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The Joint Venture will focus on accomplishment of the following actions by 1999. The Board will review and take action on items at each Board meeting and review progress and accomplishment.

PLANNING AND EVALUATION

• Address the need for quantification of habitat and management actions needed in each state to achieve the PPJV goals and waterfowl objectives by the end of 1995.

  Completion of this task includes:

  	Develop the GIS capabilities needed to match habitat and management actions to specific landscapes.
  	Develop economic parameters for consideration in developing priorities for action within various landscapes and among landscapes by the end of 1995.

  
  

• Ensure that the PPJV Evaluation Plan is implemented and used to monitor and guide activities.
• Address the differences in planning approaches between Region 6 and Region 3 such as the operation of the Habitat and Population Evaluation Team (HAPET) offices.

LEGISLATION AND REGULATION

• Provide input to the 1995 Farm Bill, especially the CRP, but including Swampbuster, Sodbuster and other provisions that significantly influence the goals and objectives of the PPJV.

  The Joint Venture will do its utmost to provide information on the waterfowl and wetland conservation benefits of CRP and other Farm Bill provision, and on the importance of maintaining or increasing these benefits through the 1995 Farm Bill. The Joint Venture will ensure that all NAWMP partners give premiere consideration to duck production in any positions or actions taken by them.

• Continue efforts to resolve the "in lieu of taxes" issue in the PPJV.

ENHANCE PRIVATE LANDS MANAGEMENT

• Expand private lands programs as determined necessary to meet habitat and management needs identified for private lands through the PPJV Technical Team and HAPET efforts. The priority within this task will be for the PPJV partners to provide the trained needed personnel to expand private lands projects and programs.

FUNDING

• Seek funding alternatives and partnerships to meet funding requirements for intensive habitat management projects and activities in the PPJV and in any cooperative projects with the Prairie Habitat Joint Venture.
• Increase PPJV congressional outreach with special emphasis on support for the NAWCA and NAWMP funding. Work with PPJV partners to focus activities and align NAWCA expenditures with the priorities of the NAWMP.
• Ensure that at least three major NAWCA projects are submitted from the PPJV for each selection round.

ORGANIZATIONAL

• Ensure that Action Groups or Steering Committees in each state are active and actively supporting the priority tasks of the Joint Venture.
• Seek opportunities to cooperate in cross-border projects with the Prairie Habitat Joint Venture.
• Seek opportunities to join with new partners in support of PPJV objectives.

COMMUNICATIONS/EDUCATION

• Increase awareness in the public and among all PPJV partners that ecosystem restoration is the preferred response to the loss of wetland/grassland breeding habitat in the PPR.

PREDATOR MANAGEMENT

• Support research and literature review regarding predator management.