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2023 PRRIP Budget and Work Plan

… ED-3 Public Outreach $ 23,500 8 GFC-1 Financial Services $ 686,000 11 GFC-2 Program Insurance $ 88,000 12 PD-8 Program Website and Database $ 77,000 13 CTE-1 Committee Meeting Expenses $ 5,600 14 Administration Sub-Total $ 3,647,200 LAND … were included in ED-2. Those costs have been moved to line item GFC-1 to consolidate financial management costs into one line item. PROGRAM TASK & ID: ED-2. Legal Services and Public Notices PRRIP – EDO Final 12/06/2022 PRRIP FY 2023 Work … 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 …

2008 October GC Minutes

… is not successful, the 96 Program will develop a RFP and seek outside contracting help to develop the database and 97 website. Kenny is confident that contracted work not accomplished will not be charged; that a 98 fair price will be paid … project. Kenny added this will also 112 be discussed at FC meetings now scheduled prior to the GC meeting in Denver. One option 113 might be convening a GC conference call prior to December if there is a need to get the RFP 114 process … some form of an existing database available. Kenny said there is some basic 118 architecture in place. Farnsworth said one item that will be included in the assessment is a 119 discussion of whether the existing products will serve as a good …

Platte River Channel Dynamics Investigation

… that the observed changes might have been due to climate cycles or natural excursions across thresholds from one planform and profile to another. The investigation reveals that climate swings produce the kind of far-reaching … misleading. Claims of channel narrowing are based on reductions in unvegetated areas observed in aerial photographs. One cannot determine geomorphologically-defined “channel width” from these photos, yet this error has been rampant and has misled the EIS Team. The photos only give the amount of open versus vegetated areas. All one can ascertain is the amount of vegetation expansion and the amount of anabranching, but not the amount of “channel” …

Cottonwood Ranch Broad-Scale Recharge Construction Project

… ARTICLE 9. OTHER PROVISIONS. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, OWNER and CONTRACTOR have signed this Agreement in triplicate. One counterpart each has been delivered to OWNER, CONTRACTOR, and ENGINEER. All portions of the Contract Documents have … 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, … are numbered 1 – 35. a) Is there a soils report available? The Geotechnical Report can be downloaded from the Program’s website at the location of the bid documents. b) Are there boring logs available? Same as above. c) Is there any drawdown …

2011 August LAC Minutes

… PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 10/26/2011 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 … the Pathfinder lease agreement with Wyoming. 43 44 PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 10/26/2011 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 … signs and is working on establishing parking areas on the properties where access will be 126 allowed. NGPC is using a website reservation system to allow access. The website will contain 127 a calendar of available access days where the …

PRRIP 2015 - 2016 Biennial Report

… Least Tern | 1985 Federally Listed as an Endangered Species PROGRAM TARGET SPECIES PHOTO CREDIT: WWW.JENSEN-PHOTOGRAPHY.COM 1 The past two years have been a roller coaster ride, significant progress and major accomplishments tempered by … leases, or perpetual easements from willing sellers/partners. All acres for Complex Habitat Land Goals have been met. One hundred fifty (150) acres remain to fulfill the program Non-Complex goals. The Program pays property taxes on all … The prrip contracted with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (ngpc) to administer and enforce the prra. The prra website (www.platteaccess.org), allows the public to access and sign up for dates available to use open land along the …

2024-2026 Bathymetric LiDAR and Aerial Photography Acquisition

… OF CONTACT: Justin Brei 7 Headwaters Corporation 8 4111 4th Ave, Suite 6 9 Kearney, NE 68845 10 breij@headwaterscorp.com 11 12 I. OVERVIEW 13 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) was initiated on January 1, 2007 14 … that reviews, directs, and provides 21 oversight for activities undertaken during the Program. The GC is comprised of one 22 representative from each of the three states, three water user representatives, two representatives 23 from … 112 (approximately 128 square miles). A polygon shapefile of the acquisition area is 113 included on the Program website (LINK) in the same location as this solicitation. 114 b) The area of interest for Sub-Project 2 consists of an …

2019 - 2020 PRRIP Biennial Report

… Least Tern | 1985 Federally Listed as an Endangered Species PROGRAM TARGET SPECIES PHOTO CREDIT: WWW.JENSEN-PHOTOGRAPHY.COM 1 Serving the threatened and endangered species of the Platte River as well as the people who live here. 2 From the … a collaborative program remotely, the Program made substantial progress in 2020. Here are a few examples. • One of the requirements for extending the Program was the acquisition of an additional 1,500 acres of habitat to form a … The PRRIP contracts with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC) to administer and enforce the PRRA. The PRRA website (www.platteaccess.org) allows the public to sign up for available dates to use open land along the Platte River. …

FY 2019 PRRIP Budget Work Plan

… and others to chart change 16 over time on the landscape. The intent is to develop a range of media to use on the PBT website, in 17 presentations, and other outreach applications to help tell the story of the Platte watershed, including 18 … needs. 24 25 Notes on Cost 26 Governance Committee meetings are held quarterly, two are held in Kearney, NE at the EDO, one in 27 Cheyenne, WY at the Wyoming Water Development Commission, and one in Denver, CO. In addition, for 28 the past … Platte River Recovery Implementation Program For More Information Contact: Jason Farnsworth, farnsworthj@headwaterscorp.com (308) 237-5728 2019 Land Budget Overview By Budget Line Item *** Includes $15,000 in WP-4 (j) for new acqusitions in …

2010 September TAC Minutes

… could get a preliminary write-up from USGS prior to the September 27th Tern and Plover Meeting. C. Smith stated he had one, but stated that Mark Sherfy was fairly reluctant to provide this initial summary because USGS hasn’t had time to go … the data every other year or every third year. Hallum suggested we consider collecting land-based LiDAR as proposed in one of the geomorphology monitoring proposals or multi-spectral imaging for vegetation. Czaplewski asked if Riverside would continue to maintain and update the database and website; Farnsworth said they did. PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 11/23/2010 PRRIP TAC Meeting Minutes Page 4 of 5 Runge asked if …

2011 February WAC Minutes

… Reservoir – The Elm Creek Reservoir January 2011 draft feasibility report was 42 provided to the WAC on the Program website. Olsson was scheduled to present their findings at 43 PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 04/26/2011 Page 2 of 9 the WAC … Mike Purcell, WWDO 119 The Pathfinder Municipal Account contract was provided to the WAC members on the Program 120 website. Pages 3-4 of the document are the “meat and potatoes” of the agreement. The purchase 121 price is going to be a … be divided by the 9,600 acre-feet per year since this 140 is the yield. If the Program chooses not to purchase water in one year, there will still be the 141 option to purchase water in future years. 142 143 Purcell accepted some minor …

2022 February WAC Minutes

… legislature to secure funding and agency authority to proceed with the project. Bradley 30 noted that this is just step one in a thousand-mile journey. Nebraska is thinking of ways for the 31 project to be supportive of PRRIP goals, not … 35 upstream. 36 37 The proposed canal would divert from the South Platte River near Ovid, CO and may convey 38 water to one or two new reservoirs in Nebraska. Nebraska intends to work closely with other 39 water users in the Platte Basin. The … cost estimates for a similar project. Altenhofen asked if it was possible to get a 45 copy of that study to post on the website for WAC members, Bradley said he’d check on it. 46 Altenhofen also asked about the timeline for adding more …

2014 January TAC Minutes

… article to the GC in March. Harner briefly discussed a couple recent articles the Trust had accepted for publication, one of which included data the Program collected during winter 2012 and the other was in regards to observations of … the Service referenced Lingle’s data 28 times in the Biological Opinion. Rabbe and Hines said the Service wasn’t saying one way or another whether the data was good or not, but questioned whether the methods would pass a rigorous review … up the plan and that will be available soon. Jenniges asked it the Forage Fish Report was available on the Program website; Baasch said the report was on the website, but that Trevor Hefley was reformatting the report for publication …

2023 August WAC Minutes

… 104 105 Schellpeper asked about the Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the Lake McConaughy EA, since 106 there was not one for 2023. It was noted that typically the USFWS coordinates with the EDO 107 and sets EA release priorities based on … (3) the Program receives 9” (0.75 AF) per enrolled acre, which 135 is credited to the Lake McConaughy EA in October. One-year agreements for the first 3 years of 136 the project (through the 2018 irrigation season) included maximum … year. Information about current and past 215 hydrologic conditions and target flows is available on the Program website under the “Flow 216 Conditions” menu. 217 218 The Anderson and Rodney (2006) journal article that introduced the …

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 … that reviews, directs, and provides 18 oversight for activities undertaken during the Program. The GC is comprised of one 19 representative from each of the three states, three water user representatives, two representatives 20 from … 105 (approximately 127 square miles). A polygon shapefile of the acquisition area is 106 included on the Program website (www.platteriverprogram.org) in the same location as 107 this solicitation. 108 b) The area of interest for …

Final Platte River Recovery Implementation Program - Full Document with Appendices

… prudent alternative to offset the effects of water-related activities that FWS found were likely to cause jeopardy to one or more of the target species or to adversely modify critical habitat before the Program was in place; (2) providing offsetting measures to avoid the likelihood of jeopardy to one or more of the target species or adverse modification of the critical habitat in the Platte River basin for new or … Whooping crane use of wet meadows will increase with increased biomoass of macroinvertebrates W ho op in g cr an e us e da ys in w et m ea do w Biomass of Macroinverts available as whooping crane prey during the period March 15-April 15 …

PRRIP 2017 - 2018 Biennial Report

… Least Tern | 1985 Federally Listed as an Endangered Species PROGRAM TARGET SPECIES PHOTO CREDIT: WWW.JENSEN-PHOTOGRAPHY.COM 1 Serving the threatened and endangered species of the Platte River as well as the people who live here. 2 From the … leases, or perpetual easements from willing sellers/partners. The Complex habitat land goal has been exceeded. One hundred fifty (150) acres remain to fulfill the Non- Complex goal. Since the last biennial report in 2016, a 784-acre … The PRRIP contracts with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC) to administer and enforce the PRRA. The PRRA website (www.platteaccess.org), allows the public to access and sign up for dates available to use open land along the …

2 - 2024_MAY_LAC minutes Draft_

… I can see here is mostly pollinators. Jenniges interjected that 191 it is grassland health in this committee and every one of us has a GC member that we need to talk to and 192 say yes, we support this. So, it’s not, Farnsworth, telling them … then, at least the ones that were kept and like 213 Jim was saying, it is season long, it's just not season long on one area. Tunnell pointed out that for 214 example, a lease at the Morse Tract on Cottonwood Ranch, that's what we've been … added that the 504 neighbor runs an outfitting service, all they need to do is tell his client to get on the PRRA website and 505 sign up. It's not even coming from the same computer or anything, likely. Rabbe added that those same 506 …

Cultural Resources Appendix to the FEIS

… could result in modifications to a historic property in the North Platte Basin, to unspecified cultural resources at one project area reservoir, to unspecified cultural resources at recharge sites in the South Platte Basin, and to cultural … elements of the Pathfinder Historic District (48NA21 l), but are included here as discrete sites. Likewise, one of the above NRHP ineligible sites is a non-contributing element of 48NA211. The historic maximum elevation at this … lands will be undertaken only with willing sellers and participants. More details about the Program can be found on the website (vmw.platteriver.oriz) or by calling the Platte EIS Office at 303-445-2096. I? KEPLl REFER TO Denver, Colorado …

2013 October WAC Minutes

… provided an update on the Phelps County Canal groundwater recharge project. He 58 explained that the Program has a one-year temporary agreement with the CNPPID to recharge 59 excess flows. The recent Colorado flooding event provided … provided the opportunity to divert 130 excesses to the lagoon to test project feasibility. The Program has entered a one-year lease with 131 PRRIP WAC Meeting Minutes Page 3 of 6 PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 2/4/2014 the CNPPID and the USFWS to … Kenny reminded the WAC 221 that more details on the budget items are included in the work plans posted on the WAC website 222 and solicited WAC comments on the work plans prior to the October 24th Finance Committee 223 meeting. The GC …

2023 October WAC Minutes

… 168 agreements through the end of the Extension. Negotiations for those agreements continue, so the 169 GC approved one-year agreements in 2023 for CPNRD (up to 15,000 AF) and NPPD (up to 170 3,306 AF) leases at a unit cost of $90/AF. … 237 following: 238 239 • The State of Nebraska maintains an informative and regularly-updated Perkins County 240 Canal website.1 241 1 https://dnr.nebraska.gov/perkins-county-canal https://dnr.nebraska.gov/perkins-county-canal PRRIP – EDO … appendices 3 https://law.justia.com/cases/nebraska/supreme-court/2023/s-23-028.html …

2018 October WAC Minutes

… JEO is expecting to have 90-95% 66 design prior to December GC meeting, including nearly final cost estimates, etc. One significant 67 change to the project is that the wellfield (to withdraw water from the Platte River) will be 68 … several years. There was discussion of whether the EDO should continue 157 to provide streamflow forecasts on the PRRIP website; the general consensus was to continue the 158 forecast work for another year. It was also suggested that a … forecasting tools people use, additional forecast-related 160 information that may be helpful to include on the PRRIP website, and ways in which streamflow 161 forecasting might better serve the Program’s goals. 162 163 Additional Business: …

2011 July WAC Minutes Draft

… was formed to address this and John 56 Heaston was elected chair. Kenny said the Program has initiated discussion with one of three 57 land owners at the J2 Reregulating Reservoir Site. Altenhofen asked if land exchanges might 58 interest … target operations for the 147 recharge basin from approximately October 5, 2011 through March 1, 2012. This will leave one 148 month to restore the site to existing conditions before the irrigation season. Schlautman 149 presented the … rescheduled for the next WAC meeting due to time restraints. Woodward 235 said a presentation is available on the NDNR website if anyone is interested. The study report 236 will be completed around mid-August. 237 238 Integrated Management …

Master PRRIP FY2014 Work Plan (FINAL)

… and the EDO is 33 adding three new staff to handle the increased work load in Adaptive Management Plan activities: 34 o One technical-level staff in January 2014 in Kearney, NE 35 o One professional-level staff (ecological statistician) in July 2014 in Kearney, NE 36 o One professional-level staff in … the overall goals and objectives of the 35 Program. Chosen items are branded with the Program logo and/or the Program website address and all 36 items must cost below $4.00 an item. On average, the cost of the promotional material is …

2022 May WAC Minutes

… relying on the programmatic biological opinion for the Program. Rabbe noted that 70 USFWS is developing a new website for these tiered consultations, and Altenhofen requested 71 that the new website include a list of all tiered consultations since the start of the Program. 72 Marks asked about the breakdown of … through March 2022, producing a combined 121 flow of 54 cfs. Water rights for the project allow for the installation of one more well. 122 123 Wyoming Depletions Plan Update: Michelle Gess, Wyoming SEO 124 Gess presented the Wyoming …

2012 August WAC Minutes

… Environmental Account water if directed to do 166 so by the USFWS. USFWS has written a letter of support to NDNR. The one-year operating 167 Agreement with CNPPID was approved by the Finance Committee earlier this month. 168 169 Welsh … calculates the volume of offset water required by 222 summing all months with a net increase in CU and then assessing a one-time fee of $2,850 per 223 acre foot, which is then deposited into PBHEP. No credit is given for months with a … would most likely need to be recalibrated after that. Henz requested that his presentation be 332 posted to the Program website; the ED Office will post the presentation. 333 334 Kenny indicated that he plans to move forward with discussions …

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

… 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 … responses, and any 148 additional information related to the RFP will be available to all bidders on the Program website 149 (www.platteriverprogram.org/Contractors/Pages/OpenRFPs.aspx). One electronic copy of your 150 proposal in PDF format must be submitted to Dave Baasch at baaschd@headwaterscorp.com no …

2009 September TAC Minutes

… impact on habitat, and add an appendix on how to use the tools in report. A revised report will be reviewed by the TAC one more time for final review in November (November TAC meeting) before presentation to GC in December in Denver. … Quality Monitoring Smith has 2009 WC Report and will post it to site. Jenniges stated final reports should be posted to website library. Farnsworth indicated the current website has file size limits, but updates will allow for larger files. Ayres and Olsson finalized field work implementing …

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2

… changes are listed in chapter 1 of the FEIS. OORGANIZATION OF THE COMMENTS AND REPONSES Some submissions provided one comment while others expressed comments on multiple subjects. Members of the EIS team carefully reviewed each comment. Some issues were raised by more than one commenter or several times by the same commenter. To reduce repetition and provide one comprehensive response, … < < /CHS /CHT /DAN /DEU /ESP /FRA /ITA /JPN /KOR /NLD (Gebruik deze instellingen om Adobe PDF-documenten te maken die zijn geoptimaliseerd voor prepress-afdrukken van hoge kwaliteit. De gemaakte PDF-documenten kunnen worden geopend met …

FINAL PRRIP 2014-2016 Permitting Services RFP

… of Natural Resources 9 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 10 Kearney, Nebraska 68845 11 (402) 432-7950 12 smithc@headwaterscorp.com 13 14 RECITALS 15 The Governance Committee (GC) of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program or 16 … responses, and any additional 84 information related to the RFP will be available to all bidders on the Program website 85 (www.platteriverprogram.org/Contractors/Pages/OpenRFPs.aspx). One electronic copy of your proposal 86 in PDF format must be submitted to Chad Smith at smithc@headwaterscorp.com no …

FINAL PRRIP 2014-2016 Permitting Services RRP.pdf

… of Natural Resources 9 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 10 Kearney, Nebraska 68845 11 (402) 432-7950 12 smithc@headwaterscorp.com 13 14 RECITALS 15 The Governance Committee (GC) of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program or 16 … responses, and any additional 84 information related to the RFP will be available to all bidders on the Program website 85 (www.platteriverprogram.org/Contractors/Pages/OpenRFPs.aspx). One electronic copy of your proposal 86 in PDF format must be submitted to Chad Smith at smithc@headwaterscorp.com no …

2020 August WAC Minutes

… There were no specific agenda 48 modifications, but Turner noted recent changes to the meeting documents posted on the website. 49 50 Minor edits to the May meeting minutes were noted. Regarding lines 270-271 of the minutes, 51 Altenhofen … close to 238 the river channel. Observations included water encroaching to within a few feet of the 239 foundation of one home, septic system backup issues, an inaccessible barn/garage, and flooding 240 of an underground storm cellar. The …

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

… Corporation. 5U.S. Forest Service. 6U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Introduction The whooping crane (Grus americana) is one of two species of cranes in North America (Walkinshaw, 1973). This endangered species is well known for its ongoing … areas within the defined study area (fig. 1), we defined stopover sites as clusters of locations that included at least one nighttime location. We identified unique stopover sites if birds moved greater than (> ) 15 km between nighttime … 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 …

Vegetation Classification Of The Central Platte River 1998 Land Cover/Use Mapping Project

… by the field investigator, depending on access. All species occurring with a plot were recorded and assigned to one of six foliar cover classes. These data were then used to develop a preliminary classification of the vegetation of … Several of the 92 species recorded in the Plots database, primarily riparian trees and shrubs, occupied more than one stratum within a particular plot. Such layers provide valuable information regarding the structural diversity of the … National Vegetation Classification System (Natureserve 2000, available at http://:www.natureserve.org). AMTR =A. tri$da ANGE = Andropogon gerardii ASSY = Asclepias syiaca BRIN = Bromus inertnis CAIN = Calamagrostis inexpansa CAREX = Carex …

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

… as daily precipitation and maximum and minimum daily temperature from the High Plains Regional Climate Center (HPRCC) website; data collected at the HPPRC station nearest to the nesting site will be used in nest survival analyses. III.C.3. … to nests (i.e., exclosures). Nesting colony – Area encompassed by multiple nests within which disturbance to one nest results in a disturbance reaction by adults of other nests. In cases where only a single nest is present, the … serve as the “colony” for habitat measurements. Nest Initiation – Nest is initiated when it is constructed and at least one egg is laid. Incubation Period – The incubation period for interior least terns and piping plovers will be considered …

P22-002 PRRIP Prescribed Fire RFP

… 17, 2022 7 POINT OF CONTACT: Tim R. Tunnell, Land Coordinator 8 Headwaters Corporation 9 tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com 10 11 I. OVERVIEW 12 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (“Program” or “PRRIP”) was initiated on January … A Governance Committee (GC) reviews, directs, and provides oversight for Program activities. The GC is 19 comprised of one representative from each of the three states, three water user representatives, two 20 representatives from … Chute/ 24th Road Lo w el l R oa d §̈¦I-80 §̈¦I-80 Sh oem ake r Is lan d rd Shoemaker Island rd Shoemaker Island rd Al da R d S UV11 S SHOEMAKER ISLAND COMPLEX FY 2022 SPRING BURN UNITS Date: 1/17/2022 By: TRT Figure 8 Base Layer: July 2021 …

2010 June LAC Minutes)

… 47 recommendation for scoring the CNPPID reregulating reservoir project. The GC was also 48 introduced to the new PRRIP website and database. 49 50 The next GC meeting is scheduled for September 14 & 15, 2010 in Kearney, NE. The ISAC 51 will … all other 73 options to work with landowners, including seeking farmland to provide in trade. 74 75 Discussion of New Website and LAC Use Overview 76 Brei walked the LAC through the new PRRIP website, located at the same address as the 77 previous site: http://www.platteriverprogram.org. Brei discussed the use of …

PRRIP 2022-2025 Permitting Services RFP

… Resources Engineer 9 405 Urban Street, Suite 401 10 Lakewood, CO 80228 11 (720) 524-6115 12 turners@headwaterscorp.com 13 14 RECITALS 15 The Governance Committee (GC) of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program or 16 … responses, and any additional 91 information related to the RFP will be available to all bidders on the Program website 92 (www.platteriverprogram.org/Contractors/Pages/OpenRFPs.aspx). One electronic copy of your proposal 93 in PDF format must be submitted to Seth Turner at turners@headwaterscorp.com no …

PRRIP 2013 2014 Biennial Report

… and endangered species of the Platte River as well as the people who live here. PHOTO CREDIT: WWW.JENSEN-PHOTOGRAPHY.COM Program History On July 1, 1997 the governors of Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and the Secretary of the Interior entered … the public about the Program and Program activities through a variety of venues. In 2013 and 2014, the Program was one of the sponsors of the Nebraska Educational Television time-lapse project on the Platte River and a sponsor of youth … The prrip contracted with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (ngpc) to administer and enforce the prra. The prra website (www.platteaccess.org), allows the public to access and sign up for dates available to use open land along the …

2011 April WAC Minutes

… and Elm Creek Reservoir and provide this to the GC at the June 231 meeting. 232 233 Depletions Plan Section of PRRIP Website: Sira Sartori, EDO 234 Sartori discussed two new sections on the WAC website – the WAC Archive and Depletions 235 Plans Section. The WAC Archive is an archive of final documents such as … provided by each signatory. There is an inventory with a summary of the 238 depletions plans files listed on the website. If you have any questions/comments, feel free to 239 contact the ED Office. 240 241 Some WAC members suggested …

System-Scale Geomorphology and Vegetation Monitoring Report 2017-2020

… 2. 2 Suitable whooping crane habitat rarely occurs in side channels due to inadequate width. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169555X08003437?via%3Dihub 8 Table 1. Geomorphic Reach designations of the AHR, based on … 34) to Chapman Bridge gi_chapman 11 Consolidated: Alternating braided and anastomosed. 100% https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0169555X08003437?via%3Dihub 9 Figure 2. Map of the Associated Habitat Reach (AHR) including … surface elevation. A comparison of modeled and LiDAR-measured water surface elevations (Table 6) indicates all but one modeled …

PRRIP FY2020 Budget and Work Plan

… ED-3 Public Outreach $ 55,000 8 GFC-1 Financial Services $ 560,000 12 GFC-2 Program Insurance $ 85,000 13 PD-8 Program Website and Database $ 62,500 14 CTE-1 Committee Meeting Expenses $ 8,400 15 Administration Sub-Total $ 3,234,900 LAND … were included in ED-2. Those costs have been moved to line item GFC-1 to consolidate financial management costs into one line item. PROGRAM TASK & ID: ED-2. Legal Services and Public Notices PRRIP – EDO FINAL 11/21/2019 PRRIP FY2020 Work … Platte River Recovery Implementation Program For More Information Contact: Jason Farnsworth, farnsworthj@headwaterscorp.com (308) 237-5728 2020 Land Budget Overview By Budget Line Item *** Includes $15,000 in WP-4 (j) for new acqusitions in …

2008 January LAC Minutes

… for pre-2007 Cottonwood Ranch maintenance and enhancement and $275,000 for 2007 maintenance and enhancement.  Program Website – The Program now has a functional website. The web address is http://platteriverprogram.org  New Program Staff – The Executive Director’s Office is now … Land Plan Implementation Marketing Strategy Sackett led discussion of possible ways to reach landowners. The Program website will include landowner resources that will allow them to contact Program Staff regarding a possible parcel. In …

Directed Vegetation Research: Lateral Bar Erosion Study

… method has not been used herein due to the absence of observed tension cracks in the field. All model runs are for one bank only, with each site being independent of each other. Additionally, the model does not contain sediment transport … 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 … December 2012 Cardno ENTRIX 7-55 Shields, A., 1936. Anwendung der Aechlichkeitsmechanik und der Turbulenz Forschung auf die Geschiebebewegung, Mitteilungen der Pruessischen Versuchsanstalt fuer Wasserbau and Schiffbau, Berlin. Simon, A., and …

2012 October WAC Minutes

… were made. There were no agenda modifications. Griebling reviewed the August 48 WAC Minutes modifications on the website provided by various WAC members. Woodward 49 moved to approve the August 2012 WAC minutes; Shafer seconded. Minutes approved with 50 the modifications in the current website version. 51 52 53 Draft 2013 Water Plan Budget: Beorn Courtney, ED Office 54 Courtney gave an overview of the … Day. Other dates may be changed if multiple 198 conflicts arise leading up to the meeting. The schedule on the Program website will be 199 updated to reflect these changes. 200 201 The next WAC meeting is scheduled for February 12, 2013, …

2010 October LAC Minutes

… PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 12/01/2010 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 … towards Program land objectives. The GC asked 43 PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 12/01/2010 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 … the March 2011 100 GC meeting. Draft plans for tracts 2009006, 2009007, 2009008, and 2010001 are posted to the 101 website for LAC review. The LAC is requested to return comments on these by October 29, 102 2010. The TAC will also be …

2022 PRRIP Budget and Work Plan

… ED-3 Public Outreach $ 23,000 8 GFC-1 Financial Services $ 247,000 11 GFC-2 Program Insurance $ 80,000 12 PD-8 Program Website and Database $ 77,000 13 CTE-1 Committee Meeting Expenses $ 6,000 14 Administration Sub-Total $ 2,856,000 LAND … Plan alternatives and efforts to support water leasing negotiations is uncertain but will remain stable for at least one more year. • The workload for land acquisitions is nearly complete. Approximately 98% of PRRIP property has been … Platte River Recovery Implementation Program For More Information Contact: Jason Farnsworth, farnsworthj@headwaterscorp.com (308) 237-5728 Land Budget Overview Land Budget Overview By Budget Line Item * The budget items have been reviewed and …

PRRIP Whooping Crane Habitat Synthesis Chapters

… 3 presented herein are focused solely on informing the use of Program land, water, and fiscal 4 resources to achieve one of the Program’s management objectives: contribute to the survival of 5 whooping cranes by increasing habitat … This document is a compilation of four topical chapters with unique objectives and analyses 28 that generally build on one another. Each of the chapters, which are intended to be useful as 29 independent documents, include background … Tools for Graphics and Shapes: Extension for ArcGIS. Jenness Enterprises. 1320 Available at: http://www.jennessent.com/arcgis/shapes_graphics.htm 1321 Johnson, K.A. 1981, Whooping crane use of the Platte River, Nebraska-History, status, …

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 … (GC) reviews, directs, and provides oversight for activities undertaken 23 during the Program. The GC is comprised of one representative from each of the three states, 24 three water user representatives, two representatives from … assembled into one file, in a complete “internet ready” digital format to facilitate their distribution via the Office website. 5. Project Access The ED Office shall be responsible for obtaining access as required for project tasks. 6. …

Pallid Sturgeon Literature Review Final Report to the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program

… This was the first and only concerted effort to capture pallid sturgeon in the lower Platte River. Since 2005 at least one pallid sturgeon was captured in the Platte River (Tony Barada, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, personal … the impacts of the spectrum of conditions in the environment which influence the survival of a pallid sturgeon from one life stage to the next. We present information pertaining to major categories included in these transition … is becoming more critical as the truly wild populations of pallid sturgeon in certain RPMA’s reach senescence and die from old age (Schrey 2007; Schrey and Heist 2007; Schrey et al. 2007). Between 1994, when the stocking program began, …

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