Glossary

Acronyms and definitions of terms used by the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program.

Adaptive Management Plan

The Adaptive Management Plan (AMP) provides a systematic process to test hypotheses and apply the information learned to improve management decisions. It is central to successful Platte River Recovery Implementation Program implementation.

AF

Acre-foot (feet)

AFY

Acre-feet per year

AHR

Associated Habitat Reach (download map) - the Central Platte River extending from Lexington, NE, downstream to Chapman, NE.

AMWG

Adaptive Management Working Group

Associated Habitat Area

The Central Platte River extending from Lexington, NE, downstream to Chapman, NE (download map)

Associated Habitat Reach

The Central Platte River extending from Lexington, NE, downstream to Chapman, NE (download map)

CFS

cubic feet per second

CNPPID

Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District

CPNRD

Central Platte Natural Resources District

CWCB

Colorado Water Conservation Board

EA

Environmental Account - The EA is a portion of the water stored in Lake McConaughy that is set aside and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the benefit of the target species.

EACRCC

Environmental Account / Reservoir Coordinating Committee

EDO

Executive Director's Office

Environmental Account

The Environmental Account (or EA) is a portion of the water stored in Lake McConaughy that is set aside and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for the benefit of the target species.

ESA

Endangered Species Act

FC

Finance Committee

Fluvial

of or found in a river

FSM

Flow-Sediment-Mechanical

FWS

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

GC

Governance Committee

Geomorphologist

Geomorphology is the study of the physical features of the surface of the earth and their relation to its geological structures

heterocercal

Of a fish's tail, such that the vertebral column bends and extends upwards into the upper lobe of the tail, making it larger than the lower lobe (as in sharks, rays, and skates).

IMRP

Integrated Monitoring and Research Plan

ISAC

Independent Science Advisory Committee

LAC

Land Advisory Committee

LETE

Least Tern

LSPWCD

Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District

LTPP

Least Tern / Piping Plover

MCM

Mechanical Creation and Maintenance

NCWCD

Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District

NDNR

Nebraska Department of Natural Resources

NGPC

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

NPPD

Nebraska Public Power District

PIPL

Piping plover

PPL

Piping plover

PRRIP

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program

SDHF

Short Duration High Flow

SDM

Structured Decision Making

TAC

Technical Advisory Committee

TPNRD

Twin Platte Natural Resources District

USBR

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

USFWS

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey

WAC

Water Advisory Committee

WAP

The Water Action Plan is the roadmap developed to meet the First Increment Goals. A study titled “Reconnaissance-Level Water Action Plan” was prepared in 2000 and utilized to formulate the Program’s Water Action Plan. The study identified potential water conservation and water supply projects (such as storage reservoirs, groundwater recharge, water leasing, and improved water management) and estimated the amount of water that could be re-regulated/conserved and credited toward the Program objectives. It described the process for moving projects through feasibility studies and implementation, with the approval of the Governance Committee. The study was updated in 2009 and focuses on water projects that can be implemented to achieve the First Increment Objectives. (download Water Plan)

Water Plan

The Water Action Plan is the roadmap developed to meet the First Increment Goals. A study titled “Reconnaissance-Level Water Action Plan” was prepared in 2000 and utilized to formulate the Program’s Water Action Plan. The study identified potential water conservation and water supply projects (such as storage reservoirs, groundwater recharge, water leasing, and improved water management) and estimated the amount of water that could be re-regulated/conserved and credited toward the Program objectives. It described the process for moving projects through feasibility studies and implementation, with the approval of the Governance Committee. The study was updated in 2009 and focuses on water projects that can be implemented to achieve the First Increment Objectives. (download Water Plan)

WHC

Whooping crane

WHCR

Whooping crane

WWDC

Wyoming Water Development Commission