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FY2015 Budget and Annual Work Plan

… to cover costs for LAC meetings; primarily miscellaneous costs for holding 20 meetings (e.g. conference call fees, site visit expenses). 21 22 Products 23 Meeting space and associated needs. 24 25 Notes on Cost 26 The LAC meets quarterly at … 10 water cost was assumed to escalate at 7% per year, beginning in 2016. However, the cost would be based 11 on a free-market system of willing irrigators and the Program. The Program is further evaluating this project 12 and the water … Platte River Recovery Implementation Program For More Information Contact: Jerry F. Kenny, kennyj@headwaterscorp.com, (308) 237-5728 2015 Budget Overview by Budget Line Item Budget Line Item Description Estimated Expenditure LP-2 …

2008 February GC Minutes

… and regional newspapers. He said the cost of advertising can run from $1,000-$2,000. Purcell said Kenny should feel free to offer amendments like this for discussion at the April meeting. Land Interest Holding Entity (LIHE) establishment … releases, then contact Kenny and Kenny will set up a conference call to seek GC approval. Luecke said we may need to re-visit the issue of self-insurance if that is the problem that might hold up an EA release. Kenny said he is waiting to …

PRRIP First Increment Extension Environmental and Biological Assessment

… favorable physical, chemical, and biological conditions for the species (including a wide channel that is generally free of vegetation, adjacent backwaters, and wet meadow areas). 1.2.2 Program Cooperative Agreement On July 1, 1997, the … habitat in the central Platte River for certain target species by restoring a braided channel morphology with sand bars free of vegetation, increased channel widths, and unobstructed views (Tetra Tech 2015). The River Geomorphology section of … b) feeding and nutrition, and c) protection of cranes from disturbance and predators. Whooping cranes can potentially visit the Platte River twice during the year, during their spring and fall migration, and direct effects to whooping …

2007 October GC Minutes

… upcoming meetings at least one week before the meeting. Purcell agreed and said to at least get us first cut and feel free to change documents if necessary. He also requested adding a version date in upper right corner of all documents. …

Implementation of the Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol – Spring 2005

… the results via email. Landowner permission was obtained prior to entering any property. The EDO established a toll-free telephone number for the public to report Whooping Crane sightings. The number was maintained and operated by the …

2009-2014 Operations and Maintenance Plan For Tract 2009003

… on this property. Bank heights ranged from zero to ten feet above water at a discharge of 650 cfs during the evaluation visit. 5. Groundwater Depth to groundwater on this Tract was estimated from several sources including groundwater … combination with prescribed fire will be used to manage vegetation in the active channel and keep existing grasslands free of woody vegetation. Above ground tree removal will be used to clear unwanted understory trees and brush. Grazing …

PRRIP 2013 State of the Platte Report FINAL

… a duration of three days at Overton on an annual or near-annual basis will increase the average width of the vegetation-free channel. Flow #3, Flow #5 3. Is sediment augmentation necessary for the creation and/or maintenance of suitable … magnitude for three days 6 on an annual or near annual basis (SDHF) will increase the average width of the vegetation-free (surrogate 7 for unobstructed) channel [to a suitable width].14 By extension, SDHF is also hypothesized to be … by Island Press. 20 http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/ http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291535-1467 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291535-1467 …

PRRIP 2013 State of the Platte Report

… a duration of three days at Overton on an annual or near-annual basis will increase the average width of the vegetation-free channel. Flow #3, Flow #5 3. Is sediment augmentation necessary for the creation and/or maintenance of suitable … magnitude for three days 6 on an annual or near annual basis (SDHF) will increase the average width of the vegetation-free (surrogate 7 for unobstructed) channel [to a suitable width].14 By extension, SDHF is also hypothesized to be … by Island Press. 20 http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/ http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291535-1467 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291535-1467 …

PRRIP EXTENSION SCIENCE PLAN

… status, and check in activities to obtain information that might indicate the necessity for the Program to re-visit these questions and their underlying hypotheses. Following initial approval of the Science Plan by the GC, …

Final Platte River Recovery Implementation Program - Full Document with Appendices

… duration of three days at Overston on an annual or near-annual basis will increase the average width of the vegetation-free channel; • Variations in flows of lesser magnitude will positively or negatively affect the sand bar habitat benefits … environmental monitoring are greatly enhanced by the use of panels to identify which sample units are surveyed on each visit through time. A panel is a collection of sample units that are always sampled at the same time (Fuller 1999). The … is a computer with an internet connection and the correct version of web-browser, which historically can be downloaded free of charge (e.g., Netscape Navigator 4.0). The database management system will be developed and managed by an …

Feasibility Study-Elm Creek Regulatory Reservoir: Elm Creek Watershed-Dawson and Buffalo Counties

… target flow shortages in the Platte River and release of a short duration high flow (SDHF) event to create vegetation-free sand bars. Olsson Associates was contracted by the Central Platte Natural Resources District (CPNRD), with the … study areas. In addition, an interagency meeting was conducted on June 22, 2010 during which the agencies were able to visit the site and offer additional comments and concerns regarding the project. Much of the discussion during this … USFWS, Corps, NGPC, Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ), PRRIP, CPNRD, and Olsson Associates. The site visit included stops at several proposed project areas including the dam location on Elm Creek, potential diversion areas …

Habitat Management Methods for Least Terns, Piping Plovers, and Whooping Cranes

… half years remaining in the current funding source. B. UPLAND GRASSLAND Upland grasslands are dry areas that are mostly free of woody vegetation. Many of the upland grassland sites have been converted to croplands in the past; however, there … native grasses, big bluestem being the most common, are still present on the islands. Both islands are very open and free of woody vegetation and grazing helps to maintain this. The most common bird species found by NPPD on the islands are … channels was the intent of many of the proposed management activities (e.g., tree clearing to create open channels and free sediment). Participants discussed concerns related to the many river stabilization structures currently in place …

Water Management Study Phase II - Evaluation of Pusle Flows for the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program

… Costs were initially developed based on information available from previous studies and the reconnaissance field visit. PRRIP - Water Management Study, Phase II 9 December 2008 Project costs include construction costs, land … Capacity for EA via Interruptible Water Supplies Interruptible water supplies or short-term leasing in April/May to free-up capacity for pulse flow NPPD Bypass Exchange Short-term exchange of EA water for bypass of South Platte flows at … The location of each of the sites visited is shown on Figure 3-1, “Project Locations.” The purpose of the field visit was to provide a general impression of the feasibility of each potential project to store and release Program water …

Adaptive Management Plan (AMP) 2012 “State of the Platte” Report – Executive Summary

… duration of three days at Overton on an annual or near- annual basis will increase the average width of the vegetation-free channel. Flow #3, Flow #5 3. Is sediment augmentation necessary for the creation and/or maintenance of suitable … 6 magnitude for three days on an annual or near annual basis (SDHF) will increase the average width of the 7 vegetation-free (surrogate for unobstructed) channel [to a suitable width]. 14 By extension, SDHF is also 8 hypothesized to be …

FINAL Master PRRIP FY2017 Work Plan

… to cover costs for LAC meetings; primarily miscellaneous costs for holding 20 meetings (e.g. conference call fees, site visit expenses). 21 22 Products 23 Meeting space and associated needs. 24 25 Notes on Cost 26 The LAC meets quarterly at … 43 | P a g e 1 The cost per acre for irrigator leases is estimated at $220 in 2017; however, the cost is based on a free-2 market system of willing irrigators and the Program. The Program participated in this water leasing program 3 for … Platte River Recovery Implementation Program For More Information Contact: Jerry F. Kenny, kennyj@headwaterscorp.com, (308) 237-5728 2017 Land Budget Overview By Budget Line Item Budget Line Item Estimated Expenditure*** LP-2 LP-3 …

2 - 2024_MAY_LAC minutes Draft_

… the acres to habitat acres as 89 opposed to water acres and assembled the Land Evaluation team to conduct a site visit. Tunnell 90 presented the Land Evaluation report focusing on the maps identifying the tract itself and how it fits … disking was estimated at 95 $50,000. Rabbe noted that discussion about the in-channel area should be kept vegetation free with 96 pre-emergent and disking to let the island erode to provide a wide portion of the channel. Tunnel 97 further …

Piping Plover (Charandrius melodus) 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation

… (does not include Louisiana) > 668 does not include Louisiana (54 in CH) 29% (> .02% in CH) Data from 1 www.50states.com; 2 Clark 1993; 3 N.Winstead, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, in litt. 2008; 4 www.Surfrider.org; 5 H. Hall, … Vol. 13, No.1. Barber Beach Cleaning Equipment. 2009. Information accessed on 17 February 2009 from http://www.hbarber.com/cleaners/beach_cleaning_equipment.aspx. Summary of types of debris removal made with man-made beach cleaning and … 66-68 in Data from the 2006 International Piping Plover Census: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 426. www.50States.com. Website accessed on 17 April 2009. Zonick, C. 1997. The use of Texas barrier island washover pass habitat by piping …

Master PRRIP FY2016 Work Plan December 1 2015 (FINAL)

… to cover costs for LAC meetings; primarily miscellaneous costs for holding 20 meetings (e.g. conference call fees, site visit expenses). 21 22 Products 23 Meeting space and associated needs. 24 25 Notes on Cost 26 The LAC meets quarterly at … 2015, which equates to a cost per acre-foot of 40 water of $300 in 2015. However, the per acre cost would be based on a free-market system of willing 41 irrigators and the Program should it continue in the future. In addition to the per acre … Platte River Recovery Implementation Program For More Information Contact: Jerry F. Kenny, kennyj@headwaterscorp.com, (308) 237-5728 2016 Budget Overview by Budget Line Item Budget Line Item Description Estimated Expenditure LP-2 …

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2

… Director, Governance Committee, 2003 Central Avenue, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82001, telephone (307) 634-1756 or toll-free (877) 634-1773. These documents are also available at . 1 RROADMAP TO THE FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT This … National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation by the Service. The economic value of an angler visit in Wyoming was also taken from this study. Summary Comment 16: The PRDEIS does not adequately address impacts to … models, which improve estimates of bank resistance for sediment transport and also provide estimates of vegetation free channel. The Sandbar (Nest) Elevation Potential indicator used in the DEIS was found to be structured incorrectly and …

Record of Decision - Platte River Recovery Implementation Program FEIS

… river channel has been reduced by as much as 80 to 90 percent. Where 80 to 95 percent of the historic river channel was free of permanent vegetation, today roughly the same percentage is covered with riparian forest and shrublands. Wet …

Sandhill Crane Appendix FEIS - Spring Habitat Use in Nebraska

… Platte Valley since the first irrigation attempts in the 1800’s. However, hand-harvested corn was basically waste free and thus provided no waste grain food resources for spring migrating cranes. The first mechanical corn pickers were, … corn) permitted cranes to respond to narrowing channels by concentrating roosting activity into remaining vegetation-free areas. Thus it appears that abundant waste corn has facilitated the shift in use patterns to the eastern Central … In the late 1970’s, several thousand mallards and Canada geese wintered along the Platte River and in adjacent ice-free canals (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1981). Highest concentrations of wintering waterfowl occurred between …

Cottonwood Ranch Broad-Scale Recharge Construction Project

… be identified in the field by the Project Engineer. The CONTRACTOR shall at all times keep their staging area clean and free of an accumulation of debris and rubbish. All areas used for storage or staging will be cleaned and restored within … as may be necessary to access the work site with trucks, equipment and/or materials. The PROGRAM retains the right to visit the site with other agencies and interested parties when needed. The PROGRAM will coordinate access with the … 237-5728 Fax: (402) 323-7349 Fax: (308) 237-4651 Email: dwilson@nebcommfound.org Email: farnsworthj@headwaterscorp.com Technical Point of Contact (Program): Media Point of Contact (Program): Kevin Werbylo, Engineer Dr. Bridget Barron, …

Platte River Sediment Transport and Riparian Vegetation Model

… grain size distribution for every cross-section point at daily intervals; and • Biologic measures including vegetation free channel width for whooping cranes, seasonal specified flow depths for sand hill cranes and forage fish, and nesting … pattern. They are pioneer species (Johnson,1998) that are relatively fast growing and they require sites relatively free of other vegetation in order to become established. Cottonwoods have small light seeds in “cottony” enclosures that … Dr. Hsieh Shen of the University of California-Berkeley, met with Reclamation personnel in 2003 on a fact finding visit, as a committee member of the National Research Council (NRC). A review of the SedVeg code was not included in the …

Biological Opinion on the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program

… reservoirs and sheet-water areas, and submerged sandbars in rivers along the migration route. Aquatic roosting areas free of disturbances and with open vistas appear to be the primary attraction of migrational stopover sites. The AWB … or human disturbance/predation. In most instances this information can only be documented if a researcher happens to visit the colony shortly after the incident has happened while predator or tire tracks are still visible in the sand; or … remainder observed by biologists whose primary duties are related to Platte River management activities (Runge, pers. com.). Observations of whooping cranes may fail to be reported due in part to the public’s inability or uncertainty in …

Directed Vegetation Research: Lateral Bar Erosion Study

… for vegetation management It has been estimated that for a braided system, such as the Central Platte River, to remain free of bar vegetation, lateral bar erosion rates would have to facilitate erosion of half of the main channel width every … depth increase. These percentages are well below the 50 % value suggested in the literature for maintaining vegetation free bars, even though the flow period bounded by these surveys contained several days above 8,000 ft3/s, and flows that … Process Understanding to River Restoration, Elsevier, p557–581. Humboldt Manufacturing, 2011. http://www.humboldtmfg.com/manuals/H-4200_Soil_Penetrometer.pdf, accessed December 30, 2011. Langendoen, E.J., 2000. CONCEPTS – Conservational …

Independent Science Advisory Committee 2009 Report on the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program

… this approach. 1 • Jacobson: The Program should provide a centralized depository of information, catalogued, easy and free to download for all stakeholders. Engage a third party – an institution that can be intimately involved in all … dilute fish density per volume of water and reduce water clarity, thereby increasing the time spent foraging per nest visit to feed chicks, and decreasing the number of prey fed to young per unit time decreases. This might be reflected in … 2004 Technical Report, Project No. 200300300, 448 electronic pages, (BPA Report DOE/BP-00012481-1). http://www.essa.com/documents/ESSA%20Multi- watershed%20report%20H00012481-1.pdf Murray, C. and D. Marmorek. 2003. Adaptive management: a …

2009 ISAC Report to the PRRIP GC

… this approach. 1 • Jacobson: The Program should provide a centralized depository of information, catalogued, easy and free to download for all stakeholders. Engage a third party – an institution that can be intimately involved in all … dilute fish density per volume of water and reduce water clarity, thereby increasing the time spent foraging per nest visit to feed chicks, and decreasing the number of prey fed to young per unit time decreases. This might be reflected in … 2004 Technical Report, Project No. 200300300, 448 electronic pages, (BPA Report DOE/BP-00012481-1). http://www.essa.com/documents/ESSA%20Multi- watershed%20report%20H00012481-1.pdf Murray, C. and D. Marmorek. 2003. Adaptive management: a …

Recreation Appendix

Regional Economics Technical Appendix

… and the change in boating costs. The boating cost for motorized boating and water skiing is estimated to be $25.18 per visit (Table 4.9), for a total expenditure of $62.99 per trip. Table 4.8: Trip Related Fishing Expenditures* for Wyoming …

2023 PRRIP Budget and Work Plan

… allow, subject to the availability of excess flows, groundwater elevations below designated thresholds, and ice-free operating conditions. To facilitate recharge, a check structure at Mile Post (MP) 13.3 allows water to pool in the … operations can occur throughout the year as conditions allow, subject to the availability of excess flows and ice-free operating conditions. Notes on Cost As it has done since 2015, the Program intends to continue purchasing excess … In-Situ Level Troll maintenance $1,400 ea. 2 $2,800 In-Situ Tube telemetry maintenance $900 ea. 2 $1,800 In-Situ Troll Com $750 ea. 1 $750 BUDGET $13,220 In addition to the items in this table, stream gages have been installed at the request …

2010 Parameter-based Research on Nest-site tand Reproductive Success of Interior Least Terns and Piping Plovers on the Central Platte River, Nebraska

… Site visits will be conducted weekly between 1 May and 1 August; standardized field methods will be used during each visit to a nesting area. The following information will be recorded: date; time of arrival, entry into colony, and … to 20 minutes per observation period. If additional time is required to finalize data collection, the subsequent visit shall not occur until 1 hour has passed since the adults returned to their nest or brood; only 2 entries into a … will be common for all broods present. In order to minimize the amount of time spent within the colony during each site visit, we will use a digital camera to collect information on habitat characteristics present at each random location; …

Monitoring the Abundance, Distribution, Reproductive Success, and Reproductive Habitat Parameters of Least Terns and Piping Plovers on the Central Platte River

ISAC Responses to Questions Posed by the PRRIP in July 2015

… changes in slope. 231  For each of these lines of evidence, we recommend that the Program: 232 1 https://sites.google.com/a/joewheaton.org/www/Home/research/projects-1/morphological-sediment-budgeting … not evaluated prior to spawning during the 398 spring, but was recaptured in post-spawn condition with few remaining free, viable oocytes in 2012 as it left the 399 Platte River (suggesting a very recent spawn event). Repeated searches of … in the Platte River in 2013, just upstream of the mouth, detected 412 small numbers of drifting shovelnose sturgeon free embryos showing that shovelnose sturgeon are finding 413 suitable spawning substrate and are successfully spawning in …

Evaluation of Nocturnal Roost and Diurnal Sites Used by Whooping Cranes in the Great Plains, United States

… Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment—visit http://www.usgs.gov or call 1–888–ASK–USGS. For an overview of USGS information products, including maps, imagery, and publications, visit http://store.usgs.gov/. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply … detect cranes. These surveys have the potential to miss crane observations for numerous reasons such as inability to com- plete surveys in low visibility conditions. We are uncertain of the presence or magnitude of observation bias in …

2013 March WMWG Minutes

… one objected. Baasch – SW of Elm Creek Bridge – not sure if the grasslands with pivots were land leveled or not; site visit confirmed the site still had a ridge and swale topography and should be considered whooping crane wet meadow; no one … meadow area because there has been an active sand and gravel mine from 2009-2011 and a cabin was built in 2012; site visit confirmed the sand and gravel mining operation should be considered a disturbance 2009-2011 and the cabin in 2012; … PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 06/26/2013 Baasch – Hannon WPA – 1 field considered for removal based on hydrology; site visit confirmed all fields should be considered potential wet meadow habitat; remove additional trees; no one objected. …

Integrating species-centric and geomorphic-centric views of interior least tern and piping plover habitat selection

… Avenue, Suite 6, Kearney, Nebraska 68845, United States ∗Corresponding author. E-mail address: baaschd@headwaterscorp.com (D.M. Baasch). Abstract The Federally endangered interior least tern (Sterna antillarum athalassos) and threatened … 300 m in the central Platte River and 500 m in all other river segments as did the probability that the channel was free of permanently-vegetated islands. Channels within the Lower Platte, Loup and Niobrara River systems with total widths … of 500e800 m appear to be both wide enough to have a high probability of nesting incidence and narrow enough to be free of vegetated islands. Actions that affect channels with total, bank-to-bank widths of 800 m would likely .e00648 vier …

Monitoring Reproductive Success and Reproductive Habitat Parameters of Terns and Plovers in the Central Platte River (2009)

P17-003_CWR_BSR_EngineeringDesignAndConstructionAdmin.pdf

… POINT OF CONTACT: Kevin Werbylo 10 Headwaters Corporation 11 Office: 720-524-6115 (ext. 105) 12 werbylok@headwaterscorp.com 13 14 I. OVERVIEW 15 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) was initiated on January 1, 2007 16 … design 129 sheets) will be reviewed and transferred to the Consultant. The meeting will likely 130 include a site visit. In addition, a scope, schedule and budget for the project will be 131 finalized. 132 133 c) Task Timeline – … staff) will not be distributed. 287 288 At the conclusion of the mandatory portion of the pre-proposal meeting, a site visit to the 289 Cottonwood Ranch complex will be led by EDO staff. Attendance at the site visit is NON-290 MANDATORY and …

2010 January TAC Minutes

… in when observations occurred and how frequently data was collected at each receiver station. Smith indicated he would visit with Sherfy about these uncertainties and would like to see the ‘filtered’ data that is presented in tables 4 and 5 …

Project Update Report Platte River Restoration and Enhancement Project

… April 10, 2007 Special Project meeting with key agencies during April Governance Meeting May 15-17, 2007 Field Visit/Wetland Delineations/Base Surveys Completed June 13, 2007 Project Update by SEH at Governance Meeting in Cheyenne, … requirements October 9, 2007 Project Update by SEH at Governance Meeting in Kearney, Nebraska October 13, 2007 Field Visit to walk State Channel Project Impacts Three key impacts to the project plan redirected the design efforts including: … permit. Keith Tillotson from the USACE agreed in principal that this may be correct. The resulting action was a field visit by the local agencies and SEH to identify these channels in the floodplain. These were verified by SEH during field …

Annual LiDAR and Aerial Photography Technical Specifications

… 4 Headwaters Corporation 5 4111 4 th Ave, Suite 6 6 Kearney, NE 68845 7 (308) 237-5728 Ext. 4 8 breij@headwaterscorp.com 9 10 I. OVERVIEW 11 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) was initiated on January 1, 2007 12 … flows in the project area are as low as possible (ideally under 1,000 cfs). 80 ii) Imagery will be acquired on cloud-free days with the sun at a sufficient angle to 81 reduce the effect of shadows from trees and structures and efforts … the exact same time 86 as the LiDAR. 87 PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 9/14/2011 Page 3 of 7 iv) The acquisition area must be free of snow and ice, and extraneous environmental 88 conditions such as rain, fog or smoke should be avoided. 89 v) Final …

Shoemaker Island Flow-Sediment-Mechanical Project Request for Proposals

… 30, 2012 9 POINT OF CONTACT: Jason Farnsworth 10 Headwaters Corporation 11 (308) 991-7602 12 farnsworthj@headwaterscorp.com 13 14 I. OVERVIEW 15 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) was initiated on January 1, 2007 16 … islands and flow 41 consolidation (85 - 90% of 8,000 cfs in a single channel). 42 mailto:farnsworthj@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 6/21/2012 RFP for Shoemaker Island “Proof of Concept” Management Experiment Technical Services … of three days 58 at Overton on an annual or near-annual basis will increase the average width of the 59 vegetation-free channel; 60  Variations in flows of lesser magnitude will positively or negatively affect the 61 sandbar habitat …

PRRIP Interior Least Tern and Piping Plover Habitat Colonization and Productivity Study RFP

… Least Tern and Piping Plover Habitat Colonization and Productivity Study 6 REQUEST DATE: January 26, 2015 7 SITE VISIT: February 4, 2015 8 CLOSING DATE: February 18, 2015 9 POINT OF CONTACT: Dave Baasch 10 Headwaters Corporation 11 … Ecological Services 12 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 13 Kearney, Nebraska 68845 14 (308) 390-0456 15 baaschd@headwaterscorp.com 16 17 RECITALS 18 The Governance Committee (GC) of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (PRRIP or 19 … Governance Committee’s preferred schedule for the project: 64 65 February 4, 2015 – Pre-proposal conference call / site visit to central Nebraska 66 February 18, 2015 – Proposal submission deadline 67 Week of February 23, 2015 – Proposal …

Tern and Plover Monitoring Protocol Implementation Report for 2001

… plover nests monitored on sandpits in 2001. The number of adults, nests, chicks and fledglings detected on the site visit nearest to May 15, June 15, and July 15 were summed across the sites surveyed. The most birds detected during one … OBSERVATIONS Portions of the Broadfoot sandpit located east of highway 10 and north of Minden were surveyed in one visit by Mark Czaplewski (CPNRD) to document use by the target species in the study area. Six adult least terns, 2 adult … all bare sand in each section from a distance of 200m or less. 5. Estimate the number of broods at each site on each visit. The number of nests plus the number of broods can be used as an index to the number of pairs. Kirsch has published …

2011-2014 Annual LiDAR and Aerial Photography RFP

… 7 Headwaters Corporation 8 4111 4th Ave, Suite 6 9 Kearney, NE 68845 10 (308) 237-5728 Ext. 4 11 breij@headwaterscorp.com 12 13 I. OVERVIEW 14 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) was initiated on January 1, 2007 15 … flows in the project area are as low as possible (ideally under 1,000 cfs). 108 ii) Imagery will be acquired on cloud-free days with the sun at a sufficient angle to 109 reduce the effect of shadows from trees and structures and efforts … be flown at least the same day, if not at the exact same time 114 as the LiDAR. 115 iv) The acquisition area must be free of snow and ice, and extraneous environmental 116 conditions such as rain, fog or smoke should be avoided. 117 v) …

P16-009 2016-2019 Annual LiDAR and Aerial Photography RFP

… 7 Headwaters Corporation 8 4111 4th Kearney, NE 68845 10 Ave, Suite 6 9 (308) 237-5728 Ext. 4 11 breij@headwaterscorp.com 12 13 I. OVERVIEW 14 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) was initiated on January 1, 2007 15 … in the project area are as low as possible (ideally under 114 1,000 cfs). 115 ii) Imagery will be acquired on cloud-free days with the sun at a sufficient angle to 116 reduce the effect of shadows from trees and structures and efforts … be flown at least the same day, if not at the exact same time 121 as the LiDAR. 122 iv) The acquisition area must be free of snow and ice, and extraneous environmental 123 conditions such as rain, fog or smoke should be avoided. 124 v) …

Wet Meadows Hydrologic Monitoring Approach

… moisture is subtracted from precipitation to provide evapotranspiration values (Shukla et al., 2007). 224 225 Figure 6. Free drainage lysimeter (image credit: Abdou and Flury, 2004) 226 PRRIP – ED OFFICE DRAFT 11/24/2015 PRRIP Wet Meadows … Approach Chapters – Chapter 2 Page 18 of 71 340 Figure 7. ETgagetm Modified Atmometers (image credit: http://www.etgage.com/) 341 Modified atmometer readings are approximations of actual evapotranspiration and are based on reference 342 crops … coefficients kh and kv are difficult to determine under turbulent conditions but are equal under stable 577 (turbulent-free) atmospheric conditions. Equation 10 simplifies to Equation 9 under these conditions as 578 kh = kv (Halliwell and …

Monitoring the Abundance, Distribution, Reproductive Success, and Reproductive Habitat parameters of Least Terns and Piping Plovers on the Central Platte River (2011)

2020-2023 Aerial Photography and LiDAR RFP

… 7 Headwaters Corporation 8 4111 4th Ave, Suite 6 9 Kearney, NE 68845 10 (308) 237-5728 Ext. 4 11 breij@headwaterscorp.com 12 13 I. OVERVIEW 14 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) was initiated on January 1, 2007 15 … flows in the project area are as low as possible (ideally under 71 1,000 cfs). 72 ii) Imagery will be acquired on cloud-free days with the sun at a sufficient angle to 73 reduce the effect of shadows from trees and structures and efforts … and care in timing is required to acquire products 81 acceptable to the Program. 82 v) The acquisition area must be free of snow and ice, and extraneous environmental 83 conditions such as rain, fog or smoke should be avoided. 84 vi) …

Tern and Plover Monitoring Protocol Implementation Report for 2004

… were observed on constructed islands in 2004. The number of adults, nests, chicks and fledglings detected on the site visit nearest to May 15, June 15, and July 15 were summed across the sites surveyed (Table 6). The most birds detected …

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Platte River Recovery Implementation Program

4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6

Kearney, Nebraska 68845

(308) 237-5728

Contacts

Program components

  • Water Plan
  • Land Plan
  • Adaptive Management Plan

About PRRIP

  • Staff contacts
  • Program information
  • PRRIP in pictures
  • Program area map
  • News
  • Events

Target species

  • Interior least tern
  • Pallid sturgeon
  • Piping plover
  • Whooping crane

Information for . . .

  • Neighbors
  • Central Platte visitors
  • Policymakers and legislators
  • Researchers and scientists
  • Contractors
  • Committee members

Flow conditions

  • Hydrologic conditions
  • Flow targets
  • Hydrologic forecast
  • River flow data (graph and download)

PRRIP member access

  • Log in

Committees

  • Governance (GC)
  • Finance (FC)
  • Technical Advisory (TAC)
  • Land Advisory (LAC)
  • Water Advisory (WAC)
  • Independent Science Advisory (ISAC)
  • Environmental Account / Reservoir Coordinating (EACRCC)
  • Adaptive Management Working Group (AMWG)
  • Executive Director's Office (EDO)