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2007 May TAC Minutes

… Kearney, Nebraska Welcome and Introductions TAC Chair Elections - Mark Peyton nominated and elected as chair for one year. Update on Program Executive Director Selection Dale Strickland provided an update. Jerry Kenny was selected as …

Hydrologic Forecast for Water Year 2019 - January 2019

Hydrologic Forecast for Water Year 2019 - December 2018

2- 2021 April_5 LAC draft minutes

… Meeting Minutes Teams Conference Call April 5, 2021 PRRIP – Draft Minutes 4/6/2021 This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the Land …

2014 June TAC Minutes Grassland Management Workshop

… years  Tunnell – should the Program assemble an advisory committee to review annual management plans and leases; no one seemed overly interested, but Rabbe suggested the EDO make the annual plans available that are sent to the Farm …

Hydrologic Forecast for Water Year 2019 - February 2019

3-2021_Sept_1 LAC draft minutes(dz edits_9-8-2021)

… meeting Teams Conference Call September 1, 2021 PRRIP – Draft Minutes 9/1/2021 This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different if corrections are made by the Land …

Adaptive Management Fact Sheet.pdf

… about how the Platte River system functions and how the system may respond to Program management actions. For example, one priority hypothesis states: “Additional bare sand habitat will increase the number of adult least terns”. Adaptive …

2014 November LAC Conference Call Minutes

… is continually adjusted in cooperation with Jim 43 PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 3/31/2015 Page 3 of 3 Jenniges. So far only one burn was able to be completed on CWR, and some haying has been 44 done to keep vegetation low for crane migration. 45 …

2015 January TAC Conference Call Minutes

… and Leaman OCSW is very difficult to locate nests because of the color of the substrate and a lack of debris to allow one to locate nests more easily.  Baasch – More debris (bricks, branches, etc.) were placed at Leaman to help located …

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 … all items on the ‘Bid/Quotation Form’. The contractor may perform the work solely or may hire a subcontractor(s) for one or more of the items. In total, the contractor will be responsible for four main tasks: 1. Supply and install an … apron and float switch. 4. Supply and Install Continuous Panel Livestock Exclosure mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 3/17/2022 2 DETAILS AND SPECIFICATIONS: An approximate site layout is shown in Attachment B. …

Final Questions and Answers Excess Land

… Governance Committee to decide if that represents value to them. 4) Is there any other access to the property? Just the one access point from the highway. That access is shared with the Inholding and PRRIF will keep access along the present …

P17-022_Tract 2009001_2015002 Livestock Water Development.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 … all items on the ‘Bid/Quotation Form’. The contractor may perform the work solely or may hire a subcontractor(s) for one or more of the items. In total, the contractor will be responsible for four main tasks: 1. Install a 4-inch X 100-foot … all personnel, equipment and supplies to the project site associated with each bid item. mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 10/06/2017 2 Item 2 – Drill 4-inch x 100-foot livestock well • Cost includes drilling, 4” 200# …

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 … all items on the ‘Bid/Quotation Form’. The contractor may perform the work solely or may hire a subcontractor(s) for one or more of the items. In total, the contractor will be responsible for four main tasks: 1. Install a 4 inch X 100-foot … all personnel, equipment and supplies to the project site associated with each bid item. mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 1/06/2017 2 Item 2 – Drill 4-inch x 100-foot livestock well  Cost includes drilling, 4” 200# …

Press Release - 2020 North Platte Chokepoint Test Flow Release Announced

… flood stage relative to conditions that were present in the late 1990s when PRRIP objectives were originally developed. One PRRIP objective is to achieve a flow of 3,000 cfs at the North Platte chokepoint while remaining below flood stage. … Director, Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Office Phone: (308) 237-5728 E-mail: farnsworthj@headwaterscorp.com mailto:Thomas_Econopouly@fws.gov mailto:farnsworthj@headwaterscorp.com … Press Release - 2020 North Platte Chokepoint Test Flow Release Announced …

2012 November GC Minutes

… in the budget. From a cash flow 56 perspective, that money will go through the NCF and then back to the participants. One option the 57 income provides is when looking for funds for J-2, that money might be a windfall. Campbell asked 58 …

2007 May GC Minutes DRAFT

… reported that Colorado will not require a new contract with the NCF for a five year extension, with two stipulations. One is a restatement of the contract with all amendments identified (original language and new language) and second would …

Press Release - America's Great Outdoors Highlights Two Nebraska Projects.pdf

… relevant periods and (2) making certain areas accessible to the public for recreation purposes. Platte River Access One of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program’s long-term objectives is to use incentive- based water projects …

Platte River Hydrologic Forecast for Water Year 2019 - March 2019

2015 May LAC Minutes

… 12 in Ogallala, 28 NE. The J-2 Reservoir is progressing with permitting activities and land acquisition discussions. 29 One property has been acquired by CNPPID so far. The WAC was also updated on the North 30 Platte Chokepoint progress. The …

2009 April GC Conference Call Minutes

… 53 from voting. 54 55 Sackett provided the GC with an update on two parcels of land that have been recently closed. 56 One property is 185 acres near the Wyoming property that will remain under a farming lease this 57 year. The second …

Summer Germination Prevention Flow Release and Ice Scour Protocol

… – 2,100 cfs would be adequate to inundate approximately 95% the channel 9 leaving a minimal area of sandbars exposed one to three inches above the water surface. Water 10 affects plant growth directly by reducing respiration and …

Fall Short-Duration High Flow Release Monitoring Protocol

… 31 Vegetation data will be collected in the field by placing the vegetation at each of a series of points 32 into one of the following seven general vegetation classes: 33 1. Tall Perennial Herbaceous: Areas of perennial vegetation …

Final - Questions and Answers - Annual LiDAR and Aerial Photography

… have been provided at the end of this document. If more imagery is required, please contact breij@headwaterscorp.com directly. mailto:breij@headwaterscorp.com� PRRIP – ED OFFICE 04/21/2016 Page 2 of 5 5) Water clarity has an impact on the bathymetric collection. Has/will any … No clarity testing has been performed. The Contractor will be required to demonstrate bathymetric accuracy during the one-time Sub-Project 3 test acquisition before the Program decides whether to acquire bathymetric LiDAR in subsequent …

P19-005: Tract 2010004 Viewing Blind Relocation

… 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, … all items on the ‘Bid/Quotation Form’. The contractor may perform the work solely or may hire a subcontractor(s) for one or more of the items. In total, the contractor will be responsible for four main tasks: 1. Prep area for new location … it is level and that the door functions properly and is placed at proper orientation. mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 08/15/2019 2 6. Secure blind at new location at all four corners with earth anchors; install …

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Cooperative Agreement

… terminates upon the withdrawal of a signatory or by mutual agreement of the signatories. Following a withdrawal by any one of the signatories, the other signatories are to determine whether and under what circumstances the Program could …

2011 June LAC Minutes

… for implementation of the Program’s public access policy on Program lands. Kenny 85 said that for the budgeted amount, one NGPC staff member would be positioned in Kearney and 86 assigned to enforcement of the policy on Program lands. A …

Press Release - AGO Rivers Initiative - Great Plains Region Highlights.pdf

… The river projects are part of a list of 51 ongoing projects that the Secretary is highlighting nationwide, one in each state and in the District of Columbia. Ranging from restoration of the Rio Grande Watershed in Texas to …

2011 November TAC Minutes

… how this analysis and the whooping monitoring analyses could overlap; Baasch stated the 2 projects do not overlap as one is an analysis of data points collected by the monitoring crew and the other is a classification of habitat …

2014 June LAC Conference Call Minutes

Piping plover

… The piping plover (Charadrius melodus) is a sandy-gray, robin-sized (7 inch) shorebird with one dark breast band. It has a dark stripe across the crown during the breeding season. Other characteristics include a …

FINAL November 12 2019 PRRIP GC Special Session Minutes

… closer to the end of the First Increment the contracts all became linked in 79 terms of timing and we have been using one-year amendments until the GC provides guidance on how 80 to structure and manage the ISAC in the extension. Smith said …

2021 August WAC Minutes

… WAP Projects and Other Brief Water Updates: Seth Turner, EDO 55 56 Leasing and Recharge Projects: 57 The Program signed one-year agreements to lease surface water from CPNRD and NPPD at 58 $90/AF, which will be credited (exact volumes TBD) to …

PRRIP AMP Broad Hypotheses

… locations, narrowing the river corridor and increasing stream power by consolidating over 90 percent of river flow into one channel will accelerate the plan form change from anastomosed to braided, promoting wider channels and more sand bars. …

2008 November LAC Minutes

… sure that the planning process does not occur independently for each tract in a 122 habitat complex. Once more than one tract is acquired for a complex, the management 123 planning process should focus on the complex as a whole. 124  …

2018 In-Channel Disking Habitat Enhancement Project

… NE CONTACT: Tim R. Tunnell, Senior Land Manager 4111 4th Ave, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com QUOTES DUE: August 15, 2018 by 5:00pm CST The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the following plans and … Complex # 8 ( ) Sheet 7 – Shoemaker Island Complex # 9 ( ) Sheet 8 – Penrose Tract mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 07/23/18 Page 2 of 7 Indicate which complex (s) by submitting a Mobilization/ Demobilization … Construction shall be as shown in the plan view only. 2.1 Unless otherwise stated, in-channel disking shall include one pass. In areas of heavy vegetation two passes will be made with the direction of the second pass oriented …

2019 October TAC Minutes

… in-depth research approach. • Jenniges stated pallid sturgeon will always be a policy issue rather than a technical one. • Econopouly said he would be talking to Steve Small (Service GC representative) about pallid sturgeon within a few …

2009 November WAC Minutes

… by the end of the year. The next step will be a thorough 84 feasibility study with demonstration projects likely at one or two sites. They’ll get an RFP for 85 the feasibility study to the GC for their March 2010 meeting. Demonstration …

04_14_21 PRRIP TAC Virtual Meeting Minutes APPROVED

… they work or not. Runge mentioned the importance of testing a range of predator management options. You can do this one at a time to see what each does, or, if not funds limited, go full out to get maximum impact. Henry stated the ISAC …

February 24 2020 PRRIP TAC Minutes

… in ratio. Population 89 growth rate formula is a possibility to use. Stable to increasing population growth rate is one of objectives. 90 91 Smith explained the CEM table-material is on ice right now. Have not had time to make progress, …

Piping Plovers and Interior Least Terns Technical Appendix

… sulfur, selenium is readily incorporated into an organism’s body during protein synthesis and other metabolic pathways. One of the interesting features of selenium is the narrow margin between nutritionally optimal and potentially toxic … and terns make some use of the river and adjacent sandpits between North Platte and Lexington. Table-PT-1 provides one example of sandpit use within this reach. This example is the largest site—in terms of nests and continuous …

PRRIP FEIS Volume 3 Table of Contents: Water Resources and Water Quality CD

… Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center, Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group. Denver, Colorado. 4. The one-dimensional sediment transport model of the Central Platte Habitat (SedVeg Gen3) is described, including model … Development Corporation, Dated December 1998. [This is a commercial product. It can be ordered from: < http://www.gams.com/> .] Volume 3 Table of Contents—Economics, Social Analysis, and Scoping CD xlvii Harpman, David A. 2003. The P_GENV4 … Final Summary of Scoping Input. Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Dated July 1998. Chapter One: Description of the Scoping Process …

River Geomorphology-Part 1

… Bureau of Reclamation, Technical Service Center, Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group. Denver, Colorado. 4. The one-dimensional sediment transport model of the Central Platte Habitat (SedVeg Gen3) is described, including model …

2007 April GC Minutes

… The groups are looking to  do a streamlined hearing approach with one federal representative and another  representative for the rest of the GC for the Senate hearings.  …

FINAL September 10-11 2019 PRRIP GC Quarterly Meeting Minutes

… PRRIP Indexing 66 Merrill discussed the status of indexing Program funds related to October 2018 numbers, there will be one 67 more round done this fall using October 2019 numbers. Merrill will begin to determine preliminary numbers 68 for …

2019 October WAC Minutes

… Funding will likely come from existing unused budget from the pipeline construction. 59 60 Werbylo said there is one outstanding large dollar claim from Myers Construction, and Clerkin 61 asked about the amount. Werbylo said the …

2016 February WAC Minutes

4 - W201601 Evaluation Report

… At the time of the review, there were approximately 0.5 acres of contiguous sand substrate, mostly confined to one large island in the main channel that appeared to have been cleared mechanically. 4. Island and Channel Bank Height …

FINAL December 10 2018 PRRIP GC Quarterly Meeting Minutes

… is on 104 the decline; and that we are looking at being at $200,000 the next year to keep the Program closer to the 105 one third support. LaBonde said this program needs to move to an O&M approach and get away from so 106 much support from …

P20-004_Tract 2010001_Fence_Request for Quotation

… 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 plans and specifications: # 1 ( ) Construction Specifications # … documents for the following rates: THIS QUOTE SUBMITTED ON DATE: ______________________ mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com Page 2 of 6 The Contractor is required to submit quotes for all work Items below. Item No. Description Unit Estimated … include the necessary fittings required for installation. The fittings shall consist of not less than two hinges and one latch or galvanized chain for fastening. Latches shall be of such design that a padlock may be used for locking. All …

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