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Chapter I — Purpose of and Need for Action <br />Willing Seller /Lessor - No condemnation of land or water rights will occur. The Program will <br />acquire interests (purchase, lease, easement, or other arrangements) in water and land only from <br />willing sellers and lessors. <br />Incremental Approach - The Program will be implemented in phases, or increments, with only <br />the initial 13 -year increment under review at this time. <br />Adaptive Management - Program implementation will occur in increments that will be tracked <br />and evaluated so that the Program can be adjusted over time to meet the needs of the target <br />species, with an initial 13 -year increment. The adaptive management process will include <br />documenting baseline data for target species habitat, monitoring target species and their <br />habitats, setting objectives and timetables for review, developing specific milestones and <br />research activities, evaluating species and habitat responses to Program activities, incorporating <br />peer review, evaluating Program effectiveness, and reviewing and adjusting Program goals and <br />objectives. <br />While the Program may adjust its activities and the policies that guide those activities based <br />upon information obtained during the First Increment of the Program, it is not expected that the <br />resulting environmental consequences would extend beyond the bounds of the impacts assessed <br />in this DEIS. <br />Taxes on Program Land - The Program will pay taxes or their equivalent on Program lands to <br />avoid reducing tax revenues to local entities or shifting tax burdens to others. <br />NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT <br />ANALYSIS OF THE PROGRAM <br />Under the NEPA, Federal agencies are required to prepare an EIS that analyzes any proposed Federal <br />action for which significant environmental consequences can be expected. As stated above, the proposed <br />Program is the proposed Federal action for which alternatives are analyzed in this DEIS. <br />December 2003 <br />1'l <br />