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1. Improved range land ecosystems. <br />2. Proper pasture and hay land management. <br />3. Reduced tillage practices, especially fence row to fence <br />row. <br />4. Retain strips of unharvested crops (about 12 feet wide) <br />throughout the fields being harvested. <br />5. Provide vegetative corridors to link pastures with riparian <br />areas and adjacent properties. <br />6. Correlate native grass plantings to adjacent land owner <br />native ecosystems. <br />7. Remove Road 53 and 55 from the middle of the property, <br />if possible. <br />8. Protect wetlands and their adjacent vegetation from over <br />grazing. <br />9. Eliminate the use of herbicides and insecticides wherever <br />possible. <br />10. Develop wild life plantings, such as trees, shrubs, tall <br />grass species, etc. along drainages and critical travel <br />1 corridors. <br />] Many other alternatives of similar value may exist; however, <br />the most important consideration is that wildlife habitat im- <br />provements be considered holistically. <br />A <br />F. Environmental Management: <br />The long range agricultural goals and objectives of Dowe Flats <br />need to be in harmony with those of wildlife management, conser- <br />vation strategies, ecosystem stability needs, water quality, <br />adjacent land users and environmental pollution concerns. <br />In other words, a holistic plan needs to be developed and imple- <br />mented so all parts of the whole and their interrelationships <br />are considered in the management of this property. <br />G. Conclusion: <br />Dowe Flats agricultural management opportunities do exist, <br />though they may be constrained by environmental concerns and <br />land use limitations. However, if management addresses the <br />- 11 - <br />