Joint Management Entity Sample Clauses

Joint Management Entity. 9.1. The Final Agreement will address the formation of a Joint Management Entity. The Joint Management Entity will work with the Parties to identify priorities for funding for the Water Use Program and the Riparian Management and Restoration Program. The Joint Management Entity will include representatives from: (a) the Klamath Tribes; (b) the United States; (c) the State; and (d) the Landowner Entity(ies). 9.2. The Joint Management Entity is expected to establish and maintain an Upper Klamath Basin Riparian Management and Restoration Action Plan (the “Riparian Action Plan”) that: (a) is consistent with the means of providing regulatory assurances under the Endangered Species Act as contemplated in section 7.9, and (b) that identifies geographic priorities and funding sources for the Riparian Restoration and Management Program. In addition, the Joint Management Entity will be responsible for overseeing the Water Use Program described in section 6 and the Riparian Restoration and Management Program described in section 7. 9.3. The non-Federal Parties expect that the Joint Management Entity will be formed with funding from the United States and Oregon, along with foundation and other sources of funding. It is the intent of the Parties that the Joint Management Entity has sufficient core funding to continue on a sustained basis to carry out its roles and responsibilities. 9.4. The Parties expect that the Joint Management Entity will appoint a Technical Advisory Team of technical experts to assist in carrying out its roles and responsibilities.