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I Draft December 3, 2007 ? REIMBURSABLE AGREEMENT BETWEEN Nebraska Community Foundation, Platte River Recovery Implementation Program AND UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 1. Parties. Agreement Page 1 of 9 This Agreement is made and entered into by and between the Nebraska Community Foundation, Inc. (Foundation) of Lincoln, Nebraska representing all signatories to the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program, hereinafter referred to as "PRRIP" and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Technology Applications Team hereinafter referred to as "TAT." The following persons are authorized to represent the parties through this agreement: Jeff Yost of the Foundation and Elliot Sutta of the FWS. 2. Purpose. The purpose of this agreement is to allow the Foundation, acting as the fiscal agent for ihe ? Governance Committee of the PRRIP, and TAT to enter into a cost not to exceed reimbursable agreement contract for the project "Database Management System Development and Implementation." 3. Legal Authorities. This agreement is authorized by the following laws, regulations, ordinances, bylaws, or other documents: FY 2000 Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (PL 106-113) The Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) The National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.) National Defense Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2002 (Public Law 107-107) 4. Background. A basin-wide cooperative program relating to four target species (interior least tern, piping plover, whooping crane and pallid sturgeon) and their associated habitats, as defined in the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (PRRIP), began January 1, 2007. As signatories the States of Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming and the Department of the Interior (DOI) agreed to "...participate in the Governance Committee which is hereby established pursuanf fo Section 4 of fhe Endangered Species Act (`ESA') (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) to oversee implementation of the PRRIP. The PRRIP implements certain aspects of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service's recovery plans for four ? target species (interior least tern, whooping crane, piping plover and pallid sturgeon) listed as threatened or endangered pursuant to the ESA. The PRRIP provides for a range of ineasures relating to the four target specie in their associated habitats as defined in the PRRIP."