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the Program's objectives, including recommendations, if any, from the Land Advisory Committee (LAC), and 4) Conducting meetings and workshops with the advisory committees and the Governance Committee periodically to provide opportunities for detailed review of the implementation of the AMP. The ED and staff will conduct a minimum of one workshop per year with the Governance Committee and advisory committees. I.C.3. Advisory Functions The ED will be providing information related to the AMP to, and assist in, communication between the Governance Committee, Land, Water, Technical Advisory Committees (LAC, WAC, and TAC, respectively) and the ISAC. The advisory committees will perform the duties described in committee charters contained in the Organizational Structures Document (Program Attachment 6). The advisory committees will be formed by the Governance Committee in accordance with the processes included in their respective charters. The committees will provide advice on implementation of the Land Plan (LAC), Water Plan (WAC), and scientific aspects of the Program, including implementation of the AMP (TAC, WAC, LAC and ISAC). I.C.3.a. Stakeholder Advisory Committees The Land, Water, and Technical Advisory Committees are generally made up of representatives of stakeholder groups participating in the Program. These committees are expected to participate with the ED in the synthesis of the information and recommendations to be presented to the Governance Committee and ISAC. I.C.3.b. Independent Scientific Advisory Committee The purpose of the ISAC is to insure scientific integrity and quality in the Program by providing the Governance Committee with independent reviews of the Program's processes and products. The ISAC will provide independent scientific advice to the Governance Committee through the ED on scientific issues, including adaptive management, during the First Increment of the Program, according to their charter in Program Attachment 6, Appendix I. The ISAC will be composed of approximately five independent scientists knowledgeable in technical areas critical to the implementation of the AMP. The tasks to be completed by ISAC will be defined in a scope of work. I.C.3.c. Environmental Account Manager The FWS has been charged with the management of the Nebraska EA through an employee, the EA Manager. Each year an EA Annual Operating Plan (AOP) will be developed as described in the Water Plan (Attachment 5; Section 1). Most management actions and adaptive management experiments to test hypotheses will depend on the EA Manager being an integral part of the advisory process. Generally, water release decisions will be made within the overall management framework established by the AMP. Managers of other Program water will September 1, 2006 Adaptive Management Plan