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.

Acre-foot (feet)

Acre-feet per year

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

Adaptive Management Plan

Adaptive Management Working Group

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

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

cubic feet per second

Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District

Central Platte Natural Resources District

Colorado Water Conservation Board

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.

Environmental Account / Reservoir Coordinating Committee

Executive Director's Office

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.

Endangered Species Act

Finance Committee

of or found in a river

Flow-Sediment-Mechanical

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Governance Committee

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

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).

Integrated Monitoring and Research Plan

Independent Science Advisory Committee

Land Advisory Committee

Least Tern

Lower South Platte Water Conservancy District

Least Tern / Piping Plover

Mechanical Creation and Maintenance

Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District

Nebraska Department of Natural Resources

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

Nebraska Public Power District

Piping plover

Piping plover

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program

Short Duration High Flow

Structured Decision Making

Technical Advisory Committee

Twin Platte Natural Resources District

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Geological Survey

Water Advisory Committee

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)

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)

Whooping crane

Whooping crane

Wyoming Water Development Commission