07-16-24 PRRIP TAC Meeting Minutes FINAL

A Sediment Augmentation Experiment Alternatives Screening Study (Screening Study) was conducted to evaluate alternatives to reduce the approximately 150,000-ton/year average annual sediment deficit in the Platte River reach between Lexington and Odessa, Nebraska. The Screening Study recommended that a Pilot Study be conducted to evaluate the means and methods of sediment augmentation as a way to reduce uncertainties associated with full-scale implementation.

04-12-23 PRRIP TAC Meeting Minutes FINAL

The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program (PRRIP or Program) requested written input from the Independent Science Advisory Committee (ISAC) on five questions. These questions were the focus of discussions during the ISAC meeting in Kearney, NE, held on July 13-15, 2015.

PRRIP EXTENSION SCIENCE PLAN

Governance Committee approved June 8, 2022

Last Revised June 8, 2022

This report documents the first implementation of the PRRIP System-Scale Geomorphology and Vegetation Monitoring effort utilizing remote sensing methods. The goal of the project is to track long-term trends in morphology and in-channel vegetation in the Associated Habitat Reach (AHR) of the Central Platte River, with a focus on changes that may affect habitat for the PRRIP target species.

David Marmorek is an aquatic ecologist with 40 years of experience in predicting and assessing the potential impacts of human activities on ecosystems, and in designing strategies to rehabilitate damaged ecosystems and recover threatened biota.

Excerpt from H. R. 1865

TITLE I — PLATTE RIVER RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM

SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Extension Act’’.