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2. Modifications by the Governance Committee. Changes to the Program not reserved to the signatories above may be made by the Governance Committee. C. Flexibilitv and Change During the First Increment. The Governance Committee will administer the Program during the First Increment using a flexible and incremental approach. To further the First Increment objectives, the Program Document and its attachments describe certain activities and criteria such as Milestones, Land, Water, and Adaptive Management Plans, land and water acquisition and management criteria, management actions, and others. These activities and criteria were based on the information available at the time the Program was established. Changes to Program activities and criteria may be justified by new information. This includes: 1) information learned as the result of implementation of the Land, Water, and Adaptive Management Plans; 2) information from other sources including relevant data from non-Program sources on target species and habitats; and, 3) practical considerations such as land availability, economics, budgetary and time constraints, and the ability or inability, notwithstanding good faith efforts of the participants, to achieve predicted outcomes of Program management hypotheses. Accordingly, except as noted in Paragraph III.B.1 above, the Governance Committee may change the Program's First Increment Milestones and other activities and criteria, provided such changes are consistent with accomplishing the First Increment Objectives. These changes may be made and the Program will continue to provide ESA compliance during the First Increment, so long as the First Increment Milestones, as may be amended, are being met. l. Adaptive Management Plan. The Adaptive Management Plan, set forth in Attachment 3, describes a systematic process administered by the Governance Committee far continually improving Program management by: 1) designing certain Program management activities to test alternative hypotheses and 2) applying information learned from research and monitoring of Program management. The process also includes the flexibility to use information and experience from all sources. The Adaptive Management Plan describes experiments that have uncertain outcomes. Changes in adaptive management activities and the Adaptive Management Plan are expected. Achieving particular results through implementation of the Adaptive Management Plan is not the basis for determining ESA compliance during the First Increment. The Adaptive Management Plan will be implemented within the existing Program defined contributions of money, land, and water unless amended in accordance with III.B.1. The Governance Committee recognizes the importance of the Adaptive Management Plan. e°„November 129 2005 Program Document 6 1