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EXHIBIT "A " Excerpts from the Management Plan ( in italics) have been included in this Exhibit for more specific detail of the Services that Coastal Tech will assist the County with performing to achieve specific FCT obligations on Prange Island . The Parks Division (and more specifically , the Conservation Lands Manager) is responsible for overseeing the management activities on the conservation areas and reporting the progress of accomplishing the goals and objectives annually to the FCT. The process of seeking and recruiting volunteer assistance to accomplish these tasks is specifically stated in the management plan . Pg . 14, Section IV - KEY MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES SECTION C. STAFFING Volunteer support to help provide public access, interpretive and educational activities, and resource management assistance will be encouraged and coordinated by the Parks Division, The Services to be completed by Coastal Tech are tasks required in the Management Plan or necessary as a result of the 2004 Hurricanes . They are as follows : 1 . Exotics Treatment ( Brazilian Pepper and Australian Pine) - Coastal Tech will assist the County with treating exotics with herbicide . Background Info : The Conservation Lands Manager acquired herbicide from the Department of Environmental Protection for use on Prange Islands Conservation Area . Pg . 8 , Section I - INTRODUCTION SECTION D . Vegetative Assessment The long-term goal for management of these areas will be removal of all exotics . This removal may be completed by use of heavy machinery, or by hand removal, depending on the location of the plants and the availability of funding. The exotic plant removal will be targeted to occur in four phases: (1 ) removal of individuals from the mangrove fringe and the intact maritime hammock on the southern half of Prange Island: (completed in 2002 through USFWS grant) (2) removal within the 8. 5 acre northern lobe of Prange island : (3) follow -up treatment and revegetation of the cleared area to ensure eradication and restore the hammock: and (4) treatment, removal, and re- treatment of the exotics on the 4 . 6 acre area on Little Prange Island, followed by revegetation or maintenance of cleared nesting habitat (completed in 2002 through USFWS grant) . Pg . 14, Section IV - KEY MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES SECTION C . Staffing "Parks staff, contract labor and volunteer labor will be assigned to tasks such as exotic plant removal and hammock restoration. " Pg . 17 , Section V - RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SECTION A . Exotic Plant Removal/Native Plant Restoration The removal of exotic species will be divided into four phases . The initial phase will involve hand treatment and removal of Brazilian pepper from the mangrove fringe along Prange Island (this was completed through the USFWS grant in 2002) , and removal of individual peppers or Australian pines within the intact maritime hammock. 1