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Certain areas have been Block Cleared where there is sufficient information to indicate the PMJM is absent from large acreages.

The Service issues Permits authorizing take of list species resulting from research to gather scientific information supporting recovery of the PMJM.  Parties interested in conducting surveys must apply for a scientific research permit and must follow the Survey Guidelines developed by the Service.  Numerous parties have been involved in conducting surveys of stream zones and riparian corridors to determine if PMJM is present or absent in those locations.

The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado has developed a management plan to improve and maintain habitat on Academy lands for PMJM.

Several counties are developing Habitat Conservation Plans to increase conservation of PMJM habitat while continuing with plans for residential and recreational development activities.  Some private landowners have also developed Habitat Conservation Plans for their properties.

A special Section 4(d) Rule was developed to address take of PMJM for certain activities which are considered to result in negligible or insignificant take.

The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Service signed an agreement on April 17, 2003, that allows CDOT to restore and preserve approximately 25 acres of PMJM habitat in Castle Rock, Colorado.  This acreage may be used to compensate for impacts to PMJM habitat due to highway projects within the identified service area.  Habitat was restored by installing a series of check structures within East Plum Creek to raise ground water levels lowered by upstream development and subsequent erosion and down-cutting.  This is the first Conservation Bank established for PMJM, and for any species in the Mountain-Prairie Region.

BLOCK CLEARANCE LETTERS AND MAPS  (large PDF documents, may take several seconds to open)
Denver Metro Area     Letters     Maps

Colorado Springs       Letter       Map

Cottonwood Creek    Letter       Map

     Sand Creek     Letter       Map      Notes

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY CONSERVATION PLAN
Final Programmatic Biological Opinion

Final PMJM Conservation Agreement

Conservation and Management Plan for PMJM on the USAFA

PERMITS
Survey Guidelines

Survey Field Date Compilation Form

List of Permit Holders

CONSERVATION BANK
East Plum Creek Conservation Bank Agreement

Appendix A - General Location Map

Appendix B - Legal Descriptions

Appendix C - Service Area

Appendix D - Baseline Report

Appendix E - Title Report

Appendix F - Bank Management Plan

Appendix G - Table of Credits

Appendix H - Conservation Credit

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