Assembly of Preserve System – The Wildlife Agencies’ Contribution to Conservation and Recovery Sample Clauses

Assembly of Preserve System – The Wildlife Agencies’ Contribution to Conservation and Recovery. To contribute to the conservation and recovery goals of the Covered Species under FESA and the NCCPA, the Wildlife Agencies herein agree to share in the effort to acquire and manage a portion of the number of acres needed to assemble the Preserve System as stated in Section 9.1 of this Agreement. Thus, the Wildlife Agencies agree to use reasonable efforts to contribute 8,700 acres, or to assist the Implementing Entity with obtaining federal and state funding to acquire the same number of acres, in addition to the land acquired by the Implementing Entity pursuant to Section 9.1.1 of this Agreement, for perpetual dedication to the Preserve System and long-term management by the Implementing Entity. The Wildlife Agencies will further assist the Implementing Entity with applications for state, federal and other land acquisition grants that are not directly administered by the Wildlife Agencies. As further explained in Section 9.3.3 of the HCP/NCCP, based on an analysis of past investments and potential future investments from these other state and federal funding sources, the Parties expect such funding sources to be sufficient to contribute an additional 4,650 acres of land to the Preserve System. The agreement by the Wildlife Agencies in this Section 9.1.2 is subject to the limitations provided in Section 24.8 of this Agreement. In the event the Wildlife Agencies are not able to fulfill their agreement in this Section 9.1.2, the Implementing Entity and the Wildlife Agencies will work together cooperatively to modify the Conservation Strategy and Permits as necessary. However, because acquisitions and other actions that will be