PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION REPORT Prepared by: The Conservation Fund with contributions from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Project Title Restoring a Legacy at Mingo National Wildlife Refuge V3 (V1 completed October 30, 2014; V2 completed April 8, 2015; V3 Version completed 26 November 2019) Date of Issue 03 2020 Project Location Puxico, Missouri, United States The Conservation Fund Kevin Harnish, Manager, Portfolio Analysis Project Proponent(s)
[email protected] | 919.948.6152 77 Vilcom Center, Suite 340, Chapel Hill, NC, 27514 USA www.conservationfund.org Prepared By Kevin Harnish, Manager, Portfolio Analysis, The Conservation Fund Aster Global Environmental Solutions, Inc. Shawn McMahon, Lead Verification Body Verifier 3800 Clermont St. NW, North Lawrence, Ohio 44666 USA 904.626.6011
[email protected] Project Lifetime 01 March 2010 – 31 December 2110; 100 Years GHG Accounting Period 01 March 2010 – 31 December 2110; 100 Years Monitoring Period of 01 Nov 2014– 01 Nov 1 2019 this Report Validated 12 May 2010 History of CCB Status Verified 23 March 2015 The project achieved Gold Level validation by satisfying the Exceptional Biodiversity Benefits criteria set out in GL3.1. One globally threatened Gold Level Criteria species – the Indiana bat –occurs within the Project Zone. An Indiana bat maternity colony was found on the edge of one of the Go Zero Tracts within Mingo NWR. The Go Zero project has increased forest connectivity at Mingo NWR and improved and expanded Indiana bat habitat by increasing the amount of continuous vegetation in riparian zones. Table of Contents The page numbers of the table of contents below shall be updated upon completion of the report.