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desert tortoises (a candidate species for listing under the 

 Endangered Species Act) from contraction areas, and fence these 

 areas, along with roads through high-density tortoise habitat, to 

 minimize harm to tortoises from its activities. Moreover, nearly 

 18,000 acres of the exchange lands at Coyote Spring will be set 

 aside as a wildlife preserve, primarily for the benefit of the 

 tortoise. Aerojet will permit the Nevada Department of Fish and Game 

 to maintain wildlife "guzzlers" (watering devices) on the land, and 

 will pay for the installation of 10 additional ones by the State 

 agency. Aerojet has committed to establish an Environmental Advisory 

 Committee, of Federal, State, local and private experts, to advise 

 them on all aspects of their operations on the exchange lands. 

 Finally, these and other wildlife protection measures will be 

 incorporated into the patent we provide to Aerojet upon transfer of 

 the land, thus ensuring that these conservation measures will be 

 binding upon any future owners of the property should Aerojet at 

 some point sell the land. 



The lands the Department would acquire in Florida are immediately 

 east of Everglades National Park, and were formerly the site of a 

 roclcet assembly plant. Because of their semi-developed nature, the 

 National Park Service has advised that these lands are not suitable 

 for inclusion in the National Park System. However, the South 

 Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), a State agency 

 responsible for water conservation and management in southeastern 

 Florida, is extremely interested in acquiring the property for water 

 conservation purposes. They have provided us with a written offer to 

 purchase, should the property become available by passage of this 



