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APPENDIX G: CONSERVATION PLANS, STRATEGIES, 

AND AGREEMENTS 

The following comprise the conservation plans, strategies, and agreements in place for species in the 

planning area. This list will be updated as new plans, strategies, and agreements are adopted and 

existing plans, strategies, and agreements become obsolete, expire, or are replaced. 

Conservation Agreements (CAs) 

	 Conservation Agreement between BLM Idaho State Office and the US Fish and Wildlife Service 

Snake River Fish and Wildlife Office. August 2009 – The purpose of the CA is to provide for the 

conservation of slickspot peppergrass related to existing Idaho BLM land use plans (LUP) and a 

subset of ongoing actions. 

	 Conservation Agreement for Bureau of Land Management – Idaho State Office, US Fish and 

Wildlife Service – Snake River Basin and Spokane Field Offices: Idaho Bureau of Land 

Management Existing Land Use Plans Consultation. Signed by Idaho BLM State Director. 

December 2005 – This CA is intended to promote the conservation of Listed, Proposed, and 

Candidate species that have not previously undergone LUP-level consultation under the Endangered 

Species Act. 

	 Candidate Conservation Agreement for Slickspot Peppergrass (Lepidium papilliferum). 2003. 

Governor’s Office of Species Conservation, et al. 158 pp. – The purpose of this Candidate 

Conservation Agreement (CCA) is to expedite implementation of conservation measures for slickspot 

peppergrass in Idaho. Threats that warrant listing should be significantly reduced, mitigated, or 

eliminated through implementation of this CCA, and additional measures to enhance slickspot 

peppergrass occurrences and habitat are provided for. 

Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) 

	 Interagency Memorandum of Understanding to Implement the Interior Columbia Basin 

Strategy. November 2002 – This MOU directs all Bureau of Land Management (BLM) offices to 

implement the Interior Columbia Basin Strategy to ensure an ecosystem-based process is used in 

resource management plan (RMP) revisions within the Columbia River Basin. 

	 Memorandum of Understanding to Support and Implement to the Extent Practicable and 

Where Appropriate the Intent and Actions Contained in the 2006 Conservation Plan for the 

Greater Sage-grouse in Idaho. July 2006 – This MOU was signed by Idaho Department of Fish and 

Game, Idaho Department of Lands, Idaho State Department of Agriculture, Office of Species 

Conservation, Idaho BLM, United States Forest Service Region 4, Animal and Plant Health Inspection 

Service-Wildlife Service, and Natural Resource Conservation Service to support and implement the 

sage-grouse conservation plan. 

Memoranda of Agreement 

	 Memorandum of Agreement for Endangered Species Act Section 7 Programmatic 

Consultation and Coordination among Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, National 

Marine Fisheries Service, and US Fish and Wildlife Service. August 30, 2000 – This agreement 

outlines consultation procedures for the BLM and other federal agencies. 

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Conservation Strategies 

	 Interior Columbia Basin Strategy. 2002. A Strategy for Applying the Knowledge gained by the 

Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project to the Revision of Forest and 

Resource Management Plans and Project Implementation. Included as Attachment 1 in Bureau 

of Land Management IB No. ID-2003-062. 11 pp. – The strategy provides management direction for 

terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and directs the BLM to use multi-scale analysis in resource 

management planning. It also identified emphasis areas for preparing an Aquatic Conservation 

Strategy as a component of the RMP. 

	 Idaho Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy. 2005. Prepared by Idaho Department of 

Fish and Game – This strategy identifies Species of Greatest Conservation Need as well as strategic 

direction for conservation and management of these species. 

	 National Sage-Grouse Habitat Conservation Strategy. 2004. Prepared by the Bureau of Land 

Management. 25 pp. – This strategy sets goals and objectives, assembles guidance and resource 

materials, and provides comprehensive management direction for the BLM’s contributions to the ongoing multi-state greater sage-grouse conservation effort. 

Recovery Plans 

	 Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan. 1995. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Snake River 

Basin Office, Ecological Services, Boise, Idaho. 92 pp. – The recovery plan includes short-term 

and long-term objectives to protect known live colonies of Federally listed snails, as well as redband 

trout, Snake River white sturgeon, and Shoshone sculpin, by eliminating or reducing known threats to 

these species and their habitat. 

	 Recovery Plan for the Bruneau Hot Springsnail (Pyrgulopsis bruneauensis). 2002. US Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Region 1, Portland, Oregon. 52 pp. – The primary objective of the recovery plan 

is to recover the species to a point where listing is no longer warranted by implementing groundwater 

management activities and monitoring species recovery. 

	 Draft Recovery Plan for the Jarbidge River Distinct Population Segment of Bull Trout 

(Salvelinus confluentus). 2007. US Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon. – The primary 

objective of the plan is to reduce threats to bull trout and their habitat and to increase population 

numbers to habitat potential. 

Conservation Plans 

	 Snake River White Sturgeon Conservation Plan. 2003. Prepared by Idaho Power Company. 324 

pp. – This plan outlines what Idaho Power will do to maintain white sturgeon (Acipenser 

transmontanus) populations in the Snake River including population assessments, population trend 

monitoring, habitat alteration due to flow regulation, water quality monitoring, and more. BLM has no 

obligations under this plan, but would support actions that reduce impacts to the Snake River from 

BLM land. 

	 Conservation Plan for the Greater Sage-grouse in Idaho. 2006. Prepared by the Idaho Sagegrouse Advisory Committee – This plan provides guidelines for management and conservation of 

habitat for sage-grouse. 

	 North American Mule Deer Conservation Plan. 2004. Prepared by Mule Deer Working Group of 

the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. 17 pp. – This plan provides general 

guidelines for managing habitat for mule deer in North America. 

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Management Plans 

	 Mule Deer Management Plan. 2008. Prepared by Idaho Department of Fish and Game. 73 pp. – 

This plan provides general guidelines for management of habitat for mule deer. 

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