Description
The 2026 Land Budget Overview for the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program details the estimated expenditures across various line items and management complexes, focusing on habitat management for federally listed species (pp. 1, 3).
Key Financial Overview
The total estimated expenditure for the program's land budget in 2026 is $2,741,060 (p. 1).
Budget Line Items and Priorities
Expenditures are primarily categorized into several main budget line items, each with specific priorities:
- LP-2 Adaptive Management Species Habitat Actions: Focuses on creating and maintaining suitable complex and non-complex habitat. Activities include OCSW rehabilitation, tree clearing, disking, and prescribed burning (pp. 1, 5).
- LP-3 New Land Acquisitions, LHIE Fees, & Property Taxes: Priorities include identifying and acquiring lands for additional off-channel sand and water habitat and lands for the First Increment Extension habitat (pp. 1, 3).
- LP-4 Property Maintenance & Agricultural Operations: Involves basic land infrastructure maintenance (facilities, roads, fences) and ownership obligations (noxious weed control, mowing), including a specific tract homesite demolition (pp. 1, 5).
- LP-6 Land Plan Special Advisors: Administration of agricultural leases, crop management, and assistance in cropland conversions (pp. 1, 3).
- LP-7 Public Access Management: Management of public access to Program lands by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (pp. 1, 3).
- WPLW-1 Maintenance for Water Properties: Basic property maintenance obligations and needs for water properties (pp. 1, 5).
Budget by Complex
The budget is distributed across several complexes, with varying estimated expenditures (p. 2):
| Complex | Estimated Expenditure |
|---|---|
| Non-Complex Tracts | $655,500 (p. 2) |
| Cottonwood Ranch Complex | $106,000 (p. 2) |
| Minden-Gibbon Complex | $89,000 (p. 2) |
| Fort Kearny Complex | $65,900 (p. 2) |
| Clark Island Complex | $71,000 (p. 2) |
| Chapman Complex | $232,260 (p. 2) |
| Plum Creek "Complex" | $47,100 (p. 2) |
| Elm Creek Complex | $26,000 (p. 2) |
| Pawnee Complex | $20,000 (p. 2) |
| Shoemaker Island Complex | $37,300 (p. 2) |
| Water Properties | $5,000 (p. 2) |
