Clayton Ridenour and Joe McMullen traveled to Wherspann Lake in the Papio-Missouri River Natural Resources District near Omaha, Nebraska during January for a meeting of the Agency Coordination Team (ACT) about Missouri River mitigation.  Formation of the ACT was provided as an essential element of an Adaptive Management driven reasonable and prudent alternative (RPA) listed in the Service’s Biological Opinion to the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers on their operation and maintenance of main-stem Missouri River to reduce jeopardy to endangered pallid sturgeon.  The ACT includes biologists, engineers and real-estate experts from the Service, Corp and State agencies, as well as representatives from Tribes and NGOs.  The goal of the ACT is to identify and implement the goals of the Biological Opinion.  They meet at least twice per year to develop targets and/or evaluate the Corp’s progress towards avoiding jeopardy, increasing species status or habitat conditions, or implementation of effective conservation actions.  Participants at the January meeting provided updates to mitigation efforts (e.g., habitat restoration, land acquisition) and species status, and the ACT developed an agenda for their next meeting in March.  Attending and participating in the ACT fulfills the Partnerships and Accountability goal of the Fisheries Vision for the Future.