LOP Appendix E

 
APPENDIX E
 

WESTERN SNOWY PLOVER OPERATING REQUIREMENTS

FOR PROJECTS LOCATED ON THE EEL RIVER

BELOW THE CONFLUENCE OF THE SOUTH FORK EEL RIVER

NEEDED FOR A

"NOT LIKELY TO ADVERSELY AFFECT" DETERMINATION

Projects located on the Eel River, downstream from the confluence of the South Fork Eel River, are not likely to adversely affect the western snowy plover if:
 

 1. Gravel extraction commences after September 15; or

 2. Gravel extraction commences on or after August 16, and an USFWS approved biologist has surveyedthe entire gravel bar, on or after August 16th, and not found western snowy plover nests and/or chicks; or

 3. Gravel extraction commences on or after August 16, where a USFWS approved biologist has surveyed the entire gravel bar, on or after August 16th, found western snowy plover nests and/or chicks, and the operator:

 a. has the bar surveyed each morning, by an USFWS approved biologist, to locate the discovered nests and/or chicks prior to gravel extraction; and

 b. maintains a 300 meter buffer between the nests and/or chicks morning location and operations; and

  c.  halts operations the first day no nests or chicks are found on the bar; and

  d.  continues surveying for two more consecutive days to locate chicks.  Surveys can stop on the third consecutive day of not finding chicks.  Gravel extraction operations, however, can resume on the second consecutive day.





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