White Paper: Option for Land Protection Component

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Land Entity White Paper November 30, 1499 have wauld depend on how the charter ar bylaws were drafted. Options include a broad and flexible charter and a general charge to get the mast for the money available, a charter authorizing specific actions circumscribed by rigidly defined duties and respansibilities and limited sets of options, and any point in between, Figure 1 on the previous page shows this option's structure and allocation of decision-making and implementation authorities. Advantages • Efficient, campact structure to allocate responsibilities and accomplish tasks_ • The Govemance Committee is necessarily relatively slow to act due ta its Iarge size, high-Ievel membership, and infrequent meeting schedule. A relatively autonamous Land Entity couid make time-critical decisions more readily. + Composition of the Board could be different from the Govemance Committee to reflect interest in this Program component, Disadvantages • Depending an the composition and voting rights of the Board, the Land Entity may became non-responsive to the Govemance Committee, adaptive management, or particular stakeholders or governments. • Depending on the composition and vating rights of the Board, the Land Entity may not satisfy government needs for assurances that government funds are being spent in the manner for which they were appropriated. • Bylaws that are broad to accommodate flexibility may allow the J.and Entity to develop an agencia different from the Program it is to serve. • Bylaws that are tiglrtly crafted to preclude drifting off course may not be flexible enough to accammodate adaptive management, quick decision-making, or unanticipated but desirable habitat options. • Creation of a naw entity to carry out federa[ agency functians wili require federal legislative approval. Z. Land Entity as Coordinator and Imptementation Manager Under this option, the Govemance Committee would retain hands-on decision-rnaking authority for each palicy ar large expenditure item, and assign the Land Entity the responsibilities to plan and implement specific land protection and znanagement actions and to coordinate communications. The Govemance Committee would approve a budget and pravide guidance far negotiating transactions, and review each transaction before it is finaiized. The Govemance Committee would approve the restoratian and management plans for individual parcels before implementation, and apgrvve any cvntracts far inanagement vr restoration services. The Govemance Committee would be kept informed af the results of rnonitoring, peer review and land 14