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• implementation schedule should be peer reviewed prior to action by the <br />Governance Committee. <br />7. Review of goals and objectives. The adaptive management approach <br />requires evaluation of information gained through the monitoring and research <br />activities, plus the judgment of habitat managers and field biologists, to <br />periodically examine whether habitat management practices and Program goals <br />and objectives should be modified or should continue unchanged. Such <br />evaluations will need to occur before the scheduled completion of each <br />increment of the Program. <br />C. Ian <br />Program objectives for habitat will be met through a program of land <br />acquisition, restoration, maintenance and perpetual protection. Progress toward <br />Program objectives will be measured by reference to Program milestones. <br />Annual progress will be dependent upon market conditions and availability of <br />willmg participants. Habitat acquisition is to be on a willing seller /willing <br />lessor basis. <br />1. Amisition of Iand <br />a. The Land Committee will identify and select suitable lands using <br />technical criteria and other guidelines developed during the term of the <br />Cooperative Agreement and modified as appropriate. The initial focus <br />will be on obtaining and protecting wet meadow and channel habitat <br />within blocks of land between Lexington and Chapman, Nebraska which <br />are suitable for development into habitat complexes as described by the <br />Platte River Management Joint Study.` <br />b. Because local support will be essential to the success of the_land <br />component, the Land Committee will follow plans or programs <br />developed under the term of the Cooperative Agreement and modified as <br />appropriate to assure that local opinions are heard, that acquisition and <br />development are coordinated with local landowners, and that information <br />on acquisitions and on development plans is disseminated to the local <br />communities. Where applicable, the expertise of the University of <br />Nebraska and other local organizations and individuals will be used. <br />The Land Committee will develop incentive programs as needed to <br />encourage participation in the Program. <br />• ° Platte River Management Joint Study, Platte River Habitat Conservation Program <br />(Draft May 17, 1993). <br />7 <br />