Senate Amendment 5165 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2395 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 2, line 19, by inserting after the word 1 3 <projects> the following: <in conjunction with county 1 4 conservation boards and other partners>. 1 5 #2. Page 3, by striking lines 27 through 33 and 1 6 inserting the following: 1 7 <b. The purpose of the upland game bird buffer 1 8 strip assistance program is to increase landowner 1 9 participation in federally funded conservation 1 10 programs that benefit upland game birds and to 1 11 increase opportunities for hunting recreation on 1 12 private lands. To the extent possible, moneys 1 13 allocated to the upland game bird buffer strip 1 14 assistance account shall be used in conjunction with 1 15 and to qualify for additional funding from private 1 16 conservation organizations and other state and federal 1 17 agencies to accomplish the purposes of the program. 1 18 The funds may be used to provide private landowners 1 19 with cost=sharing assistance for habitat improvement 1 20 practices on projects that are not eligible for 1 21 federal programs or where federal funding for such 1 22 projects is not adequate. The department may utilize 1 23 the funds to provide marketing and outreach efforts to 1 24 landowners in order to maximize landowners' use of 1 25 federal conservation programs.> 1 26 1 27 1 28 1 29 WILLIAM A. DOTZLER 1 30 SF 2395.501 81 1 31 av/je/5097 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35 1 36 1 37 1 38 1 39 1 40 1 41 1 42 1 43 1 44 1 45 1 46 1 47 1 48 1 49 1 50 -1-