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Final Implementation Report, Fiscal Year 2020 Work Plan and Budget, Fiscal Year 2018 Accomplishment Report June 2019 Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Steering Committee Members Federal Participant Group California Participant Group Bureau of Reclamation California Department of Fish and Wildlife U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service City of Needles National Park Service Coachella Valley Water District Bureau of Land Management Colorado River Board of California Bureau of Indian Affairs Bard Water District Western Area Power Administration Imperial Irrigation District Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Palo Verde Irrigation District Arizona Participant Group San Diego County Water Authority Southern California Edison Company Arizona Department of Water Resources Southern California Public Power Authority Arizona Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern Arizona Game and Fish Department California Arizona Power Authority Central Arizona Water Conservation District Cibola Valley Irrigation and Drainage District Nevada Participant Group City of Bullhead City City of Lake Havasu City Colorado River Commission of Nevada City of Mesa Nevada Department of Wildlife City of Somerton Southern Nevada Water Authority City of Yuma Colorado River Commission Power Users Electrical District No. 3, Pinal County, Arizona Basic Water Company Golden Shores Water Conservation District Mohave County Water Authority Mohave Valley Irrigation and Drainage District Native American Participant Group Mohave Water Conservation District North Gila Valley Irrigation and Drainage District Hualapai Tribe Town of Fredonia Colorado River Indian Tribes Town of Thatcher Chemehuevi Indian Tribe Town of Wickenburg Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District Unit “B” Irrigation and Drainage District Conservation Participant Group Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District Yuma County Water Users’ Association Ducks Unlimited Yuma Irrigation District Lower Colorado River RC&D Area, Inc. Yuma Mesa Irrigation and Drainage District The Nature Conservancy Other Interested Parties Participant Group QuadState Local Governments Authority Desert Wildlife Unlimited Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Final Implementation Report, Fiscal Year 2020 Work Plan and Budget, Fiscal Year 2018 Accomplishment Report Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Bureau of Reclamation Lower Colorado Region Boulder City, Nevada http://www.lcrmscp.gov June 2019 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AJ Arizona Juvenile backwater AKN Avian Knowledge Network ALS aerial laser scanning AMM Avoidance and Minimization Measure AMP Adaptive Management Program ARCC Aquatic Research Conservation Center (Arizona Game and Fish Department) AZGFD Arizona Game and Fish Department BBCA Big Bend Conservation Area Bill Williams River NWR Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge BLCA Beal Lake Conservation Area BLM Bureau of Land Management BO Biological and Conference Opinion CDFW California Department of Fish and Wildlife CEM conceptual ecological model Center Southwestern Native Aquatic Resources and Recovery Center in Dexter, New Mexico CESA California Endangered Species Act cfs cubic foot/feet per second CI confidence interval Cibola NWR Unit #1 Cibola National Wildlife Refuge Unit #1 Conservation Area CMM Conservation Area Management Measure Commission California State Lands Commission CRAB Colorado River Aquatic Biologists CRTR Colorado River Terrestrial and Riparian CRWUA Colorado River Water Users Association CVCA Cibola Valley Conservation Area CVIDD Cibola Valley Irrigation and Drainage District DNA deoxyribonucleic acid eDNA environmental DNA EPA Environmental Protection Agency ESA Endangered Species Act FMA Funding and Management Agreement FMC Freeport Minerals Corporation FY fiscal year Glen Canyon Dam AMP Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program GNSS global navigation satellite system HCP Habitat Conservation Plan HMF Habitat Maintenance Fund HMM Hart Mine Marsh Imperial NWR Imperial National Wildlife Refuge IPCA Imperial Ponds Conservation Area ISC interim surplus criteria kHz kilohertz LCR lower Colorado River LCR MSCP Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program LCDO Lower Colorado Dams Office LDCA Laguna Division Conservation Area lidar light detection and ranging m meter(s) MAPS Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship MEFF mobile electronic field form Metropolitan The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California mg/L milligram(s) per liter Middle Bill Williams Middle Bill Williams River National Wildlife River NWR Refuge mm millimeter(s) Mora NFH Mora National Fish Hatchery MOU Memorandum of Understanding MRM Monitoring and Research Measure mtDNA mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid MVCA Mohave Valley Conservation Area N/A not applicable NDOW Nevada Department of Wildlife NPS National Park Service pH acidity or alkalinity of a solution PIT passive integrated transponder ppm parts per million PVER Palo Verde Ecological Reserve PVER-South Palo Verde Ecological Reserve-South PVID Palo Verde Irrigation District PWCA Pretty Water Conservation Area Reclamation Bureau of Reclamation RISE Reclamation Information Sharing Environment RMF Remedial Measures Fund SDCWA San Diego County Water Authority Section 26 Section 26 Conservation Area SNP single nucleotide polymorphism (aka “snip”) SNWA Southern Nevada Water Authority sootywing MacNeill’s sootywing skipper (Pholisora gracielae = Hesperopsis gracielae [MacNeill]) TL total length TLS terrestrial laser scanning UAS unmanned aerial system USFWS U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service WET Water Education for Teachers Willow Beach NFH Willow Beach National Fish Hatchery YCNHAC Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Corporation YEW Yuma East Wetlands YMCA Yuma Meadows Conservation Area 1997 BO 1997 Biological and Conference Opinion Symbols > greater than ≥ greater than or equal to < less than ≤ less than or equal to µS/cm microsiemens per centimeter % percent + plus (at least) LCR MSCP: 27 COVERED AND 5 EVALUATION SPECIES Conservation Measure Common Name Scientific Name BEVI Arizona Bell’s vireo Vireo bellii arizonae BLRA California black rail Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus BONY Bonytail Gila elegans CLNB* California leaf-nosed bat Macrotus californicus CLRA Yuma clapper rail Rallus longirostris yumanensis (also known as Yuma Ridgway's rail = R. obsoletus yumanensis) CRCR Colorado River cotton rat Sigmodon arizonae plenus CRTO* Colorado River toad Bufo alvarius = Incilius alvarius DETO Desert tortoise (Mojave population) Gopherus agassizii DPMO* Desert pocket mouse Chaetodipus penicillatus sobrinus ELOW Elf owl Micrathene whitneyi FLSU Flannelmouth sucker Catostomus latipinnis FTHL Flat-tailed horned lizard Phrynosoma mcalli GIFL Gilded flicker Colaptes chrysoides GIWO Gila woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis HUCH Humpback chub Gila cypha LEBI Western least bittern Ixobrychus exilis hesperis LLFR* Lowland leopard frog Rana yavapaiensis = Lithobates yavapaiensis MNSW MacNeill’s sootywing skipper Pholisora gracielae = Hesperopsis gracielae (MacNeill) NMGS Northern Mexican gartersnake Thamnophis eques megalops PTBB* Pale Townsend’s big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens = Plecotus townsendii pallescens = C. townsendii townsendii1 RASU Razorback sucker Xyrauchen texanus RLFR Relict leopard frog Rana onca STBU Sticky buckwheat Eriogonum viscidulum SUTA Summer tanager Piranga rubra THMI Threecorner milkvetch Astragalus geyeri var. triquetrus VEFL Vermilion flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus WIFL Southwestern willow flycatcher Empidonax traillii extimus WRBA Western red bat Lasiurus blossevillii WYBA Western yellow bat Lasiurus xanthinus YBCU Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus occidentalis YHCR Yuma hispid cotton rat Sigmodon hispidus eremicus YWAR Sonoran yellow warbler Dendroica petechia sonorana = Setophaga petechia sonorana * Evaluation species. 1 Genetic analyses on the pale Townsend’s big-eared bat indicate that the lower Colorado River is likely in the range of the Pacific Townsend’s big-eared bat (Corynorhinus townsendii townsendii) rather than the pale Townsend’s big-eared bat (Piaggio and Perkins 2005). The bats recorded along the lower Colorado River will be referred to as pale Townsend’s big-eared bats in this report, as the nomenclature change has not yet been verified by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Piaggio, A.J. and S.L. Perkins. 2005. Molecular phylogeny of North American long-eared bats (Vespertilionidae: Corynorhinus); inter- and intraspecific relationships inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37:762–775. LIST OF COMMON AND SCIENTIFIC NAMES Common Name Scientific Name Amphibians Colorado River toad Bufo alvarius = Incilius alvarius Lowland leopard frog Rana yavapaiensis = Lithobates yavapaiensis Relict leopard frog Rana onca Bats California leaf-nosed bat Macrotus californicus Pale Townsend’s big-eared bat Corynorhinus townsendii pallescens = Plecotus townsendii pallescens = C. townsendii townsendii Western red bat Lasiurus blossevillii Western yellow bat Lasiurus xanthinus Birds Arizona Bell’s vireo Vireo bellii arizonae Bell’s vireo Vireo bellii Brown-headed cowbird Molothrus ater California black rail Laterallus jamaicensis coturniculus Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Elf owl Micrathene whitneyi European starling Sturnus vulgaris Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Gila woodpecker Melanerpes uropygialis Gilded flicker Colaptes chrysoides Great