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<br />OOQ3J3 <br /> <br />betterment of the endangered species. Such solutions cannot be successfully implemented by <br />federal agencies acting unilaterally. Political support from a broader spectrum of the community <br />is essential. <br /> <br />Negotiated solutions are time consuming, expensive, complex, and involve many parties, given <br />the interest in endangered species protection. The parties to negotiations generally will include <br />one or more states, federal agencies, development interests, and environmentalists. <br /> <br />Negotiated solutions must be in the context of the Endangered Species Act and cannot modify <br />the Act. However, a successfully negotiated solution must meet the needs of all parties, <br />including development interests, and respect other laws, including property law and water law. <br />This must happen if terms acceptable to all parties are to be agreed upon. <br /> <br />Once negotiated programmatic solutions are in place, continued participation by all interested <br />parties is essential to protect their interests, and to ensure that terms agreed upon are carried <br />out. This means long term, continuous involvement by all interested parties in solutions that may <br />take years to implement. <br /> <br />There is a strong tendency among federal and state biologists to spend enormous amounts of time <br />and financial resources doing research on endangered species, rather than engaging in specific <br />activities to recover the species. Some research may be justified, but the emphasis from the <br />beginning should be on near term implementation of on-the-ground actions that will lead to <br />measurable improvement in the status of the species. <br /> <br />Whatever solution is agreed upon, it should have the following characteristics: <br /> <br />. Provides actions that can be used by development interests for ESA compliance (reasonable and <br />prudent alternatives and measures) prior to recovery of the species, i.e., the process is part <br />of the solution in terms of providing ESA compliance. <br /> <br />Specific written agreement on how the solution will be used to provide ESA compliance for <br />actions taken by development interests. <br /> <br />. Governing structure that fairly represents the involved parties. <br /> <br />. Ccommitments of adequate funding and time to achieve success. <br /> <br />. Costs are equitably distributed. <br /> <br />Continued participation by all key parties <br /> <br />. Commitment to the solution at the highest levels of participating organization including <br />commitments to staff and provide agreed upon financial support. <br /> <br />2 <br />