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PRRIP — ED OFFICE DRAFT 6 04/06/2010 <br />386 clearing, clean -up of cedars, logged cottonwood stumps, and other woody vegetation in riparian <br />387 area, and the potential clearing of invasive woody vegetation in the area north of the channel. In <br />388 addition, the mobile home that was located on the property as been sold and will be moved off <br />389 the property. The hunting lodge is being maintained and will house the USGS team performing <br />390 the Program's Tern and Plover Foraging Habits study this summer. <br />391 <br />392 <br />394 <br />395 <br />396 <br />397 <br />Heaston asked why we planned to keep the grain bins on 2009003, indicating they are a tax and <br />insurance liability and of limited use to the Program. Heaston would like the Program to <br />consider their removal. Sackett said they provide some use to the Program, which has entered <br />into crop share agreements with some tenants of Program cropland, as well as potential for some <br />rent income and good neighbor benefits. <br />398 Thabault asked why rehabilitation of the old slough on 2009003 (the track faintly visible on <br />399 aerial photography) was not considered. Farnsworth said it is an issue of water level and channel <br />400 degradation. Just upstream of the slough there is a large Tri-basin NRD groundwater drain that <br />401 is 10 -15 feet below ground level which controls the groundwater level in the area. In addition, <br />402 output of the water would be an issue, as the historic slough track continues south to the cropland <br />403 off Program lands. <br />404 <br />405 Barels requested some synthesis to how Program FSM and MCM activities are being tackled <br />406 across the associated habitats. Farnsworth said that is already under way in the form of <br />407 experimental design documents for those activities. <br />408 <br />409 Strauch asked if any invasive removal activities have cost shares available. Czaplewski said <br />410 CPNRD has cost sharing for prescribed burns. Tunnell said the Program is working with <br />411 CPNRD to perform prescribed burns on Program lands where needed. <br />412 <br />413 Sackett then discussed the 2008002 1 -year work plan. The 5 -year plan for 2008002 <br />414 (Cottonwood Ranch) was approved in 2009. <br />415 <br />416 Heaston moved to approve the 5 -year and 1 -year plans as presented, including the Elm Creek <br />417 Complex plan (with associated tract plans for 2009002 and 2009005), the Elm Creek Complex <br />418 2010 work plan, the Fort Kearny Complex plan (with associated tract plans for 2009001 and <br />419 2009004), The Fort Kearny 2010 work plan, the 2009003 Operations and Maintenance plan, the <br />420 2009003 2010 work plan, and the 2008002 2010 work plan. Thabault seconded. Land plans <br />421 approved. <br />422 <br />423 Public Comment <br />424 Lawson asked for public comment. None was offered. <br />425 <br />426 Executive Session <br />427 Berryman moved to enter Executive Session to discuss land issues; Czaplewski seconded. GC <br />428 entered Executive Session at 10:40 a.m. Central time. <br />• This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are <br />made by the Governance Committee before approval. <br />PRRIP GC Meeting Minutes Page 10 of 11 <br />