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(2) The 11,420 acres in the buffer zone should also be held for the 

 the protection and conservation of desert tortoises and their 

 habitat, as well as other animals occurring naturally in this 

 ecosystem. 



(3) A management plan for the desert tortoise should be developed for 

 the combined reserved area, buffer zone, and corridor. 



(4) Aerojet General should provide compensation to a federal or state 

 wildlife agency for the total area of habitat lost to desert 

 tortoises. This compensation could be in the form of acquisition 

 of important tortoise habitat occurring on private lands in Nevada 

 or a similar measure. 



(5) The 160 to 325 tortoises to be relocated from the proposed 

 developed areas should be part of a formal relocation project, 

 undertaken by qualified desert tortoise scientists. These 

 tortoises imist be treated humanely. A substantial number of the 

 tortoises should be monitored on a long-term basis using radio 

 telemeters. 



(6) The tortoise population in the reserved area should be monitored 

 at three- to four-year intervals using methods similar or 

 identical to the 60-day census, a method used in Nevada and 

 elsewhere in the geographic range. 



(7) All roads used by Aerojet employees in the Arrow Canyon/Coyote 

 Spring Valley desert tortoise crucial habitat should be fenced and 

 culverts should be installed at appropriate intervals. 



(8) Aerojet should not advertise the presence of tortoises to the 

 general public with road signs. The tortoises will be less likely 

 to be collected, if Aerojet does not draw attention to the 

 population. 



(9) Measures should be tciken to prevent increases in raven populations 

 and to minimize raven predation on juvenile desert tortoises. 



(10) Aerojet should include a nationally recognized desert tortoise 

 expert on the Board to oversee the reserved acreage, corridor, 

 and buffer zone. 



