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    CHAPTER 77ENDANGERED AND THREATENED PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIES[Prior to 12/31/86, Conservation Commission[290], Ch 19]571—77.1(481B)  Definitions.  As used in this rule:
    "Endangered species" means any species of fish, plant life, or wildlife which is in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant part of its range.
    "Special concern species" means any species about which problems of status or distribution are suspected, but not documented, and for which no special protection is afforded under this rule.
    "Threatened species" means any species which is likely to become an endangered species within the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.
    571—77.2(481B)  Endangered, threatened, and special concern animals.  The natural resource commission, in consultation with scientists with specialized knowledge and experience, has determined the following animal species to be endangered, threatened or of special concern in Iowa:  77.2(1)    Endangered animal species:  MammalsIndiana BatMyotis sodalisPlains Pocket MousePerognathus flavescensRed-backed VoleClethrionomys gapperiSpotted SkunkSpilogale putoriusBirdsRed-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusNorthern HarrierCircus cyaneusPiping PloverCharadrius melodusCommon Barn OwlTyto albaLeast TernSterna antillarumKing RailRallus elegansShort-eared OwlAsio flammeusFishLake SturgeonAcipenser fulvescensPallid SturgeonScaphirhynchus albusPugnose ShinerNotropis anogenusWeed ShinerNotropis texanusPearl DaceSemotilus margaritaFreckled MadtomNoturus nocturnusBluntnose DarterEtheostoma chlorosomumLeast DarterEtheostoma micropercaReptilesYellow Mud TurtleKinosternon flavescensWood TurtleClemmys insculptaGreat Plains SkinkEumeces obsoletusCopperbelly Water SnakeNerodia erythrogaster neglectaWestern Hognose SnakeHeterodon nasicusCopperheadAgkistrodon contortrixPrairie RattlesnakeCrotalus viridisMassasauga RattlesnakeSistrurus catenatusAmphibiansBlue-spotted SalamanderAmbystoma lateraleCrawfish FrogRana areolataButterfliesDakota SkipperHesperia dacotaeRingletCoenonympha tulliaLand SnailsIowa Pleistocene SnailDiscus macclintockiMinnesota Pleistocene AmbersnailNovisuccinea new species AIowa Pleistocene AmbersnailNovisuccinea new species BFrigid AmbersnailCatinella gelidaBriarton Pleistocene VertigoVertigo briarensisBluff VertigoVertigo meramecensisIowa Pleistocene VertigoVertigo new speciesFresh Water MusselsSpectacle CaseCumberlandia monodontaSlippershellAlasmidonta viridisBuckhornTritogonia verrucosaOzark PigtoeFusconaia ozarkensisBullheadPlethobasus cyphyusOhio River PigtoePleurobema sintoxiaSlough SandshellLampsilis teres teresYellow SandshellLampsilis teres anodontoidesHiggin’s-eye Pearly MusselLampsilis higginsi  77.2(2)    Threatened animal species:  MammalsLeast ShrewCryptotis parvaSouthern Bog LemmingSynaptomys cooperiBirdsLong-eared OwlAsio otusHenslow’s SparrowAmmodramus henslowiiFishChestnut LampreyIchthyomyzon castaneusAmerican Brook LampreyLampetra appendixGrass PickerelEsox americanusBlacknose ShinerNotropis heterolepisTopeka ShinerNotropis topekaWestern Sand DarterAmmocrypta claraBlack RedhorseMoxostoma duquesneiBurbotLota lotaOrangethroat DarterEtheostoma spectabileReptilesSlender Glass LizardOphisaurus attenuatusCommon Musk TurtleSternotherus odoratusBlanding’s TurtleEmydoidea blandingiiOrnate Box TurtleTerrapene ornataDiamondback Water SnakeNerodia rhombiferaWestern Worm SnakeCarphophis amoenus vermisSpeckled KingsnakeLampropeltis getulusAmphibiansMudpuppyNecturus maculosusCentral NewtNotophthalmus viridescensButterfliesPowesheik SkipperlingOarisma powesheikByssus SkipperProblema byssusMulberry WingPoanes massasoitSilvery BlueGlaucopsyche lygdamusBaltimoreEuphydryas phaetonSnailsMidwest Pleistocene VertigoVertigo hubrichtiOccult VertigoVertigo occultaFresh Water MusselsCylinderAnodontoides ferussacianusStrange FloaterStrophitus undulatusCreek HeelsplitterLasmigona compressaPurple PimplebackCyclonaias tuberculataButterflyEllipsaria lineolataEllipseVenustaconcha ellipsiformis  77.2(3)     Special concern animal species:  MammalsSouthern Flying SquirrelGlaucomys volansBirdsForster's TernSterna forsteriBlack TernChlidonias nigerPeregrine FalconFalco peregrinusBald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusFishPugnose MinnowNotropis emiliaePirate PerchAphredoderus sayanus ReptilesSmooth Green SnakeOpheodrys vernalisBullsnakePituophis catenifer sayi ButterfliesDreamy DuskywingErynnis icelusSleepy DuskywingErynnis brizoColumbine DuskywingErynnis luciliusWild Indigo DuskywingErynnis baptisiaeOttoe SkipperHesperia ottoeLeonardus SkipperHesperia l. leonardusPawnee SkipperHesperia leonardus pawneeBeardgrass SkipperAtrytone arogosZabulon SkipperPoanes zabulonBroad-winged SkipperPoanes viatorSedge SkipperEuphyes dionTwo-spotted SkipperEuphyes bimaculaDusted SkipperAtrytonopsis hiannaSalt-and-pepper SkipperAmblyscirtes hegonPipevine SwallowtailBattus philenorZebra SwallowtailEurytides marcellusOlympia WhiteEuchloe olympiaPurplish CopperLycaena helloidesAcadian HairstreakSatyrium acadicumEdward’s HairstreakSatyrium edwardsiiHickory HairstreakSatyrium caryaevorumStriped HairstreakSatyrium liparopsSwamp MetalmarkCalephelis muticaRegal FritillarySpeyeria idaliaBaltimoreEuphydryas phaeton ozarkaeRelated ARC(s): 8105B571—77.3(481B)  Endangered, threatened, and special concern plants.  The natural resource commission, in consultation with scientists with special knowledge and experience, determined the following plant species to be endangered, threatened, or of special concern in Iowa.  77.3(1)    Endangered plant species:  COMMON NAMESCIENTIFIC NAMEPale false foxgloveAgalinus skinnerianaBlue giant-hyssopAgastache foeniculumBearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursiBlack chokeberryAronia melanocarpaEared milkweedAsclepias engelmannianaMead’s milkweedAsclepias meadiiNarrow-leaved milkweedAsclepias stenophyllaRicebutton asterAster dumosusLarge-leaved asterAster macrophyllusSchreber’s asterAster schreberiFern-leaved false foxgloveAureolaria pediculariaMatricary grape fernBotrychium matricariifoliumPoppy mallowCallirhoe triangulataCordroot sedgeCarex chordorrhizaLarge-bracted corydalisCorydalis curvisiliquaSilky prairie-cloverDalea villosaSwamp-loosestrifeDecodon verticillatusNorthern panic-grassDichanthelium borealeRoundleaved sundewDrosera rotundifoliaFalse mermaidFloerkea proserpinacoidesBog bedstrawGalium labradoricumPovertygrassHudsonia tomentosaNorthern St. JohnswortHypericum borealePineweedHypericum gentianoidesWinterberryIlex verticillataBlack-based quillwortIsoetes melanopodaWater-willowJusticia americanaDwarf dandelionKrigia virginicaCleft conobeaLeucospora multifidaWhiskbroom parsleyLomatium foeniculaceumRunning clubmossLycopodium clavatumBog clubmossLycopodium inundatumAnnual skeletonweedLygodesmia rostrataWater marigoldMegalodonta beckiiNorthern lungwortMertensia paniculataBigroot pricklypearOpuntia macrorhizaClustered broomrapeOrobanche fasciculataRicegrassOryzopsis pungensCinnamon fernOsmunda cinnamomeaPurple cliffbrakePellaea atropurpureaArrow arumPeltandra virginicaPale green orchidPlatanthera flavaEastern prairie fringed orchidPlatanthera leucophaeaClammyweedPolansia jamesiiCrossleaf milkwortPolygala cruciataPurple milkwortPolygala polygamaJointweedPolygonella articulataDouglas’ knotweedPolygonum douglasiiThree-toothed cinquefoilPotentilla tridentataCanada plumPrunus nigraFrenchgrassPsoralea onobrychisPink shinleafPyrola asarifoliaPrickly roseRosa acicularisMeadow spikemossSelaginella eclipesRough-leaved goldenrodSolidago patulaBog goldenrodSolidago uliginosaYellow-lipped ladies-tressesSpiranthes lucidaPickering morning-gloryStylisma pickeringiiRough-seeded fameflowerTalinum rugospermumWaxy meadowrueThalictrum revolutumLong beechfernThelypteris phegopterisLarge-leaved violetViola incognitaRusty woodsiaWoodsia ilvensisYellow-eyed grassXyris torta  77.3(2)    Threatened plant species:  Northern wild monkshoodAconitum noveboracenseRound-stemmed false foxgloveAgalinus gattingeriiNodding wild onionAllium cernuumFragrant false indigoAmorpha nanaVirginia snakerootAristolochia serpentariaWoolly milkweedAsclepias lanuginosaShowy milkweedAsclepias speciosaForked asterAster furcatusRush asterAster junciformisFlax-leaved asterAster linariifoliusWater parsnipBerula erectaKittentailsBesseya bulliiBog birchBetula pumilaPagoda plantBlephilia ciliataLeathery grapefernBotrychium multifidumLittle grapefernBotrychium simplexSweet Indian-plantainCacalia suaveolensPoppy mallowCallirhoe alcaeoidesPipsissewaChimaphila umbellataGolden saxifrageChrysosplenium iowenseDayflowerCommelina erectaSpotted coralrootCorallorhiza maculataBunchberryCornus canadensisGolden corydalisCorydalis aureaPink corydalisCorydalis sempervirensShowy lady’s-slipperCypripedium reginaeSlim-leaved panic-grassDichanthelium linearifoliumJeweled shooting starDodecatheon amethystinumGlandular wood fernDryopteris intermediaMarginal shield fernDryopteris marginalisWoodland horsetailEquisetum sylvaticumSlender cottongrassEriophorum gracileYellow trout lilyErythronium americanumQueen of the prairieFilipendula rubraBlue ashFraxinus quadrangulataBlack huckleberryGaylussacia baccataOak fernGymnocarpium dryopterisGreen violetHybanthus concolorTwinleafJeffersonia diphyllaCreeping juniperJuniperus horizontalisIntermediate pinweedLechea intermediaHairy pinweedLechea villosaPrairie bush cloverLespedeza leptostachyaTwinflowerLinnaea borealisWestern parsleyLomatium orientaleWild lupineLupinus perennisTree clubmossLycopodium dendroideumRock clubmossLycopodium porophilumHairy watercloverMarsilea vestitaBog buckbeanMenyanthes trifoliataWinged monkeyflowerMimulus alatusYellow monkeyflowerMimulus glabratusPartridge berryMitchella repensPinesapMonotropa hypopithysSmall sundropsOenothera perennisLittle pricklypearOpuntia fragilisRoyal fernOsmunda regalisPhiladelphia panic-grassPanicum philadelphicumSlender beardtonguePenstemon gracilisHooker’s orchidPlatanthera hookeriNorthern bog orchidPlatanthera hyperboreaWestern prairie fringed orchidPlatanthera praeclaraPurple fringed orchidPlatanthera psycodesPink milkwortPolygala incarnataSilverweedPotentilla anserinaShrubby cinquefoilPotentilla fruticosaPennsylvania cinquefoilPotentilla pensylvanicaOne-sided shinleafPyrola secundaMeadow beautyRhexia virginicaBeaked rushRhynchospora capillaceaNorthern currantRibes hudsonianumShining willowSalix lucidaBog willowSalix pedicellarisLow nutrushScleria verticillataBuffaloberrySheperdia argenteaScarlet globemallowSphaeralcea coccineaSlender ladies-tressesSpiranthes laceraOval ladies-tressesSpiranthes ovalisHooded ladies-tressesSpiranthes romanzoffianaSpring ladies-tressesSpiranthes vernalisRosy twisted-stalkStreptopus roseusFameflowerTalinum parviflorumLarge arrowgrassTriglochin maritimumSmall arrowgrassTriglochin palustreLow sweet blueberryVaccinium angustifoliumVelvetleaf blueberryVaccinium myrtilloidesFalse helleboreVeratrum woodiiKidney-leaved violetViola renifoliaOregon woodsiaWoodsia oregana  77.3(3)    Special concern plant species:  Balsam firAbies balsameaThree-seeded mercuryAcalypha gracilensThree-seeded mercuryAcalypha ostryifoliaMountain mapleAcer spicatumMoschatelAdoxa moschatellinaWater plantainAlisma gramineumWild onionAllium mutabileAmaranthAmaranthus arenicolaLanceleaf ragweedAmbrosia bidentataSaskatoon serviceberryAmelanchier alnifoliaLow serviceberryAmelanchier sanguineaRaccoon grapeAmpelopsis cordataPearly everlastingAnaphalis margaritaceaSand bluestemAndropogon halliiBroomsedgeAndropogon virginicusPurple angelicaAngelica atropurpureaPurple rockcressArabis divaricarpaGreen rockcressArabis missouriensisLakecressArmoracia lacustrisFringed sagewortArtemisia frigidaCommon mugwortArtemisia vulgarisPawpawAsimina trilobaCurved asterAster falcatusHairy asterAster pubentiorPrairie asterAster turbinellusStanding milkvetchAstragalus adsurgensBent milkvetchAstragalus distortusMissouri milkvetchAstragalus missouriensisBlue wild indigoBaptisia australisYellow wild indigoBaptisia tinctoriaPrairie moonwortBotrychium campestreWatershieldBrasenia schreberiBuffalograssBuchloe dactyloidesPoppy mallowCallirhoe papaverWater-starwortCallitriche heterophyllaGrass pinkCalopogon tuberosusLow bindweedCalystegia spithamaeaClustered sedgeCarex aggregataBack’s sedgeCarex backiiBush’s sedgeCarex bushiiCarey’s sedgeCarex careyanaFlowerhead sedgeCarex cephalanthaField sedgeCarex conoideaCrawe’s sedgeCarex craweiFringed sedgeCarex crinitaDouble sedgeCarex diandraDouglas’ sedgeCarex douglasiiDry sedgeCarex foenaThin sedgeCarex gracilescensDelicate sedgeCarex leptaleaMud sedgeCarex limosaHoplike sedgeCarex lupuliformisYellow sedgeCarex luridaIntermediate sedgeCarex mediaBackward sedgeCarex retroflexaRichardson’s sedgeCarex richardsoniiRocky Mountain sedgeCarex saximontanaSterile sedgeCarex sterilisSoft sedgeCarex teneraDeep green sedgeCarex tonsaTuckerman’s sedgeCarex tuckermaniiUmbrella sedgeCarex umbellataWild oatsChasmanthium latifoliumPink turtleheadChelone obliquaFogg’s goosefootChenopodium foggiiMissouri goosefootChenopodium missouriensisCoast bliteChenopodium rubrumBugbaneCimicifuga racemosaHill’s thistleCirsium hilliiSwamp thistleCirsium muticumWavy-leaved thistleCirsium undulatumWestern clematisClematis occidentalisBlue-eyed MaryCollinsia vernaCancer-rootConopholis americanaFireberry hawthornCrataegus chrysocarpaRed hawthornCrataegus coccineaTwo-fruited hawthornCrataegus dispermaHawthornCrataegus pruinosaHawksbeardCrepis runcinataPrairie teaCroton monanthogynusCrotonopsisCrotonopsis ellipticaWaxweedCuphea viscosissimaDodderCuscuta indecoraSmall white lady’s-slipperCypripedium candidumCarolina larkspurDelphinium carolinianumSessile-leaved tick trefoilDesmodium sessilifoliumFingergrassDigitaria filiformisButtonweedDiodia teresPurple coneflowerEchinacea purpureaWaterwortElatine triandraPurple spikerushEleocharis atropurpureaGreen spikerushEleocharis olivaceaOval spikerushEleocharis ovataDwarf spikerushEleocharis parvulaFew-flowered spikerushEleocharis paucifloraWolf’s spikerushEleocharis wolfiiInterrupted wildryeElymus interruptusDwarf scouring rushEquisetum scirpoidesPonygrassEragrostis reptansTall cottongrassEriophorum angustifoliumTawny cottongrassEriophorum virginicumUpland bonesetEupatorium sessilifoliumSpurgeEuphorbia commutataMissouri spurgeEuphorbia missuricaSlender fimbristylisFimbristylis autumnalisUmbrella grassFuirena simplexRough bedstrawGalium asprellumSmall fringed gentianGentianopsis proceraNorthern cranesbillGeranium bicknelliiSpring avensGeum vernumEarly cudweedGnaphalium purpureumLimestone oak fernGymnocarpium robertianumBitterweedHelenium amarumMud plantainHeteranthera limosaWater stargrassHeteranthera reniformisHairy goldenasterHeterotheca villosaCommon mare’s-tailHippuris vulgarisCanadian St. JohnswortHypericum canadenseDrummond St. JohnswortHypericum drummondiiWhite morning gloryIpomoea lacunosaSumpweedIva annuaAlpine rushJuncus alpinusToad rushJuncus bufoniusSoft rushJuncus effususGreen rushJuncus greeniiEdged rushJuncus marginatusVasey’s rushJuncus vaseyiPotato dandelionKrigia dandelionPinweedLechea racemulosaDuckweedLemna perpusillaCreeping bush cloverLespedeza repensSilvery bladder-podLesquerella ludovicianaWild flaxLinum mediumBrook lobeliaLobelia kalmiiFalse loosestrifeLudwigia peploidesCrowfoot clubmossLycopodium digitatumAdder’s-mouth orchidMalaxis unifoliaGlobe mallowMalvastrum hispidumTwo-flowered melic-grassMelica muticaTen-petaled blazingstarMentzelia decapetalaMillet grassMilium effusumRock sandwortMinuartia michauxiiNaked mitrewortMitella nudaScratchgrassMuhlenbergia asperifoliaWater milfoilMyriophyllum heterophyllumRough water milfoilMyriophyllum pinnatumWater milfoilMyriophyllum verticillatumGlade mallowNapaea dioicaShowy evening primroseOenothera speciosaNorthern adders-tongue fernOphioglossum vulgatumLouisiana broomrapeOrobanche ludovicianaMountain ricegrassOryzopsis asperifoliaGattinger’s panic-grassPanicum gattingeriWhite beardtonguePenstemon albidusCobaea penstemonPenstemon cobaeaTube penstemonPenstemon tubiflorusCleft phloxPhlox bifidaAnnual ground cherryPhysalis pubescensHeart-leaved plantainPlantago cordataWood orchidPlatanthera clavellataGreen fringed orchidPlatanthera laceraPlains bluegrassPoa aridaChapman’s bluegrassPoa chapmanianaWeak bluegrassPoa languidaBog bluegrassPoa paludigenaMeadow bluegrassPoa wolfiiHairy Solomon’s-sealPolygonatum pubescensLarge-leaved pondweedPotamogeton amplifoliusRibbonleaf pondweedPotamogeton epihydrusWhite-stemmed pondweedPotamogeton praelongusSpiralled pondweedPotamogeton spirillusTussock pondweedPotamogeton strictifoliusVasey’s pondweedPotamogeton vaseyiBird’s-eye primrosePrimula mistassinicaPrionopsisPrionopsis ciliataMermaid weedProserpinaca palustrisDwarf cherryPrunus besseyiHortulan plumPrunus hortulanaSand cherryPrunus pumilaLemon scurfpeaPsoralea lanceolataCrowfootRanunculus circinatusGmelin’s crowfootRanunculus gmeliniiBuckthornRhamnus alnifoliaDwarf sumacRhus copallinaNorthern gooseberryRibes hirtellumYellow cressRorippa sinuataSwamp roseRosa palustrisTooth-cupRotala ramosiorDewberryRubus hispidusWestern dockRumex occidentalisWidgeon grassRuppia maritimaPrairie rose gentianSabatia campestrisSage willowSalix candidaSassafrasSassafras albidumTumblegrassSchedonnardus paniculatusScheuchzeriaScheuchzeria palustrisSensitive briarSchrankia nuttalliiHall’s bulrushScirpus halliiPrairie bulrushScirpus maritimusPedicelled bulrushScirpus pedicellatusSmith’s bulrushScirpus smithiiTorrey’s bulrushScirpus torreyiVeiny skullcapScutellaria nervosaWild stonecropSedum ternatumRock spikemossSelaginella rupestrisButterweedSenecio glabellusFalse golden ragwortSenecio pseudaureusKnotweed bristlegrassSetaria geniculataVirginia rockcressSibara virginicaPrairie dockSilphium terebinthinaceumBurreedSparganium androcladumGreat plains ladies-tressesSpiranthes magnicamporumClandestine dropseedSporobolus clandestinusRough hedge-nettleStachys asperaNeedle-and-threadStipa comataWhite coralberrySymphoriocarpos albusEared false foxgloveTomanthera auriculataSpiderwortTradescantia virginianaHumped bladderwortUtricularia gibbaFlat-leaved bladderwortUtricularia intermediaSmall bladderwortUtricularia minorValerianValeriana edulisAmerican brooklineVeronica americanaMarsh speedwellVeronica scutellataMaple-leaved arrowwoodViburnum acerifoliumBlack arrowwoodViburnum molleBlack hawViburnum prunifoliumSpurred violetViola aduncaLance-leaved violetViola lanceolataMacloskey’s violetViola macloskeyiPale violetViola striataSummer grapeVitis aestivalisFrost grapeVitis vulpina571—77.4(481B)  Exemptions.  Notwithstanding the foregoing list and the prohibitions in Iowa Code chapter 481B, a person may import, export, possess, transport, purchase, barter, buy, sell, offer to sell, hold for processing or process a species of animal or plant which is listed as endangered or threatened on the state list or as listed in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50, part 17, as amended to December 30, 1991, according to the following rules:  77.4(1)  Trophies lawfully taken by persons licensed to hunt or fish (not including trapping or commercial harvest licenses) in another state, country or territory may be brought into this state and possessed, held for processing and processed but may not be sold or offered for sale.  77.4(2)  Furs or skins of wildlife species appearing on the state list of endangered and threatened species which were lawfully taken or purchased in another state, country or territory may be imported, exported, purchased, possessed, bartered, offered for sale, sold, held for processing, or processed in this state if they are tagged or permanently marked by the state, country, or territory of origin.  77.4(3)  Species of live animals appearing on the state list of endangered and threatened species may be imported, exported, possessed, purchased, bartered, offered for sale, or sold under the terms of a scientific collecting permit or educational project permit issued pursuant to Iowa Code section 481A.6 and administrative rules adopted by the department.  77.4(4)  Plants, seeds, roots, and other parts of plants which appear on the state list of endangered and threatened plants which were lawfully taken or purchased in another state, country or territory may be imported, exported, purchased, possessed, offered for sale or sold in this state.  77.4(5)  A part or product of a species of fish or wildlife appearing on the state list of endangered or threatened species which enters the state from another state or from a point outside the territorial limits of the United States may enter, be transported, exported, possessed, sold, offered for sale, held for processing or processed in accordance with the terms of a permit issued by the agency of jurisdiction in the state of origin or, if entering from outside the United States, a federal permit issued by the United States government. If proper documentation is available, a person may buy or offer to buy a part or product of a species of fish or wildlife appearing on the state or federal lists as long as it is imported from a legal source outside this state and proper documentation is provided.  77.4(6)  If a person possesses a species of fish or wildlife or a part, product or offspring of such a species, proper documentation such as receipt of purchase and the permit from the state of origin or the U.S. government must be presented upon request of any conservation officer. Failure to produce such documentation is a violation of this chapter and will constitute grounds for forfeiture to the Iowa DNR.  77.4(7)  A species of plant, fish or wildlife appearing on the state list of endangered and threatened species may be collected, held, salvaged and possessed under the terms of a scientific collecting permit issued pursuant to Iowa Code section 481A.6 and administrative rules adopted by the department.  77.4(8)  Drainage district repairs and improvements to existing open ditch facilities are excluded from the department’s protection efforts for the Topeka shiner. This includes facilities of levee and drainage districts established and maintained under Iowa Code chapter 468. This exclusion does not apply to new channelization, deepening, or leveeing of existing streams and rivers with permanent flow or existing streams with off-channel water areas capable of supporting fish.  77.4(9)  The department may enter into an agreement with a private landowner for habitat improvements that benefit endangered and threatened species while limiting the potential impacts to the landowner arising when a covered species becomes more numerous due to the voluntary improvements to the habitat. If any covered species becomes more numerous as a result of the landowner’s voluntary actions, a private landowner who commits to implement voluntary conservation measures for a listed species will not be required to implement additional measures, and additional land, water, or resource use restrictions will not be imposed.  a.  The department will provide participating landowners with technical assistance to develop landowner incentive program agreements. Each agreement shall include the following:
    1. Landowner’s name.
    2. Legal description of the property covered by the agreement.
    3. Length of agreement period.
    4. Species covered by the agreement.
    5. Baseline conditions: the estimated number of listed species and the size and condition of habitat for each species covered.
    6. Conservation measures to be implemented and implementation schedule.
    7. Financial commitment of the department and the landowner.
    8. Measures to determine if the agreement has been fulfilled.
    9. Any property use restrictions.
    10. Terms for the termination of the agreement prior to its scheduled expiration.
      b.  The landowner, through normal lawful activities, may return the property to the baseline or a mutually agreed-upon condition above the baseline at any time after expiration of the landowner incentive program agreement.    This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code chapter 481B.    Related ARC(s): 8105B