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2007 August GC Minutes DRAFT

… may be different if corrections are made by the Governance Committee before approval. Page 6 of 8 Mike Ryan will visit with the contracting officer at Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to get an idea of federal agency options, experiences, …

2023 August WAC Minutes

… early August. Contracting and a project kickoff meeting 73 will likely proceed by early September, and a project site visit may be scheduled to coincide with 74 the September GC meeting. 75 76 PRRIP – EDO FINAL 10/27/2023 PRRIP WAC Meeting …

2012 August WAC Minutes

… went on to say that the 70 contract for the engineering review of the feasibility study by RJH is underway and a site visit 71 and kickoff meeting was held last week. RJH’s review should largely be completed by the end of 72 the year and …

2010 June GC Minutes

… Food conference and won a “Best Poster” award. 99  Barron presented to UNL OLLI course on May 14 during their field visit. 100 Exhibits/Sponsorships 101  Exhibit at Rivers and Wildlife celebration. 102  Exhibit at Nebraska Nature and …

4 - Tract 2024001 _Broadfoot_South_Restoration and Maintenance Plan_DRAFT

… an active sand and gravel mine. Mining will conclude in 2026. No environmental concerns were identified during the site visit, though some mining and construction rubble was present (old concrete, rebar, metal). The mining contractor is …

FINAL PRRIP GC Minutes September 13-14 2016

2011 February WAC Minutes

… 59 60 Groundwater recharge – After the last WAC meeting, there was a kickoff groundwater recharge 61 meeting and field visit with the workgroup. The workgroup looked at the Gothenburg and 62 Phelps potential sites identified in …

4 - Tract 2024001 _Broadfoot_South_Restoration and Maintenance Plan_DRAFT

… an active sand and gravel mine. Mining will conclude in 2026. No environmental concerns were identified during the site visit, though some mining and construction rubble was present (old concrete, rebar, metal). The mining contractor is …

Piping Plover and Interior Least Tern Monitoring and Research on the Central Platte River, Nebraska in 2023. Final Report.

… Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 bruggemanj@headwaterscorp.com 22 December 2023 mailto:bruggemanj@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP 2023 Plover and Tern Final Report ii Suggested Citation: PRRIP. 2024. Platte River Recovery Implementation … and the number of plover and tern adults, nests, broods, chicks, and fledglings present during each semi-weekly site visit. When biologists observed chicks or fledglings, we estimated the date of hatching or fledging based on current and …

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

… so corrections could be made immediately, if needed. A field data sheet was filled out for each monitoring location visit to document activities related to sonde maintenance, calibration, setup, and data transfer. The process for … were recorded. Measurements of known (spiked) calibration standards were taken with the sonde during each maintenance visit to assess drift and/or accuracy of the sonde during the monitoring season. These QC measurements were recorded on …

Tract 2020002 _OSG_Lex_pit_Restoration and Maintenance Plan_Final

… an active sand and gravel mine. Mining will conclude in 2025. No environmental concerns were identified during the site visit, though some mining and construction rubble was present (old concrete, rebar, metal). The mining contractor is …

2008 February GC Minutes

… releases, then contact Kenny and Kenny will set up a conference call to seek GC approval. Luecke said we may need to re-visit the issue of self-insurance if that is the problem that might hold up an EA release. Kenny said he is waiting to …

2008 August GC Minutes

America's Great Outdoors Fifty-State Report.pdf

… the Lafitte Corridor Greenway, a multi-use recreational path that will link a network of parks, playgrounds, and com- munity centers to the lake and to each other. Other Partnership projects include developing environmental and … In 2000, the Bureau of Reclamation identified project lands in the Laughlin, Nevada and Bullhead City, Arizona area com- patible for recreation use. Clark County, Bureau of Reclamation, and the NPS developed a proposal to restore the … of liability issues in return for opening their lands for public use. State foresters, in partnership with local com- munities and the USFS, provide technical assistance on the management, protection, and wise use of the non-industrial …

2007 October GC Minutes

Implementation of the Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol – Spring 2005

2009-2014 Operations and Maintenance Plan For Tract 2009003

… on this property. Bank heights ranged from zero to ten feet above water at a discharge of 650 cfs during the evaluation visit. 5. Groundwater Depth to groundwater on this Tract was estimated from several sources including groundwater …

Interior Least Tern and Piping Plover Reproductive Monitoring During the Cooperative Agreement (2001-2006), Central Platte River, Nebraska

Program Procurement Policy Effective 7/1/2023

… affixed to the infrastructure project. 426 427 For further information on the Buy America preference, please visit 428 www.doi.gov/grants/BuyAmerica. Additional information can also be found at the White House 429 Made in America …

2011 October WAC Minutes

… Plan. EA will complete the Data 115 Evaluation Plan with preliminary check point submittals. The workgroup has a field visit to the 116 project site scheduled for November 8th. Steinke has agreed to provide intermittent preliminary 117 field …

2008 June GC Minutes

PRRIP Grassland Vegetation Assessment Final Report 2013

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

… so corrections could be made immediately, if needed. A field data sheet was filled out for each monitoring location visit to document activities related to sonde maintenance, calibration, setup, and data transfer. PRRIP – FINAL 1/3/2012 … were recorded. Measurements of known (spiked) calibration standards were taken with the sonde during each maintenance visit to assess drift and/or accuracy of the sonde during the monitoring season. These QC measurements were recorded on …

RFP for Elm Creek FSM Experiment Implemetation Design

… March 16, 2011 8  POINT OF CONTACT: Steve Smith 9  Headwaters Corporation 10  (720) 524-6115 11  smiths@headwaterscorp.com 12  13  I. OVERVIEW 14  The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) was initiated on January 1, 2007 … in the proposal from the selected Consultant (see 293  Section IV below). Following the kickoff meeting, a site visit will be held to 294  review the site preparation work for the Elm Creek Complex, and to discuss the 295  monitoring … 584  One electronic copy of your proposal must be submitted in PDF format to Steve Smith at 585  smiths@headwaterscorp.com no later than 5:00 p.m. Central time on March 16, 2011. 586  Maximum allowable proposal PDF size is 8MB, and proposals …

04-12-23 PRRIP TAC Meeting Minutes FINAL

PRRIP 2012 State of the Platte Report (FINAL)

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

Nest-site selection by Interior Least Terns and Piping Plovers at managed, off-channel sites along the Central Platte River in Nebraska, USA

… para anidaci�on y crianza de las nidadas en Charadrius melodus. 1Corresponding author. Email: baaschd@headwaterscorp.com © 2017 The Authors. Journal of Field Ornithology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of Association of … date (� 0– 5 days) by floating eggs (Hays and LeCroy 1971), and collected nest-site data during the initial visit to each nest. Habitat measure- ments collected off site using ArcMap (ESRI 2011) included elevation above water and … trees, or other features that provide perches for avian predators or wooded areas that may support mammalian predator com- munities along the Missouri River (U. S. Army Corps of Engineers 2011). Similarly, 0 10 30 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 …

J-2 Regulating Reservoir Feasibility Engineering Review

… June 7, 2012 7 POINT OF CONTACT: Beorn Courtney 8 Headwaters Corporation 9 (720) 524-6115 10 courtneyb@headwaterscorp.com 11 12 I. OVERVIEW 13 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) was initiated on January 1, 2007 14 … was completed in two phases. Phase I evaluated the ability of the existing river and 44 mailto:courtneyb@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE 5/1/2012 RFP for J-2 Regulating Reservoir Feasibility Engineering Review Services Page 4 of 13 … regarding the information contained in this RFP should be submitted to Beorn 345 Courtney at courtneyb@headwaterscorp.com. A list of compiled Consultant questions and 346 responses will be maintained on the Program web site …

A comparison of breeding population estimators using nest and brood monitoring data

… 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6, Kearney, NE. Tel: 68845 (308) 390-0456; Fax: 308-237-4651; E-mail: baaschd@headwaterscorp.com Funding Information The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program provided support for this work. Received: 24 June … Accessibility; Appendix S2). Breeding pair estimate and comparison Monitoring data collected in the AHR were used to com- pare five methods of estimating breeding pairs annually: BPE (eq. 1), cumulative nest counts (eq. 3), maximum number …

2 - 2024_MAY_LAC minutes Draft_

… the acres to habitat acres as 89 opposed to water acres and assembled the Land Evaluation team to conduct a site visit. Tunnell 90 presented the Land Evaluation report focusing on the maps identifying the tract itself and how it fits …

Potential Factors Influencing Populations of the Platte River Caddisfly (Ironoquia plattensis)

… (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) Based on Molecular Phylogeny. Zoological Science. 25(3): 255-260. 18 Headwaterscorp.com. “Projects.” Accessed on 27 February 2012 at http://headwaterscorp.homestead.com/projects.html Holzenthal, R.W., Blahnik, R. J., Prather, A., and Kjer, K. “Trichoptera: Caddisflies.” Accessed on 20 … cases by the presence of the head capsule, visible at the open end of the larval case. 32 At the beginning of each site visit, a timer was started. If a larva was found, the timer was stopped, a 0.25 m 2 quadrat was placed on the ground with …

Ground Water Recharge Feasibility RFP

… 8, 2010 7 POINT OF CONTACT: Beorn Courtney 8 Headwaters Corporation 9 (720) 524-6115 10 courtneyb@headwaterscorp.com 11 12 I. OVERVIEW 13 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) was initiated on January 1, 2007 14 … field investigations, design and operation of pilot-scale project(s), and reporting 44 mailto:smiths@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 9/17/2010 PRRIP GROUND WATER RECHARGE FEASIBILITY STUDY RFP Page 2 of 14 including … One electronic copy of your proposal must be submitted in PDF format to Beorn Courtney at 396 courtneyb@headwaterscorp.com no later than 5:00 p.m. Central time on Friday, October 8, 397 2010. Maximum allowable proposal PDF size is 8MB, and …

Record of Decision - Platte River Recovery Implementation Program FEIS

05-7_8-2024 PRRIP TAC Meeting Minutes FINAL

Indian Trust Assets Appendix for the FEIS

… Trust Responsibilities, and the Endangered Species Act, accessed January 3 1,2006 at http://www.schlosserlawfiles.com/consult/PoliciesReConsult%2Ow- 1ndianTribe.htm. Sturtevant, William C. 200 1. Handbook of North American Indians. …

Cottonwood Ranch Broad-Scale Recharge Construction Project

… as may be necessary to access the work site with trucks, equipment and/or materials. The PROGRAM retains the right to visit the site with other agencies and interested parties when needed. The PROGRAM will coordinate access with the … 237-5728 Fax: (402) 323-7349 Fax: (308) 237-4651 Email: dwilson@nebcommfound.org Email: farnsworthj@headwaterscorp.com Technical Point of Contact (Program): Media Point of Contact (Program): Kevin Werbylo, Engineer Dr. Bridget Barron, … Phone: (308) 237-5728 Phone: (308) 237-5728 Fax: (308) 237-4651 Fax: (308) 237-4651 Email: werbylok@headwaterscorp.com Email: barronb@headwaterscorp.com END OF SPECIAL PROVISIONS 10057849 Platte River Recovery Implementation Program …

01-16_17-24 PRRIP TAC Meeting Minutes FINAL

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

… dilute fish density per volume of water and reduce water clarity, thereby increasing the time spent foraging per nest visit to feed chicks, and decreasing the number of prey fed to young per unit time decreases. This might be reflected in … 2004 Technical Report, Project No. 200300300, 448 electronic pages, (BPA Report DOE/BP-00012481-1). http://www.essa.com/documents/ESSA%20Multi- watershed%20report%20H00012481-1.pdf Murray, C. and D. Marmorek. 2003. Adaptive management: a …

2009 ISAC Report to the PRRIP GC

… dilute fish density per volume of water and reduce water clarity, thereby increasing the time spent foraging per nest visit to feed chicks, and decreasing the number of prey fed to young per unit time decreases. This might be reflected in … 2004 Technical Report, Project No. 200300300, 448 electronic pages, (BPA Report DOE/BP-00012481-1). http://www.essa.com/documents/ESSA%20Multi- watershed%20report%20H00012481-1.pdf Murray, C. and D. Marmorek. 2003. Adaptive management: a …

PRRIP 2013 State of the Platte Report FINAL

… by Island Press. 20 http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/ http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291535-1467 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291535-1467 http://www.sdstate.edu/nrm/organizations/gpnss/tpn/ …

PRRIP 2013 State of the Platte Report

… by Island Press. 20 http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/ http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/ http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291535-1467 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/%28ISSN%291535-1467 http://www.sdstate.edu/nrm/organizations/gpnss/tpn/ …

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

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

PRRIP 2018 Tern and Plover Monitoring and Research Report

… Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 mohlmank@headwaterscorp.com David Baasch, PhD, CWB Headwaters Corporation, Inc. Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68847 baaschd@headwaterscorp.com Suggested Citation: Mohlman, K.L., and D.M. Baasch. 2019. Platte River Recovery Implementation Program: 2018 interior … of least tern and piping plover adults, nests, broods, chicks, and fledglings present during each semi-weekly site visit. We used a GIS to determined distances to predator perch, nearest waterline and elevation of each nest above the …

PRRIP 2019 Tern and Plover Monitoring and Research Report

… Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 mohlmank@headwaterscorp.com Suggested Citation: Mohlman, K.L.2020. Platte River Recovery Implementation Program: 2019 interior least tern and piping plover monitoring and research report for the central Platte River, Nebraska. mailto:mohlmank@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP 2019 Tern and Plover Report-Final Page 3 of 47 PREFACE This is a report of the Platte River Recovery … of least tern and piping plover adults, nests, broods, chicks, and fledglings present during each semi-weekly site visit. We used a GIS to determined distances to predator perch, nearest waterline and elevation of each nest above the …

FINAL PRRIP 2014 State of the Platte Report

PRRIP First Increment Extension Environmental and Biological Assessment

… b) feeding and nutrition, and c) protection of cranes from disturbance and predators. Whooping cranes can potentially visit the Platte River twice during the year, during their spring and fall migration, and direct effects to whooping …

David Galat CV

… 4 Collaborative Program Adaptive Management Plan, Version 1, Jan-Oct 2011. http://www.middleriogrande.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=d%2FzdKUAz9LI%3D&tabid=460&mid=1307 RECENT PROFESSIONAL TRAINING Collaborative adaptive … Helminger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Division Commander. TEACHING/TRAINING EXPERIENCE http://www.middleriogrande.com/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=d%2FzdKUAz9LI%3D&tabid=460&mid=1307 5 Colorado State University 1974 Identification of …

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Final Environmental Impact Statement Volume 2

… National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation by the Service. The economic value of an angler visit in Wyoming was also taken from this study. Summary Comment 16: The PRDEIS does not adequately address impacts to … taken from surveys of recreators from similar lakes. This approach to estimating the economic value of a recreation visit is typical where no current data otherwise exists. Once again, the $23 economic value for a recreation visit at Lake McConaughy should not be confused with expenditures by visitors. Expenditures for recreation are …

Shoemaker Island Flow-Sediment-Mechanical Project Request for Proposals

… 30, 2012 9 POINT OF CONTACT: Jason Farnsworth 10 Headwaters Corporation 11 (308) 991-7602 12 farnsworthj@headwaterscorp.com 13 14 I. OVERVIEW 15 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) was initiated on January 1, 2007 16 … islands and flow 41 consolidation (85 - 90% of 8,000 cfs in a single channel). 42 mailto:farnsworthj@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 6/21/2012 RFP for Shoemaker Island “Proof of Concept” Management Experiment Technical Services … the information contained in this RFP should be submitted to Jason 317 Farnsworth at farnsworthj@headwaterscorp.com. A list of compiled Consultant questions and 318 responses will be maintained on the Program web site …

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