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reviewed following each water mouse population monitoring event (see Action 6.2 for monitoring intervals).
                                                                                                                        Adaptive management plans may require review when significant new and relevant information about the water mouse or its threats comes to light.
5.3         Implement adaptive management plans.                                                                        Implement actions as outlined in relevant adaptive management plans to effectively reduce local threats to the water mouse.                                                                                                                                                                                   Proportion of the known water mouse distribution where an effective adaptive management plan is implemented.
            Responsibility:
            Land managers and Custodians.
5.4         Report on management plan progress.                                                                         Provide a brief 1–2 page annual report or verbal update to the Water Mouse Recovery Team on progress against each management plan.                                                                                                                                                                            Proportion of management areas where threats to water mouse are managed.
            Responsibility:
            •Water Mouse Recovery Team •Land managers and Custodians.

5.2.6             Strategy 6: Implement water mouse population monitoring programs
There are significant knowledge gaps about the status and population trend of the water mouse across its distribution that currently hinder effective identification and prioritisation of recovery actions. The actions outlined in Table 10 are aimed at addressing these knowledge gaps. All water mouse monitoring programs in areas with exclusive and joint Native Title determinations are to be developed and managed, or co-developed and co-managed, by the relevant Native Title holders.
Table 10: Actions to ensure effective water mouse population monitoring occurs (Strategy 6).
Action No.  Action Description                                                                                          Action Details                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Performance criteria
6.1         Develop effective water mouse monitoring plans.                                                             As a priority, standardised and repeatable water mouse population monitoring survey plans are to be developed for all water mouse locations (see Woinarski 2018 for guidance) to assess local and national population trends, the impact of threats, and the effectiveness of management actions. Locations with historical population information (Appendix A), locations under pressure (Section 4.12) and locations in protected areas (Section 4.14) across the water mouse distribution are to be prioritised initially.  Proportion of known locations where water mouse population trends are effectively monitored.
            Responsibility:                                                                                             Water mouse monitoring plans are to be incorporated into water mouse adaptive management plans to enable threats and population trends to be co-monitored and assessed.
            Land managers and Custodians with the support of ecological consultants and the Water Mouse Recovery Team.
6.2         Implement effective water mouse monitoring programs.                                                        Repeat standardised surveys are to be implemented within the survey intervals outlined below to assess local water mouse population trends and implement management interventions in a timely manner:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Proportion of water mouse populations effectively monitored.
            Responsibility:                                                                                             • Declining: every 1–2 years.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  National population trend estimable (yes/no).
            •Land managers and Custodians.                                                                              • Trend unknown, threats present: every 1–2 years.
            •Ecologists.                                                                                                • Trend unknown, emerging threats: every 1–3 years.
                                                                                                                        • Trend unknown, no threats: every 5 years.
                                                                                                                        • Stable or increasing, emerging threats: every