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The Path from Covered Species to Conservation Approach
Select Covered Species
Group species by habitat category/type
Set Biological Goals
Determine Objectives
Define Conservation Approach
Group Species by Key Limiting Factors/ Select Umbrella Species
identify specified expected outcomes with full
implementation of the HCP for the covered species and
habitat types.
Key Limiting Factors
KLF’s are those factors that most influence the habitats of the covered species and thus, population viability.
Substrate (gravel, boulder, bedrock)
Less than 25% embeddness
Greater than 6 ppm dissolved O2
Spotfin Chub KLFs
. What the BGOs do
The provision of our habitats and KLFs
threatens the habitats and KLFs
of the covered species
The BGOs lead us to ways to protect and conserve the
habitats and KLFs of the
covered species
Biological Goal # 2
• The conservation and restoration of those habitats and ecological processes essential to the life
history requirements of
the covered species
Steps 3 and 4:_____________________
Group species by habitatcategory/type and by KLFs.
Select Umbrella species
3 Habitat Categories and 7 Habitat Types
AQUATIC (1 type)
SEMI-AQUATIC (2 types)
TERRESTRIAL (3 types)
Species with closely similar KLFs within the same habitat type were
grouped under an umbrella species
AN UMBRELLA SPECIES IS A SURROGATE FOR OTHER SPECIES
SHARING THE SAME HABITAT, SUCH THAT PRACTICES FOR
CONSERVING THE UMBRELLA SPECIES SHOULD BE EFFECTIVE AT
CONSERVING ALL OTHER SPECIES WITHIN THE SAME HABITAT
UMBRELLA SPECIES
Aquatic Habitat
Type
Covered Species:Pristine crayfishSpotfin chubObey crayfishHellbenderSickle darterPurple beanTennessee pondweed
Perennial Stream
Semi-Aquatic Habitat Types
Intermittently Flooded Bedrock/boulder/cobble/gravel bed
Covered Species:
Cumberland dusky salamander
Cumberland rosemary
Large-flowered Barbara’s buttons
Virginia spiraea
Cumberland sandgrass
Seepage Wetland/Riparian ForestWhite fringeless orchidCumberland dusky salamander
Semi-Aquatic Habitat Types
Riparian Forest/Caves
Indiana batGray batEastern small-footed batNorthern long-eared bat
Terrestrial Habitat Types
Interior Mature Forest
Cerulean warbler
Swainson’s warbler
Timber rattlesnake
Terrestrial Habitat Types
Aquatic Habitat Objectives
1.Conserve and restore normal water chemistry, water clarity, and substrate integrity to maintain aquatic habitats and support viable populations of the
covered species
2. Conserve and restore the
necessary distribution and
abundance of high quality
aquatic habitat that supports
viable populations of the covered species
Aquatic Habitat Objectives
3. Conserve and restore aquatic corridors that allow free movement/passage of covered aquatic species.
Aquatic Habitat Objectives
4.Conserve and restore natural flow regimes to support and maintain instream habitat heterogeneity needed by populations of the covered species.
5. Discourage the spread of
invasive species that could
compete with or degrade
the habitat of covered
aquatic species. Rusty
rusty crayfish
Semi-Aquatic Biological Objectives
1. Conserve and restore normal water chemistry, water clarity, and substrate integrity to maintain aquatic habitats and support viable populations of the covered species
2. Conserve the necessary distribution and abundance of high quality semi-aquatic habitat that supports viable populations of the covered species
3. Conserve and restore habitat corridors to allow free movement/passage of the covered species
Semi-Aquatic Biological Objectives
4. Conserve the natural, undisturbed flow regime to maintain the necessary semi-aquatic habitats
Semi-Aquatic Biological Objectives
5. Discourage the spread of invasive species that could
dominate the habitat and
out-compete the covered species for life requirements.
Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Conservation Approach
• Protect riparian zones, streams, and wetlands by establishing buffer and revegetation requirements.
• Maintain and restore
habitat connectivity.
Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Conservation Approach
• Facilitate low-impact development (LID), the most effective E&S control methods, and pollutant-removal/volume-based stormwater management methods for all new development and re-development projects
Aquatic and Semi-Aquatic Conservation Approach
• Promote the implementation of Best Available Technology and maintenance for domestic wastewater treatment and disposal systems
• Ensure the strict implementation of conservation measures through appropriate planning and inspection
Benefits
• This approach will benefit the umbrella species and all covered species by protecting the clean water, shaded streams, sediment-free natural substrates, natural hydrologic regimes, and vegetated riparian zones that these species require.
Benefits
• The removal of and reduction in development-related impacts to the streams is anticipated to result in passive restoration of stream banks and substrates over time.
• In some highly impacted areas,
active stream restoration will be
necessary and should be
encouraged for private-public
partnership conservation projects
and as mitigation for unavoidable
impacts under permitted activities.
Benefits
• This approach will benefit all of the covered species in the semi-aquatic and aquatic habitats by avoiding or minimizing water quality degradation and hydrologic alterations, and the loss of vegetated riparian habitats, seepage wetlands, and corridors.
Benefits
• This conservation approach will have the additional benefit of protecting species in the terrestrial habitats by preserving corridors for movement and dispersal, and protecting foraging/ roosting habitat for the bat species.
Terrestrial Biological Objectives
1. Conserve the necessary distribution, abundance, areal extent, and diversity of terrestrial habitat to support viable
a populations of covered
species.
2. Conserve habitat corridors to allow free movement/passage of the covered species.
Terrestrial Biological Objectives
3. Conserve key ecological features within terrestrial habitats (e.g., rock outcrops).
• 4. Discourage the spread of invasive species that could dominate the habitat and out-compete the covered species for life requirements
Terrestrial Conservation Approach
• Ensure the strict implementation of conservation measures through appropriate planning and inspection
Next Step: Conservation Measures
The Conservation Measures will be based on the Objectives and
Conservation Approaches