U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Ecological Services What We - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Ecological Services

What We Do – or Think We Do Agua Caliente Solar Power Project Navajo Generating Station

Our Programs  Section 7 Consultation  Technical Assistance  Listing and Critical Habitat  Recovery Planning and Implementation  Candidate Conservation  Natural Resource Damage Assessments & Remediation  Partners for Fish and Wildlife

T&E Species in Arizona Northern Mexican  9 mammals gartersnake  8 birds  4 reptiles  2 amphibians Chiricahua leopard frog  21 fishes Zuni bluehead sucker  3 invertebrates  22 plants  2 proposed for listing  7 candidates  6 species delisted Southwestern willow flycatcher

Bald and Golden Eagles and Migratory Birds Technical Assistance and Planning

Water Development and Management Santa Cruz River 1904 Glen Canyon Dam Verde River Central Arizona Project Canal Lower Colorado River MSCP CAP Canal

Energy and Transmission Garkane Energy Perrin Ranch Wind Navajo Generating Station Agua Caliente Solar Power Project Navajo Generating Station Canyon Mine Kanab North Mine ContaminantStudy Canyon Mine Study

Transportation and Development Virgin River Bridges Virgin River chub Arizona Hedgehog Cactus Little Colorado River

Nonnative Species Adult bullfrog Tamarisk leaf beetle Adult bullfrog Crayfish Bucket o’ bullfrog tadpoles

Fire and Forest Management Gila trout stocking

Conservation Tools  10(j) populations  Safe harbor agreements  Candidate conservation agreements  Candidate conservation agreements with assurances  Habitat conservation plans  Conservation banks  Partners for Fish and Wildlife grants  Revision of mitigation policy chub

Black-footed ferret (Endangered)  10(j) population in Aubrey Valley 1 of 3 self-sustaining  Programmatic Rangewide Safe Harbor Agreement with Certificate of Inclusion for Espee Ranch chub

California condor (Endangered) 10(j) population in Southwest began December 1996 • 5-year review of SW population in 2017 • Lead exposure from ammunition greatest threat to recovery • chub

Leopard Frog Recovery Northern leopard frog Chiricahua leopard frog egg mass Crayfish following Northern leopard frog ammonia treatment

Endangered Fishes Colorado pikeminnow Gila trout stocking Spinedace stocking Little Colorado spinedace chub

Conservation Programs at Phoenix Zoo Gila topminnow Black-footed ferret Mt. Graham red squirrel Huachuca water umbel Narrow-headed gartersnake Chiricahua leopard frog Springsnails Desert pupfish

Endangered Species Day – May 20, 2016