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18 CONTINUE to seek additional opportunities to improve pheasant habitat on private lands using conservation programs and initiatives administered by the NGPC and its partners (i�e�, Berggren Plan incentives, WILD Nebraska, OFW habitat incentives, Corners for Wildlife, Grassland Improvement Program, Pathways for Wildlife, and various federal aid grant- funded programs, among others) CONTINUE to secure federal aid grants and other external funding (e�g�, Nebraska Environmental Trust) to support habitat work on private lands within the priority areas BEGIN to identify opportunities to improve pheasant habitat on private lands surrounding high-priority WMAs to maximize pheasant population responses to WMA improvements BEGIN research to help determine the minimum habitat threshold necessary to support pheasant populations in landscapes dominated by row crop agriculture (i�e�, eastern Nebraska) and further refine decision support tools capable of identifying areas where additional habitat management activities are likely to yield the greatest results BEGIN to engage farmer-trusted partners (UNL Extension, Co-ops, crop consultants, farm managers, seed companies, livestock associations, crop boards, etc�) to identify shared objectives that will create and/or enhance pheasant habitat ASSESS the feasibility of mobile work crews or other partnership positions to increase capacity to deliver private lands habitat and access programs within the priority areas ASSESS the feasibility of establishing priority areas within portions of the Rainwater Basin and Eastern Saline Wetland Complexes that support high wetland densities, with emphasis on improving habitat on existing public lands and surrounding private lands ASSESS the efficacy and potential limitations of current program offerings used to restore grassland habitat on pivot corners and identify the most cost-effective ways to target efforts within specific portions of focal areas dominated by irrigated agriculture