California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 5 - Northern Forest District Rules › Article 6 - Watercourse and Lake Protection › Section 936.11.1 - Monitoring for Adaptive Management in Watersheds with Coho Salmon. [Effective 1-1-2008 Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 4554.5(a); Operative the Date Department of Fish and Game Regulations 14 CCR Sections 787.0-787.9 Become Effective]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
					 Goal: The Board will develop a monitoring and adaptive management program for
					 timber harvesting operations in Watersheds with Coho Salmon. The purpose of the
					 program will be:
(i) to determine whether or
					 not the operational Forest Practice Rules and associated hillslope and instream
					 mitigation measures afford a level of protection that is both appropriate and
					 adequate to ensure protection of coho salmon and its habitat,
(ii) to provide monitoring necessary to
					 ensure the Forest Practice Rules are being implemented in a manner consistent
					 with the California Endangered Species Act as required under
					 14 CCR
					 §
													896, and
(iii) to provide a timely feedback process
					 for the Board to assess rule effectiveness in meeting the stated goals under
					 subsections (i) and (ii).
(1) The monitoring
					 component of the program will provide the information necessary to evaluate the
					 effectiveness of mitigation measures and identify when site-specific mitigation
					 or operational Rules should be revised to better accomplish the goals of the
					 Board.
(A) Four types of monitoring will be
					 addressed under the program including:
(i)
					 compliance,
(ii)
					 implementation,
(iii) effectiveness,
					 and
(iv)
					 validation.
(B) Review
					 Team agencies will continue to conduct mandated compliance and implementation
					 monitoring as part of their regulatory responsibilities.
(C) Effectiveness monitoring will be
					 undertaken by the landowner; or be a cooperative effort between landowners and
					 the Department, Review Team agencies, or a cooperative interdisciplinary
					 team.
(D) Long-term validation
					 monitoring will be undertaken by the Department, or facilitated through
					 cooperative agreements among stakeholders and Review Team agencies.
(E) The Board or its designee may include any
					 monitoring that meets the intent of this section, including any efforts that
					 are already underway by the landowner, agencies or other
					 cooperators.
(2) The
					 adaptive management component of the program will be a process of action-based
					 planning, monitoring, evaluating and adjusting through use of the scientific
					 method; with the objective of maintaining fully functioning habitat conditions
					 and facilitating conservation of coho salmon populations.
(A) Four elements of adaptive management will
					 be addressed under the program including:
(i)
					 identification of substantial new information,
(ii) collection of substantial new
					 information,
(iii) evaluation of
					 substantial new information, and
(iv) determination regarding the necessity or
					 benefit of adjustments and improvements to mitigation and protective measures,
					 including the Forest Practice Rules, based upon the substantial new
					 information.