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