Implementing Conservation Measures to Recover Pacific Lamprey

I. Description of Funding OpportunityFunds under this award are to be used to support the Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative a National Fish Habitat Partnership by implementing priority conservation measures identified in published implementation plans. Efforts funded by this agreement will promote conservation actions to alleviate issues that, in the past, initiated a petition to list Pacific Lamprey under the Endangered Species Act. Specific conservation measures will focus on providing low-cost passage solutions for Pacific Lamprey at man-obstacles, a primary threat to the species in California. In addition this cooperative agreement will support maintenance of existing implementation plans, threat assessments, distribution databases and contact lists that are critical to maintaining the progress made by the Pacific Lamprey Conservation Initiative in California. More specific details are listed in the implementation plans and will be specified in the cooperative agreement.