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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />The significantly high rejection rate associated with recommended land ac- <br />Quisition is attributed to a variety of factors. The dominant factors for <br />rejecting land acquisition are funding limitations and state and local <br />conflicts. land acquisition must be authorized by Congress, and in many <br />cases Congress neither authorizes such acquisition nor provides sufficient <br />funding for purchasing the amount of lands requested by the FWS. Many. of <br />these recommendations were rejected because of state and local conflicts. <br />State governments and local factions generally are opposed, either because <br />of cost-sharing requirements or the need for condemnation proceedings. <br />The construction agencies tend to reject these recommendations to avoid <br />such conflicts. Reservoir zoning recommendations meet with particularly <br />high bargaining success, probably because zoning offers great benefits for <br />recreation as well as fish and wildlife protection <br />Implementation of Agreed-To Measures <br />Implementation of a fish and wildlife recommendation is the process by <br />which a sponsoring agency complies with an accepted measure. Beside examin- <br />ing the discrete yes or no Question regarding implementation, the rate, degree, <br />and success of implementation will be discussed. Table 3 displays an overview <br />of the implementation status of recommended measures by sponsoring agency. <br />Two-thirds of the measures requested are ultimately implemented; whereas nine <br />out of ten measures agreed-to by sponsoring agenci es have been impl emented. <br />The Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation have obtained almost iden- <br />tical implementation success. Even though only a small number of Bureau of <br />Indian Affairs, Bureau of land Management, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, <br />and Forest Service projects were reviewed in this research, all 47 of the <br />agreed-to measures were implemented. <br /> <br />13 <br />