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Plan Title	Plan Stage	Plan Lead Region (FWS)	Plan Lead Office (FWS)	Species Common Name	Species Scientific Name	Action Priority	Action Number	Action Description	Action Status	Estimated Initiation Date	Estimated Completion Date	Action Lead Agencies	Responsible Parties	Work Types	Labor Types	Comments
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	1	1131	Use existing authorities and mechanisms to establish instream flows for the S.R., including the purchase and transfer of existing water rights from the Water Supply Bank.	Not Started			Other	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Idaho Department of Water Resources	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	1	125	Develop and implement ground water management plan for the Snake River Plain aquifer to protect spring discharge.	Ongoing Current	FY 2009		Other	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Idaho Department of Water Resources, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	in 2009, the State of Idaho has developed and started implementing the ESPA Comprehensive Aquifer Management Plan (CAMP) in an attempt to stabalize aquifer levels and enhance cold water spring outflows from the ESPA. Unknown if activities to date are achieving CAMP objectives.
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	1	212	Compliance of Section 401 Certification by the State with adequate water quality standards	Unknown			Other	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, U.S. Farm Service Agency, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Wildlife Refuge System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Review of monitoring programs.
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	1	2131	Evaluate NPDES activities on listed species	Unknown			Other	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Costs for ES Section 7 review and monitoring only.
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	1	2132	Conduct toxicity test of hatchery effluent to determine effects on native molluscs	Ongoing Not Current	FY 2005		Other	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Work type not yet selected	Contract	toxicity tests conducted by USGS. however, not all constituents of concern evaluated so upon completion of the present analysis, this recovery action will still be only partially complete. Last tests pertinent to BRS were completed in 2007. No additional tests on threatened and endangered species have been completed/ reported since. Additional information on nitrate toxicity was requested by IFWO, but has not been conducted.
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	1	2133	Conduct sewage treatment wastewater toxicity tests	Ongoing Not Current	FY 2005		Other	Shoshone-Bannock Tribe	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	SEE comments in recovery task 2132 regarding toxicity testing and constituents examined. USGS has conducted limited tests using copper, ammonia, PCP on BRS and pebble snails.
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	1	221	Improve watershed conditions where agricultural return flows intersect BLM lands	Ongoing Current	FY 1995 - FY 1999		Other	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Private landowners	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Use Section 7 and landowner cooperation to accomplish this action. also, many other agencies and authorities may be appropriate including USDA-NRCS, USDA-FSA, Idaho Department of Lands, Idaho Department of Agriculture and others. also, numerous conservation/restoration projects have been implemented, for example by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, but a thorough analysis of the benefits to listed species from the collective completion of all projects has yet to be conduted.
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	1	222	Improve watershed conditions where agricultural return flows intersect BR withdrawl lands	Ongoing Current	FY 2000 - FY 2004		Other	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Private landowners	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Use Section 7 and landowner cooperation. the Bureau of Reclamation has conducted several wetland construction/restoration projects in the Snake River Basin for the explicit purpose of improving irrigation return flows before they enter the Snake River. this recovery action is ongoing.
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	1	224	Encourage enhancement and restoration of riparian and wetland habitats on private lands	Not Started			Other	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, National Tropical Botanical Garden, U.S. Farm Service Agency, Private landowners, Natural Resources Conservation Service	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	ES will coordinate with local SCS and ASCS offices
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	1	311	Develop and implement a cooperative basin-wide survey of Snake River molluscs	Ongoing Current	Prior to FY 1995		Other	Idaho Power Company, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Snake River Fish and Wildlife Office	Research	Internal Technical Assistance, Internal Field Assistance	Surveys for listed snails have taken place annually since 1995 by various entities including the Idaho Power Company, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Service, and the Idaho Transportation Department. Surveys are often driven by project proposals.
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	1	312	Study the effects of the 1993 Bliss landslide on Snake River aquatic species	Obsolete			Other	Idaho State University, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	surveys have been conducted for Bliss Rapids snails, and other listed molluscs, in the Bliss Reach, but a study specifically to address the impact of the 1993 Bliss land slide is impossible at this point b/c it is too long since the slide and b/c we have no reliable pre-slide information to compare it to.
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	1	321	Describe habitat and life history requirements of native molluscs.	Partially Complete	FY 2006		Other	Idaho Power Company, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Snake River Fish and Wildlife Office, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Research: Population Assessment, Research: Taxonomic Studies	Contract	habitat requirements and life histories of listed snail species have been reviewed and researched by various entities including the Bureau of Reclamation, the Service, the Idaho Power Company, and Boise State University. while not complete, our understaning of the habitat requirements and life histories of listed snails is greatly improved through research and reviews conducted since 1995. Additional work on habitat requirements has been conducted on Snake River physa by Gates and Kerans, 2010 through BOR. Banbury Springs limpet described as a monotypic genus, Idaholanx fresti (Campbell et al. 2017).
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	1	42	Select monitoring sites within the recovery area for each of the listed snails.	Ongoing Current	FY 1995 - FY 1999		Other	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, Idaho Power Company, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Snake River Fish and Wildlife Office	Research: General	Labor type not yet selected	Monitoring sites are often determined by agencies according to proposed projects and through section 7 tech assist or consultation. Idaho Power Companies Snail Protection Plan requires regular monitoring of 11 springs and 30 river locations to monitor status of BRS. This would be funded by Idaho Power Company. Annual lanx monitoring occuring at Banbury Springs, 1000 Springs, Briggs Springs, and Box Canyon. Lanx water quality monitoring (temperature and nitrates) being carried out periodically at 1,000 Springs, Briggs Springs, Box Canyon, and Banbury Springs. Continued Snake River Physa monitoring by BOR at two locations in the Snake River below Minidoka Dam. In 2014, Idaho Power initiated SRP monitoring at select locations downstream of Swan Falls Dam.
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	2	131	Evaluate the feasibility of mollusc and fish control programs	Obsolete			Other	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Idaho Power Company, Idaho Department of Agriculture, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Not currently considered feasible task
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	2	314	Conduct additional snail surveys at Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge	Ongoing Not Current	FY 1995 - FY 1999		Other	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Research: Population Assessment	Internal Technical Assistance	surveys have been conducted at areas near and on Refuge managed areas of the Snake River; however, they are specific to proposed projects by the Bureau, and not to tied to Refuge resource management. In 2011, BOR conducted SRP surveys in a portion of the Snake River upstream of Walcott reservoir, and downstream of American Falls Dam, and did not find any live or SRP or shells.
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	2	51	Use existing flow augmentation programs to benefit listed species recovery	Unknown			Other	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Idaho Department of Water Resources, Idaho Power Company, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries), Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Cost-share project
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	2	522	Develop and implement the water quality-based standards necessary to protect existing mainstem and spring habitats.	Ongoing Current	FY 1995 - FY 1999		Other	Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	See Action 211. IDEQ addresses this action through establishment of TMDLs and implementation of point and non-point source pollution management plans, and EPA through the issuance of NPDES permits. However, standards and criteria established by EPA for water quality has not been consulted on, or shown to be protective of listed snails. USGS and EPA have conducted limited toxicity tests to determine if standards/criteria are protective; data is mixed and survival of listed species in the lab has been poor.
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	2	541	Determine hydroelectric dam tailrace effects	Ongoing Current	Prior to FY 1995		Other	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services Division, Idaho Power Company, U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	this recovery action is presently being conducted through Section 7 consultation and Federal Power Act compliance. a settlement agreement reached by the FERC, the Service, and the Idaho Power Company will study hydroelectric dam operation impacts to native species over water years 2004 to 2009. Projects and reports completed by IPC (Clark et al. 2009) and BOR (Gates and Kerans 2010). Results and conclusions of those studies are being used for management decisions and still being reviewed to assess effects.
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	2	56	Continue the NWQA Monitoring Program	Complete	Prior to FY 1995	FY 2000 - FY 2004	Other	U.S. Geological Survey	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	the USGS has completed the NAWQA for the middle Snake River and several reports of water quality have been published as a result. periodic updates of the status of water quality changes in the upper Snake River Basin are conducted, the most recent published by USGS in 2005.
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	2	71	Biennially assess the overall success of the recovery program and revise the recovery plan on a 5-year basis	Not Started			U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	Snake River Fish and Wildlife Office	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Recovery plan revisions have been identified as a recommended action in both the latest SRP (2014) and BSL (2006) 5-year reviews. To date, no revision has been done.
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	3	211	Nonpoint Source Management Plan	Ongoing Current			Idaho Department of Environmental Quality	Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Multiple TMDLs have been developed within the range of the affected species since listing, though the majority of stream segements are not meeting water quality standards outlined in the TMDLs.
Snake River Aquatic Species Recovery Plan	F	1	Idaho Fish and Wildlife Office (208) 378-5243	Snake River physa snail	Physella natricina	3	611	Continue IPC's white sturgeon studies and monitoring	Ongoing Current	FY 1995 - FY 1999		Other	Idaho Department of Fish and Game, Idaho Power Company, U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission	Work type not yet selected	Labor type not yet selected	Ongoing.