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Implementation of the Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol - Fall 2024 Report FINAL

… Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 1 ideuse@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP 2024 Fall Whooping Crane Report—Final ii Platte River Recovery Implementation Program: Implementation of the Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol—Fall 2024 Report Prepared by: Ethan Ideus (ideuse@headwaterscorp.com) and Malinda Henry Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue Suite 6 … Crane Monitoring Protocol–Fall 2024 Report. Cover photo courtesy of Colleen Childers mailto:ideuse@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP 2024 Fall Whooping Crane Report—Final iii Table of Contents Table of Abbreviations …

Platte River Fall 2020, Nebraska: Topo-bathymetric LiDAR Technical Data Report

… www.quantumspatial.com March 16, 2021 Platte River Fall 2020, Nebraska Topobathymetric Lidar Technical Data Report Prepared For: Prepared By: … is shown in Figure 1. Table 1: Acquisition dates, acreage, and data types collected on the Platte River Fall 2020 site Project Site Total Acres Acquisition Dates Data Type Platte River Fall 2020, Nebraska 89,969 10/11/2020 – 10/15/2020 … to process the data into the requested deliverables. Processing tasks included GPS control computations, smoothed best estimate trajectory (SBET) calculations, kinematic corrections, calculation of laser point position, sensor and data …

2019 October WAC Minutes

… inspection last week. There are 50 a couple items for the contractor to finish up, but they should be off the site in a week or so and 51 project completion is expected by the end of the month. The next step will be for the EDO to … it shovel-ready but not proceed with construction. This effort was delayed until 70 summer, after the miner moved off site and a final bathymetric survey of the pit could be made. 71 JEO is currently finalizing the design and skeleton bid …

August 2024 Final ISAC Report for July 2024 Meeting

… Science Advisory Committee (ISAC) August 28, 2024 Photo credit: Platte River - Dyer Property sediment augmentation site; July 17, 2024; David Marmorek Prepared by the ISAC Mr. David Marmorek, ESSA Technologies Ltd. (Co-Chair) Dr. … water releases to increase the variation that you’ve already seen based on natural flows? https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rra.2615 https://doi.org/10.2110/pec.99.62.0211 10 Extension Big Question #2: How effective is Program … to avoid extreme predictions at the end of variable distribution” (underline added). You are correct and this follows best practices. However, Fig 8 includes the unobstructed channel width across the entire range of 720 unobstructed channel …

2019 August WAC Minutes

… Construction is several months behind schedule due to numerous weather events that have 206 flooded the construction site on several occasions, including a storm in July that dumped up to 9 207 inches of rain around Kearney in a single … said the miner has moved offsite to an adjacent 217 property. Design consultant JEO completed a survey of the project site and is in the process of 218 finalizing the design. Per an earlier decision by the GC, the project will not move …

Dave Marmorek CV

… 2020. Suite 600, 2695 Granville St, Vancouver, BC V6H 3H4 Ph. (604) 733-2996; Fax (604) 733-4657; email dmarmorek@essa.com Mr. Marmorek combines technical tools of Adaptive Management (AM) with innovative methods of facilitation and … extent of damage to inland lakes in eastern Canada due to acidic deposition. I. Development and evaluation of a simple "site" model. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 47: 55-66. Thornton, K., D. Marmorek, P. Ryan, K. Heltcher, and D. Robinson. 1990. … of damage to inland fisheries in eastern Canada due to acidic deposition: I. development and evaluation of a simple "site" model. Can. J. Fish. Aq. Sci 47(1): 55-66. Marmorek, D.R. 1984. Changes in the Temporal Behavior and Size Structure …

Tract 2020001 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 …

2010 August WAC Minutes

… public documents), river flow data, map viewer, 49 and the password protected intranet. He reviewed the WAC internal site: calendar, meeting 50 minutes, WAC library, and committee membership list. 51 52 Brei showed the WAC how to upload … Monte McDonald from Riverside who developed this and has a 62 contract for support services (monte.mcdonald@riverside.com, direct line (970) 498-1833) or 63 Brei or Belanger if you have questions. 64 65 Brei reviewed how the website will be … noting that wetland impacts appear to be small. There could be extensive impacts to 87 mailto:monte.mcdonald@riverside.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 11/16/2010 Page 3 of 8 stream channels and adjacent riparian corridors. 88 89 Need to refine …

2022 August WAC Minutes

… most, an extra 160 251 cfs at Grand Island when considering a 200 cfs release with a conveyance loss of 20 percent 252 (best case scenario). Runge proposed an evaluation where biological benefits from the extra 160 253 cfs should be weighed …

2009 April GC Minutes

… that the GC increase the G-2 budget from 153 $10,000 to $40,000 to acquire aerial images in late May/early June to best correspond to habitat 154 measurements and other Program data needs. This flight will correspond to the height of 155 …

02-04 and 05-2025 PRRIP TAC Meeting Minutes FINAL

… Document: 08_WC Stopover vs Flyover Update Presentation: 09_WC Stopover vs Flyover Update WHOOPING CRANE RIVERINE ROOST SITE SELECTION Farrell presented the results of implementing ISAC suggestions for improving the WC Riverine Roost Site … asked if the purpose was to inform decisions on how to proceed. Rabbe said the goal of this project is to inform how to best use water and when from the EA account and provide evidence for effectiveness of water use to control vegetation. … will pass peer review for publication? Flyr said all ground water numerical modelers think numerical models are the best, so not surprising that these reviewers think a numerical model is the way to go. She asked what is benefit of doing …

2010 March TAC Minutes

… owned. Baasch indicated he 56 would clarify this in the protocol. Fritz said he would like to have the words ‘off-site’ removed 57 when referring to the data collected after the survey is complete (i.e., river flows, active channel 58 …

2024 May WAC Minutes

… the Platte River. The berm will be constructed 88 of sand moved from the river bed, stabilized with trees harvested on site, and seeded. The RFP 89 for construction was approved and released for bid; Whiskeyboard Construction was selected 90 …

2014 March GC Minutes

… publication. Campbell asked what the 195 value of publication is if articles can get published that maybe aren’t the best in terms of quality. 196 LaBonde said he would favor publishing more not less to help with the scientific credibility …

Annual Data Summary Report Water Quality Monitoring 2010 Season (FINAL)

… 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 or battery life of the sonde. Files were named by Platte River … 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 …

Platte River Fall 2019, Nebraska: Topo-bathymetric LiDAR Technical Data Report

… www.quantumspatial.com April 24, 2020 Platte River Fall 2019, Nebraska Topobathymetric Lidar Technical Data Report Prepared For: Prepared By: … is shown in Figure 1. Table 1: Acquisition dates, acreage, and data types collected on the Platte River Fall 2019 site Project Site Total Acres Acquisition Dates Data Type Platte River Fall 2019, Nebraska 92,808 11/16/2019 – 11/20/2019, … to process the data into the requested deliverables. Processing tasks included GPS control computations, smoothed best estimate trajectory (SBET) calculations, kinematic corrections, calculation of laser point position, sensor and data …

Platte River Fall 2018, Nebraska: Topo-bathymetric LiDAR Technical Data Report

… www.quantumspatial.com February 13, 2019 Platte River Fall 2018, Nebraska Topobathymetric LiDAR Technical Data Report Prepared For: Prepared … project extent is shown in Figure 1. Table 1: Acquisition dates, acreage, and data types collected on the Platte River site Project Site Contracted Acres Buffered Acres Acquisition Dates Data Type Platte River, Nebraska 82,208 90,277 … to process the data into the requested deliverables. Processing tasks included GPS control computations, smoothed best estimate trajectory (SBET) calculations, kinematic corrections, calculation of laser point position, sensor and data …

Fall 2017: Topo-bathymetric LiDAR Technical Data Report

… www.quantumspatial.com February 17, 2018 Platte River, Nebraska - Fall 2017 Topobathymetric LiDAR Technical Data Report Justin Brei, P.E, … to collect topobathymetric Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data in the fall of 2017 for the Platte River site in Nebraska. The collected digital imagery was provided to Headwater’s Corporation on November 28th, 2017; this … to process the data into the requested deliverables. Processing tasks included GPS control computations, smoothed best estimate trajectory (SBET) calculations, kinematic corrections, calculation of laser point position, sensor and data …

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Grassland Vegetation Monitoring

… 17, 2025 7 POINT OF CONTACT: Tim R. Tunnell 8 Land Coordinator 9 Headwaters Corporation 10 tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com 11 12 I. OVERVIEW 13 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) was initiated on January 1, 2007, 14 … include 94 plant species richness, abundance, dominance, and diversity; percent cover of each 95 species at each site; comparison of coverage of cool-season species (exotic, native, 96 sedges) and warm-season species (exotic, native); … any and all proposals received in response to this RFP and to cancel this solicitation if it is 243 deemed in the best interest of the Program to do so. Issuance of this RFP in no way constitutes 244 a commitment by the Program to award …

Pallid Sturgeon Technical Appendix

… met Acrobat en Adobe Reader 5.0 en hoger.) /NOR /PTB /SUO /SVE /ENU (Use these settings to create Adobe PDF documents best suited for high-quality prepress printing. Created PDF documents can be opened with Acrobat and Adobe Reader 5.0 and …

2010 September GC Minutes

… the places in the white book that say something 357 will happen with land interests and then come back to the GC on the best next steps for the discussion. 358 Lawson asked if this should be added to the agenda for the December GC meeting. GC …

Fall 2016: Topobathymetric LiDAR Technical Data Report

… www.quantumspatial.com February 2, 2017 Platte River, Nebraska - Fall 2016 Topobathymetric LiDAR Technical Data Report Justin Brei, P.E, … topobathymetric Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data and digital imagery in the fall of 2016 for the Platte River site in Nebraska. The collected digital imagery was provided to Headwater’s Corporation on December 6th, 2016; this report … to process the data into the requested deliverables. Processing tasks included GPS control computations, smoothed best estimate trajectory (SBET) calculations, kinematic corrections, calculation of laser point position, sensor and data …

SYSTEM GEOMORPHOLOGY AND VEGETATION REPORT 2017-2024 FINAL

… 3 Table 2. Data source for documentation of annual system and site scale management actions. .... 5 Table 3. Sediment augmentation volume and location 2017 to 2024. … spring of 2022) suggest width of channel unobstructed by dense vegetation and the distance to nearest forest are the best indicators of roosting habitat suitability (PRRIP 2017; Baasch et al., 2019; PRRIP 2025). The system-scale … https://platteriverprogram.org/system/files/Internal%20Pubs/ISAC%202014_Responses_Oct%202014.pdf https://www.nv5.com/ https://www.nv5.com/ 2 characterize changes in in-channel vegetation. The results of this analysis are reported …

Baseline Vegetation Survey Jeffrey Island and Cottonwood Ranch Central Platte River, Nebraska

P17-012 2017 Sediment Augmentation Questions

… to the river based on power operations. The return gate is opposite the pivot circle, just upstream from the project site. You can look to the USGS gage at Overton to get a general idea of river operation levels. 3. Is there a chance the …

Excess Lands Disposal RFP Questions and Answers

EA release 2014 press release

… Account (EA) to benefit the endangered whooping cranes. Whooping cranes use the Platte River in Nebraska as a stopover site during their migration in the Central Flyway north to Canada for the summer. Additionally, hundreds of thousands of … Director, Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Office Phone: (308) 237-5728 E-mail: kennyj@headwaterscorp.com mailto:eliza_hines@fws.gov mailto:kennyj@headwaterscorp.com … EA release 2014 press release …

Farnsworth et al 2018 - Reproductive ecology of interior least tern and piping plover in response to Platte River hydrology and sandbar dynamics Response to the letter to the editor

… and Technical Advisory Committee as well as editorial staff for Ecology and Evolution for their helpful and insightful com- ments. The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program provided support for this project. The authors are unaware of … Jason M. Farnsworth, Platte River Recovery Implementation Program, Kearney, NE. Email: farnsworthj@headwaterscorp.com R E FE R E N C E S Adolf, S. L., Higgins, K., Kruse, C., & Pavelka, G. (2001). Distribution and productivity of least … http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9146-0162 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0747-1449 mailto:farnsworthj@headwaterscorp.com https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3091.1978.tb00323.x https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-016-0072-y …

Flood proofing pre-proposal presentation

… Program  Program goal  Current flooding  Flood- proofing goals  SW  GW Overview  Kickoff meeting and site visit (Aug 2012)  Wetlands delineation (summer 2012)  Permitting (ongoing; will drive overall schedule)  Surveying …

Cottonwood Ranch Off-Channel Sand and Water Complex.pdf

… plans and specifications. A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 at 10:00 am and will be held on-site. Directions to the pre-bid conference location will be provided along with copies of the Contract Documents. Each …

Cottonwood Ranch Habitat Enhancement Work.pdf

… below: Justin Brei Headwaters Corporation 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, Nebraska 68845 breij@headwaterscorp.com A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at 2:00 PM and will be held on-site. Directions to the pre-bid conference location will be provided along with copies of the Contract Documents. Each … if these permits are not in hand by Monday, September 27, 2010, this bid will be cancelled. mailto:breij@headwaterscorp.com ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 00010 – 2 of 2 No bidder may withdraw its bid after the scheduled time of the bid opening. Bids …

Elm Creek Habitat Enhancement Work.pdf

… Jason Farnsworth Headwaters Corporation 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, Nebraska 68845 farnsworthj@headwaterscorp.com A PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held on Monday, September 20, 2010 at 2:00 PM and will be held on-site. Directions to the pre-bid conference location will be provided along with copies of the Contract Documents. … time of the bid opening. Bids are to remain open for 60 days after the bid opening. mailto:farnsworthj@headwaterscorp.com ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS 00010 – 2 of 2 The Program reserves the right to reject any and all bids or parts thereof, and …

P18-009 Tree Pile Burn and Bury

… POINT OF CONTACT: Tim R. Tunnell 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 … shall commence this work as soon as possible upon receipt of NOTICE TO PROCEED mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com Page 2 of 4 EQUIPMENT LIST Please list equipment that is expected to be deployed for this project: … PilesCOVER SHEET TRACT 2015001TREE PILE BURN & BURY IN BUFFALO COUNTY, NE MOBILIZATION001 LS 1 INDEX 1 COVER SHEET 2 SITE LAYOUT PROJECT LOCATION The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program will not be responsible for, or liable for, …

2024 October WAC Minutes

… flow capacity 194 from all over quickly gets too complicated. Farnsworth said from a construction standpoint it’s 195 best to just pick one solution and do the best you can with it. 196 197 Sediment Removal Conceptual Design 198 199 Martin presented a conceptual design for Sediment … alongside the canal. 255 Required excavation would be about 570,000 cubic yards, but much of that could be used on site 256 to construct the access road. At least 18 crossing structures would have to be built, including 3 257 siphons …

2014 August LAC Conference Call Minutes

2007 May GC Minutes DRAFT

… various options for implementing management system. The availability of future RFPs will be posted on the Program’s web site, distributed to the standing list of contractors, and published in regional newspapers. Page 3 of 3 Public Comment …

2016 May LAC Minutes

… wetland parcel of land near Chapman, 34 NE being considered as non-complex habitat. The evaluation team has visited the site, but there 35 are questions about the level of management control offered by the easement and as such they 36 have …

2015 May LAC Minutes

Fall Short-Duration High Flow Release Monitoring Protocol

… differentiated by type, height and percent vegetative cover that appear 29 to be key to whooping crane roost-site selection. The vegetation data will be collected by EDO 30 staff members and locations will be identified using …

2019 October LAC Minutes

PRRIP 2024 Plover and Tern Monitoring and Research Report FINAL

… Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 vogela@headwaterscorp.com 25 March 2025 mailto:vogela@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP 2024 Plover and Tern Final Report ii Suggested Citation: PRRIP. … Monitoring ........................................................................................................ 28 Site-Level Camera Monitoring … ..................................................................................................... 29 Effect of Nest-Site Cameras on Daily Survival Rates ................................................................... 31 Discussion …

PRRIP AMP Broad Hypotheses

… • Mechanically cutting the banks and islands to widen the channel to a width sustainable by program flows at that site, and distributing the material in the channel; • At specific locations, narrowing the river corridor and increasing …

2014 February WAC Minutes

2008 November LAC Minutes

… could be developed on the property. John Shadle indicated that there is 85 potential to create wetland habitat on the site. Wingfield indicated that the USFWS would 86 support acquisition as non-complex habitat but not as complex habitat. …

Kearney Canal Water Quality Monitoring Protocol

… QC Sample Collection and Documentation 155 156 One duplicate water sample will be collected at one randomly selected site during each discrete 157 water quality sampling event. Duplicate samples will be labeled as “Dup” followed by day, …

2011 February LAC Minutes

… tests at one potential 76 groundwater recharge location, as well as possible monitoring well locations between that site 77 and the river. Sackett has been coordinating access permissions with the local landowners for 78 this project. 79 …

2009 November TAC Minutes

2008 July WAC Minutes

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 … habitat, and major management changes can be tracked, such as tree clearing or cropland 43 mailto:breij@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 9/14/2011 Page 2 of 7 changes. Changes in available tern/plover nesting habitat will be …

FINAL September 10-11 2019 PRRIP GC Quarterly Meeting Minutes

… Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) implements this role. 35 • Jon Altenhofen presented on how Tamarack works as a site in the context of the Program. 36 • Jason Farnsworth presented an overview of the Program to the Unicameral Natural …

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