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(7/2019 version) WS Agreement Number: 22 -7212 -8144 -RA WBS: AP.RA. RX 12.72.0248 COOPERATIVE SERVICE AGREEMENT behveen INDIAN RIVER COUNTY (COOPERATOR) and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE (APHIS) WILDLIFE SERVICES (WS) ARTICLE 1 — PURPOSE The purpose of this Cooperative Service Agreement is to assist Indian River County in the removal of coyotes and raccoons in order to reduce the predation of nesting sea turtles on county beaches. ARTICLE 2 — AUTHORITY APHIS -WS has statutory authority under the Acts of March 2, 1931, 46 Stat. 1468-69, 7 U.S.C. §§ 8351-8352, as amended, and December 22, 1987, Public Law No. 100-202, § 101(k), 101 Stat, 1329-331, 7 U.S.C. § 8353, to cooperate with States, local jurisdictions, individuals, public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions while conducting a program of wildlife services involving mammal and bird species that are reservoirs for zoonotic diseases, or animal species that are injurious and/or a nuisance to, among other things, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, wildlife, and human health and safety. ARTICLE 3 - MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES The cooperating parties mutually understand and agree to/that: APHIS -WS shall perform services set forth in the Work Plan, which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. The parties may mutually agree in writing, at any time during the term of this agreement, to amend, modify, add or delete services from the Work Plan. 2. The Cooperator certifies that APHIS -WS has advised the Cooperator there may be private sector service providers available to provide wildlife damage management (WDM) services that the Cooperator is seeking from APHIS -WS. 3. There will be no equipment with a procurement price of $5,000 or more per unit purchased directly with funds from the cooperator for use on this project. All other equipment purchased for the program is and will remain the property of APHIS -WS. 4. The cooperating parties agree to coordinate with each other before responding to media requests on work associated with this project.