What is the essence of the platform for the topic 23 sentences

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W8 Saving Farms and Saving Fish

• What is the essence of the platform for the
  topic? (2-3 sentences)
• Farming which is done in an environmentally
  sensitive manner is a good neighbor for fish.
• The goal is to use incentives to maintain
  viability of local farming while encouraging
  environmentally sensitive farming practices.
• Three initiatives to accomplish the goal
• Improving farmings bottom line
• Keeping farmland in farming and
• Protecting and restoring fish habitat

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W8 Saving Farms and Saving Fish

• What aspects of the platform are headed in the
  right direction?
• Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program (CREP)
• Focus on three initiatives
• Improving farmings bottom line
• Keeping farmland in farming and
• Protecting and restoring fish habitat
• Increasing flexibility and certainty of
  regulations
• Funding for incentives and PDR programs

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W8 Saving Farms and Saving Fish

• What improvements were suggested by break-out
  session participants? (top 3-5)
• Increase scientific focus of paper
• Tie together farm and fish language
• Discuss success stories
• Congruency, consistency and flexibility of
  regulations applied specific to site
• Fish friendly labeling

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W8 Saving Farms and Saving Fish

• What questions still remain to be answered? (top
  1-2)
• How do we obtain and maintain political support?
• How do we reach agreement on criteria to measure
  success?
• How do we deal with farmers unwilling to
  participate?

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W8 Saving Farms and Saving Fish

• What happens next and who will be involved or
  responsible in the next steps?
• Garner political and broad based local support
• Determine appropriate role for Shared Strategy
  during implementation stage
• Capitalize on existing partnerships and
  relationships between farm, fish, tribes, etc.
• All stakeholders must share responsibility