Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program

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Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program
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Private Lands Habitat Restoration
Financial Assistance
Technical Assistance
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• Voluntary
• Habitat restoration
• Private and tribal lands

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Mountain-Prairie Region
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CO
KS
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Priorities
Photo by Rick Schnaderbeck

• Restore habitats for Federal trust species
• Particular emphasis on TE species and species of
  concern
• Keep common species common
• Landscape-level conservation
• Complement National Wildlife Refuges

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How Does the Program Work?
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Authority to the Field Staff
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Identify Biological Needs
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Identify Landowner Needs
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Discuss various options, including funding
opportunities
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WILDLIFE EXTENSION AGREEMENT This agreement
dated XX between XX (Wildlife Cooperator)
and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is
entered into pursuant to authority contained in
the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C.
661 et seq.) and the Fish and Wildlife Act of
1956 (16 U.S.C. 742 a-j), as amended. Name of
cooperator, complete address, hereby agrees to
participate with the FWS in conducting certain
wildlife management practices on lands owned or
managed by him/her in XX County, State of XX,
described as follows township / range. The
Wildlife Cooperator, in signing this agreement,
agrees to join as a participant in a wildlife
management program and grants to the FWS the
authority to complete wildlife habitat
development, or to personally carry out wildlife
management activities with financial or material
support, as described in the attached special
provisions (Exhibit A). Any donation of
supplies, equipment, or direct payment from the
FWS to the Wildlife Cooperator for carrying out
the wildlife habitat developments are also
included in the attached special provisions
(Exhibit A). The Wildlife Cooperator agrees to
perform the restoration work described in Exhibit
A, and the FWS agrees to reimburse the wildlife
cooperator up to the amount shown in Exhibit A.
3-5 page voluntary agreement that the PFW field
biologist develops directly with the private
landowner
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Work with the landowner from project start to
finish
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Trust Leads to Service Support in other programs

• WEA to perpetual conservation easement

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• Restoration of habitat for TE species

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Provide Support for Farm Bill Conservation
Programs

• On-the-ground technical assistance
• Technical Review Committees
• Funding assistance (strategic)
• Program assistance varies by State

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Upland Restoration
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Wetland Restoration
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Stream / Riparian Restoration
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Removing Invasive Species
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Focus Areas Region 6
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Criteria for Focus Areas

• Intact landscapes
• Federal trust species (abundance/diversity)
• Partnership opportunities
• Threats
• Linkage or connectivity (public /private)
• Proximity to NWR's and WMD's.

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Secondary Filters

• Potential Threats
• Staffing
• Funding

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Focus Area Process R6

• Varies by State
• Is flexible and adaptable
• Continues to be evaluated

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Focus Areas Scale

• Watershed
• Ecosystem
• Bird Conservation Region
• Migration Corridor
• Intact landscapes

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Intact Landscapes
Healthy Fish and Wildlife Populations
Sustainable Rural Communities
Viable Agriculture
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Thank you