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11 <br />Implementing Conservation Schedule <br />• Development of the range -wide Conservation Strategy and states' conservation and <br />management plans will begin no later than March 2004 and be completed no later than <br />December 2004. A 10 -year period will be necessary to attain sufficient progress toward <br />objectives outlined in this Agreement, the range -wide Strategy, and the state plans, but <br />the time required to complete conservation actions may be revised with consensus of the <br />signatories. <br />• Conservation actions will be scheduled and reviewed on an annual basis by the <br />signatories based on recommendations from the Coordination Team. Activities that will <br />be conducted during the first three to five years of implementation will be identified in <br />annual work plans within the states' conservation and management plans. The Strategy <br />and states' conservation and management plans will be flexible documents and will be <br />revised through adaptive management, incorporating new information as it becomes <br />available. <br />• The state wildlife agency that has the Coordination Team Leader responsibility will <br />coordinate team review of conservation activities conducted by participants of this <br />Agreement to determine if all actions are in accordance with the Strategy and state <br />conservation and management plans, and the annual schedule. <br />• Following a 10 -year evaluation, the Agreement, Strategy, and associated states' <br />conservation and management plans may be renewed. <br />Funding Conservation Actions <br />• Expenditures to implement this Agreement and Strategy will be identified in states' <br />conservation and management strategies and are contingent upon availability of funding. <br />• Implementation funding will be provided by a variety of sources. Federal, state, and <br />local sources will need to provide or secure funding to initiate procedures of the <br />Agreement and Strategy, although nothing in this Agreement obligates any agency to any <br />funding responsibilities. To date, various federal and state sources have contributed to <br />