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2012 April TAC Minutes

… Reports to be a vetting process for Program contractors. C. Smith stated the paragraph on the bottom of page 3.5 and top of page 3.6 would be removed. Rabbe stated reporting the sum of all unvegetated channel widths at an PRRIP – ED OFFICE … and Vegetation Monitoring Report as final conditioned on the removal of the paragraph on the bottom of page 3.5 and top of 3.6. Elm Creek 404 Permit (Agenda modification) Farnsworth stated it was likely that the Program would obtain a 404 … and Vegetation Monitoring Report as final conditioned on the removal of the paragraph on the bottom of page 3.5 and top of 3.6; contractor will make this change. 4) The TAC supported the Shoemaker Island FSM Proof of Concept RFP …

2009 PRRIP Water Action Plan Update

… 6  E.  Pathfinder Municipal Account … from 2009-2019 Table A-1. NCCW Estimated Project Yield at the Associated Habitat Table A-2. Pathfinder Municipal Account Potential Program Yields February 23, 2010 2009 Water Action Plan Update Page 1 of 31 I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The … channel of the Platte River and the Phelps County Canal (J-2 Return Alternative 2, Area 1 & 2 Combination) rose to the top as a preferred alternative due to target flow yields, SDHF augmentation, and project costs. Yields estimated for this …

2013 January 24th TAC Minutes

… to the probability distribution within the migration corridor or including a quadratic effect of river mile to account for the fact whooping cranes are more likely to migrate through the Kearney to Grand Island area than Lexington to … the models; Howlin stated the plan was to use 1 observation every 24 hours. Hefley stated these methods don’t appear to account for pseudo-replication and the lack of independence within the data; Howlin stated we could use longer time … 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 likely argue that the whooping crane makes a …

2016 May WAC Minutes

… WAC 310 • Review and provide comments on the broad-scale recharge white paper and gravel pit 311 memorandum on the WAC website. 312 313 ED Office 314 • Add a section in the broad-scale documentation white paper on potential difficulties with …

Evaluation of Models and Data for Assessing Whooping Crane Habitat in the Central Platte River, Nebraska

Monitoring the channel geomorphology and in-channel vegetation of the central Platte River

… planning for implementation of the Program’s 14 Adaptive Management Plan (AMP) and use of water in the Environmental Account (EA) to 15 evaluate the extent of existing native and non-native invasive species infestations, and to serve as 16 … Protocol The surveyor will take GPS readings and appropriately identify the following in the data 305 recorder: 306 • top of bank 307 • toe of bank 308 • left and right edge of water 309 • main and secondary channel thalwegs 310 • water … will be summarized for inclusion in planning 448 documents related to implementation of the AMP and the Environmental Account Annual 449 Operating Plan (AOP). 450 451 III.C.2. Analysis 452 The average elevation and areal extent of species …

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 … that overlapped were considered statistically similar. Similar methods were used to develop, identify, and evaluate the top model for the Great Plains data. Response functions Whooping crane habitat use within the AHR has been monitored since … validation rela- tionship averaged 0.469 (95% CI = 0.039–0.900). Discussion We evaluated riverine roost sites, which account for approximately 20% of sites used by migrating whooping cranes to identify habitat characteristics important to …

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 …

2024 February WAC Minutes

… on the proposed Perkins County Canal (slides were made 224 available to the WAC after the meeting via the Program website), noting that this is the same 225 presentation used to start permitting discussions, including preliminary talks …

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 … Contractors must be able to provide their own equipment. Contractors must 48 mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 1/17/2022 PRRIP Spring 2022 Prescribed Fire RFP Page 4 of 25 also be available respond to any … and the burn objective 244 will identify a specific, measurable, parameter such as remove 75% of available fuels or top-kill 50% of 245 trees less than three (3) inches diameter at breast height (DBH). 246 247 Prior to the burn, Burn …

Year 1 (2009) Report Channel Geomorphology and In-Channel Vegetation Monitoring of the Central Platte River

… planning for implementation of the Program's Adaptive Management Plan (AMP) and use of water in the Environmental Account (EA). Specifically this information will be usedto evaluate the extent of existing native and non-native invasive … by 6 inch diameter tube filled with water with a clear Lexan plate at the bottom. The transducer was mounted at the top of the tube and was submerged in the water. Since the transducer does not always perform well in less than 6 inches of … miles of the thalweg profile elevation data, which is much smoother than the remaining surveyed profile, was revised to account for the double signal and is included with the final surveyed profile data. The flows under which the profile …

2019 Sediment Augmentation Project

… below: Tom Smrdel Headwaters Corporation 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, Nebraska 68845 smrdelt@headwaterscorp.com A MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held on Tuesday, July 30 at 1:00 PM and will be held on-site. The meeting will … packet, each BIDDER must do so prior to submittal of a bid. Prequalification packets are available on the PROGRAM’s website (www.platteriverprogram.org). http://www.platteriverprogram.org/ INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS 00100 - 2 of 8 Each … to the requirements of any applicable mortgage clause and of Paragraph 5.08.B. Owner shall deposit in a separate account any money so received and shall distribute it in accordance with such agreement as the parties in interest may …

PRRIP Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol – Migrational Habitat Use in the Central Platte River Valley-2017

… be estimated via detection trials (i.e., decoys and/or telemetry-marked birds) and results will be used in analyses to account for potential biases. Aerial Survey Aerial surveys will be used to detect whooping crane use-site locations (i.e., … will be calculated as the percentage of decoys observed. Detection trials will also be used in detectability models to account for unequal probabilities of inclusion in the sample associated with surveying the main channel and potential … Total Channel Width Total width of channel from left bank to right bank (ft) HEC-RAS model HEC-RAS model Wetted Width Top width of wetted channel HEC-RAS model HEC-RAS model Proportion Wetted Proportion of total channel width that is wetted …

PRRIP Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol – Migrational Habitat Use in the Central Platte River Valley (2015).pdf

… be estimated via detection trials (i.e., decoys and/or telemetry-marked birds) and results will be used in analyses to account for potential biases. Aerial Survey Aerial surveys will be used to detect whooping crane use-site locations (i.e., … will be calculated as the percentage of decoys observed. Detection trials will also be used in detectability models to account for unequal probabilities of inclusion in the sample associated with surveying the main channel and potential … Total Channel Width Total width of channel from left bank to right bank (ft) HEC-RAS model HEC-RAS model Wetted Width Top width of wetted channel HEC-RAS model HEC-RAS model Proportion Wetted Proportion of total channel width that is wetted …

Platte River Flow Summary - ReadMe.pdf

… Weekly  Flow  Summary  is  compiled  and  posted  to  the  Platte  River  Recovery  Implementation  Program  (Program) website  by  the  Program’s  Executive Director’s Office  (EDO).  The  … USGS.  http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis   NDNR Website: Real‐time flow data, generally at 0.50 hour intervals, collected and reported by  the NDNR.  … information  reported  on  the  Central  Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District’s website.  http://www.cnppid.com/news‐info/reservoirriver‐data/    PRRIP – ED OFFICE     08/04/2015    Page 2 of 7    Details:  …

2015 September GC Minutes

… process related 157 to pallid sturgeon on the Missouri River and that issues related to the lower Platte River were not top-158 ranked issues. 159  Hines said the Service will develop a document detailing what they need to know to help … be 189 determined. Kraus said it will be done by lottery. Hovorka asked if it will get added to the Environmental 190 Account (EA) at Lake McConaughy. Kraus said yes there will be a credit added to the EA. Kraus said the 191 sign-up period … would not go into the EA until October 1, 2016 and no money would be paid to CNPPID until 193 water goes into the account. Hines asked if this is a one-year pilot project. Kraus said yes and the amount 194 of acquired water would be …

Phelps Recharge Score Analysis Memo - FINAL

… project of 1,800 AFY for the Program. The recommended score includes an impact on the Phelps recharge project to account for combined operations with the J-2 Regulating Reservoir, as both projects utilize excess flows available in The … methodology and assumptions used for scoring of the Phelps recharge project are listed in Table 1. 11 Environmental Account (EA) releases from Lake McConaughy may be available as a supplemental water supply; however, it was assumed that … for water years 1975 – 2006. The transit losses were calculated for the Overton to Grand Island reach, which is at the top of the “Overton to Odessa” reach in the WMC Loss Model. The transit loss factors were applied to the river accretions …

Water Management Study Phase I - Evaluation of Pulse Flows for the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program

… Water by CNPPID ........................................................54 4.9 Pathfinder Modification Municipal Account (Wyoming)..........................................55 4.10 Glendo Storage (Wyoming) … 247 858 AVG 1,018 895 851 867 867 822 980 994 531 353 462 742 WET 854 529 444 510 424 298 334 401 227 156 210 449 NPPD Com- bined Flow in Canal DRY 1,336 1,263 1,268 1,286 1,242 1,353 1,314 1,091 605 308 371 981 AVG 1,098 1,056 956 929 950 … end and additional study will refine this number. • COHYST is analyzed by reach, and therefore does not route flows. • Website: cohyst.dnr.ne.gov Water Supply Alternatives: Elm Creek Dam and Reservoir is currently being studied by Olsson and …

2009 November WAC Minutes

… to fill 54 reservoirs prior to SDHFs. J-2 alternative 2 (Areas A and B) scored well in many areas so rose 55 to the top. Olsson recommended either eliminating Elwood or incorporating it with very little 56 money spent on it. The WAC will … Tier 1 projects are 118 estimated in the update to yield from around 57,000 to 63,000 af/yr, though this doesn’t account 119 for NE and project partners taking a portion. How much they will be interested in is currently 120 unknown. …

Evaluation of Sediment Augmentation Alternatives

… 6 CLOSING DATE: July 30, 2024 7 POINT OF CONTACT: Justin Brei, P.E. 8 Headwaters Corporation 9 breij@headwaterscorp.com 10 11 OVERVIEW 12 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program or PRRIP) initiated on January 1, 2007 13 … 29 30 Figure 1. Associated Habitat Reach (AHR) of the central Platte River in Nebraska. 31 mailto:breij@headwaterscorp.com mailto:breij@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – EDO Final 6/20/2024 PRRIP Augmentation Alternatives RFP Since 2007, the … miles closer to Cottonwood Ranch. Another alternative that has been discussed more recently would be 74 to construct a top-opening gate structure in the sand dam that would convey only flow into the J2 75 Return Channel with that flow …

Expanded Recapture Reconnaissance Study

… DATE: July 18, 2023 7 POINT OF CONTACT: Seth Turner 8 Headwaters Corporation 9 (720) 524-6115 10 turners@headwaterscorp.com 11 12 I. OVERVIEW 13 14 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program or PRRIP) is a collaborative effort … the Program, the State of Nebraska, and the Tri- Basin Natural Resources District. mailto:turners@headwaterscorp.com https://platteriverprogram.org/target-flows … Elwood Reservoir 163 and the Platte River confluence, Plum Creek crosses under at least 12 roadways and over the top of a 164 Phelps County Canal siphon. Channel incision and riparian vegetation cover vary widely along the flow 165 …

FINAL Water Action Plan Update Report: First Increment Progress, 2007-2019

… recharge in Colorado, the Pathfinder Modification Project in Wyoming, and the 15 Lake McConaughy Environmental Account (EA) in Nebraska—were collectively credited with 16 providing an average of 80,000 acre-feet per year (AFY) … addition, a small volume of Net Controllable 37 Conserved Water (NCCW) is credited to the Lake McConaughy Environmental Account (EA) 38 each year at no cost to the Program, and Wyoming water is leased from the Municipal Account 39 in … reduction goals while remaining within the Program’s 905 budgetary constraints, the J-2 Project was long the Program’s top priority WAP project pursuit. 906 Engineering design of the reservoirs proceeded, along with requisite studies …

1717 bid sheet

… during inspections are not allowed. Any clarifying discussions may be converted to writing and posted to the PRRIP website for all potential bidders to read and review along with the answers. Bids must be received no later than 12:00 … Electronic copies of this bid form, as well as questions and answers related to this bid, are located on the PRRIP website at https://www.platteriverprogram.org/Contractors/Pages/OpenBiddingInvites.aspx. … posted to the PRRIP website for review. Send questions to the following location: Bruce Sackett sackettb@headwaterscorp.com 4111 4th Avenue Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 13. Title company or companies will be prescribed within the contract of …

1716 bid sheet

… during inspections are not allowed. Any clarifying discussions may be converted to writing and posted to the PRRIP website for all potential bidders to read and review along with the answers. Bids must be received no later than 12:00 … Electronic copies of this bid form, as well as questions and answers related to this bid, are located on the PRRIP website at https://www.platteriverprogram.org/Contractors/Pages/OpenBiddingInvites.aspx. … posted to the PRRIP website for review. Send questions to the following location: Bruce Sackett sackettb@headwaterscorp.com 4111 4th Avenue Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 13. Title company or companies will be prescribed within the contract of …

1715 bid sheet

… during inspections are not allowed. Any clarifying discussions may be converted to writing and posted to the PRRIP website for all potential bidders to read and review along with the answers. Bids must be received no later than 12:00 … Electronic copies of this bid form, as well as questions and answers related to this bid, are located on the PRRIP website at https://www.platteriverprogram.org/Contractors/Pages/OpenBiddingInvites.aspx. … posted to the PRRIP website for review. Send questions to the following location: Bruce Sackett sackettb@headwaterscorp.com 4111 4th Avenue Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 13. Title company or companies will be prescribed within the contract of …

RFP for Spring 2013 Prescribed Fire Services

… 2013 7 POINT OF CONTACT: Tim Tunnell, Land Manager 8 Headwaters Corporation 9 (402) 219-3883 10 tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com 11 12 I. OVERVIEW 13 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (“Program” or “PRRIP”) was initiated on January … will include, but are not limited to, prescribed fire planning and implementation, 43 mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 1/28/2013 PRRIP Spring 2013 Prescribed Fire RFP Page 4 of 24 fire-line preparation, post burn … traverses the property along the north side of 108 the both units, gravel road on the east and west sides, and black top on the south. There are manmade and 109 natural wetland features on both units. Unit C is located directly east of …

P21-006 Chapman Complex Habitat Enhancement

… below: Tim R. Tunnell Headwaters Corporation 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, Nebraska 68845 tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com A MANDATORY PRE-BID CONFERENCE will be held on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 1:00 PM CT and will be held on-site. Meet at … packet, each BIDDER must do so prior to submittal of a bid. Prequalification packets are available on the PROGRAM’s website (www.platteriverprogram.org). 4.0 LIST OF SUBCONTRACTORS. Each BIDDER shall submit a list of probable … each application shall include an affidavit of Contractor stating that all previous progress payments received on account of the Work have been applied on account to discharge Contractor’s legitimate obligations associated with prior …

2017 August TAC Minutes

… drought years. Those areas with the widest of channels seemed to be selected for even under the worst of conditions and account for some of the smaller UOCW’s. PRRIP – ED OFFICE 11/01/2017 PRRIP TAC Meeting Minutes Page 4 of 7 Rabbe said he … spring and surpassed 20% annually in 2010 as well. The Service requests page 71 reflect this as opposed to capping the top at 10%. Further, a caveat should be added about not detecting all use - as stated now, it’s states 5-10% use as …

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

… be estimated via detection trials (i.e., decoys and/or telemetry-marked birds) and results will be used in analyses to account for potential biases. Telemetry data, public reports, and reports from other monitoring efforts in the valley will … will be calculated as the percentage of decoys observed. Detection trials will also be used in detectability models to account for unequal probabilities of inclusion in the sample associated with surveying the main channel and potential …

2024 PRRIP Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol - Migrational Habitat Use in the Central Platte River Valley

… Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 1 henrym@headwaterscorp.com ii Platte River Recovery Implementation Program: 2024 Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol. Migrational Habitat Use in the Central Platte River Valley Prepared by: Malinda Henry (henrym@headwaterscorp.com) and Jason Bruggeman Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue Suite 6 … Habitat Use in the Central Platte River Valley. Cover photo courtesy of Colleen Childers mailto:henrym@headwaterscorp.com iii Table of Contents TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS …

Implementation of the Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol - Spring 2022 FINAL

… Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 jaymesm@headwaterscorp.com Suggested Citation: PRRIP 2022. Platte River Recovery Implementation Program: Implementation of the Whooping Crane …

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 …

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 … peak discharge and wetted width of the main channel. Disking and herbicide application were also included in the top model. Implementation of a short duration high flow release in a given year was predicted to increase TUCW by 0.0 – … Road density and distance to increased survey area were found to be important variablesto incorporate into the model to account for detection bias in the public sightings database. Niemuth ND, Ryba AJ, Pearse AT, Kvas SM, Brandt DA, Wangler …

Year 2 (2010) Geomorphology and In-Channel Vegetation Monitoring of the Central Platte River

… planning for implementation of the Program's Adaptive Management Plan (AMP) and use of water in the Environmental Account (EA). Specifically this information will be used to evaluate the extent of existing native and non- native … annual surveys. The surveyors took GPS readings and appropriately identified the following in the data recorder:  Top and toe of bank  Bed or ground elevation  Left and right edge of water  Main and secondary channel thalwegs  … within a square meter grid and documented the results on field data sheets. Topographic data was also collected for the top and toe of bank, grade breaks, green lines, water's edge, and the channel thalweg. The transect survey data was …

2010 August WAC Minutes

… May WAC Minutes were 41 approved with no modifications. 42 43 44 PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 11/16/2010 Page 2 of 8 PRRIP Website Training 45 Brei provided an introduction of the new Program website, both the public and password 46 protected sites. He walked the committee through the various pages including: … Monte McDonald from Riverside who developed this and has a 62 contract for support services (monte.mcdonald@riverside.com, direct line (970) 498-1833) or 63 Brei or Belanger if you have questions. 64 65 Brei reviewed how the website will be …

PRRIP 2023-2025 Prescribed Fire Services RFP

… – 5:00 pm CST 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 … to complete the work. Fire management services will include, but are not limited 46 mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – EDO Final 1/13/2023 Prescribed Fire Management Services 2023-2025 Page 4 of 22 to, prescribed fire planning … regarding the information contained in this RFP should be submitted to Tim Tunnell at 308 tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com. A list of compiled Contractor questions and responses will be maintained 309 on the Program web site …

2010 August LAC Minutes

… 106 commissioners/sheriff’s departments, if they would accept. Steffl mentioned that it could be 107 managed via a website similar to NGPC’s youth hunt program. Heaston said tests or lessons 108 given via a website would give a basis for enforcement. Heaston said The Nature Conservancy 109 charges $250/year/person for hunting … of the current status of land management planning. Draft plans for 127 tracts 2009006 and 2009007 were posted to the website for review. These are early drafts, but 128 LAC comment on proposed activities is requested. The LAC is requested …

Program Procurement Policy Effective 7/1/2023

… less than $25,000: 94 • Need for proposed item or service is documented. 95 • Requirement will be advertised on Program website for five business days. 96 • Quotes will be provided in writing by providers. 97 • Award may be to the low quote … of personnel, and other specific requirements are 102 clearly defined. 103 • Requirement will be advertised on Program website for a minimum of 15 days and 104 a maximum of 30 days, based on discretion of ED. Notice of requirements may also … analysis will be performed prior to receiving bids or 137 proposals. 138 • Requirement will be advertised on Program website for a minimum of 21 days and 139 a maximum of 45 days, based on the discretion of the ED. Notice of requirements …

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

… Slope Protection 9-inch-thick zone of riprap on upper 7 feet of the dam slopes. Soil-cement slope protection from top of slope to bottom. Reservoir levels will routinely fluctuate and waves could erode all portions of the dam if … was not feasible for the entire project because of the differences in concepts, the primary differences in costs that account for about 80 percent of the difference between the previous and updated concepts are summarized in the Table 2. …

Implementation of the Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol--Spring 2023 Final Report

… Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 1 bruggemanj@headwaterscorp.com 2 jaymesm@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP 2023 Spring Whooping Crane Report ii Platte River Recovery Implementation Program: Implementation of the Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol—Spring 2023 Report Prepared by: Jason Bruggeman (bruggemanj@headwaterscorp.com) and Mallory Jaymes (jaymesm@headwaterscorp.com) Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Executive Director’s …

2011 August TAC Minutes

… within 12 months. Brei indicated the LiDAR and Aerial Photography RFP would be available for review on the TAC website by the end of August. The contract and RFP will have the same specs as the current contracts, but will be a … database. Baasch will post the table outlining all sources of data compiled into the database to date to the Program website for the TAC to provide feedback. Tacha stated we needed to make certain ‘data quality’ (i.e., confirmed sighting, … a proposed format for tracking the status of evaluating Priority Hypotheses that will be posted to the Program’s website so everyone knows how we are addressing each of them. A similar format will be devised to track the various …

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 … to an Invitation for Bid shall be made solely by a written addendum issued by the Program and posted on the Program website (www.platteriverprogram.org) Bid Submittal: Bids can be scanned and emailed to grieblings@headwaterscorp.com or … grieblings@headwaterscorp.com. A list of compiled Consultant questions and responses will be maintained on the Program website (www.PlatteRiverProgram.org) in the same location as this IFB solicitation. Pre-Bid Meeting: A mandatory pre-bid …

FINAL PRRIP 2014 State of the Platte Report

… Area in the central Platte River, highlighting Program habitat complexes 47 in the western half of the 90-mile reach (top map) and the eastern half (bottom map). Program 48 implementation, data collection, and analysis described in the 2014 …

YEAR 3 (2011) FINAL REPORT Channel Geomorphology and In-Channel Vegetation Monitoring of the Central Platte River

… planning for implementation of the Program's Adaptive Management Plan (AMP) and use of water in the Environmental Account (EA). Specifically this information will be used to evaluate the extent of existing native and non- native … and appropriately identified the following in the data recorder: PRRIP Year 3 Final Report Ayres Associates 3.4  Top and toe of bank  Bed or ground elevation  Left and right edge of water of all channels  Main and secondary channel … within a square meter grid and documented the results on field data sheets. Topographic data was also collected for the top and toe of bank, grade breaks, green lines, water's edge, and the channel thalweg. The transect survey data was …

PRRIP Prescribed Fire RFP

… 31, 2020 7 POINT OF CONTACT: Tim R. Tunnell, Senior Land Manager 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 … are 42 distributed along a ninety mile reach of the Platte River in central Nebraska. 43 mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 1/7/2020 PRRIP Spring 2020-2022 Prescribed Fire RFP Page 4 of 24 The Contractor will be … and the burn objective 240 will identify a specific, measurable, parameter such as remove 75% of available fuels or top-kill 50% of 241 trees less than three (3) inches diameter at breast height (DBH). 242 243 Prior to the burn, Burn …

PRRIP Procurement Policy Updated 7/1/2021

… less than $25,000: 94 • Need for proposed item or service is documented. 95 • Requirement will be advertised on Program website for five business days. 96 • Quotes will be provided in writing by providers. 97 • Award may be to the low quote … of personnel, and other specific requirements are 102 clearly defined. 103 • Requirement will be advertised on Program website for a minimum of 15 days and 104 a maximum of 30 days, based on discretion of ED. Notice of requirements may also … analysis will be performed prior to receiving bids or 137 proposals. 138 • Requirement will be advertised on Program website for a minimum of 21 days and 139 a maximum of 45 days, based on the discretion of the ED. Notice of requirements …

Jennifer Hoeting CV

… and Jennifer A. Hoeting (2013). Computational Statistics, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 469 pages. Book website with code and examples: www.stat.colostate.edu/computationalstatistics/ Givens, Geof H. and Jennifer A. Hoeting … https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspi.2019.05.005 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jspi.2019.05.005 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13253-019-00354-6 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13253-019-00354-6 https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/2041-210X.13140 …

1-D Hydraulic Model Draft Hydraulic Modeling Technical Memorandum

… 9 The stage upstream from the Tri-County Diversion Structure is generally maintained at an elevation 10 equal to the top of the Ogee Spillway (pers. comm., Cory Steinke/CNPPID), so a constant stage of 11 2770.04 feet NAVD 88 was used over … the bank) to improve calibration. In areas where no survey data were available, the channel 7 bottom was adjusted to account for the area below the water surface in the LiDAR survey (Figures 2.2 8 and 2.3). 9 Calibration Results 10 … Filtering and Subaqueous Channel Adjustment 2 Thinned Data from LiDAR Sub-aqueous channel bathymetry was added to account for conveyance in this area PRRIP 1-D Hydraulic Model Keystone to North Platte Page 13 Hydraulic Modeling …

PRRIP Spring 2012 Prescribed Fire Services RFP

… 2012 7 POINT OF CONTACT: Tim Tunnell, Land Manager 8 Headwaters Corporation 9 (402) 219-3883 10 tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com 11 12 I. OVERVIEW 13 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (“Program” or “PRRIP”) was initiated on January … wildfire suppression. Contractors 44 must be able to provide their own equipment. 45 46 mailto:tunnellt@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP – ED OFFICE FINAL 1/30/2012 PRRIP Spring 2012 Prescribed Fire RFP Page 4 of 24 Contractors must also be … and the burn 273 objective will identify a specific, measurable, parameter such as remove 75% of available fuels or top-kill 274 50% of trees less than three (3) inches diameter at breast height (DBH). 275 276 Prior to the burn, Burn …

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