No Effects Statement for Standard and Specification

AZ NRCS CONSERVATION PRACTICES DETERMINED TO HAVE NO EFFECT ON CURRENTLY LISTED T/E SPECIES 311- Alley Cropping 344- Residue Management, Seasonal 360- Closure of Waste Impoundment 346- Residue and Tillage Management, Ridge Till 317- Composting Facility 345- Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till 328- Conservation Crop Rotation 558- Roof Runoff Structure 331- Contour Orchard and other Fruit Area 557- Row Arrangement 340- Cover Crop 585- Strip-cropping 589A/C- Cross Wind Ridges & Cross Wind Trap Strips 609- Surface Roughening 324- Deep Tillage 351- Well Decommissioning 432- Dry Hydrant 355- Well Water Testing 592- Feed Management 380- Windbreak / Shelterbelt establishment 511- Forage Harvest Management 650- Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation 512- Forage Planting 633- Waste Utilization 422- Hedgerow Planting 561- Heavy use area protection 603- Herbaceous Wind Barriers 500- Obstruction removal 634- Manure Transfer 342- Critical area planting 484- Mulching

No Effects statement for standard and specification:

This conservation practice has been determined to have no effect on federally listed species; further consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Service is not required.

AZ NRCS CONSERVATION PRACTICES DETERMINED TO HAVE NO EFFECT ON CURRENTLY LISTED T/E SPECIES UNLESS WITHIN THE 100YR FLOODPLAIN 370- Atmospheric Resource Quality Management 590- Nutrient Management 332- Contour Buffer Strip 521- A-D Pond Sealing or Lining 330- Contour Farming 462- Precision Land Forming 386- Field Border 533- Pumping Plant 393- Filter Strip 610- Salinity and Sodic Soil Management 464- Irrigation Land Leveling 600- Terrace 466- Land Smoothing 601- Vegetative Barrier 449- Irrigation Water Management 313- Waste Storage Facility 443- Irrigation System, Surface and Subsurface 367 -Waste Facility Cover 353 Monitoring Well 329- Residue and Tillage Management: No Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed

No Effects except within 100-year floodplain statement for standard and specification:

This practice has been determined to have no effect on federally listed species unless implementation is with the 100-year floodplain. Additional determination of effect and consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Service may be required within the 100-year floodplain.

Outside of the 100-year floodplain, additional consultation is not required.

Arizona Programmatic Consultation with USFWS Covered Practices September 2014 AZ NRCS GRAZED RANGE AND FOREST CONSERVATION PRACTICES DETERMINED TO HAVE MAY AFFECT, NOT LIKELY TO ADVERSELY AFFECT CURRENTLY LISTED T/E SPECIES AS LONG AS CONSERVATION MEASURES ARE IMPLEMENTED

472- Access Control 460- Land Clearing 304- Brush Management 391- Riparian Forest Buffer 312- Channel Bank Vegetation 390- Riparian Herbaceous Cover 584- Channel Stabilization 381- Silvopasture Establishment 326- Clearing and Snagging 574- Spring Development 382- Fence 578- Stream Crossing 410- Grade Stabilization Structure 580- Streambank and Shoreline Protection 315- Herbaceous Weed Control 636- Water Harvesting Catchment 516- Pipeline 614- Watering Facility 533- Pumping Plant 640- Waterspreading (also known as spreader dikes) 550- Range Planting

When the Conservation Practice is determined to occur within or affect potential listed species habitat, Conservation Measures listed in the Practice Standard must be followed/implemented to meet the pre-determination of Not Likely to Adversely Affect. If the cooperator is unwilling or unable to meet all of the Conservation Measures, additional consultation with the US Fish and Wildlife Service is required. The Conservation Measures must also be provided to the cooperator in writing as part of the practice Specification.

Arizona Programmatic Consultation with USFWS Covered Practices September 2014 NRCS WORKING LANDS FOR WILDLIFE- SOUTHWESTERN WILLOW FLYCATCHER (AND RIPARIAN) FORMAL CONSULTATION WITH CONSERVATION MEASURES

472- Access Control 582- Open Channel 575- Animal Trails and Walkways 516- Pipeline 314- Brush Management 528- Prescribed Grazing 327- Conservation Cover 533- Pumping Plant 342- Critical Area Planting 643- Restoration and Management of Declining Habitats 647- Early Successional Habitat Development/MGT 391- Riparian Forest Buffer 382- Fence 390- Riparian Herbaceous Cover 386- Field Border 574- Spring Development 511- Forage Harvest Management 584- Stream Channel Stabilization 512- Forage & Biomass Planting 578- Stream Crossing 655- Forest Harvest Trails and Landings 395- Stream Habitat Improvement and Management 666- Forest Stand Improvement 580- Streambank and Shoreline Protection 410- Grade Stabilization Structure 587- Structure for Water Control 561- Heavy Use Area Protection 612- Tree/Shrub Establishment 315- Herbaceous Weed Control 490- Tree/Shrub Site Preparation 441- Irrigation System – Microirrigation 645- Upland Wildlife Habitat Management 449- Irrigation Water Management 614- Watering Facility 595- Integrated Pest Management 642- Water Well 460- Land Clearing 659- Wetland Enhancement 576- Livestock Shelter Structure 657- Wetland Restoration 584- Mulching 644- Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management 500- Obstruction Removal 384- Woody Residue Treatment  Conservation Measures must be included in Specifications

 SWFL WHEG must be used to establish Baseline Condition

 Take Permit

 Grazing in Riparian Specifications addition to regular Prescribed Grazing

 5-level Monitoring with Aggregate/Anonymous Reporting

 Coverage for 91 Species across 6 states

Arizona Programmatic Consultation with USFWS Covered Practices September 2014 SONORAN DESERT TORTOISE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR GRAZING 472- Access Control 528- Prescribed Grazing 314- Brush Management 533- Pumping Plant Clearing and Snagging 643- Restoration and Management of Declining Habitats 342- Critical Area Planting 574- Spring Development 647- Early Successional Habitat Development/MGT 584- Stream Channel Stabilization 382- Fence 587- Structure for Water Control 410- Grade Stabilization Structure 612- Tree/Shrub Establishment 561- Heavy Use Area Protection 490- Tree/Shrub Site Preparation 315- Herbaceous Weed Control 645- Upland Wildlife Habitat Management 595- Integrated Pest Management 614- Watering Facility 460- Land Clearing 642- Water Well 576- Livestock Shelter Structure 640- Water Spreading 378- Pond 636- Water Harvesting Catchment 500- Obstruction Removal *384- Woody Residue Treatment 516- Pipeline

ALTAR VALLEY FIRE MANAGEMENT PLAN CONSERVATION PRACTICE: PRESCRIBED BURNING SPECIES COVERED:

Jaguar Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Pima Pineapple Cactus Masked Bobwhite Mexican Spotted Owl Lesser Long-Nosed Bat Yellow Billed Cuckoo Kearney’s Blue Star Chiricahua Leopard Frog Follow Revised Methods for Pima Pineapple Surveys

MALPAI BORDERLANDS HABITAT CONSERVATION PLAN (HCP) CONSERVATION PRACTICES: 560- Access Road 410- Grade Stabilization Structure 314- Brush Management 516- Pipeline 382- Fence 338- Prescribed Burning

COVERED SPECIES:

Beautiful Shriner Mexican Spotted Owl Chiricahua Leopard Frog New Mexico Ridge-Nosed Rattlesnake Cochise Pincushion Cactus Southwestern Willow Flycatcher Huachuca Water Umbrel Yaqui Catfish Jaguar Yaqui Topminnow Lesser Long-Nosed Bat Yaqui Chub Mexican Long-Nosed Bat

Arizona Programmatic Consultation with USFWS Covered Practices September 2014