; (B) purchasing mining rights; (C) the improvement of fish passages and removal of fish passage barriers and dams; (D) habitat restoration and rehabilitation; (E) outreach and local engagement; (F) purchasing water rights related to leasing, consumption, and use; (G) groundwater recharge projects (including ponds and forbearance); (H) water efficiency projects; (I) regional planning or development of a focused, prioritized protection and restoration action plan for the watershed; or (J) monitoring and research, including monitoring the status of salmon populations in watersheds within conservation areas before and after the removal of a dam. (2) Prohibition None of the funds made available under this section may be used to carry out litigation. (f) Acquisition and transfer of real property interests (1) Use of real property No project that will result in the acquisition by a relevant Federal agency or eligible entity of interest in land, in whole or in part, may receive funds under this section unless the project is consistent with the purposes of this section. (2) Private property protection No Federal funds made available to carry out this section may be used to acquire any real property or any interest in any real property without the written consent of each owner of the property or interest in property. (3) Transfer of real property No land or interest in land, acquired in whole or in part by a relevant Federal agency or eligible entity with funds made available under this section to carry out a salmon conservation area conservation project may be transferred to a State, other public agency, or other entity unless— (A) the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and the relevant Federal agency with jurisdiction over such land determines that the State, agency, or entity is committed to manage, in accordance with this section and the purposes of this section, the property being transferred