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Tern and Plover Monitoring Protocol Implementation Report for 2007

… were observed on constructed islands in 2007. The number of adults, nests, chicks and fledglings detected on the site visit nearest to May 15, June 15, and July 15 were summed across the sites surveyed (Table 6). The most birds detected …

PRRIP 2022 Plover and Tern Monitoring and Research Report FINAL

… Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4 th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 henrym@headwaterscorp.com Suggested Citation: PRRIP. 2023. Platte River Recovery Implementation Program: 2022 interior least tern and piping … 2022. Outside Monitoring Surveys outside of the nesting area were performed for at least 30 minutes during each site visit using binoculars and/or spotting scopes, at a distance that did not cause disturbance to nesting birds (usually > … and the number of plover and tern adults, nests, broods, chicks, and fledglings present during each semi-weekly site visit. When chicks or fledglings were observed, we estimated the date of hatching or fledging based on current and …

2014 November GC Minutes

… with a 91 strong emphasis on the conservation lands of the Platte and the Program’s role. Kenny suggested GC 92 members visit the time-lapse project’s web site to see examples of what they are doing with imagery thus 93 far. Here is the project web site link: http://plattebasintimelapse.com/. 94 95 Urie asked if the proposed $150,000 in the LP-3 budget covers taxes for all Program lands. Sackett said 96 … There was positive discussion about the tax issue and the fact that the Program will be 131 http://plattebasintimelapse.com/ PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 12/02/2014 PRRIP November 12, 2014 GC Meeting Minutes Page 4 of 4 paying taxes for lands that …

2008 May WAC Minutes

RFB 51 Rolls of 4’ x 50’ Wooden Snow Fence

… 5:00 pm 7 POINT OF CONTACT: Tim R. Tunnell, Senior Land Manager 8 Headwaters Corporation 9 tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com 10 Overview 11 12 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (“Program” or “PRRIP”) was initiated on January 1, … 8, 2020. 43 A bid is late if received after that time and will not be considered. 44 45 mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 9/14/2020 PRRIP Wooden Snow Fence Sealed Bid Page 4 of 9 Bids should be submitted to: 46 47 …

Farm House Removal IFB

… 8 POINT OF CONTACT: Tim Tunnell, Land Manager 9 Headwaters Corporation 10 (402) 219-3883 11 tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com 12 13 Overview 14 15 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (“Program” or “PRRIP”) was initiated on January … required to move and relocate the house are the responsibility of the Bidder. The 45 mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 6/3/2015 PRRIP Tract 2015001 Farm House Page 4 of 9 farm house and all materials in it are the …

2023 PRRIP ISAC Member External Solicitation

… with Dr. Smith and a virtual interview with members of the Selection Panel 70 71 For more information on the PRRIP, visit our website at https://platteriverprogram.org/. 72 73 MAJOR DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES 74 • Advising the GC, TAC, and … submit the cover letter and detailed CV electronically in PDF format to Dr. Chadwin Smith at 148 smithc@headwaterscorp.com. Your materials will then be evaluated by the ISAC Member Selection 149 Panel with other potential candidates and Dr. … the function of the 151 ISAC, or this external solicitation process please contact Dr. Smith at smithc@headwaterscorp.com or 152 (402) 432-7950. 153 154 NOTICE OF REQUIREMENTS 155 Once appointed by the GC, during the contracting process all …

2013 March LAC Minutes

Lodge Removal

… 2023, 5:00 pm 7 POINT OF CONTACT: Tim R. Tunnell, Land Coordinator 8 Headwaters Corporation 9 tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com 10 11 Overview 12 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (“Program” or “PRRIP”) was initiated on January 1, … carefully, as these will form the basis of the 37 agreement with the Program. 38 39 40 mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – EDO Final 07/24/2023 PRRIP Tract 2009003 Lodge Page 4 of 9 Building Removal Responsibilities 41 42 The Bidder …

Data Analysis and Summary Report for May 2008 Natural High Flow Event

… of islands with vegetation. Significant bank erosion on north bank that was mechanically modified to be vegetation free and verticle, little or no erosion on south bank, which has not been modified. Picture 4 shows small island that is … at 1200 cfs. No scour of vegetation. May flow totally innudated the east tern and plover island. This island was free of vegetation but suffered no sigficant erosion. Did vegetate within one month of flow. Tern and plover island seen …

2009 November TAC Minutes

… Meadows Information Review & CEM Refinement RFP Fritz indicated the definition of wetlands needs to include individual free-standing wetlands, back-water sloughs, and wetland habitat associated with wet meadows. Studies relating to whooping …

House removal request for sealed bids

… 27, 2018 7 POINT OF CONTACT: Tim R. Tunnell, Senior Land Manager 8 Headwaters Corporation 9 tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com 10 11 Overview 12 13 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (“Program” or “PRRIP”) was initiated on January … the original construction; lamenant in the addition. Interior walls are 42 sheetrock. 43 mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 6/27/2018 PRRIP Tract W2017001 Farm House Page 4 of 9 • The main level has a living room, …

2012 April LAC Minutes

2018 August WAC Minutes

… AF. An additional $1 million will be paid to CNPPID up front. This amount will be 70 repaid to the Program through “free” water deliveries from the CNPPID. The EDO is working 71 with NDNR and TBNRD on planning and permitting for the next …

February 24 2020 PRRIP TAC Minutes

… Jaymes stated 21 changes will be made before finalized. 22 23 Rabbe asked about telemetry data. Farrell needs to visit with Wade Harrell. Might get some data this year 24 but needs revisited. Farnsworth mentioned a possible lack of …

PRRIP Tern and Plover Habitat Synthesis Chapters

… selection analysis for 40 nest sites that defined average channel width as the area of a 56 ¼-mile channel segment free of permanent vegetation divided by the length of the segment. Their analysis 57 indicated that mean width, as defined …

Whooping crane use of riverine stopover sites

… North Dakota, United States of America ☯ These authors contributed equally to this work. * baaschd@headwaterscorp.com Abstract Migratory birds like endangered whooping cranes (Grus americana) require suitable noctur- nal roost sites … August 22, 2018 Accepted: December 4, 2018 Published: January 9, 2019 Copyright: This is an open access article, free of all copyright, and may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, modified, built upon, or otherwise used by … nature of these fea- tures. Whooping cranes roosting on the Platte River have been noted to select sites relatively free of woody vegetation allowing for horizontal and overhead visibility [21]. Our results sug- gest riparian forests 160 …

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 … Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license y-nc-nd/4.0/). mailto:baaschd@headwaterscorp.com https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00851 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2018.e00851 … 2405-8440/� 2018 The Auth (http://creativecommons.org/li Article Nowe00851 the channel. In fully-consolidated channels free of in-channel vegetation, MUOCW and TUCW are equal. In channels with vegetated islands, MUOCW is smaller than TUCW …

Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement: Wetland Analysis Platte River Recovery Implementation Program

… sandbars and low, nonpermanent islands, high enough to provide dry sand during the tern/plover nesting season and free of vegetation that inhibits use by tern, plover, or crane. Proximity to wet meadow Within 2 miles, but contiguous is …

2017 August WAC Minutes

… for 3 days, but 119 some water may have been delivered longer. 120 121 Griebling and Turner from the EDO made a visit to the site to observe conditions following the 122 spring irrigation, and completed installation of staff gages in …

2011 October LAC Minutes

2009 September TAC Minutes

… what we’re doing will answer questions they have to wrestle with at the policy level. Farnsworth indicated we need to visit with GC about how we approach modeling. Jenniges stated we need to explain implications of models and how they will …

2009 May LAC Minutes

Phragmites Monitoring Services RFP

… Jason Bruggeman 8 Headwaters Corporation 9 Office: (308) 237-5728; Cell: (308) 293-5605 10 bruggemanj@headwaterscorp.com 11 12 OVERVIEW 13 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program or PRRIP) initiated on January 1, 2007 14 … information on variability in explanatory variables and patch 44 response. 45 46 mailto:bruggemanj@headwaterscorp.com https://platteriverprogram.org/document/prrip-extension-science-plan PRRIP – EDO 1/5/2024 PRRIP Phragmites Monitoring … electronic (PDF) copy of your proposal must be submitted to Jason Bruggeman by email at 183 bruggemanj@headwaterscorp.com no later than 5:00 PM Central Standard Time on Monday, February 184 19, 2024. The maximum allowable proposal PDF size …

2014 February TAC Minutes WC Workshop Notes

… forward, but also to decide what modifications would be needed and acceptable to the current monitoring protocol to free up money for the Program to continue to participate in the telemetry project.  Rabbe said there seemed to be a lot …

RJH Memo: Draft J-2 Regulating Reservoir-Concept Comparison Memo

… 4H:1V upstream slopes comprised predominantly of sandy, permeable materials. Both the flatter slope, and the permeable (free draining) materials would provide the needed stability for the upstream slope during rapid drawdown conditions. …

2013 October WAC Minutes

… as impediments to flow. These projects have been successful in terms of 166 controlling and the channels are largely free of phragmites. The EDO is planning $100,000 167 every year to the end of the first increment to help cover the cost …

2023 May WAC Minutes

… 2023 WAC Chair 179 Turner gave a preview of the water projects tour that would start after lunch. The tour was to 180 visit 12 sites between Kingsley Dam and the Program’s Cottonwood Ranch broad-scale recharge 181 and recapture projects, …

Babb Boat Ramp Project

… Ramp Construction LOCATION: Babb Tract NEAR: Grand Island, Nebraska CONTACT: Ed Weschler, Weschlere@HeadwatersCorp.com 720.524.6115 (Ext. 103) ATTACHMENT(S): #1 Location Map, Project Layout & Typical Details PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The … 0.1 acre of seed will be needed. Broadcast seeding is ok. Apply at minimum 16 lbs/acre. mailto:Weschlere@HeadwatersCorp.com Upland Mix: Native Mix #1 by Miller Seed Company or an approved equal. Common Name LBS PLS per Acre Big Bluestem 2.0 … 10th. It is desired that the work be largely completed before Friday, April 28th, 2023. There will be no required site visit. DIRECTIONS TO SITE: Approximately 5 miles East of Grand Island, near the intersection of 5th Rd & B Rd. …

Tract 2010001 Fence Replacement/ Repair Project

… R. Tunnell, Senior Land Manager Headwaters Corporation 4111 4th Ave, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com The undersigned acknowledges receipt of the following plans and specifications: # 1 ( ) Construction Specifications # … documents for the following rates: THIS QUOTE SUBMITTED ON DATE: ______________________ mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com Directions to Pre-Bid Meeting Date and Time: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 3:00 PM CT Location: Tract 2010001 Please … specified type of preservative. 4. Quality of treated material Treated lumber, timber, piles, poles, or posts shall be free from heat checks, water bursts, excessive check- ing, chafing damage, or from any other damage or defects that would …

2017 April WAC Minutes

2013 January 14th TAC Minutes

… first assessment year was complete to see what areas passed as whooping crane wet meadow and would potentially need to visit some of the sites and make a final determination of whether these areas should be classified as wet meadow or not. …

Diurnal habitat selection of migrating Whooping Crane in the Great Plains

… long- Address of Correspondent: David M Baasch, 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6, Kearney, NE USA 68845, baaschd@headwaterscorp.com mailto:baaschd@headwaterscorp.com mailto:baaschd@headwaterscorp.com mailto:farrellp@headwaterscorp.com … on whether a bird returned to a previous roost location during its stopover (Pearse et al. 2017a). We attempted to visit stopover sites within seven days after cranes were known to have left the area; however, we were unable to visit all stopover sites within this time frame for various reasons, including inability to contact landowners, denial of …

2013 September GC Minutes

2020 August WAC Minutes

Tract 2019001 Restoration and Maintenance Plan__Final_GC

… tern/plover nesting by either de-vegetating existing islands or maintaining newly formed islands vegetation- 7 free, allowing the habitat to erode, and then moving on to create new habitat in a different reach. Maintain area with …

Tract 2020001 Restoration and Maintenance Plan__Final_GC

… tern/plover nesting by either de-vegetating existing islands or maintaining newly formed islands vegetation- 7 free, allowing the habitat to erode, and then moving on to create new habitat in a different reach. Maintain area with …

Implementation of the Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol – Spring 2008

… placed. Observations of Whooping Crane decoys by the air crew were reported to the ground crew for confirmation. A toll-free telephone number for the public to report Whooping Crane sightings was sponsored by the Platte River Whooping Crane …

Implementation of the Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol – Fall 2007

… of Whooping Crane decoys by the air crew were reported to the ground crew for confirmation. The EDO established a toll-free telephone number for the public to report Whooping Crane sightings. The number was maintained and operated by the …

FINAL September 12-13 2017 PRRIP GC Quarterly Meeting Minutes

… 200 well field. Kenny said sometime after 2018, about 6-12 months later than the pipeline. Barels said Kenny 201 should visit with DNR about well siting because if they are too close to the bank you would need a surface 202 water permit. …

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 …

March 9 2017 FINAL PRRIP 2015 State of the Platte

… mean peak is the best predictor of UOCW. Physical removal of phragmites (dead or alive) or maintenance of a phragmites free channel appears to be at least partially correlated to these flows (Phragmites is a part of the what goes into UOCW … cfs magnitude for three days on an annual or near annual basis (SDHF) will increase the average width of the vegetation-free channel to a width that is suitable for whooping crane roosting. Unobstructed channel widths ≥ 500 – 700 are highly …

Implementation of the Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol – Fall 2005

… survey period. No whooping cranes were confirmed from opportunistic sightings. No calls were received through the toll-free phone number, but apparently information on the toll-free number was not readily available to the public as information was not widely distributed. One opportunistic sighting …

Implementation of the Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol – Fall 2004

… weekly Whooping Crane surveys on the wintering grounds and provided the results via email. The EDO established a toll-free telephone number for the public to report Whooping Crane sightings. The number was maintained and operated by the …

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 …

Implementation of the Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol – Fall 2006

… of Whooping Crane decoys by the air crew were reported to the ground crew for confirmation. The EDO established a toll-free telephone number for the public to report Whooping Crane sightings. The number was maintained and operated by the …

Implementation of the Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol – Fall 2010

… were used to measure the length of sandbars and distance to visual obstructions > 1.5m above the water surface. A toll-free telephone number for the public to report Whooping Crane sightings was sponsored by the Platte River Whooping Crane …

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