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June 30, 1997 <br />one year after the end of the first increment of the Program, whichever is <br />later, if increments are included in the Program. Within one year of <br />acquisition, the Districts will develop an enhancement and maintenance <br />plan for each habitat area in coordination with NGPC and FWS and <br />consistent with the Program. Within six months of final plan approval, <br />the Districts will begin to implement the plans to enhance and maintain <br />these areas. Because acquisition shall be on a willing seller /willing <br />lessor basis, timing of requirements may need to be adjusted through <br />coordination with FWS. <br />e. The Districts will acquire control of the land through purchase, <br />lease or an appropriate conservation easement, such that channel areas <br />may be enhanced and that to the extent current uses are maintained, <br />haying and grazing is according to prescribed schedules, and additional <br />drainage of wet meadows is prohibited, all in accordance with the <br />management plan. Acquisition shall be on a willing seller /willing lessor <br />basis. <br />f. The Districts will develop plans to enhance and maintain the <br />lands in coordination with NGPC and FWS, and as appropriate working <br />with the Governance Committee or its designees to coordinate measures <br />f6r endangered species. Plans will be finalized and implemented with <br />the concurrence of NGPC and FWS. It is anticipated that the <br />enhancement and maintenance plan will be based at least in part on <br />DOI's recommendations now in the record at FERC for habitat in this <br />stretch of the river, adapted within the coordination process to the <br />specific parcel of land and to current knowledge. In addition to the costs <br />of developing the plan, the Districts will provide up to $1.68 million <br />($400 /acre) in 1997 dollars for initial development or rehabilitation of <br />these Habitat Lands, and when required, up to $10 /acre in cash or in <br />kind for maintenance to be measured on a three -year rolling average <br />basis, except that the Districts will not be required to spend more than <br />$15 /acre in any one year. Maintenance obligations are not mandatory <br />expenditures; the Districts will undertake maintenance only when and if <br />required. <br />g. To the extent that FWS determines that activities described in this <br />section are consistent with the habitat management strategy to provide <br />the greatest biological benefit to terns, plovers or whooping cranes in the <br />Platte River Valley, DOI agrees to support the Districts in proposing to <br />the Governance Committee that investments in such habitat count toward <br />