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… said it is a good question, we will see over the next couple 56 of years if the addition of the large nesting site by Lexington results in a productivity difference from our 57 older sites. Runge asked about older sites like Blue Hole and Broadfoot. Farnsworth said even an old site 58 like Broadfoot South, even though it is a long-term nesting site, when the Program got involved we had 59 to … improve our effectiveness and 67 efficiency collecting this data. The EDO is working through processes to determine how best to 68 operationalize this immense amount of data to make it useful for the Program. 69 70 Tools now being used: 71 1) …
… said it is a good question, we will see over the next couple 56 of years if the addition of the large nesting site by Lexington results in a productivity difference from our 57 older sites. Runge asked about older sites like Blue Hole and Broadfoot. Farnsworth said even an old site 58 like Broadfoot South, even though it is a long-term nesting site, when the Program got involved we had 59 to … improve our effectiveness and 67 efficiency collecting this data. The EDO is working through processes to determine how best to 68 operationalize this immense amount of data to make it useful for the Program. 69 70 Tools now being used: 71 1) …
… IS THE MEASURED HORIZONTAL DISTANCE. UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED, ALL DEMOLISHED MATERIAL SHALL BE REMOVED FROM THE PROJECT SITE AND DISPOSED OF IN A LOCATION APPROVED BY ENGINEER. LOCATIONS OF EXISTING FEATURES AND UTILITIES SHOWN ARE … EDGE OF WATER PUBLIC PARCEL WETLAND BOUNDARY AutoCAD SHX Text ADDITIONAL APPROXIMATE AVENUE BOUNDARY BUILDING BENCHMARK BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE BASIS OF BEARING CONCRETE BOX CULVERT COMMERCIAL GRADE CONCRETE CHANNEL CENTERLINE, CONTROL LINE … PLAN PRIOR TO STARTING WORK RD 433 RD 750 RD 435 RD 749 600030003000 APPROXIMATE SCALE IN FEET 0 RD 749 RD 749 RD 749 SITE ACCESS PLAN SOUTH ACCESS - PRIVATE ROADS & BRIDGE CONTRACTOR TO COORDINATE SCHEDULE AND ACCESS WITH LANDOWNERS. NORTH …
… Resources Engineer 9 405 Urban Street, Suite 401 10 Lakewood, CO 80228 11 (720) 524-6115 12 turners@headwaterscorp.com 13 14 RECITALS 15 The Governance Committee (GC) of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program or 16 … contractor Dun & Bradstreet (D-U-N-S) number or other means of identification in the U.S System 53 for Award Management site (www.sam.gov). 54 55 7) Acceptance of the terms and conditions as outlined in the attached Program’s Consultant … reject any and all proposals received in response to this 65 RFP and to cancel this solicitation if it is deemed in the best interest of the Program to do so. Issuance of 66 this RFP in no way constitutes a commitment by the Program to award …
… habitat or numbers of birds in PRRIP, the decision questions appear to be 230 resource allocation issues: what is the best use of X amounts of money and Y amount of water, 231 and Z amount of land? Is it better to focus land / water on … 253 33. Add vegetation establishment as a negative for on-channel habitat in the Habitat CEM 254 http://www.compassrm.com/about.php ISAC responses to PRRIP Questions at October 2015 Meeting Page 7 of 13 34. Consider varying in width the … at October 2015 Meeting Page 9 of 13 44. Figures 1-4 (2015 Wet Meadow Hydrologic Data Summary Draft) illustrate site-specific time series of 323 ground and surface water elevations. Please add the ground surface elevation (ft.) so …
… River 70 Recovery Implementation Foundation. The LAC has initiated the land evaluation process and 71 has held two site visits to evaluate potential Program properties. The LAC will discuss those site 72 evaluations at the July meeting … we are keeping 142 very detailed accounting in coordination with Reclamation. Lawson said he is working through 143 how best to determine how to obligate/spend federal dollars based on what is received as an 144 appropriation. Barels said we … group of partners coalesced last fall around 190 a need for topographic data; LiDAR was generally understood to be the best form of data. 191 Acting together, the partners could get high-quality services at a lower price. The consortium is …
… SUBJECT: 2012 Elm Creek Complex River Island Construction PROJECT NUMBER: P12-002 REQUEST DATE: July 2, 2012 PRE-BID SITE VISIT: July 17, 2012 – 3:00 pm central time CLOSING DATE: July 27, 2012 – 2:00 pm central time POINT OF CONTACT: Justin Brei Headwaters Corporation 4111 4th Ave, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 breij@headwaterscorp.com I. OVERVIEW This document is written with the sole purpose of soliciting bids for the building of islands in the river … closing time for receipt of proposals. i. AWARD AND REJECTION: The contract will be awarded to the lowest and/or best qualified responsible bidder. The Program reserves the right to reject any or all proposals or waive any informality …
… Copyright ©American Ornithological Society 2019. All rights reserved. For permissions, e-mail: journals.permissions@oup.com. RESEARCH ARTICLE Near-ultraviolet light reduced Sandhill Crane collisions with a power line by 98% James F. Dwyer,*, … line markers is most commonly recommended and used (APLIC 2012). Even with line markers at 2–10 times as dense as the best available science recommends, hundreds of Sandhill Crane col- lisions occur annually on the power line (Wright et al. … Cranes migrate annually through Nebraska, and many of these birds use the Platte River Valley as a migratory stopover site (Gerber et al. 2014). We studied the ACAS at a power line crossing the Central Platte River at the Iain Nicolson …
… combinations of soils, hydrology, size and location. Mormon Island and adjacent to Rowe Sanctuary have some of best existing combinations There are too many possible combinations of site characteristics to allow for a meaningful characterization of “desirable” conditions. Basic information need to … increases, surface soils stay frozen longer. Where groundwater is closer to the surface soils thaw sooner. Each site will respond to river channel stage uniquely, this hypothesis is a prerequisite to many of the other hypotheses (if …
… 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 … member from the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) Executive Director’s Office (EDO) will stake the site. See the attached plan sheets for details. General notes, specifications and project information are provided below. … (1') BORING EDGE OF WATER PUBLIC PARCEL WETLAND BOUNDARY ADDITIONAL APPROXIMATE AVENUE BOUNDARY BUILDING BENCHMARK BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE BASIS OF BEARING CONCRETE BOX CULVERT COMMERCIAL GRADE CONCRETE CHANNEL CENTERLINE, CONTROL LINE …
… For this analysis, both the mean and median discharge during the period were evaluated to assess which one provides the best correlation. c. Total unvegetated width (Wunveg) versus annual peak discharge (Qp). d. Total unvegetated width …
… jointly by numerous Program partners that reflect different interpretations of how 48 river processes work and the best approach to meeting Program goals. The cooperative nature of 49 the hypotheses reveals a shared attempt on the part of Program cooperators and partners to use 50 the best available science in an agreed-upon manner to implement experiments, learn, and revise 51 management actions … data 257 • Tern/plover nesting habitat – areal extent of bars from aerial photos (assess from sediment 258 augmentation site to Kearney; focus on Cottonwood Ranch); includes evaluation of habitat 259 parameters for terns and plovers as …
… 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 … A list of compiled Consultant questions and responses will be 221 maintained on the Program web site (www.PlatteRiverProgram.org) in the same location as this RFP 222 solicitation. 223 mailto:turners@headwaterscorp.com … any and all proposals received in response 320 to this RFP and to cancel this solicitation if it is deemed in the best interest of the Program to do so. 321 Issuance of this RFP in no way constitutes a commitment by the Program to award …
… Complex could be important. Caven agreed, surveys on new properties could be important. FQI of Binfield West is one of best in state. Henry asking to confirm what she is hearing. Jenniges summarizes: 2022 survey with Chapman Complex added at … caging. Jenniges asked about Broadfoot South. Hasn’t it always had low productivity? Henry, our records have it as a site with high investment, low return over the long term. That is why we chose to implement management there. Learn from it before we lose it. Tunnell said lease is up in 2024. Rabbe said if avian predation is site-specific we could rest a site, let it veg up a year, to see if predators stop focusing on it. Will see if numbers …
… POINT OF CONTACT: Kevin Werbylo 10 Headwaters Corporation 11 Office: 720-524-6115 (ext. 105) 12 werbylok@headwaterscorp.com 13 14 I. OVERVIEW 15 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) was initiated on January 1, 2007 16 … 3 of 11 72 Build-out totals: 73 Capacity will exist to deliver 65 to 90 cubic feet per second (CFS) to the project site 74 through a pipeline from the Phelps County Canal. 75 Total ponded area across the site is anticipated to be about … any and all proposals received in response to this RFP and to cancel this solicitation if it is 366 deemed in the best interest of the Program to do so. Issuance of this RFP in no way constitutes a 367 commitment by the Program to award …
… 3 II.B. MIGRATION STOPOVER SITE CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................... 4 II.B.1. Whooping Crane Use Site … following factors must be met: (1) location of sighting is within the normal migration corridor and is an appropriate site for whooping cranes, (2) date of sighting is within period of migration, (3) accurate physical description, (4) …
… add 3 discussion items to the agenda: 1) Wind Energy Mitigation Project; 2) Capstone Project; and 3) whooping stopover site evaluation at the end of the agenda. August, 2012 TAC Minutes Besson asked the group if there were any changes to the … work on for their UNL Capstone Project. The EDO will provide UNL an ‘RFP’ for developing an off-channel sand and water site, in-channel islands, and palustrine wetland on the Program’s Wyoming and Blessing properties and the students would … is required in 2013 at the technical level of the Program to address the true intent of Priority Hypothesis TP1 and how best to analyze Program data to evaluate the relationship between in-channel and off-channel habitat selection and use by …
… for a TAC Subcommittee 28 Farnsworth discussed the necessity for assistance to the LAC in determining how best to manage 29 complex buffer and grassland acres, and if or how success in this management should be 30 evaluated. … guidance on what species or vegetation targets these acres could be 32 managed for, if anything specific, and how best to evaluate success of these actions. Czaplewski 33 asked if wet meadow discussion would be a part of the … the landowner has had discussions with 58 the nearby Nebraska Nature Center about placing a nature viewing camera on site. 59 60 LaBonde made a motion to recommend that the GC approve commencement of appraisal 61 and negotiations for tract …
… habitat complexes. Rabbe said it might not make sense at certain complexes based on conditions but this particular site has hydrological conditions that may favor success. He said he does not have the expectation that we are going to go … was those areas are above the high water mark but have swales that could be classified as wetlands. We could shape the site if we are pushing sand around on the island and not into the channel. Looking at the amount of soil development and … island. Rabbe asked if we could consider spraying these by helicopter each year. Tunnell said helicopter would be the best option but it would be an issue of timing as to when the crew is here doing phragmites work. Walters said it would be …
… Why it matters: • Don’t need AM if there’s no uncertainty; save $ • BUT, ignoring uncertainty and assuming “we know best” has proven wrong multiple times • Focusing science on critical uncertainties with biggest impact on key management … forward: • Formulate alternative hypotheses to predator control • Explore Before-After-Control-Impact (BACI) designs at site scale • Apply multivariate approaches to generate hypotheses about why some sand pits have more nests / fledglings … predation outlined by EDO is important. • Continue exploring ways to mitigate predation. • Explore apparent effects of site age and possible actions to tackle age effects. Target Species - How to manage piping plovers 11 Challenge: How to …
… target flows and consider revising / updating existing target flows? a. We don’t think that a peer review would be the best way forward at this time; a peer review would be very critical of the existing target flows, as the assumptions, data … Bowman (1994, pg. 2) noted that: “while the information used by the Service in formulating target flows is the best available, continual acquisition and analysis of scientific and habitat management information are necessary”. The … to examine options that could meet these targets in a practicable manner. Federal agencies are required to use best available science (e.g., ESA Section 7), which has advanced considerably since 1994. d. The Program has functioned …
… information using data sheets, which included aerial flight logs, aerial observations, ground search efforts, and use site monitoring logs. The area of study, often referred to as the Big Bend region stretches from the Highway 283 Platte … before cancelling the flight, that is unless the pilot cancelled the flight for the day prior to that using their best judgement. River transects were flown east to west and the plane was oriented south of the southern-most river … and would be re-labeled as a new group and given a new crane group ID the next day if they were still in the area. Use site #’s were notated either as a numerical value if the crane group was observed in a riverine, lacustrine, or palustrine …
… Director’s Office (EDO), which included aerial flight logs, aerial observations, ground search efforts, and use site monitoring logs. The area of study stretched from the Highway 283 Platte River bridge near Lexington, Nebraska to the … before cancelling the flight, that is unless the pilot cancelled the flight for the day prior to that using their best judgement. River transects were flown east to west and the plane was oriented south of the southern-most river … and would be re-labeled as a new group and given a new crane group ID the next day if they were still in the area. Use site #’s were notated either as a numerical value if the crane group was observed in a riverine, lacustrine, or palustrine …
… submit questions. Need to make sure stay within scope for ISAC. Tern/plover Foraging Study: Crew leader is working on site locations, making sure can get access, permits, etc. By May, the full crew will be here and the study will be up and … lot of other models (original thinking), but feel it’s better to give people flexibility to use what they think is the best tool. Instead of having Ayres do topography surveys for this feasibility analysis, Smith said the Program will keep …
… were offered. Walters moved to approve the May 2010 TAC minutes; Fritz seconded. Minutes approved. PRRIP Web Site Training Brei discussed the various features of the PRRIP web site and walked through how to post, access, and modify documents on the site. 2010 PRRIP Tern and Plover Monitoring, … (Flatwater Group) said we needed to be pretty selective about the sediment we use. C. Smith said it appears the best strategy may be to augment sediment at 3 locations (Cook, Dyer, and Overton Sand and Gravel). Farnsworth provided a …
… Appendix C. Table of UTM Coordinates for Study Site Cross Sections ..............................................53 Appendix D. Whooping Crane Roost Observations …
… Keldsen said no, plover nests are given priority for camera placement, with any remaining cameras dedicated to a site being set at tern nests to reach predetermined number of cameras at each site. For 2022, 36 plover nests received cameras, only 3 plover nests did not receive cameras. Zorn asked about the … Basin landcover product into this. When we have LiDAR, we will use it but working backward in time we will have to use best available source. Jenniges asked about sources for WC use locations. Farrell said this is a 2-tiered analysis. It …
… 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 …
… EVALUATION REPORT For TRACT W201601 Prepared for: Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Land Advisory Committee Site Visit Date: April 29, 2024 Evaluation Report Completion Date: ? PRRIP – ED OFFICE CONFIDENTIAL FINAL 05/07/2024 Table … are: • Matt Rabbe, Jim Jenniges, Dave Zorn and Tim Tunnell B. Date of Evaluation The Evaluation Team performed a site visit on April 29, 2024. A draft of this Evaluation Report was presented to the Land Advisory Committee (LAC) and … Land cover/use information for this phase of the land evaluation process is compiled by Program Staff utilizing best available Geographic Information System (GIS) datasets developed by the Program and its partners. A more detailed …
… Director’s Office (EDO), which included aerial flight logs, aerial observations, ground search efforts, and use site monitoring logs. The area of study ran from the Highway 283 Platte River bridge near Lexington, NE to the Platte … before cancelling the flight, that is unless the pilot cancelled the flight for the day prior to that using their best judgement. River transects were flown east to west and the plane was oriented south of the southern-most river … unique crane group ID icons, the dates of observation, the number of cranes in each group, crane group ID’s, use site ID’s (if available), whether the group was observed systematically or opportunistically, and total crane use days. …
… a wet meadow you shouldn’t expect use for a while. Baasch said the telemetry data appears seems to refute the notion of site fidelity. Baasch expressed concerns that the continuous use monitoring data may never be able to answer those … management, but did not support the release of data outside of the partnership. Rabbe said the use of the data as ‘best available science’ would make the data available to everyone once a biological opinion that used the data is released … maximum adult counts in table 5 to match graphs; and ensure visits and survey times in Table 4 are cored (e.g., 220 site visits to Blue Hole and 448 hours). Jenniges suggested the TAC review the report and finalize it during the May TAC …
… this specific project. The lagged accretions reaching the Platte River from the recharge project were estimated using a site-specific numerical groundwater model developed for the Program. A portion of the lagged accretions from the canal … normal years and for specific years, similar to the Pre-Feasibility Study. Figure 4 shows the three normal years that best match the average flow of all the normal years during the 1947-2006 period used in the Water Management Study 35 . … 1,936 AFY when scored as an independent project, without impacts from other WAP projects. This score range represents a best-case scenario and assumes the Phelps recharge project is the diversion priority at all times. Analyses were completed …
… was in place by 1923-1940, flow records for this period at Overton probably represent a reasonable basis and the best available reference information for an IHA analysis of year-round flow regime changes in the central Platte River in … influences meadow hydrology temporally, and soil composition and surface drainage patterns may influence local site hydrology. These factors, however, are not associated with individual Program Alternatives and are therefore regarded … Audubon Society. Tavernier, Florida. Austin, E.A. and A.L. Richert. 2001. A comprehensive review of observational and site evaluation data of migrant whooping cranes in the United States, 1943-99. U.S. Geological Survey. Northern Prairie …
… wrapped into 1; landowner attitude/awareness, river system comparison, non-riverine roost evaluation, and upland site evaluation. Harner stated the study has gone through several iterations and we started with a very large and … protocol, etc) and having the EDO participate in an expanded study because of the timing of whooping crane use, site evaluations, and tern and plover monitoring. C. Smith asked if the Whooping Crane Recovery Team or anyone was working … a state channel (now a wetland) that runs through this area so it conveys more water. S. Smith and Kenny stated at best, the choke point issue probably won’t be resolved until summer/fall of 2013. The other potential option to better …
… be making decisions based on results of the study and that waiting until 2019 to review the final report may not be the best approach; Jenniges supported peer reviewing the study plan. Smith stated peer reviewing the study plan through normal …
… more, demonstrating that sites with cases only are not necessarily active. Aquatic and terrestrial sampling found one site to support densities similar to those reported from the type locality. Most other sites represented 30 percent or … to travel to Brazil on a two-month student exchange in early 2009. My exchange in Brazil was undoubtedly one of the best experiences of my life. I would also like to thank the other members on my committee for their assistance. Dr. Paul … a regional term used to describe any backwater or pool with a soft muddy substrate and emergent vegetation (dictionary.com). These sloughs are considered ecologically significant because of their high levels of biological productivity and …
… OF CONTACT: Kevin Werbylo 10 Headwaters Corporation 11 Office: 720-524-6115 (ext. 105) 12 werbylok@headwaterscorp.com 13 14 I. OVERVIEW 15 The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (Program) was initiated on January 1, 2007 … final 90 design of the facility is completed, the Consultant will be responsible for bid letting and 91 providing on-site construction administration for quality control and quality assurance. 92 93 Figure 1: Map showing the location of … any and all proposals received in response to this RFP and to cancel this solicitation if it is 478 deemed in the best interest of the Program to do so. Issuance of this RFP in no way constitutes a 479 commitment by the Program to …
… Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 jaymesm@headwaterscorp.com Suggested Citation: Jaymes, M.L. 2020. Platte River Recovery Implementation Program: 2020 Implementation of the … information using data sheets, which included aerial flight logs, aerial observations, ground search efforts, and use site monitoring logs. The area of study (Figure 1), often referred to as the Big Bend region stretches from the Highway … to improve before cancelling the flight, unless the pilot cancelled the flight for the day prior to that using their best judgement. Two types of transects were flown to ensure coverage of both on-channel riverine and off-channel wetland …
… Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 jaymesm@headwaterscorp.com Suggested Citation: Jaymes, M.L. 2020. Platte River Recovery Implementation Program: 2020 Implementation of the … to improve before cancelling the flight, unless the pilot cancelled the next day’s flight on the day prior using their best judgement. Two types of transects were flown to ensure coverage of both on- channel riverine and off-channel wetland … observations using data sheets, which included aerial flight logs, aerial observations, ground search efforts, and use site monitoring logs. Using metrics developed by the EDO, in conjunction with a Geographic Information System (GIS), and …
… been looking for a contractor to chip the trees 171 because they are located in a potential off-channel nesting habitat site. A contractor in Grand 172 Island can chip and grind the trees for a reasonable price. The bid package will be … in excess of this budget that add to the authorized funds 191 still available. DeWeese asked if this would be a new web site or would build on existing web 192 site. Kenny said this would replace the existing web site and immensely expand the … large ecosystem restoration programs 216 as examples of data management. Daren said the Everglades system is one of the best, but most 217 other examples fall short of what the Platte needs. 218 219 Kenny said he is a fan of System B – System …
… formal test of nest cages • Key question is how much predation is acceptable to the Program and USFWS? • Consider best way to analyze predation data to isolate effects of predator control actions given site differences • Want OCSWs to be a population source, not a sink • Great to have USGS studies summarized by Rose Swift … to climate change impacts o Ability to meld Adaptive Management and Climate Change Adaptation https://www.ecowatch.com/flooding-nebraska-bomb-cyclone-2631998694.html …
… 1 6 Site Description … Keystone Diversion to the Tri-County Diversion, as there was 30 no existing unsteady model in the downstream reach. 31 Site Description 32 Model Extents 33 The headwaters of the North Platte River originate in Colorado. The North Platte … gates were assumed to be fully 15 open, in order to represent a condition in which no flow was diverted. This condition best represented a 16 scenario in which no flow was diverted at these structures. 17 Model Calibration 18 Calibration Data … 28 increases. The development process detailed above focused primarily on finalizing the geometric 29 parameters that best characterize the routing behavior of the river system for the hydrographs that 30 were available for calibration. …
… Range of natural flow variation which might affect Pallid sturgeon (though temperature may be more important than flow) Best guess functional relationship Uncertainty in functional relationship (large) How would the data be analyzed and …
… Executive Director’s Office (EDO), included aerial flight logs, aerial observations, ground search efforts, and use site monitoring logs. 3 2015 Fall/Winter Whooping Crane Monitoring Report 2/16/2016 The area of study ran from the Highway … to two hours after sunrise for conditions to improve before cancelling the flight that is unless the pilot, using their best judgement, cancelled the flight for the day prior to that. River transects were flown east to west and the plane was … were still in the area. Table 1 includes the date of observations, the number of cranes spotted, crane group ID, use site number and/or location ID, whether it was a systematic or opportunistic observation, and crane use days. A map and …
… piping plover nests monitored on sandpits in 2001. 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. The most birds detected during … are located in the protocol. Total Nests Initiated The total nests initiated is the number of nests detected during the site surveys. There were 27 least tern nests and 10 piping plover nest initiations documented in 2001 (Tables 9 and 10). … to abundance of birds. The surveyors will spend at least 20 minutes at each site on these survey days to obtain the best estimates of bird counts. If the survey is not conducted on the 15th, the survey nearest this date should be recorded …
… Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 jaymesm@headwaterscorp.com Suggested Citation: Jaymes, M.L. 2021. Platte River Recovery Implementation Program: 2021 Implementation of the … https://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?site_no=06768000 https://waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/uv?site_no=06770500 … cancelling the flight. Pilots were also able to cancel flights the night before or morning of a flight based on their best judgment of the forecasted weather and current conditions. Two types of transects were flown to ensure coverage of …
… effectiveness of management measures • Forecast rate and locations of spreading 5. Early solutions will provide best future and avoid foreclosure of future options, but implement control programs as AM experiments F. AMP Management …
… partners (State of 47 Nebraska, CNPPID, and PRRIP). LaBonde asked if the land acquisitions for the J-2 reservoir 48 site will be vetted through the LAC. Kenny said not in the same way as habitat lands. The 49 project needs and planning … weigh in on whether or not to leave it as 97 dryland crop or carry out the conversion. The LAC agreed that it would be best left in cropland 98 at this time. This change will be noted in the next annual work plan for tract 2009002. 99 … administrative concerns (ie. adding or removing tenants) should not interfere with 110 implementation of the Program’s best management actions. The LAC consented to the removal 111 of the cross fence and resulting reduction of tenants. …
… for nesting least terns and/or piping plovers. There were 41 sites surveyed during the Cooperative Agreement period. A site is defined as a sandpit or constructed riverine island that was monitored according to the survey protocol. The …
… on Platte River issues this 97 semester. 98 Kenny presented poster at UNL Water for 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 … to remove Tract 918 from further 304 consideration at this time; Berryman seconded. Motion approved. 305 306 PRRIP Web Site 307 Monte McDonald from Riverside Technologies provided the GC with a presentation and demonstration 308 of the new Program web site. Farnsworth walked the GC through how the ED Office intends to use the 309 web site. Purcell asked if there are any …