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Cooperative Agreement for Platte River Research and Other Efforts Relating to Endangered Species Habitats Along the Central Platte River, Nebraska

… of the Platte River Management Joint Study to the specific geography of the block of land, and developing site-specific monitoring and maintenance requirements. Habitat management practices will be evaluated as part of the … and for Central to have the authority to contract with the EA Manager to make releases as directed, Central will use best efforts to seek and, if granted, to maintain storage use permits and other regulatory authorities as necessary. For …

Feasibility Study-Elm Creek Regulatory Reservoir: Elm Creek Watershed-Dawson and Buffalo Counties

… Review Report 5.5 Agency Correspondence 5.5.1 NeSHPO Response Letter 5.5.2 US EPA E-mail Response 5.5.3 On-Site Agency Meeting Minute 6.1 Yield Results 6.1.1 Dawson County Canal Winter Operations Alternative Yields 6.1.2 Dawson … NWI Program, 37 water bodies that total approximately 22.6 acres of potential wetlands and deep water habitats. An on-site wetland delineation will be required to more accurately assess wetland impacts on the site. The wetland delineation will likely reveal wetland areas not depicted on the NWI map, and conversely, it will likely …

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program 2008 Budget and Work Plan

… including vegetation management, fencing, habitat restoration, etc. Linkage to Priority Hypotheses in AMP Potential site for early testing of AMP management strategies and hypotheses. Products Habitat management at Cottonwood Ranch Notes … etc. that occurred during Cooperative Agreement period prior to 2007. Linkage to Priority Hypotheses in AMP Potential site for early testing of AMP management strategies and hypotheses. Products Habitat management at Cottonwood Ranch Notes … Data storage and management system for information collected through implementation of the AMP and the IRMP. Products Official Program Web-site and Web-accessible data storage and information management Notes on Cost TAT Team will complete …

PRRIP Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol – Migrational Habitat Use in the Central Platte River Valley (2013)

… in analyses of species-habitat relationships. Aerial Survey Aerial surveys will be used to detect whooping crane use-site locations (i.e., roost locations) in the study area. Systematic, but targeted aerial surveys are necessary to develop information on the spatial and temporal distribution of whooping crane use site locations in and along the Platte River for comparative evaluations. The design of the aerial surveys is intended to … will locate the cranes with directions from the sighting party and will document crane movements, document crane use-site activities, and describe the physical and biological attributes of use sites. Cranes will be observed at a distance …

Master PRRIP FY2014 Work Plan (FINAL)

… 8 WC-3: Whooping Crane Telemetry Tracking……………………………...…………...72 9 WC-6: Whooping Crane Stopover Site Evaluation Project.….……………...……….…74 10 11 AMP Independent Science Review 12 ISAC-1: ISAC Stipends & … to cover costs for LAC meetings; primarily miscellaneous costs for holding 20 meetings (e.g. conference call fees, site visit expenses). 21 22 Products 23 Meeting space and associated needs. 24 25 Notes on Cost 26 The LAC meets quarterly … fully operational and NDNR data becomes available real-time. There are two entities in Nebraska that can 44 establish official stream gaging stations – the USGS and the NDNR. Because each entity is a government 45 agency bound by their …

Platte River Recovery Implmentation Program Final Environmental Impact Statement Summary

… 82 Roosting Suitability—Site … Governance Committee’s proposal, see the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Document, available at the Web site or from the office of the Executive Director, Governance Committee (see "Cover Sheet"). This summary contains: … rattlesnake, Sturgeon chub, Platte River caddisfly No significant impact Sandhill Cranes Roosting suitability Site scale (proper depth) Bridge scale (width) System scale (hydrology) General increase at managed sites, variable at … converting the short and narrow channel into a slough or backwater. Where the subchannel is lengthier or wider, the best approach may be to place a sand dam and pipe culvert across the upper end. The dam and culvert could be sized to …

Outreach RFP 2025

… following objectives: 42 mailto:uribea@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE 08/26/2024 Page 2 of 6 1. Foster community buy-in for Program goals and purpose. 43 2. Raise public awareness of the benefits of Program activities and successes.44 … A list of compiled Consultant questions 115 and responses will be maintained on the Program web site 116 (https://www.platteriverprogram.org/Contractors/) in the same location as this RFP 117 solicitation. A mandatory … for the proposed solution will be a consideration, but the lowest cost proposal169 does not necessarily represent the best value to the Program. 170 171 Award Notice 172 After completing the evaluation of all proposals and, if deemed …

Marketing Services for PRRIP Outreach

… following objectives: 42 mailto:uribea@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE 08/26/2024 Page 2 of 6 1. Foster community buy-in for Program goals and purpose. 43 2. Raise public awareness of the benefits of Program activities and successes.44 … A list of compiled Consultant questions 115 and responses will be maintained on the Program web site 116 (https://www.platteriverprogram.org/Contractors/) in the same location as this RFP 117 solicitation. A mandatory … for the proposed solution will be a consideration, but the lowest cost proposal169 does not necessarily represent the best value to the Program. 170 171 Award Notice 172 After completing the evaluation of all proposals and, if deemed …

LAC Conference Call

… 2018 47.83% 11 0.00% 0 26.09% 6 26.09% 6 Q7 What type of NGPC deer permit did you purchase in order to hunt the PRRA site? Answered: 23 Skipped: 1 TOTAL 23 Either Sex Antlerless Only Buck Only Multiple permits, som... 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% … that uses these properties there needs to be a better presence of whoever is maintaining these areas. We do our best to pick up after ourselves and any other trash or empty shells laying around. I think if occasionally someone were … that uses these properties there needs to be a better presence of whoever is maintaining these areas. We do our best to pick up after ourselves and any other trash or empty shells laying around. I think if occasionally someone were …

Colorado Depletions Plan Updated December 1 2015

… will review the request in order to assure that the total North Platte Baseline will not be exceeded and will make an official determination of whether to approve or not approve the request to be covered under the North Platte Baseline. The … activities subject to section 7(a)(2) of the ESA, with issuance of the PBO being Tier 1 and all subsequent site-specific project analyses constituting Tier 2 consultations covered by the PBO. Under this tiered consultation … in the PBO, when “no effect”, or “may affect” but “not likely to adversely affect” determinations are made on a site-specific basis, the Service will review these determinations and provide written concurrence where appropriate. Upon …

2024 February WAC Minutes

… WAC Meeting Minutes Page 7 of 10 Action Items 206 207 General WAC 208 • N/A 209 210 ED Office 211 • N/A 212 213 End of official meeting minutes. 214 215 The following summary of the Perkins County Canal agenda item is included solely as an …

2011 December GC Minutes

… PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 03/13/2012 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 Governance Committee before approval. PRRIP GC … 46 47 PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 03/13/2012 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 Governance Committee before approval. PRRIP GC … the 94 PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 03/13/2012 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 Governance Committee before approval. PRRIP GC …

Colorado's Plan for Future Depletions

… will review the request in order to assure that the total North Platte Baseline will not be exceeded and will make an official determination of whether to approve or not approve the request to be covered under the North Platte Baseline. The … and Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). October 24, 2006 Colorado Depletions Plan 23 being Tier 1 and all subsequent site-specific project analyses constituting Tier 2 consultations covered by the PBO. Under this tiered consultation … in the PBO, when “no effect”, or A may affect@ but A not likely to adversely affect@ determinations are made on a site-specific basis, the Service will review these determinations and provide written concurrence where appropriate. Upon …

FY2015 Budget and Annual Work Plan

… 11 WC-3: Whooping Crane Telemetry Tracking……………………………...…………....76 12 WC-6: Whooping Crane Stopover Site Evaluation Project.….……………...……….…78 13 14 AMP Independent Science Review 15 ISAC-1: ISAC Stipends & … fully operational and NDNR data becomes available real-time. There are two entities in Nebraska that can 44 establish official stream gaging stations – the USGS and the NDNR. Because each entity is a government 45 agency bound by their … Platte River Recovery Implementation Program For More Information Contact: Jerry F. Kenny, kennyj@headwaterscorp.com, (308) 237-5728 2015 Budget Overview by Budget Line Item Budget Line Item Description Estimated Expenditure LP-2 …

22-23 July 2025 TAC Minutes FINAL

… on nest cameras leading to nest predation. In response, nest cameras have been removed from those sites. Shoreline and site cameras not associated with nests remain on those sites to help document predator presence. Outside monitoring … add some sed aug context into the volume change section of the report to address Kanz’ comments. EDO will take their best shot at revising to provide some sed aug context. They will then let the TAC review it/ revise it offline to get to a … to think about this in terms of resource allocation potential. Program will need to decide how to allocate resources to buy water, manage channel (disk, Phrag spray), augment sediment, etc.. He is trying to figure out what information you …

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 Advisory Committee before approval. Page 1 … 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 Advisory Committee before approval. Page 2 … time. 86 87 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 Advisory Committee before approval. Page 3 …

2010 January LAC Minutes

… PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 4/9/2010 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 Advisory Committee before approval. Page 1 … CO. 43 44 PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 4/9/2010 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 Advisory Committee before approval. Page 2 … complete. 87 PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 4/9/2010 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 Advisory Committee before approval. Page 3 …

PRRIP Structured Decision Making Workshop Final Report

… of those actions in terms of the objectives, and finally examining Tradeoffs 24 among the objectives to select the best action. These steps are summarized in the acronym 25 PROACT, a reminder to be proactive in decision making. The … of which problem to focus on: 45 46 1) Is the Cook property going to be acquired by the Program and used as a test site? Is the Cook 47 property the only test site? 48 2) Should we clear phragmites and other invasives before … plan? 50 3) Given water constraints, how can FSM be tested? And in terms of nesting habitat? 51 4) What is the best statistical and detection design for habitat use, bird monitoring, etc.? 52 5) Over the next 13 years, what is the …

FINAL PRRIP 2016 State of the Platte

… regarding implementation of management actions, assessment of target species’ response to those management actions, how best the Program can spend its resources (money, land, water, etc.), and ultimately the success or failure of the Program. … report. Those endnotes include hyperlinks to information available in the Public Library section of the Program’s web site. KEY OBSERVATIONS AND PROGRESS The 2016 State of the Platte Report includes assessments incorporating Program data … improve the graphics and/or text in the document; the following bullets focus only on major comments. The PRRIP will be best served by having annual responses to all ISAC recommendations. o ISAC Recommendation: We recommend that the EDO …

FINAL Master PRRIP FY2017 Work Plan

… to cover costs for LAC meetings; primarily miscellaneous costs for holding 20 meetings (e.g. conference call fees, site visit expenses). 21 22 Products 23 Meeting space and associated needs. 24 25 Notes on Cost 26 The LAC meets quarterly … anticipated to be about $5,000 based on 2014-2016 experience. There are two entities in 40 Nebraska that can establish official stream gaging stations – the USGS and the NDNR. Because each entity 41 is a government agency bound by their … Platte River Recovery Implementation Program For More Information Contact: Jerry F. Kenny, kennyj@headwaterscorp.com, (308) 237-5728 2017 Land Budget Overview By Budget Line Item Budget Line Item Estimated Expenditure*** LP-2 LP-3 …

2019 Final State of the Platte Report

… regarding implementation of management actions, assessment of target species’ response to those management actions, how best the Program can spend its resources (money, land, water, etc.), and ultimately the success or failure of the Program. … report. Those endnotes include hyperlinks to information available in the Public Library section of the Program’s web site. KEY OBSERVATIONS AND PROGRESS The 2019 State of the Platte Report includes assessments incorporating Program data … respect to Program related benefits of proposed research on pallid sturgeon use of the Lower Platte River. This can be best accomplished in the short term by implementing the three tasks identified by Compass (2018, pg. 2) under The 2019 …

Questions and Answers - 1 December 2017 - P17-025 Website and Database Development

… PRRIP – ED OFFICE 12/01/2017 Page 1 of 9 PLATTE RIVER RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM P17-025: Web Site and Database Update, Development, Hosting and Maintenance RFP 1) Are companies from outside USA able to apply for … their proposal. Contractors should provide solutions and corresponding budgets based on the RFP scope that provide the best value to the Program. 6) Is it mandatory to provide a Dun & Bradstreet Number (DUNS)? Yes. In order to contract with … that the public and private content be stored separately. Contractors should propose the organization structure that best serves the purposes outlined in the RFP. 16) What kind of monitoring data is ingested? What is the source of …

March 9 2017 FINAL PRRIP 2015 State of the Platte

… regarding implementation of management actions, assessment of target species’ response to those management actions, how best the Program can spend its resources (money, land, water, etc.), and ultimately the success or failure of the Program. … report. Those endnotes include hyperlinks to information available in the Public Library section of the Program’s web site. KEY OBSERVATIONS AND PROGRESS The 2015 State of the Platte Report includes assessments incorporating Program data … re- established by more vegetation in the future. As stated within this section (bullet 2), the 40-day mean peak is the best predictor of UOCW. Physical removal of phragmites (dead or alive) or maintenance of a phragmites free channel appears …

2008 March TAC Minutes

… PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 07/10/2008 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 Technical Advisory Committee before approval. … language. PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 07/10/2008 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 Technical Advisory Committee before approval. … later date. PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 07/10/2008 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 Technical Advisory Committee before approval. …

PRRIP Whooping Crane Habitat Synthesis Chapters

… Although a variety of habitats are used 114 during migration, a wetland is nearly always associated with a stopover site. At stopover sites, 115 whooping cranes roost standing in shallow water associated with palustrine, lacustrine, or … 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, … Bassett 1978). 1602 Due to the high number of possible covariate combinations, especially due to uncertainty 1603 of best peak and minimum flow durations to predict TUCW and MUOCW, we utilized Akaike’s 1604 Information Criterion (AIC) and …

2008 July TAC Minutes

… PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 09/30/2008 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 Technical Advisory Committee before approval. … picture) PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 09/30/2008 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 Technical Advisory Committee before approval. … the RFP. PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 09/30/2008 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 Technical Advisory Committee before approval. …

01-18-23 PRRIP TAC Meeting Minutes FINAL

… a summary for the TAC. Farnsworth said selected papers for EDO critique have stemmed from the Service deeming them as best available science, which makes it in the Program’s best interest to review and bring these items in. Jorgensen … management actions. For example, using the Rainwater Basin Join Venture landcover product in our whooping crane roost site selection analyses. Use the tools available but leave the discussion or interpretation to the authors. Walters … https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/122/2/duz066/5740030 …

2008 September TAC Minutes

… PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 01/07/2009 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 Technical Advisory Committee before approval. … The group PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 01/07/2009 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 Technical Advisory Committee before approval. … Monitoring PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 01/07/2009 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 Technical Advisory Committee before approval. …

Master PRRIP FY2016 Work Plan December 1 2015 (FINAL)

… to cover costs for LAC meetings; primarily miscellaneous costs for holding 20 meetings (e.g. conference call fees, site visit expenses). 21 22 Products 23 Meeting space and associated needs. 24 25 Notes on Cost 26 The LAC meets quarterly … 43 operational and NDNR data becomes available real-time. There are two entities in Nebraska that can 44 establish official stream gaging stations – the USGS and the NDNR. Because each entity is a government 45 agency bound by their … Platte River Recovery Implementation Program For More Information Contact: Jerry F. Kenny, kennyj@headwaterscorp.com, (308) 237-5728 2016 Budget Overview by Budget Line Item Budget Line Item Description Estimated Expenditure LP-2 …

Biological Opinion on the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program

… listed species that use the Platte River, they have generally agreed that the objectives of the various parties can best be met through the implementation of a basin-wide, cooperative recovery and research program. The framework for the … whooping crane and its critical habitat on the central Platte River, located over 300 miles downstream from the project site. Included within that biological opinion was a reasonable and prudent alternative which called for the project to … remainder observed by biologists whose primary duties are related to Platte River management activities (Runge, pers. com.). Observations of whooping cranes may fail to be reported due in part to the public’s inability or uncertainty in …

P17-025: PRRIP Website and Database Update, Development, Hosting, and Maintenance

… 11/06/2017 Page 1 of 7 PLATTE RIVER RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM 1 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS 2 3 SUBJECT: P17-025: Web Site and Database Update, Development, 4 Hosting and Maintenance 5 REQUEST DATE: November 15, 2017 6 CLOSING DATE: … OF CONTACT: Justin Brei 8 Headwaters Corporation 9 4111 4th Ave, Suite 6 10 Kearney, NE 68845 11 breij@headwaterscorp.com 12 13 I. OVERVIEW 14 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) was initiated on January 1, 2007 15 … should be included in a 58 new solution. This is a list of important features, but does not necessarily represent the best 59 solution for implementation. 60 61 Public Website 62 a. Public Program information and graphics 63 b. Document …

2010 February TAC Wet Meadows Workshop

… information; however, it needs to be analyzed and summarized to be more useful. Trust can inform the Program on best candidate Wet Meadow sites to acquire, but probably cannot determine on how best to restore Wet Meadows because the information is not available yet. Smith indicated the RFP did not ask the Trust to … they would include it. Smith suggested the Program move forward with building Wet Meadows as outlined in Table 1 at a site such as the Fox Tract and monitor species response to what we build. Smith stated Wet Meadows should be treated as a …

June 12-13 2018 GC Quarterly Meeting Minutes

… before 173 the miner gets to the full western end of the pit. Werbylo said if he continues to mine he could be on site 174 another 2-3 years. 175 176 Meeting adjourned at 5:46 PM Mountain Time.177 PRRIP – EDO FINAL 09/11/2018 June … said it will result in those people needing to get through the system which can 96 be a burden, it seems like the best approach is to leave discretion to NGPC. But, you do need to ask 97 PRRIP – EDO FINAL 09/11/2018 June 12-13, 2018 … purposes of harvested game retrieval only and only during the 113 rifle deer season, on a by-request basis using their best judgment in the spirit of the PRRA program 114 and policy. Users must call NGPC’s PRRA representative to request this …

PRRIP 2012 Forage Fish Analysis Report

… or were classified as YOY if they were too small to identify. 105 Data Analysis 106 Since total area sampled for each site and method was different, we standardized forage fish counts to 107 density estimates (fish/acre) in our analyses. … size (AICc) was used for model selection 157 (Burnham and Anderson 2002). Inference was made conditional of the AICc best model. The AICc best 158 model was defined as the model with the lowest AICc in each model set. In the case were the AICc best 159 model …

2011 April WAC Minutes

… received 46 an update on the numerical model. The field work has also been completed for the ground water 47 recharge site. Based on the information from the numerical model and field work, the 48 workgroup concluded a pump test is not … 91 92 Ohlinger presented a synopsis of the J2 Reregulating Reservoir project status and presented 93 information on the best alternative from Olsson’s Investigation of Reservoir Combined 94 Operations Report dated March 2011. In the report, … ED Office on the Elm Creek Feasibility Study. 145 Olsson looked at 33 scenarios and narrowed them down to a couple of best alternatives based on 146 yield and life-cycle cost. Elm Creek has come to the end of the feasibility study as scoped …

Implementation of the Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol - Fall 2022 FINAL

… Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 jaymesm@headwaterscorp.com Suggested Citation: PRRIP 2023. Platte River Recovery Implementation Program: Implementation of the Whooping Crane … This study found 40-day mean peak discharge, wetted width of the channel, disking and herbicide application to be the best predictors of total unvegetated channel width (TUCW). Maximum unvegetated channel width (MUCW) was best explained by … Page 41 of 45 Published Study Topic Document Title Summary Principal Findings Citation 2017 Riverine and diurnal use site selection Correlates of whooping crane habitat selection and trends in use in the central Platte River Using PRRIP …

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program 2009 Budget and Work Plan

… Data storage and management system for information collected through implementation of the AMP and the IRMP. Products Official Program Web-site and Web-accessible data storage and information management Notes on Cost N/A Budget Program Task PD-8 2007 2008 2009 …

2019 ISAC Recommendations to the PRRIP GC

… respect to Program related benefits of proposed research on pallid sturgeon use of the Lower Platte River. This can be best accomplished in the short term by implementing the three tasks for 2019 outlined in the Proposed Approach to Pallid … and likely consequences on pallids? For the longer term (2030): What management actions should the Program undertake to best fulfill its obligations to pallid sturgeon in the Program’s Second Increment? The 2019 decision is a 3 task decision …

Investigating whooping crane habitat in relation to hydrology, channel morphology and a water-centric management strategy on the central Platte River, Nebraska

… 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6, Kearney, NE, 68845, USA ∗Corresponding author. E-mail address: baaschd@headwaterscorp.com (D.M. Baasch). Abstract The Flow-Sediment-Mechanical approach is one of two management strategies presented in the … and Bassett, 1978). Due to the high number of possible covariate combinations, especially due to uncer- tainty of the best peak and minimum flow durations to predict TUCW and MUOCW, we utilized Akaike’s Information Criterion (AIC) and … the influence of previous year’s peak discharge; 3) identify the most important minimum discharge duration; 4) identify best overall hydrologic variable; and 5) produce and evaluate final models with the best hydrologic variable and a priori …

2014 June TAC Minutes

… has taken a position that until reports and/or data are published or peer reviewed and finalized it is not considered best available science, but now there is a draft report that the Program no longer stands behind that is being cited by a … Farnsworth said citing the 2008 WEST report in the EA for the Loup River would establish a precedent that it was best available science for whooping cranes in Nebraska. Jenniges asked if the WEST report was ever made available to the … asked if the spike in groundwater elevation was related to river stage or precipitation; Griebling said the Binfield site has been difficult to parse out the effects of each because there seems to be a difference in soil porosity near the …

Telemetry system for hydrologic monitoring equipment, installation, maintenance, and training

… Griebling Headwaters Corporation 2727 Bryant St., Suite 210 Denver, CO, 80211 (720) 524-6115 grieblings@headwaterscorp.com I. OVERVIEW This document is written with the sole purpose of soliciting bids for the purchase and installation of a … hydrologic monitoring equipment is installed on two sites along the Platte River in Nebraska, shown in Figure 1. Site I (the Fox Site) is located in Buffalo County near Kearney, Nebraska, and Site II (the Binfield Site) is located in … otherwise specified, all materials, supplies, articles or equipment offered by bidder must be new, unused and be the best of their respective kinds, free from defects in material or workmanship. Default on Delivery: If the supplier refuses …

2013 June TAC Minutes

… informed the TAC that implementation of the in-channel geomorphology and vegetation monitoring at the Elm Creek FSM site was modified to have the contractor collect data before and just after the spring 2013 flow release. Bob Mussetter of … assess the current schedule of the Program’s monitoring seasons. Baasch also stated the telemetry data may not be the best source of data given drought conditions throughout the migration corridor when a large portion of the telemetry data … not be able to provide as much wet area on Binfield as exists on Mormon Island. Rabbe stated Binfield is one of the best wet meadow sites along the Platte River and increasing the wet portion of the tract would probably increase use by …

2013 January 24th TAC Minutes

… the system scale. Smith stated the ultimate purpose of the analysis is to answer Program questions such as ‘what is the best channel width for whooping cranes’ and the Program needs to know the analyses will provide answers to inform … metrics; Howlin stated she believed we had 8 criteria, but that we should test individual parameters to develop the best model. Hefley stated if the Program is more interested in prediction than understanding than we could potentially … data using the first location only versus including all the data (i.e., repeated measures). Hefley said the model that best fits the data is likely somewhere between the top models of each of these separate analyses. Howlin added one could …

10-13-21 PRRIP TAC Virtual Meeting Minutes APPROVED

… WC habitat 61 or for some other purpose. The EDO presented this memo to the TAC to obtain their feedback on how 62 to best inform the GC for decision-making on the disposition and management of these palustrine 63 wetlands through the … events captured on video cameras placed at nests as well 165 as predators present on nesting peninsulas captured on site and shoreline trail cameras. 166 167 Jenniges asked about a plan for owl mitigation? Keldsen said to understand … to 198 be expanded to the wider scale suggested by the TAC today. 199 200 MS Teams Chat 201 Caven: http://kristinenemec.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Final-Predation-Management-Plan-202 July-2-2-1.pdf 203 It looks like pole traps were …

2008 February LAC Conference Call Minutes DRAFT

… PRRIP – ED OFFICE DRAFT 02/29/2008 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 Advisory Committee before approval. Page 1 … meeting. PRRIP – ED OFFICE DRAFT 02/29/2008 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 Advisory Committee before approval. Page 2 …

07_14_21 PRRIP Quarterly Technical Advisory Committee Virtual Meeting Minutes

… presenting some history of boundary agreements with neighbors. 2021 52 Budget included money for tree clearing on this site to clear site lines for WC. Tunnell discussed the bid 53 package for tree removal on the Speidell tract. This was not … appropriate under 100 wetter conditions. Caven added V. sororia occurs in sub-irrigated lowland prairie with bluestem. Best 101 suited for areas in transition between wetland and upland ridges. Flyr asked about success rates for plug 102 … Inc. 233 4001 Automation Way | Fort Collins CO 80525 U.S.A. 234 P: 970.204.4001 | F: 970.204.4007 235 jdwyer@edmlink.com | www.edmlink.com 236 237 Runge: Has there been a baseline survey for violets? I saw a violet plant on Johns this …

2012 October TAC Conference Call Minutes

… TAC Meeting Minutes Page 2 of 4 PD20 – Peyton asked what the seed source would be for the Fox Wet Meadow Restoration site; Farnsworth stated because of the size of the project we are considering using an upland commercial mix for the … SDHF releases if flown; Farnsworth said the Program would need to develop concrete objectives to determine what the best method of getting the data we want. Rabbe said imagery may be good for determining wetland area available to whooping … areas for their caddisfly study. Czaplewski suggested the Program develop objectives so we could determine what the best data to collect would be; Farnsworth suggested the WMWG meet to determine what the objectives would be. G5 – Peyton …

Land Management Plan for Nebraska Public Power District Cottonwood Ranch Property

… fence. All boundary discussion will be based on the survey completed by Tagge Engineering on June 19, 1992. This official survey has been provided to the Program.  Methods –The Program’s Land Manager will identify any fencing needs … should be completed as quickly as possible. Earth moving equipment will be moved from the river channel to an upland site located behind a tree line at the end of each work day if such features are available on the property. In the …

April 29 2025 TAC Meeting Minutes FINAL

… a survey plan for this study prior to implementation? Henry said not for 2024 as that was not available on FWS site at the time, but plan for 2025 will be submitted. Rabbe suggested the EDO submit data that met minimum survey … whooping crane decision to stop or fly over the AHR? Farrell summarized steps to acquiring satellite imagery to best represent on-channel metrics under both low and high flow conditions during WC migration seasons for the Niobrara, … Alternative is a response type article. Henry said that is the format we were trying to avoid. Rabbe said without 100% buy in it puts you in a weird place. Farnsworth asked what the rationale is from Ecotope authors for not getting involved? …

ISAC Responses to Questions Posed by the PRRIP in July 2015

… scientific evidence and 139 modelling tools with stakeholder values to converge on management alternatives which best meet ecological, 140 economic and other objectives (Hammond et al. 1999, Gregory et al. 2012). We recommend that this … augmentation necessary to achieve sediment balance?". As we indicated in 207 the ISAC’s November 2014 report, it’s best to first address these two questions in one intensively 208 monitored area with greater experimental control. The … changes in slope. 231  For each of these lines of evidence, we recommend that the Program: 232 1 https://sites.google.com/a/joewheaton.org/www/Home/research/projects-1/morphological-sediment-budgeting …

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