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UIl1tECI StS?S-cp?g?the Interior <br />4- 0MCE 0.FTW50LICtI'OR Dq?em.u? <br />- Washiagtpp, D.G 20Z40 <br />?amS?P 2 T 09 <br />MF,1VIaRANAUNi <br />Ta: Charltue pougherty <br />Burcau af Rr,clana.ation <br />k'xom: Alison Ba <br />Branch of M&Ier and Powar <br />Divisaoa af Y.and ead Water Resauraes <br />Rc: Platte River Recovcxy Pmgram, Hgbitat Managcmaat Qptiom Papcr <br />Aa wc have discussui, Wa memaramdum provides infiormation relaud ta the <br />implexisentation of the Tooperative Agmcmcnt for Platte River Rescarc,h and 4thcr <br />Efforts Relating to F.ndaagcred Spetacs Habitats Aloug the Cenual Platte Rivor, <br />Nthraskn," {yuly 1997}. V Sc,caam I of the Gcwpexative Agreemeat states th:?t the <br />puraaee of the Agretmr,nt ia to implement aspccta of rer,mery plan.+ developed by the <br />Fish.and Wildlife Servica far tatget species aud thcir habi#ats a:td calls for efforts 'to <br />aoquirc, restoM and managc land or imtcxcsft in laad to provide aad impmve the <br />habitats of the fbur identified targat species." ne Options Paper prepared by Muy <br />Jane Grabam, a wnsultant to the eadsting Govarnsace Cammittee c,atablisbed under the <br />Cooperative Agreemcnt, describes various agpraaches tv implementatioa of a iaad <br />acquisition and manageYnent program, <br />Ms. Cxrabam's draft Uptions Paper cflrrectly statcs thst the Sccxctary of the Iaterivx bas <br />sign,i$icauut autLority and respansibility u-nder the Eada.ngcred Spcries Aet, 16 U.S.C_ <br />§ I531 et seq, the Fish and Wi?rllife Coardination Act, ss ameadcd, 16 U.S.C. 9 661 r.t <br />seq, and undar the Fisb nnd WildliEe Act of 1956, as amanded, 16 V_S.G § 742a et sq- <br />Alone or in combination, these statutes autharizc the Secretary of the Interior (Intodor <br />ar the Department) to partiapate in snd to £uad thc acbvities descn'bed or aateeipntxd in <br />the Caoperative Agreameat, aIthougb each statate containa nquimments aA,d Iimitatioms <br />which afFect the man?uer in which the Dep$rtmont purtic:ipaLtes ia the AgreemenL Under <br />_/ Section,s T.B. and V of the Conperative Agreement correspand 1o the <br />Imptemeatatian Program. Section X.E a# the 1997 Cvoperativc Agreernent statcs that <br />its par#icipants are neither dclegating nar abrogatimg their statut,ory respon:nbilitiea_