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14 TOWARDS COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT During the 2021 planning process, meetings were held amongst Commissioners, agency administration and field staff, and various partner agencies and organizations to assess the strengths and weaknesses of existing programs and incentives� Collectively, the group refined pheasant management and research priorities and discussed ways to enhance conservation delivery efforts� As a result of this work, the following objectives and guiding principles were adopted, and this plan was constructed around them: OUR MISSION • Produce the best pheasant hunting experiences for the largest number of people possible over the next five years GUIDING PRINCIPLES • We will consider all manageable aspects of the pheasant hunting experience, with habitat and hunter access remaining our cornerstone activities� • We will concentrate work where it will be most effective (i�e�, where habitat, hunter access, and community support come together) based on sound science� • We will set realistic management targets and expectations and use our financial and human resources as efficiently as possible to meet them� • We will foster strong partnerships with other public entities, private conservation organizations, and local communities in reaching our shared goals� To define what "all manageable aspects of the pheasant hunting experience" were in relation to the objective, a conceptual model was constructed to identify factors that impact Nebraska's pheasant hunters' perception of their experiences (Figure 1)� The model proposes four primary driving factors ("drivers") that influence those experiences, each working within a policy and funding environment, and further identifies a suite of factors that can impact each� Strategies and tactics were then identified for each factor that was deemed amenable to management in some way by NGPC or our partners� This resulted in a comprehensive plan that seeks to improve the entirety of the pheasant hunting experience in the state� Finally, we estimated the resources that would be needed to implement the habitat and hunter access recommendations in the plan, as those composed our cornerstone activities (detailed in Appendix A)� We also compiled tactics associated with research and information needs in Appendix C� DRIVERS, STRATEGIES AND TACTICS TACTIC KEY: CONTINUE… = Tactic that is currently employed and should continue BEGIN… = Tactic that is not currently employed but should begin ASSESS… = Tactic that requires more analysis before proceeding