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… H. R. 1865 One Hundred Sixteenth Congress of the United States of America AT THE FIRST SESSION Begun and held at the City of … Treasury (hereafter in this Act referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall mint and issue the following coin: (1) $5 GOLD COINS.—Not more than 50,000 $5 coins, which shall— (A) weigh 8.359 grams; (B) have a diameter of 0.850 inches; and (C) … in this subsection, the amendments made by this section shall apply to distribu- tions with respect to employees who die after December 31, 2019. (2) COLLECTIVE BARGAINING EXCEPTION.—In the case of a plan maintained pursuant to 1 or more …
… by the U.S. Government, contractors must be registered with the U.S. Government and be in good standing. 7) Can the website be hosted externally at a secure data center, like those provided by Amazon, Microsoft, Google, or GoDaddy? All … DNR stream flow data, does PRRIP refer or fetch data from any other site that is then refined and displayed on PRRIP’s website? PRRIP does not collect data from any other outside website sources. 11) What are the links to the source data for … people will need training on database editing and reporting usage. Contractor may be asked to give a presentation at one to four committee meetings to provide site overview for end users. 25) Will the website send email newsletters? That …
… 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 … that reviews, directs, and provides 21 oversight for activities undertaken during the Program. The GC is comprised of one 22 representative from each of the three states, three water user representatives, two representatives 23 from … enhancements). 48 49 Current System Description 50 The current System is located at www.platteriverprogram.org. The website is built upon 51 Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Server, Service Pack 1. The database is Microsoft SQL Database 52 …
… if birds nesting in both of the principal breeding habitats (sandpits and sand- bars) tend to prefer feeding in only one of these habitats, then management efforts might focus on improving access to foods in the lesser-used foraging … habitat types. Accordingly, rigorous analyses could not be conducted on the role of nest-site habitat type (sandpit com- pared to sandbar) in use of foraging habitat by Platte River least terns and piping plovers. Although low nesting … ke r ( C ar pi od es sp .) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 U ni de nt ifi ed su ck er (U ni de nt ifi ed C at os to m i- da e) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 U ni de nt ifi ed m in no w (U ni de nt ifi ed C yp rin i- da e) 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 …
… if birds nesting in both of the principal breeding habitats (sandpits and sand- bars) tend to prefer feeding in only one of these habitats, then management efforts might focus on improving access to foods in the lesser-used foraging … habitat types. Accordingly, rigorous analyses could not be conducted on the role of nest-site habitat type (sandpit com- pared to sandbar) in use of foraging habitat by Platte River least terns and piping plovers. Although low nesting … ke r ( C ar pi od es sp .) 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 U ni de nt ifi ed su ck er (U ni de nt ifi ed C at os to m i- da e) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 U ni de nt ifi ed m in no w (U ni de nt ifi ed C yp rin i- da e) 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 …
… 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,*, … but collisions can persist on marked power lines. For example, hundreds of Sandhill Cranes (Antigone canadensis) die annually in collisions with marked power lines at the Iain Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary (Rowe), a major … structure supporting the power line span we studied, and each light produced peak wavelengths of 380 nm (2 lights; one 50 watt and one 100 watt) or 395 nm (2 lights, one 50 watt and one 100 watt). Each light was built around a Chanzon …
… for a decade at the designated levels before downlisting could occur. Alternative Criterion 1A – If only one additional wild self-sustaining population is re- established, then the AWBP must reach 400 individuals (i.e. 100 … before downlisting could occur. This alternative is based on the principle that with the re- establishment of only one additional population separate from the AWBP, then crane numbers must be higher in both populations than if there are … have helped protect wetlands throughout North America that cranes depend on during migration. In winter, a little over one-third of the flock is found on private lands (Tom Stehn, ANWR, pers. comm.). Many actions to protect the species have …
… decreases in income would occur in the Habitat Area (without dryland farming), but that the impacts represent less than one-tenth of 1 percent of the total economic activity in the region. 4 INDICATORS Indicators of potential impact are … described population, demographic, and economic history and trends. The Bureau of the Census factfinder portion of the website at http://www.census.gov, used most frequently for year 1990 and/or 2000 population and median age data. … from coast to coast in the United States and Canada, generally from July through September. Thousands of birds may die during a single outbreak. Summer outbreaks typically involve dabbling ducks and shorebirds. Although both migrating …
… whooping crane monitoring report; new Program publications; 95 updates on Program water projects and the new Program website and database. 96 PRRIP – EDO FINAL 06/12/2018 March 13-14, 2018 PRRIP GC Quarterly Meeting Minutes 3 | P a g e … Tiered Consultations. Ament asked about Colorado consultations. Rabbe 143 said the OMAD missile project is the main one, it is a Department of Defense road project. Urie asked 144 about depletions that do not fit under the existing MOA. … the State of Nebraska. There are also 222 three pending grants that could provide matching funds. Barels said this is one of the best things the Program 223 can do to keep water moving through the system. LaBonde asked what the total cash …
… and regional climate patterns. For example, water years 2009 and 2013 were relatively dry, and water year 2011 was one of the wettest years on record (Tetra Tech 2015). These types of influences on water resources would continue. 3.3.2 … and Vegetation Monitoring Program was implemented to collect and analyze a suite of data over a multi-year time frame. One of the objectives was to document trends in channel geomorphology parameters throughout the central Platte River … outside the control of the Program. For example, water years 2009 and 2013 were relatively dry, and water year 2011 was one of the wettest years on record (Tetra Tech 2015). These types of influences on water resources would continue. 3.4.2 …
… occurred on June 8 during the EA release. Cumulative flow through 48 late July was 376,021 AF. Turner noted that only one year (2013) had lower cumulative flow at 49 this point in the year, and that was followed by flooding in … Platte Compact Canal (aka Perkins 65 County Canal) project. There is a link to project information on the Nebraska DNR website 66 (https://dnr.nebraska.gov/perkins-county-canal). An RFP was issued to solicit consulting 67 services for tasks …
… also show that neither the Northern Great Plains nor the Great Lakes population would recolonize the other if one was lost. The absence of immigration to abundant vacant habitat in the Great Lakes over more than 25 years is … melodus), in Poole, A., ed., Birds of North America Online, Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology: Birds of North America website at http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/002. Elliott-Smith, E., S.M. Haig, and B.M. Powers. 2009. Data from … (does not include Louisiana) > 668 does not include Louisiana (54 in CH) 29% (> .02% in CH) Data from 1 www.50states.com; 2 Clark 1993; 3 N.Winstead, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, in litt. 2008; 4 www.Surfrider.org; 5 H. Hall, …
… densities and adult activity at each location. Two of the six historic sites were considered extirpated as of 2007, and one of these was the type locality. Between 2009 and 2010, 104 new sites with potential PRCF habitat were visited, and 21 … or 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 … 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 …
… down the current natural flow area and discharge closer to the bridge. • Culvert connections between old sand pits. One of the owners of the property in this location indicated that they were not interested in construction of new … in the documentation, etc. If this question is asked in the future it is recommended that the information on the PRRIP website be referenced. It states: In 1997, the states of Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska and the Department of Interior … of Highway 83 Bridge 2790 2792 2794 2796 2798 2800 2802 2804 0 5000 10000 15000 20000 Flow (cfs) St ag e (1 92 9 da tu m in fe et ) Project Update Report Platte River Restoration and Enhancement Project Page 46 Table 4 Comparison of …
… the northern Great Plains and the Yukon-Kuskokwim (YK) Delta in western Alaska. Cranes were still carrying about one 11 Sandhill Cranes Appendix, Platte River FEIS pound of fat—equivalent to what was stored along the Platte River in … 1987). Iverson et al. (1987) defined wet meadow as an area with standing sheet water or saturated soils located within one-half mile of the North Platte River in a grassland (pasture) cover type. Cranes roosted in five principal areas within … < < /CHS /CHT /DAN /DEU /ESP /FRA /ITA /JPN /KOR /NLD (Gebruik deze instellingen om Adobe PDF-documenten te maken die zijn geoptimaliseerd voor prepress-afdrukken van hoge kwaliteit. De gemaakte PDF-documenten kunnen worden geopend met …
… Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 bruggemanj@headwaterscorp.com 22 December 2023 mailto:bruggemanj@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP 2023 Plover and Tern Final Report ii Suggested Citation: … to 84 of the 124 tern nests observed during 2023. Sixty-four nests successfully fledged (0.516 of nests); two nests and one brood failed due to abandonment (0.024); one nest failed due to flooding (0.008); one nest failed due to weather (0.008); and 15 nests failed due to predation …
… Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 mohlmank@headwaterscorp.com Suggested Citation: Mohlman, K.L.2020. Platte River Recovery Implementation Program: 2019 interior least tern and … research projects are finalized, detailed methodologies and results for such projects can be found on the Program’s website (www.platteriverprogram.org). Appendices … construction and vegetation management efforts. In 2019 daily flows were normal during May, with a spike in June, and one very large spike in July when the flooding came through. The flows then dropped back down in August. The peak …
… apearse@usgs.gov Dave Baasch, Wildlife Biologist, Headwaters Corporation; 308-390-0456; baaschd@headwaterscorp.com Mark Bidwell, Species at Risk Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service; 306-975-4688; mark.bidwell@ec.gc.ca Mary Harner, … six transmitters stopped providing data (four mortalities, two transmitters with confirmed antenna breakage; Table 1). One transmitter stopped providing data during migration (partial migration, unknown fate; Table 1). Cranes departed Wood … published reports (Fig. 1). We observed three stopover sites along the Lexington-Chapman reach of the Platte River, one east of Lexington, one east of Kearney, and one east of Wood River, Nebraska. Five birds stopped at or near Quivira …
… apearse@usgs.gov Dave Baasch, Wildlife Biologist, Headwaters Corporation; 308-390-0456; baaschd@headwaterscorp.com Mark Bidwell, Species at Risk Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service; 306-975-4688; mark.bidwell@ec.gc.ca Mary Harner, … Tracking Partnership gathered location data for 23 whooping cranes during the 2011 breeding season and fall migration. One adult crane nested during summer 2011 but was observed without young during fall migration, while one 1-year-old crane spent the summer in southern Saskatchewan and northern North Dakota. The first cranes initiated …
… apearse@usgs.gov Dave Baasch, Wildlife Biologist, Headwaters Corporation; 308-390-0456; baaschd@headwaterscorp.com Mark Bidwell, Species at Risk Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service; 306-975-4688; mark.bidwell@ec.gc.ca Mary Harner, … we identified multiple use sites > 100 km from traditional use areas. Thirty-three cranes completed spring migration. One crane died during winter in Texas and one died during migration in South Dakota. Cranes initiated spring migration on 24 February, and all cranes arrived at …
… 229 Figure VII-C2. Comparisons of maximum annual one-day flows (top) and maximum annual five-day flows (bottom) at Grand Island, Nebraska, for present condition and the … et al. 1985). Equine encephalitis, mycotoxicosis, and coccidian are other disease concerns. In south-central Nebraska, die-offs from fowl cholera of large numbers of migratory waterfowl occur regularly in the Rainwater Basins wetlands … 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 …
… apearse@usgs.gov Dave Baasch, Wildlife Biologist, Headwaters Corporation; 308-390-0456; baaschd@headwaterscorp.com Mark Bidwell, Species at Risk Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service; 306-975-4688; mark.bidwell@ec.gc.ca Mary Harner, … for 30 whooping cranes during the 2011 winter season. We confirmed mortalities of 3 juveniles on the wintering grounds. One marked juvenile crane spent the majority of winter in the vicinity of Granger Lake, 280 km north of Aransas National … at or near Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in Kansas. We observed two stopover sites along the Platte River system, one southwest of Grand Island, Nebraska (Central Platte River) and one near Paxton, Nebraska (North Platte River). We did …
… needs of the four target species. To accomplish these objectives, PRESP has established a number of project milestones. One of the initial project milestones was to develop a protocol for monitoring whooping crane (Grus americana) use of the … area, start locations included the Minden Bridge and the Odessa Bridge. Using the eastern section as an example, on day one, the flight began at Chapman, the Fall 2005 Whooping Crane Report OtterTail Environmental, Inc. 3 2/16/2006 2.0 … according to each flight day. In the event that a flight was cancelled, all scheduled return transects were postponed one day. The set of seven return transects are described briefly as follows: • River Return Transect – flown down the …
… apearse@usgs.gov Dave Baasch, Wildlife Biologist, Headwaters Corporation; 308-390-0456; baaschd@headwaterscorp.com Mark Bidwell, Species at Risk Biologist, Canadian Wildlife Service; 306-975-4688; mark.bidwell@ec.gc.ca Mary Harner, … the first crane initiated migration on 14 March, and all cranes that migrated arrived at summer use sites by 23 May. One crane stayed on the wintering grounds accompanied by an unmarked individual. One crane terminated spring migration in southern Alberta. Page 2 of 7 General Background and Methods The Whooping Crane …
… Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management; Journal of Wildlife Management; Landscape Ecology; Natural Areas Journal; PLoS One; Polar Research; Prairie Naturalist; Natural Areas; Proceedings of the North American Crane Working Group; … Society Bulletin 34:921– 926. https://doi.org/10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[921:WRTHMO]2.0.CO;2 http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VXu85e4AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao https://doi.org/10.2307/1370076 … 2018. Delineating and identifying long-term changes in whooping crane (Grus americana) migration corridor. PLoS ONE 13:e0192737. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192737 36. Niemuth, N.D., A.J. Ryba, A.T. Pearse, S.M. Kvas, D.A. …
… ber of days sandbar habitat was inundated (Table 1). Model results indicate that sandbar habitat is inundated at least one time during the nesting season (1- May to 30- August) in most years with a me- dian duration of 6 days. Inundation … June inundation events 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60%tatibah rabdnastnegre mesraeyfotnecreP in un da te d Piping plover Piping plover Least tern Least tern | 3REPLY TO LETTER TO THE EDITOR 4 | DISTRIBUTIONS OF … and Technical Advisory Committee as well as editorial staff for Ecology and Evolution for their helpful and insightful com- ments. The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program provided support for this project. The authors are unaware of …
… ber of days sandbar habitat was inundated (Table 1). Model results indicate that sandbar habitat is inundated at least one time during the nesting season (1- May to 30- August) in most years with a me- dian duration of 6 days. Inundation … June inundation events 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% 50% 55% 60%tatibah rabdnastnegre mesraeyfotnecreP in un da te d Piping plover Piping plover Least tern Least tern | 3REPLY TO LETTER TO THE EDITOR 4 | DISTRIBUTIONS OF … and Technical Advisory Committee as well as editorial staff for Ecology and Evolution for their helpful and insightful com- ments. The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program provided support for this project. The authors are unaware of …
… areas are part of the Program’s efforts towards the recovery of the whooping crane, 24 an endangered species and one of the Program’s target species. It is hypothesized that wet meadows are 25 an important component of habitat on the … Engineers Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC): http://www.hec.usace.army.mil/software/hec-ras/ 18 USGS Stream flow data website: http://waterwatch.usgs.gov/ PRRIP – ED OFFICE DRAFT 11/6/2015 PRRIP Wet Meadows Hydrologic Monitoring Approach … Approach Chapters – Chapter 2 Page 18 of 71 340 Figure 7. ETgagetm Modified Atmometers (image credit: http://www.etgage.com/) 341 Modified atmometer readings are approximations of actual evapotranspiration and are based on reference 342 crops …
… Trust Responsibilities, and the Endangered Species Act, accessed January 3 1,2006 at http://www.schlosserlawfiles.com/consult/PoliciesReConsult%2Ow- 1ndianTribe.htm. Sturtevant, William C. 200 1. Handbook of North American Indians. … piping plover, least tern, and pallid sturgeon. A detailed description of the Platte River Program can be found at website www.platteriver.org, and a map of the Program area, the Platte River Basin, is included on the back of the “Platte … Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Arapaho Tribe, Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe of Okla Kation, and Siow; Nation Tribes. we received one response which was from the Ro Tribe. In the letter, dated December 4,2000 (copy enclosed), Mr. Fremont Fallis, S …
… Platte rivers to its mouth at the Missouri River. On the mainstem, there are two sub-basins in the Middle Platte and one in the Lower Platte. All the segments share the same use classifications, which include agricultural water supply, … The Fish and Wildlife Service sampled bird eggs from the Platte River near Grand Island during 1991–93, with one additional sample collected in 1994. The 1991 samples were ��/ �������� � � �������� ��� analyzed for 19 elements. … ����������� � �� Environmental Protection Agency. 1989. U.S. EPA IRIS Substance file - Uranium, soluble salts. EPA website: http://www.epa.gov/ngispgm3/iris/subst/0421.htm Fortescue, John A.C., 1992. Landscape Geochemistry: Retrospect …
… 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 … per second (cfs) during the monitoring period. Instantaneous discharge at the Kearney, NE gaging station at the time one crane group was observed on 10/31/22 was 126 cfs. Instantaneous discharge at the Grand Island, NE gage was 404 cfs and … Telemetry tracking locational dataset for AWB migratory population of whooping cranes from 2009-2018. Pearse AT, Brandt DA, Baasch DM, Bidwell MT, Conkin JA, Harner MJ, Harrell W, Metzger KL. 2020. Location data for whooping cranes of the …
… Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4 th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 mohlmank@headwaterscorp.com Suggested Citation: PRRIP. 2022. Platte River Recovery Implementation Program: 2021 interior least tern and piping … There were 14 predation events by great horned owls, 1 by an American Crow, and 1 by a badger. There was also one tern nest at Broadfoot-Kearney South that was predated but the camera malfunctioned and did not register the … across all the sites, including those without nesting, of the largest count of adults observed at each site on any one survey. Nests are calculated as the total number of nests observed across all the sites over the nesting season. Chick …
… ≥18 inches above river stage @ 1,200cfs Within 0.25 mile reach of channel, ≥1.5 acres of bare sand with at least one 0.25-acre sandbar 18 inches above river stage @ 1,200cfs 285 Channel width ≥400 feet ≥50-foot water barrier …
… Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 mohlmank@headwaterscorp.com Suggested Citation: Mohlman, K.L.2021. Platte River Recovery Implementation Program: 2020 interior least tern and … plover monitoring and research report for the Central Platte River, Nebraska. 12/28/2020 mailto:mohlmank@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP 2020 Tern and Plover Report 2 PREFACE 1 This is a report of the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program’s … Islands – A 4-foot- h i g h hog-panel fence with 41 chicken wire was placed across the land-bridge extending to one of the non-access islands 42 PRRIP 2020 Tern and Plover Report 9 located northwest of the main peninsula. Sand and 1 …
… 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 … higher than the 0.40 fledge ratio observed in 2021. Dyer, the Program’s most successful site for terns in 2021, had one of the lowest fledge ratio for terns (0.83) observed across all sites in 2022. Only two tern nests were observed at … opossum (Didelphis virginiana) at Newark East and bullsnake (Pituophis catenifer sayi) at Newark West each predated one (5%) nest. Mammalian predators were responsible for 58%, avian predators were responsible for 37%, and reptilian …
… 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 … been greatly impacted by human activities, which present threats to the continued recovery of the species. A portion of one such river, the central Platte River, has been identified as critical habitat for the sur- vival of the endangered … unforested corridor widths. Results of both analyses also indicated that increases in relative probability of use PLOS ONE | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209612 January 9, 2019 1 / 20 a1111111111 a1111111111 a1111111111 a1111111111 …
… 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: … cranes consisting of 52 adults and five juveniles in 17 unique groups during systematic aerial surveys and from one opportunistic ground observation. Surveyors observed the first and last whooping crane groups on March 8 and April 13, … of approximately 750 ft unless conditions demanded higher altitudes. Two flights were initiated each morning with one departing from Grand Island, Nebraska (east route; shown in red on Figs. 1, 2) and one from Kearney, Nebraska (west …
… National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA). All parties need to agree on any final Program before it is implemented. One of the objectives of the proposed Program is to acquire 10,000 acres of habitat in the first increment and ultimately … February 16-17, 2000 at the Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust facility near Grand Island, Nebraska. Fifty-one individuals representing landowners, Natural Resource Districts, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Nebraska Game and … area, 1999 Field Effort: Summary Report. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). 1999. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center website, www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/1999/loosstrf. Whitney, W.S. 1991. Restoring Platte River grasslands. Two-part …
… Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 1 bruggemanj@headwaterscorp.com PRRIP 2023 Fall Whooping Crane Report—Final ii Platte River Recovery Implementation Program: Implementation of the … habitat within the AHR. The monitoring period was extended through January 20, 2024 due to continued presence of one whooping crane group on the AHR. The EDO completed 50 of 78 (64%) additionally scheduled flights between November 16, … crane use days for fall 2023. Stopover length of the 13 unique whooping crane groups during fall 2023 ranged between one and 73 days (mean = 14.4; median = 11; standard error [SE] = 5.1). When not including the one group that stayed 73 …
… Implementation Program Executive Director’s Office 4111 4th Avenue, Suite 6 Kearney, NE 68845 mohlmank@headwaterscorp.com David Baasch, PhD, CWB Headwaters Corporation, Inc. Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Executive Director’s … research projects are finalized, detailed methodologies and results for such projects can be found on the Program’s website (www.platteriverprogram.org). … Islands – A 4-foot tall hog-panel fence with chicken wire was placed across the land-bridge extending to one of the non-access islands located northwest of the main peninsula. Sand and gravel mining occurred directly east of …
… Program Executive Director’s Office 3710 Central Avenue, Suite E Kearney, NE 68847 baaschd@headwaterscorp.com Suggested Citation: Baasch, D.M. 2010. Platte River Recovery Implementation Program: 2008–2009 interior least tern and piping plover monitoring and research report for the central Platte River, Nebraska. mailto:baaschd@headwaterscorp.com� PRRIP 2008-2009 Tern/Plover Report Page 3 of 49 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Support for monitoring and research activities …
… Survey Water-Data Reports (Boohar, Hoy, and Steele, 1990 and Ugland, et al., 1990) and the U.S. Geological Survey website at http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/discharge/. 2Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1310. 15 … 19 2.3 1.5-Year Flood Peak Flows Geomorphologists have defined the channel forming discharge in many different ways. One example is the effective discharge, which is the discharge that transports the most sediment over many years … percent, 50 to 75 percent, and 75 to100 percent of the total sediment load). The range of flow required to transport one fourth of total sediment load is relatively narrow for the two middle quartiles (25 to 50 percent and 50 to 75 …
… Smith, Director of Natural Resources Decision Support, Headwaters Corporation; 402- 432-7950; smithc@headwaterscorp.com Abstract: The Whooping Crane Tracking Partnership gathered location data for 32 whooping cranes during summer 2014. … Two hundred stopovers were identified during fall migration and the average time spent in migration was 42 days. One mortality event was confirmed on the wintering grounds in 2015. Twenty-one marked cranes departed wintering sites and completed migration to traditional summer areas. Cranes initiated spring …
… upstream of transect line. 2) Station ID is from left to right looking upstream. LEGEND OF FIELD DESCRIPTOR CODES DA: Disced Area DRB: Dry River Bed FL: Fragmites Line GL: Green Line GRND: Ground Shot ISLAND NVA: Non Vegetated Area … 888.94 + 1,774.87 RB 1447 0.12 895.16 + 1,774.88 RB 1446 0.32 897.84 + 1,775.08 WE-14:38 1445 0.41 899.43 + 1,776.44 DA 1444 -0.36 912.61 + 1,776.18 GRND 1443 0.23 922.01 + 1,776.26 GRND 1442 0.26 933.27 + 1,775.70 GRND 1441 0.15 953.17 + … + 1,776.49 GRND 1421 0.03 1232.35 + 1,776.20 GRND 1420 -0.18 1252.98 + 1,776.09 GRND 1419 0.12 1273.26 + 1,775.55 DA 1418 0.54 1277.85 + 1,776.21 GRND 1417 -0.28 1293.18 + 1,776.17 GRND 1416 0.01 1312.96 + 1,776.36 GRND 1415 0.14 …
… 53 The ISAC provided inputs on BQ 9 in our October 2013 report (pg. 10, lines 413-431): 54 “The current conclusion is one thumb up, which is reasonable. The peer-reviewed stage change study 55 confirms that answer to BQ 9 is at least one … 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 … 2006. Attachment 3. Adaptive Management Plan. 254 pp. 363 364 http://essa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/spring_summer_da.pdf http://essa.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/spring_summer_da.pdf ISAC responses to PRRIP Questions at July 2015 …
… that the Program can expect to create/augment peak flows in the central Platte in excess of 4,000 cfs. At least one of the above constraints would need to be improved upon before higher flows could be reasonably expected. This also … THE BANKS OF THE RIVER, ESPECIALLY NEAR CODY PARK. At 6.2 foot stage (“moderate stage”) NWS describes the impacts as: 3 Website: www.crh.noaa.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=lbf&gage=nptn1, accessed June 2009. 12 MODERATE AND MORE WIDESPREAD … Director, Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Office Phone:(308) 237-5728 E-mail: kennyj@headwaterscorp.com Congressional Briefing Note April 2, 2009 From: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Platte River Recovery …
… and James Yahnke. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation iii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Introduction SedVeg is a one-dimensional numerical sediment transport model that incorporates the effects of vegetation growth and removal on bank … presence of vegetation in the flood plain. The model predicts these changes by simulating the linked processes with a one-day computation interval over a period of several decades to a century. The model is a time- and cost-efficient tool … and Mahoney, 1990). If the water table falls too quickly and root growth does not keep up, seedlings will desiccate and die. Once roots are deeply established, after 2 or 3 years, cottonwoods become more tolerant to drought by the ability to …
… 5:00 pm CST 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 … A Governance Committee (GC) reviews, directs, and provides oversight for Program activities. The GC is 19 comprised of one representative from each of the three states, three water user representatives, two 20 representatives from … Conservation_lands NAME Dippel Tract 80 5 7 44 13 3019 20 38 32 9 34 22 11 40 17 15 28 C am er on 40 C 90 Th 26 Al da De nm an Platte River 24 18 40 D Old M ilitary 36 13 0T h A Rainforth Schultz En gl em an Nebr aska Ra mp Wh oop ing …