To: Board of Supervisors
From: Agricultural Commissioner
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: 4/5th
SUBJECT:
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Approval of Cooperative Services Agreement No. 23-7306-0254-RA known as the Humboldt County Financial Plan for the Wildlife Services Program between Humboldt County and United States Department of Agriculture-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services-Wildlife Services (4/5th Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve Agreement No. 23-7306-0254-RA the Humboldt County Financial Plan with United States Department of Agriculture-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services- Wildlife Services;
2. Authorize the Chair to sign three copies each of Financial Plan and Cooperative Services Agreement No. 23-7306-0254-RA, and return all signed copies to the Agricultural Commissioner's office for further processing; and
3. Grant a waiver of the Nuclear Free Ordinance (4/5th Vote Required).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund (1100), Wildlife Services (279)
DISCUSSION:
The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal Plant Health Inspection Services-Wildlife Services (USDA-WS) program provides the assistance of a trained Wildlife Services Specialist to resolve conflicts between humans and wildlife in Humboldt County. The USDA-WS program has operated continuously since 1921 and provides county residents with an integrated wildlife damage management program, including protection from livestock predation losses; property damage; protection of public health through disease monitoring (rabies) of wild animal populations; responding to attacks and potential threats posed by wildlife including protecting passengers and aircraft from collisions with wildlife; and protecting federal and state-listed threatened and endangered species. The contractual agreement between Humboldt County and USDA-WS consists of a cooperative services agreement (CSA) and a financial plan. The CSA outlines the wo...
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