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<br />003865 <br /> <br />"' <br />" <br /> <br />I>;", <br /> <br />.....'. <br /> <br />9. Future Section 7 consultation~ ,)Viii ~,c9nsid~racti9ns and accomplishments of this <br />Program as reasonable and pru~el1taltematiy~ that allow future federal actions to avoid <br />jeopardy and adverse modification of critical habitat in the Big Bend area. <br /> <br />2.1 LAND MANAGEMENI:,' <br /> <br />" '.,' ':~~,:"..J,.,' , . , " '.," , <br />Along with other ProgIaJI1 m.~~Ib,,: !he ,land management element will create the conditions <br /> <br />needed to restore and conserve habitat for threatened and endangered species. Implementation <br /> <br />of the land ':TI.ana/lement element will include acquisition of habitat. '18iRg a '~f=1l1~ <br />o.c.qv,',.\-,,", a.c "o...!....~, . <br />including voluntary agreements and where necessary, purchase of land. Land acquisition will <br />~ . . . , <br />be made only Q~ awlunlilIY basis. Land Management may include acquisition and protection <br />c;u\.\.o.I,\... "'~\;,\...1- ' <br />of existing Jands-=to=provme habitat for threatened and endangered species and the acquisition of <br /> <br />land which could be restored to meet threatened and endangered species needs. <br /> <br />2.1.1 The Joint Study Block/Segment Plan <br /> <br />Guidance for threatened and endangered species habitat management along the central Platte <br />River was developed by the Platte River Management Joint Study (See Appendix 6.2). This <br />, ' <br /> <br />guidance recommended that management be done in large contiguous parcels of terrestrial and <br />aquatic habita~. between bridge crossings alqngth~Platte Rive! between Lexington and <br />Chapman, Nebraska, referred to ,as blocks and segments. The guidarice included the <br />approximate locations, sizes, and features of these habitat blocks and segments. <br /> <br />The blocks and segments would be located between the 10 ,bridge crossings from Chapman to <br />Lexington, Nebraska. Between each bridge, there would be a habitat complex of open river <br />channel and wetland meadow, the principal habitats to be conserved. The Block/Segment Plan <br />entails an estimated 29,000 acres. A segment would include: <br /> <br />2,009 a~res of wet meadows <br />250 acres of riverine roost <br /> <br />7 <br />