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<br />LA <br /> <br />Objectives: <br /> <br />1, Contact floodplain landowners; develop local support <br />for land acquisition efforts, <br />2, Develop agreements/easements with willing <br />landowners/managers/cooperators, <br />3. Negotiate acquisition and acquire easements on 1,000 <br />acres of habitat for endangered fished by 1998; 2,000 <br />acres by 1999 (subject to available funding), <br />4, Acquire lands in a cost-effective manner; pay fair <br />market value: explore cost-sharing opportunities, <br />5. Minimize negative impacts of Program on community; <br />increase positive impacts (e,g" by partnering with <br />other public and nonprofit organizations). <br /> <br />End Products: <br /> <br />Agreements. easements, leases. fee titles. etc, , of floodplain <br />properties along the Green River between Pariette Draw (RM 238) and <br />Dinosaur National Monument (RM 318); along the Gunnison River (to RM <br />75): and along the Colorado River between Westwater and Rifle (RM <br />127 to RM 240). <br /> <br />V, Description of past performance on this or similar projects; <br /> <br />During FY 94, efforts were undertaken to acquire fee title for <br />Escalante Ranch (Green River RM 305). and tentative agreements were <br />reached with the two major landowners. Unfortunately, high levels <br />of selenium were found on the property, which resulted in placing <br />the site on hold for an indefinite period of time. at least until <br />effective remediation measures can be identified, <br /> <br />A Land Acquisition Group was formed in 1994 to offer suggestions, <br />regarding land acquisition options and strategies, State and federal <br />incentive programs, approaches for eliciting cooperation from <br />property owners, and roles and responsibilities with regard to <br />acquiring interests in floodplain properties, Several meetings were <br />held durin9 1994 and 1995, Of options discussed, the selected <br />option entailed employing a qualified individual to become Land <br />Acquisition Coordinator for'the Habitat Restoration Program, The <br />Land Acquisition Coordinator (Dave Soker). moved to Vernal. Utah. in <br />October 1996, to establish rapport with area residents and <br /> <br />5 <br />