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a. Developing modifications to Conceptual Ecological Models (CEM) to be <br />included in the revised AMP. <br />b. Derive additional hypotheses from the areas identified in the each CEM, including <br />competing hypotheses regarding management and the ecology of the target <br />species in the central Platte River (birds) and lower Platte River (pallid sturgeon). <br />c. Screen the hypotheses to determine the priority hypotheses that will be <br />recommended to the Governance Committee to be carried forward in the revised <br />AMP. <br />d. Refine hypotheses as necessary so that they are testable. <br />e. Provide further clarification and explanation of the screening process explaining <br />why the hypotheses screened out were not recommended for further testing. <br />f. Identify management objectives, management actions, and indicators to address <br />management related hypotheses. <br />g. Fully integrate the IMRP portion of the AMP with the rest of the plan. <br />h. Examine the proposed monitoring and research identified in the IMRP portion of <br />the AMP to determine if the proposed priority hypotheses are addressed by the <br />existing protocols. <br />i. Modify the list of protocols to insure that all priority hypotheses are addressed <br />and eliminate unnecessary protocols and reallocate budgets. <br />j. Develop a sequence of implementation for the priority hypotheses. <br />3. Incorporate workshop products into the revised draft AMP and circulate to the <br />Governance Committee at least two weeks in advance of a workshop to be held with <br />the Governance Committee in July 2006. <br />4. The ED's office will revise and finalize the AMP for approval by the Governance <br />Committee. <br />I.F.2 Process for modifying the AMP during the First Increment of the Program ' J <br />The AMP will be changed through a collaborative process led by the ED using an ad hoc <br />committee of representatives of the LAC, WAC, and TAC. The process will also include review <br />input from the ISAC and other peer reviewers as appropriate. The process will be based on the <br />products resulting from the implementation of the Program's operating and implementation <br />plans. The work plans will be developed by the ED, using the AMP as a strategic planning <br />template. Budgets will be updated annually, reflecting the accumulating evidence for priority <br />hypotheses, and making or modifying the plans for the subsequent year or years. <br />The steps involved in changing the AMP will likely include: <br />1. The ED will compile reports summarizing the previous field seasons of management, <br />monitoring and research. This process will be completed on a different schedule for <br />each project; although, it will typically occur in the fall and early winter of each year. <br />2. The ED will provide the AMP and reports summarizing the previous field seasons of <br />management, monitoring and research to the LAC, WAC, TAC, and the ISAC far <br />review in preparation of a workshop to be held annually. The workshop will typically <br />be held mid-winter. <br />3. The ED will convene the workshop to facilitate changes in the AMP. The ad hoc <br />committee attending the workshop will include representatives of the LAC, WAC, <br />TAC, and the ISAG The purposes of the workshops include: <br />September 1, 2006 Adaptive Management Plan 10