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11.A.2. WESTERN LIER TRACT - AGREEMENT TO <br />PURCHASE A CONSERVATION EASEMENT AS COST - <br />SHARE OF FEDERAL ACQUISITION - PELICAN <br />ISLAND NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE - THE <br />CONSERVATION FUND - FISH AND WILDLIFE <br />SERVICE <br />The Board reviewed a Memorandum of April 4, 2001: <br />TO: James E. Chandler <br />County Administrator <br />IN <br />HEAD <br />n <br />Robert M. {eating, AICP <br />Community Development Director <br />FROM: Roland M. DeBlol . AICP <br />Chief, Environmental Plannme <br />DATE: April 4. 2001 <br />RE: Request for Approval of Agreement to Purchase a Conservation Easement as Cost - <br />Share of Federal Acquisition of the western Lier Tract Adjacent to the Pelican Island <br />National Wildlife Refuge <br />It is requested that the data herein presented be given formal consideration by the Board of County <br />Commissioners at its regular meeting of April 10. 2001. <br />1) Mae OR I W I raWWWORN 1110• <br />On April 6, 1999, the Board of County Commissioners adopted a resolution supporting federal acquisition <br />of Lier Groves and other properties on north Jungle Trail as a buffer to the Pelican Island National Wildlife <br />Refuge (PfNWR). Since that time, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) has succeeded in purchasing <br />a number of the properties for inclusion into the refuge. The FNVS has been working with The Conservation <br />Fund (TCF), a non-profit corporation, to facilitate the acquisitions. <br />APRIL 10, 2001 <br />-65- <br />