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M USGS <br />Collab Template August 2023 <br />IV. USGS' Role and Expertise <br />FBMS # (FOP 11.2 A) [23ZCCOLLCSASAZI] <br />ARS # [2023ZC-130081 <br />The USGS will endeavor to: <br />• Cooperate with the Collaborator to identify, prioritize and coordinate <br />research activities necessary to address conservation needs. <br />• Conduct quarterly ecology based educational lectures/workshops presented <br />by USGS scientists and/or similar professionals, which will be free to the general <br />public, students and/or other groups as approved by the Zoo Director. <br />• USGS shall comply with all official Zoo policies with the respect to the <br />Association of Zoos and Aquariums, U.S. Department of Agriculture, California <br />Department of Fish and Game, and other federal, state and local regulations <br />affecting the programs offered pursuant to this Agreement. <br />• Work closely with Collaborator staff with active research programs of the <br />Principal Investigators, currently Robert Fisher and his field assistants. <br />• Provide Collaborator opportunities for discussion of USGS research <br />directions. <br />• Develop and review proposals for research and monitoring activities to be <br />carried out in and around Orange County. <br />• Provide Collaborator with research results and other available natural <br />resource information relevant to resources management as available and <br />appropriate. <br />• Maintain files on current and past research activities that involves <br />Collaborator. <br />• Actively participate in regional planning, assessment and research activities <br />where the goal is to improve regional ecosystems approaches to land management, <br />including improved integration of Collaborator interests and actions with <br />sounding landowners. <br />• Assure the adherence of USGS Staff to the guidelines and requirements <br />identified by Collaborator as applicable to research activities conducted in <br />surrounding Collaborator lands. <br />• Designate a representative from USGS to act as liaison between WERC and <br />Collaborator to receive communications regarding conduct of studies and <br />activities. <br />Page 8 of 8 <br />