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Placement. Structure specifics including height, orientation, color, proximity to features and timing as applicable. Operation and maintenance plan/schedule. Provide an operation and maintenance plan that is customary and reasonable for the wildlife structures being installed or modified. Provide the timing, scope and intensity of operation and maintenance, with consideration of the needs of the target and associated species. As a minimum, the O&M will include a schedule (timing, frequency, duration) to: Monitor condition and/or usage of structures. Implement adaptive management by relocating, modifying or repairing structures as needed during the season with the least disturbance to target species. Conduct needed maintenance of structures such as removal of old nesting materials, nests of non-target species, undesirable debris, or abandoned structures. Install, modify and/or monitor during the season of year or time of day to minimize disturbance to wildlife. Remove all structures if they are determined (i.e. upon abandonment) as being potentially detrimental to the target species. Hatcher, R. M. Woodworking for Wildlife in Tennessee. Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. Online version: Tuttle, M.D., M. Kiser, and S. Kiser. 2013. The Bat House Builder’s Handbook. Bat Conservation International. USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service and Wildlife Habitat Council. 2008. Artificial Nesting Structures. Fish and Wildlife Habitat Management Leaflet No 20 (revised) Washington, D.C. Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. Habitat How-To’s – Nesting Structures. .
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