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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Ecological Services What We Do or Think We Do Agua Caliente Solar Power Project Navajo Generating Station Our Programs Section 7 Consultation Technical Assistance Listing and Critical

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Arizona Ecological Services

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What We Do – or Think We Do

Navajo Generating Station Agua Caliente Solar Power Project

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Our Programs

 Section 7 Consultation  Technical Assistance  Listing and Critical Habitat  Recovery Planning and Implementation  Candidate Conservation  Natural Resource Damage Assessments &

Remediation

 Partners for Fish and Wildlife

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T&E Species in Arizona

 9 mammals  8 birds  4 reptiles  2 amphibians  21 fishes  3 invertebrates  22 plants  2 proposed for listing  7 candidates  6 species delisted

Northern Mexican gartersnake Zuni bluehead sucker Chiricahua leopard frog Southwestern willow flycatcher

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Bald and Golden Eagles and Migratory Birds

Technical Assistance and Planning

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Water Development and Management

Santa Cruz River 1904 Central Arizona Project Canal CAP Canal Glen Canyon Dam Verde River Lower Colorado River MSCP

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Energy and Transmission

Navajo Generating Station Agua Caliente Solar Power Project Perrin Ranch Wind Navajo Generating Station Kanab North Mine Canyon Mine ContaminantStudy Canyon Mine Study Garkane Energy

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Transportation and Development

Little Colorado River Virgin River Bridges Virgin River chub Arizona Hedgehog Cactus

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Nonnative Species

Adult bullfrog Bucket o’ bullfrog tadpoles Tamarisk leaf beetle Adult bullfrog Crayfish

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Fire and Forest Management

Gila trout stocking

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Conservation Tools

chub

 10(j) populations  Safe harbor agreements  Candidate conservation agreements  Candidate conservation agreements

with assurances

 Habitat conservation plans  Conservation banks  Partners for Fish and Wildlife

grants

 Revision of mitigation policy

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Black-footed ferret (Endangered)

chub

 10(j) population in Aubrey Valley 1 of 3 self-sustaining  Programmatic Rangewide Safe Harbor Agreement with

Certificate of Inclusion for Espee Ranch

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California condor (Endangered)

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  • 10(j) population in Southwest began December 1996
  • 5-year review of SW population in 2017
  • Lead exposure from ammunition greatest threat to recovery
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Leopard Frog Recovery

Chiricahua leopard frog Crayfish following ammonia treatment Northern leopard frog Northern leopard frog egg mass

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Endangered Fishes

chub Little Colorado spinedace Gila trout stocking Spinedace stocking Colorado pikeminnow

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Black-footed ferret Huachuca water umbel Chiricahua leopard frog Desert pupfish

Conservation Programs at Phoenix Zoo

Gila topminnow

  • Mt. Graham red squirrel

Narrow-headed gartersnake Springsnails

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Endangered Species Day – May 20, 2016