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<br />, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />to offset the effects of existing and new water related activities that, in the absence of <br /> <br /> <br />stich !l program, would be found by the Service to be likely to jeopardize the continued <br /> <br /> <br />existence of the target species or adversely modify critical habitat. <br /> <br /> <br />4. Help prevent the need to list more species associated with the Platte River as <br /> <br />threatened or endangered pursuant to the ESA. <br /> <br /> <br />5. Accomplish these goals through a cooperative, basin-wide approach that can <br /> <br /> <br />be agreed to by the three States and the Department of the Interior. <br /> <br /> <br />The Proposed Federal Action <br />The Cooperative Agreement describes a proposed Recovery Implementation <br /> <br />Program to address the endangered $pecies issues, This proposed Program, and . <br /> <br />alternatives, will be evaluated accordll1g to the requirements of the National <br />EnvirO)1Illental Policy Act. <br /> <br />The long-term objectives for the proposed Program are to: <br /> <br /> <br />. Provide additional or modiiied river flows to and through the Central Platte <br /> <br /> <br />habitat area. The Service has identified flow levels they believe are necessary <br /> <br /> <br />to provide adequate habitat for the endangered species. Existing flows <br /> <br /> <br />currently fall short of these targets. The Department and the States agree that <br /> <br /> <br />flow targets will be reviewed and may be modified as new information <br /> <br /> <br />becomes available. <br /> <br /> <br />. Improve habitat through management, leasing, or acquisition of approximately <br /> <br /> <br />29,000 acres of suitable habitat between Lexington and Chapman, Nebraska. <br /> <br /> <br />. Mitigate or offset any impacts on the target species that might result from new <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />7 <br />