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• State Land Board resources. <br />• Land trusts. <br />• Public lands -- federal, state, city, county, special districts. <br />• Department of Interior funds (e.g. 1996 Department of Interior budget request of $27 <br />million to support conservation planning for threatened and endangered species). <br />• Conservation easements. <br />Missing resources, tools, information and partnerships <br />• Funding. <br />• Staff. <br />• Control of State Land Board. <br />• Incentives for private initiative. <br />• Inadequate funding for non -game and for threatened and endangered species. <br />• Private funds. <br />• Federal funding sources, i.e. excise tax, inheritance tax exemption, etc. <br />• Partnerships with industries. <br />• More partnerships with land trusts /conservancies. <br />• More participation with local organizations, i.e. service clubs, wildlife <br />organizations, etc. <br />• Support from state legislature. <br />• More coordination within state agencies. <br />• Internalized cost approach - -if you do damage, you pay. <br />• Mitigation banking. <br />Possible actions to achieve desired results <br />• Support national legislation to fund similar initiatives (i.e. Wildlife Diversity Fund <br />bill). <br />• Reduce liability and exposure to encourage private /corporate funding (i.e. "Catch 22" <br />in the Endangered Species Act/Superfund, etc.). <br />• Modify the Endangered Species Act to encourage private property owner <br />participation. <br />• Identify and provide for tax incentives. <br />• Support national recreational user fee for public lands. <br />• Initiate marketing plan aimed at local support. <br />• Prioritize state agency budgets. <br />• Obtain support from state legislature. <br />• Prioritize federal budgets to fund federally- imposed requirements and impacts. <br />• Delegation of authority to states, with funding. <br />• Expand conservation easement incentives for private property owners. <br />11 <br />