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Questions and Answers Regarding P17013

… of the work. These documents will be made available to the Consultant who 13  wins the contract. But, in short, the site was selected largely because of its existing gravel pit, its 14  proximity to potential water sources (i.e., the … layer about 30 to 40 ft below grade. Some of these results will be 16  discussed at the pre-proposal meeting and site visit on Tuesday, August 1, 2017. 17  18  2) On RFP Task 7, reference is made to installing flumes and piezometers. … wellfield. 37  38  4) During the pre-proposal meeting, you mentioned distributing the bore logs in the area of the 39  site. Do you plan on posting them on the PRRIP website (same location as the Q&A)? 40  41  Bore logs and geotechnical lab …

Implementation of the Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol – Winter 2013

… movements, behavior, and diurnal habitat use were recorded during daily monitoring efforts and river profiles and use site characteristic measurements were collected at known roost areas as outlined in the Program’s Whooping Crane … their roost locations. Table 2. Whooping Crane use locations and habitat type. Use Date Crane Group ID Location ID Use Site ID County UTMx UTMy Habitat 11/20/2012 2013WI18 A NA Hall 540040 4512713 Grassland - Lowland 11/20/2012 2013WI18 B NA … data places the Whooping Crane group on Rowe March 6-7 and on the Hempleman property March 7-8. The next stopover site placed the bird north of Cairo, Nebraska on March 8 and it was reported to be a 4:1 group on March 13 (FWS 13A-06) so …

2014 June TAC Minutes Grassland Management Workshop

… a year in the past; resting a couple of the hay meadows in 2014.  Fritz – need to develop grazing/management plan on a site-by-site basis based on species composition  Farnsworth – Program’s primary grassland management objective is for whooping … land management plans for several Program properties; Jenniges – half-day workshop may be beneficial for developing site-specific management strategies for the Program’s 5-year management plans; Fritz – might be a good time to bring in …

2019 February WAC Minutes

… target flows and hydrologic conditions? (2) can we meet species objectives with 112 120,000 AF? and (3) how do we best manage our water? Species objectives were reviewed 113 along with potential options for a limited- or broad-scope …

Tract 2018001 Livestock Water Development

… Tim R. Tunnell, Land Coordinator Headwaters Corporation 4111 4th Ave, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the following forms, plans and specifications: # 1 ( ) Bid/Quotation Form # 2 ( ) Attachment A – Location Map # 3 ( ) Attachment B – Site Layout PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The contractor will be responsible for all items on the ‘Bid/Quotation Form’. The … mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 3/17/2022 2 DETAILS AND SPECIFICATIONS: An approximate site layout is shown in Attachment B. Details and necessary specifications are outlined below (quotes must include all …

Cottonwood Ranch Broadscale Recharge Roadway Mowing & Maintenance

… Tim R. Tunnell, Land Coordinator Headwaters Corporation 4111 4th Ave, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the following forms, plans and specifications: # 1 ( ) Sheet 1 - Cover # 2 ( ) Sheet 2 – Site Layout PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The contractor will be responsible for mowing and maintaining roadway as identified on … as needed within the project area. 1.1.2 Location: Work under this Contract is in Phelps County, Nebraska. The work site is located southwest of the city of Elm Creek, NE on the Platte River. Sheet 1 identifies the project location. 1.1.3 …

P16-027 _Tract_2012004_ Livestock Water_RFQ.pdf

… R. Tunnell, Senior Land Manager Headwaters Corporation 4111 4th Ave, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the following forms, plans and specifications: # 1 ( ) Bid/Quotation Form # 2 ( ) Attachment A – Site Layout PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The contractor will be responsible for all items on the ‘Bid/Quotation Form’. The … a 12-foot rubber tire tank with appropriate concrete apron and float switch. DETAILS AND SPECIFICATIONS: An approximate site layout is shown in Attachment A. Details and necessary specifications are outlined below (quotes must include all …

2015 June GC Minutes

… the thinking limiting youth hunting. Haahr said it a part of the process of 249 limiting the number of people on a site at one time. In Nebraska, youth have to have a mentor with them 250 so that adds up in terms of the number of people. …

PlumCreekBoreHoles_RequestForQuotation.pdf

… Investigation LOCATION: Plum Creek Complex NEAR: Overton, Nebraska CONTACT: Kevin Werbylo, werbylok@headwaterscorp.com, 720-524-6115 The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the following forms, plans and specifications: # 1 ( ) Bid/Quotation Form # 2 ( ) Attachment A – Site Layout PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The goal of this work is to identify the depth to and thickness of a low permeability … off of Rd 748 at the intersection where D Rd ends (see Attachment A). DETAILS AND SPECIFICATIONS: An approximate site layout is shown in Attachment A. Please, note that the number and specific location of borings may change as the …

ElmCreekBoreHoles_RequestForQuotation.pdf

… Investigation LOCATION: Elm Creek Complex NEAR: Elm Creek, Nebraska CONTACT: Kevin Werbylo, werbylok@headwaterscorp.com, 720-524-6115 The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the following forms, plans and specifications: # 1 ( ) Bid/Quotation Form # 2 ( ) Attachment A – Site Layout PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The goal of this work is to identify the depth to and thickness of a low permeability … to the Bartels property is located off of Boxwood Rd (see Attachment A). DETAILS AND SPECIFICATIONS: An approximate site layout is shown in Attachment A. Please, note that the number and specific location of borings may change as the …

P20-011 Audubon Rowe Sanc Brush Spraying RFQ

… Brush Herbicide Treatment LOCATION: PRRIF Minden-Gibbon Complex NEAR: Gibbon, NE REQUEST DATE: July 15, 2020 MANDATORY SITE SHOWING: July 31, 2020– 3:00 pm central time CLOSING DATE: August 7, 2020 – 5:00 pm central time POINT OF CONTACT: … R. Tunnell, Senior Land Manager Headwaters Corporation 4111 4th Ave, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com The undersigned, having examined the drawings and investigated the local conditions affecting the project work, hereby … must only control woody vegetation. 1.1.2 Location: Work under this Contract is in Buffalo County, Nebraska. The work site is located south of the city of Gibbon on the Platte River. Sheet 1 identifies the project location. 1.1.3 Schedule …

October 2023 ISAC Feedback

… at night, and the difficulty of collecting eggs and embryos. In light of these challenges, we https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364815210003191 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1364815210003191 … likely lead to p-values that are smaller than they should be. You might consider other approaches. Whooping crane roost site selection ● There was good progress on the Whooping Crane Site Selection analyses. The ISAC comments from the … from Alan: I’m always a bit skeptical of trusting vendors/contractors to assess LIDAR accuracy, since those are often “best-case” estimates on flat, easily surveyed surfaces. One other way of assessing uncertainty is to use 10 “coincident …

2010 February WAC Minutes Reference Notes

… of unusually wet 226 years in the 1990s. Additionally, problems with high groundwater were not at the B-1 Reservoir 227 site, but were more an issue west and southwest of Overton. Smith noted that the project 228 workgroup will be doing some … study will 235 be initiated after the current prefeasibility study is complete. Feasibility analyses will include 236 site investigations to determine site specific information (recharge and pumping rates), refined 237 cost estimates, and demonstration projects (small …

2 - 2024_February_LAC minutes Draft

… 47 Rabbe gave an update of TAC activities. 48 TAC discussed the framework document as related to WC riverine roost site selection paper. Discussion 49 on whether to change metrics based on updated science. It was agreed to take those on … in moving the lodge at his expense. 74 An agreement is being drafted for this and will be in place soon. At the site showing for Quonset, a 75 contractor questioned whether there was any asbestos. Testing will be done, and contractors …

2014 August TAC Conference Call Minutes

… before moving forward to ensure the Program wouldn’t receive negative feedback that would confuse what was considered best available science. Rabbe said he supported the idea of publishing the Watson article regardless of whether or not it …

2010 January TAC Minutes Sediment Augmentation Workshop

… in the channel so it’s available when the flows are there to transport it. Mussetter stated a key uncertainty is how best to augment sediment so the river can transport it. Farnsworth said we may have to tier it so we add a consistent …

2013 March LAC Minutes

… – ED OFFICE FINAL 05/29/2013 Page 4 of 5 fence line, so they would be hunting these birds as well and may not have the best interest of the 89 species in mind. Addressing both the safety concerns and the well-being of the species, the 90 …

Professional Services - Excess Land Disposal

… Bruce Sackett, Director of Acquisitions 7 Headwaters Corporation 8 Mobile: (402) 450-3527 9 sackettb@headwaterscorp.com 10 11 I. OVERVIEW 12 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (“Program” or “PRRIP”) was initiated on January … properties will be offered for sale under written bid proposals with the bid period 48 mailto:sackettb@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – EDO DRAFT 03/09/2018 PRRIP Excess Land Disposal RFP 2 | P a g e ending on Monday, April 30, 2018. The … any and all proposals received in response to 171 this RFP and to cancel this solicitation if it is deemed in the best interest of the Program to do so. Issuance 172 of this RFP in no way constitutes a commitment by the Program to award …

2017 February TAC Minutes

… a contract with RWBJV to conduct LTPP & WC habitat availability assessments pending discussions with the TAC on how best to move forward with the assessments while saving the Program money where possible. Recent analyses indicate WC …

2010 December TAC Minutes

… we are collecting data on. Rabbe stated that in the end we may find that a combination of the 2 strategies may be best for creating and maintaining habitat. Rabbe stated Big Question 3 should include flow and sediment rather than just …

February 24 2020 PRRIP TAC Minutes

… Committee was in agreeance. 101 Runge pointed out the fence might be a visual obstruction. Asked if plovers on site were consistent in 102 territories and nesting sites and asked how it will be decided if it is affecting them. Mohlman explained the 103 plovers were consistent in nest placement and consistent in nest numbers on site. Will be able to tell if 104 suddenly avoiding previously popular area. 105 106 Rabbe asked if the Program still …

Implementation of the Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol – Winter 2012

… primarily rested (Table 8). It was observed from 14:50 to about 20:00 h when it flew southwest to the river to roost. A site evaluation was conducted by Greg Wright of the Crane Trust a portion of which follows: Saturated soils; nearest …

2012 October WAC Minutes

… Minutes Page 5 of 5 Runge commented that the flow routing spreadsheet used for previous SDHF tests was based on 175 best professional judgment and actual operations, at times, did not match. Runge suggested 176 developing a more formal …

RJH Memo: Draft J-2 Regulating Reservoir-Concept Comparison Memo

… is that the reservoir liner would be at or only a foot or 2 above the average groundwater levels across most of the site. This would result in a relatively high potential for the liner to be subject to uplift pressures. If the uplift … to the outlets. The slopes of the reservoir bottoms would somewhat follow the anticipated groundwater gradient at the site. Therefore across the site, the bottom of the liner typically would be situated a few feet above the historic high groundwater levels thereby …

2022 February WAC Minutes

… 158 Program has been monitoring and collecting data on both hydrology and climate at two wet 159 meadow sites: the Fox site is restored cropland, and the Shoemaker site is a native wet meadow. 160 Extensive work was completed in 2021, including comprehensive data QC (a significant 161 …

FINAL Master PRRIP FY2017 Budget

… -$ 96,409.00$ 3,448,400.00$ Broad-scale recharge projects. 2017 budget includes infrastructure for the Cottonwood Ranch site and land acquisition Future budgets include land acquisition and water delivery into recharge sites. 3,982,416.95$ … -$ -$ -$ 18,750.00$ 6,250.00$ -$ -$ -$ -$ Complete from PRRIP budget standpoint. -$ -$ WC-6 O Whooping Crane Stopover Site Evaluation Projec(FY13-FY16) -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 91,643.05$ 70,957.91$ 32,854.21$ 33,058.04$ -$ Complete from PRRIP …

2011 August TAC Minutes

… Report. Runge had concerns about the proposal’s emphasis on methods used by Howlin et al. (2008) which may not reflect best methods to answer the big questions. Peyton and others suggested the Research Proposal would be of value for the …

Tract 2019001 Restoration and Maintenance Plan__Final_GC

… and disking.  Methods –The area will be cleared using heavy equipment. Cleared material will be burned and buried on site if possible. Conditions may require other removal methods including chipping and hauling off-site. Pre-emergent herbicide will be ground applied to water’s edge annually during late March - early April to prevent … 5. Groundwater Depth to groundwater on this tract was estimated from a few small ponds on the lowland area of the site. Groundwater depths appear to be one to three feet. 6. Flooding in Non-Wetland Areas 7. Power/Transmission Lines D. …

2015 October WAC Minutes

… multiple management areas within each pool. There are multiple potential 243 surface and groundwater delivery points. Site layout made it difficult to estimate volumes 244 and seepage rates, etc. 245 • Water budget analyses. Goal from …

2023 October WAC Minutes

… outlet component of the study, and Inter-Fluve is responsible 78 for the Plum Creek assessment. 79 80 There was a site visit on September 19-20 that included participants from LRE Water, TBNRD, 81 CNPPID, Nebraska DNR, and the EDO. The … review of 98 construction details from existing recapture wells to help establish aquifer parameters and a GIS-99 based site selection of potential new recapture well locations. Following the November field 100 work, the Plum Creek … appendices 3 https://law.justia.com/cases/nebraska/supreme-court/2023/s-23-028.html …

Wyoming Flow Split

… Payment June 28, 2024 The MANDATORY PRE-BID MEETING will now be held on April 10th at 2:00 PM CT and will be held on-site. Meet at site access drive south from E 1st St S. From Kearney take E 1st St S over Interstate 80 then drive east 1.75 miles. PRRIP …

P22-015 Crane Blind RFQ

… Executive Director Headwaters Corporation 4111 4th Ave, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 farnsworthj@headwaterscorp.com The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) is soliciting written quotes for construction of a crane … blind at the Shoemaker Island habitat complex near Alda, Nebraska. Quotes shall include all materials and labor for on-site construction of the structure. The Program shall be responsible for clearing and leveling the blind site prior to construction. Blind specifications include: • Dimensions: 7’6” wide by 32’ long. • Structure materials: o …

FINAL December 6-7 2016 PRRIP GC Quarterly Meeting Minutes

… useful, this was a surprise given the context of other financial 201 conversations. 202 203 Kenny said this may be the best deal we can get; other water is going to be much more expensive. Merrill 204 said we also should keep our …

Vegetation Monitoring RFP Contractor Questions and Responses (03-05-13).pdf

2011 May TAC Minutes

… etc) and pointed out that 1 bird was injured in 2 years of banding and that if disturbance was the concern that the site that has had the most disturbances the past 2 years has the most nests again this year. Czaplewski stated we need to …

Master PRRIP FY2014 Budget (FINAL)

… photography, November LiDAR from Kucera. 94,150.00$ 118,100.00$ 118,100.00$ Page 3 of 4 WC-6 O Whooping Crane Stopover Site Evaluation Project (FY13-FY15) -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 51,074.53$ 98,608.00$ Program contribution for second year of a …

USFWS Piping Plover Fact Sheet.pdf

PRRIP Platte River Water Quality Monitoring 2009, 2010, and 2011 Monitoring Seasons-Baseline Summary Report

… process, files were opened and reviewed to ensure successful transfer of all data before resetting the sonde. While on site, data was reviewed for missing data, outlier data, and logging errors so corrections could be made immediately, if … turbidity) were calibrated and maintained to enable the collection of duplicate water quality parameters at the time of site visits. Manufacturer directions for operation, calibration, and maintenance was followed and documented on the field … channels existed, the samples were collected from the five channels with the most flow.  Prior to sampling at each site, site water was used to rinse the sample container and composite container (Van Dorn bottle) at least three times.  …

2012 ISAC Comments on PRRIP State of the Platte Report Executive Summary

… issue under Big Question 5 is to re-evaluate the target unconfined channel width for whooping cranes, using roosting site data from both the Platte River and all other rivers where such data exist. There is clearly a large difference …

2013 June GC Conference Call Minutes

… said there are documents that are associated with the J2 project that have been on the stakeholder 118 side of the web site – Olsson feasibility study and RJH conceptual design report. Kenny is seeking 119 permission to post those documents on the public side of the web site. Ament said there was no 120 objection. Barels said through the discussion of the agreement among the Downstream …

Master PRRIP FY2016 Budget December 1 2015 (FINAL)

… -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 18,750.00$ 6,250.00$ -$ -$ -$ Complete from PRRIP budget standpoint WC-6 O Whooping Crane Stopover Site Evaluation Project (FY13-FY16) -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ -$ 91,643.05$ 70,957.91$ 32,702.62$ -$ Complete from PRRIP budget …

November 13 2018 GC Special Session Minutes

… budget spreadsheet and work plan. 51 52 • Czaplewski asked about WP-1(b) for phragmites control. The Program hosted a site visit in September 53 after the GC meeting, he wondered if this item should be increased back to $300,000 as in … implement. 63 • Barels asked why LP-2 is $2M in FY19. Farnsworth said it has $1.8M built in for a Clark Island OCSW 64 site, that relates to whether or not the GC decides to move forward with the Lakeside slurry wall project. 65 • Walters …

USFWS Pallid Sturgeon Fact Sheet.pdf

… lower flows and quieter water for the rearing and feeding of young pallid sturgeon. This procedure would also allow for com- mercial navigation traffic to transport fertilizers and fuel upstream on the “Spring rise”, and harvested crops … 555 Lester Avenue Onalaska, Wisconsin 54650 (608) 783-8434 Revised 2 May 2001 Lisbon Bottoms Habitat Restora- tion Site. and small bottom dwelling fish. The caudal peduncle (or tail) of the pallid sturgeon is flattened in cross section, … does not meet the requirements of the species Larval pallid sturgeon collected at Lisbon Bottoms habitat restoration site. Missouri River dams prevent up- stream pallid sturgeon movements. Historic Range and Distribution of Pallid …

2014 November GC Minutes

… lands of the Platte and the Program’s role. Kenny suggested GC 92 members visit the time-lapse project’s web site to see examples of what they are doing with imagery thus 93 far. Here is the project web site link: http://plattebasintimelapse.com/. 94 95 Urie asked if the proposed $150,000 in the LP-3 budget covers taxes for all Program lands. Sackett said 96 …

PRRIP Platte River Water Quality 2009 Monitoring Season Annual Data Summary Report

… calibration, maintenance, and data transfer were followed. Data was downloaded from the sonde to a field laptop on site before the data collected exceeded the memory capacity of the sonde. Files were named by Platte River Location as … process, files were opened and reviewed to ensure successful transfer of all data before resetting the sonde. While on site, data was reviewed for missing data, outlier data, and logging errors so corrections could be made immediately, if … turbidity) were calibrated and maintained to enable the collection of duplicate water quality parameters at the time of site visits. Manufacturer directions for operation, calibration, and maintenance was followed and documented on the field …

2009 November WAC Minutes

2022 October WAC Minutes

… of this year’s full-scale sediment augmentation project. This 85 was the Program’s 6th year of the project, and the site was just downstream of the original 2017 86 project site, about 1.1 miles downstream of the J-2 Return. Work was completed by Meyer 87 Construction in September and early …

2021 October WAC Minutes

… that would prevent diversions 123 for the next few weeks anyway. A fence project was completed in the spring and the site will be 124 put back into the grazing rotation starting in 2022. 125 126 At the request of the EDO, CNPPID submitted … for the 175 Cottonwood Ranch broad-scale recharge includes costs for maintenance of the Rubicon gates 176 and controls, site monitoring and maintenance, and electrical power. Per agreement with 177 PRRIP – EDO FINAL 02/01/2022 PRRIP WAC …

PRRIP FY2015 Budget (FINAL)

… 6,250.00 $ - 0 $ - 0 $ - 0 Complete from PRRIP budget standpoint $ - 0 $ - 0 $ - 0 $ - 0 WC-6 O Whooping Crane Stopover Site Evaluation Project (FY13-FY15) $ - 0 $ - 0 $ - 0 $ - 0 $ - 0 $ - 0 $ - 0 $ 110,297.00 $ 91,643.05 $ 98,608.00 $ …

2014 May WAC Minutes

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