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REVISED DRAFT <br />November 15, 2002 <br />and maintenance requirements. =Habitat management practices will be evaluated as part <br />of Program Adaptive Management..,... . <br />3. Credit Toward Prop-ram Objectives <br />a. Land protected and managed prior to July 1, 1997 for the benefit of <br />endangered and threatened species by the Platte River Whooping Crane <br />Critical Habitat Maintenance Trust, the National Audubon Society, and the <br />Nature Conservancy within the associated habitats and the Central <br />Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District (Jeffrey Island) will be <br />credited to the Program's long -term objectives if such land meets criteria <br />established by the Governance Committee, but not toward the objectives <br />of the first Program increment without the prior approval of the <br />Governance Committee and the managing entity. Lands acquired by these <br />entities after July 1, 1997 may be contributed to the Program and counted <br />toward First Increment objectives with the approval of the Governance <br />Committee and the managing entity. <br />b. Land acquired by or on behalf of existing water related activities <br />completing section 7 consultation prior to or during the term of the July <br />1997 Cooperative Agreement (as described in Paragraph VII of that <br />Agreement), including NPPD's Cottonwood Ranch habitat lands, tern and <br />plover islands and sandpits, lands acquired by Wyoming and any lands <br />acquired in the associated habitats using funds contributed prior to the <br />Program as a result of ESA consultation, will be credited to both the <br />Program's long -term objective of 29,000 acres and the First Increment <br />objective of 10,000 acres. <br />d. Program Dissolution ( "Exit") Strategy for Land <br />[Under development by the Finance Committee -- a similar provision <br />needs to be included in the water section, or both sections need to be combined into <br />a separate section of the Program document.] <br />E. Water [This section was worked on by members of the Drafting Committee and <br />certain representatives from the Water Committee.] <br />13 <br />• <br />