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• <br />COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR PLATTE RIVER RESEARCH <br />- _ AND OTHER EFFORTS RELATING TO ENDANGERED SPECIES HABITATS <br />ALONG THE CENTRAL PLATTE RIVER, NEBRASKA <br />Pursuant to the authorities set forth in Paragraph X.D of this Cooperative Agreement for Platte <br />River Research and Other Efforts Relating to Endangered Species Habitats Along the Central <br />Platte River, Nebraska ( "Cooperative Agreement "), the signatories agree to participate in and <br />implement certain activities relating to. four target species (interior least tern, whooping crane, <br />piping plover and pallid sturgeon) listed as threatened or endangered pursuant to the <br />Endangered Species Act ( "ESA "), 16 U.S.C. 1531 gam., and their associated habitats.' <br />I. PURPOSES <br />The purpose of this Cooperative Agreement is to implement certain aspects of the U.S. <br />Fish and Wildlife Service's ( "FWS ") recovery plans for the target species that relate to <br />their associated habitats by providing for the following during the term of this <br />Cooperative Agreement: <br />• A. lementation of research analysis and other measures that will benefit the <br />�P y <br />target species and their associated habitats, as set forth in Attachment I, "Milestones for <br />the Cooperative Agreement "; <br />B. implementation of efforts to acquire, restore, and manage land or interests in <br />land so as to provide and improve associated habitats for the target species, as set forth <br />in Attachment I, "Milestones for the Cooperative Agreement "; <br />1 For purposes of this Cooperative Agreement and its attachments, the term "associated <br />habitats" means, with respect to the interior least tern, whooping crane and piping plover, the <br />Platte River Valley beginning at the junction of U.S. Highway 283 and Interstate 80 near <br />Lexington, Nebraska, and extending eastward to Chapman, Nebraska, including designated <br />critical habitat for the whooping crane. With respect to the pallid sturgeon, the term <br />"associated habitat" means the Lower Platte River between its confluence with the Elkhorn <br />River and its confluence with the Missouri River. "Associated habitats" shall include critical <br />habitat in the Platte River Basin which may be subsequently designated by FWS for the target <br />species. The Governance Committee may, through the adaptive management process, agree to <br />undertake, fund or give credit for activities outside the associated habitats with the intent to <br />focus activities to create the greatest biological benefit to the target species. <br />