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i Record-Courier THURSDAY, MARCH 19,2015 Baker County One of Five to Enter CCAA Agreements for Greater Sage Grouse with U.S. Fish and Wildlife and Soil and Water Conservation Districts Current Reservoir and Snow Depths February 2015 Water Volumes: Recorded on the last day of previous month and subject to revision. Thief Valley Reservoir Water Storage Volume: 13,861 acre- feet (91 percent of 30-year average) Phillips Reservoir Water Storage Volume: 24,117 acre- feet (69 percent of 30-year average) Brownlee Reservoir Water Storage Volume: 1,549,333 acre-feet (137 percent of 30- year average) Wolf Creek Reservoir Water Storage Volume: 4,349 acre- feet Pilcher Creek Reservoir Water Storage Volume: 3,101 acre- feet Landmark conservation agreements signed Wednesday in Juntura, Ore., will allow all private landowners in Oregon with greater sage-grouse habitat the opportunity to voluntary enroll to provide protections for both the bird and their ranching lifestyle.. In a ceremony hosted by the Malheur Soil and Water Conservation District, five Candidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances (CCAAs) became final, covering private lands in Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Lake, Malheur, and southern Union counties under a Multi-County CCAA with local Soil and Water Conservation Districts and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service). Under these agreements, landowners who voluntarily agree to manage their lands to remove or reduce threats to sage-grouse receive assurances that they will not face additional regulatory requirements should the species ever be listed under the Endangered Species Act. “These CCAAs are sections of the patchwork quilt we’re piecing (An acre-foot is defined as the together here in Oregon to provide protection for greater sage volume of one acre of surface area to a depth of one foot.) grouse, ranchers and the Western lifestyle,” said Paul Henson, Oregon State Supervisor of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “This Water Levels quilt is being sewn by an entire community working together to save Brownlee Reservoir Water the iconic Western landscape. Enrollment is strictly voluntary and Level: 2,053 feet (24 feet below the peace-of-mind it provides to landowners to avoid additional full pool) Wolf Creek Reservoir Water government regulation is a powerful incentive.” Level: 4,349 feet (100 percent Added Linda Rowe, District Manager for Malheur Soil and Water of lull pool) Conservation District: “These agreements put in place a path Pilcher Creek Reservoir Water forward for the continued health of the sagebrush ecosystem, along Level: 3,956 feet (52 percent of with the economic livelihood of ranchers and the people of Oregon. full pool) These conservation partnerships provide tools for people in the rural Snow Depths west who rely on sagebrush habitat for their economic livelihoods Anthony Lakes SNOLITE Site as well as their way of life and by working together, ranchers and at 7,160 feet: Snow Depth - 36 the Service have made a strong commitment to conservation and inches Bourne SNOTEL Site at 5,850 the economy.” The Multi-County CCAA covers 2,312,673 acres. In combination feet: Snow Depth - 2 inches Taylor Green SNOTEL Site at with the Harney Soil and Water Conservation District CCAA 5,740 feet: Snow Depth - 15 finalized in 2014 and the draft Oregon Department of State Lands inches CCAA that was announced in Feb., more than 4 million acres are Wolf Creek SNOTEL Site at covered under these conservation agreements. Almost all federal 5,630 feet: Snow Depth - 20 lands in Oregon are covered in parallel conservation agreements inches such that the close to the entirety of greater sage-grouse habitat on Moss Springs SNOTEL Site at 5,760 feet: Snow Depth - 32 private, state, and federal land is covered under conservation inches agreements that provide these assurances. All measurements are current as of March 17, 2015 at 2 p.m. Numerous ranchers are ready to enroll under these new CCAAs, following the lead of landowners in Harney County where over 53 Last Year’s Records Feb. 2014 Thief Valley landowners with more than 320,000 acres have enrolled since the Reservoir Water Storage Harney County Soil and Water Conservation District entered into Volume: 13,882 acre-feet its CCAA with the Service in May 2014. Feb. 2014 Phillips Reservoir Each CCAA was developed through locally-driven efforts with a Water Storage Volume: 13,241 acre-feet steering committee comprised of representatives from groups Feb. 2014 Brownlee Reservoir including private landowners, livestock associations and stock Water Storage Volume: growers, watershed councils, Soil and Water Conservation Districts, vvv 1,347,493 acre-feet the Service, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, County Feb. 2014 Wolf Creek ?reek Courts, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bureau of Land Reservoir Water Storage i Management, Oregon State University Extension, The Nature Volume: 2,919 acre-feet cre-feet Conservancy, Oregon Depart ment of State Lands and Native American Tribes. Landowners who enroll will develop site-specific plans that address threats to sage-grouse and maintain or improve habitat. 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