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PRRIP 2026 Q1 GC Meeting Agenda Highlights:

• Review and approve prior meeting minutes, Advisory Committee updates, and key Program reports.
• Executive Director update, including the 2025 expenditure summary, PRRIP website relaunch, PRRIP public outreach efforts, and PRRIP Procurement items.
• PRRIP Science Plan updates, including 2025 tern/plover monitoring and passive sediment augmentation alternative findings.
• PRRIP Land Plan updates, including the 2025 PRRIP Land Plan Work Report, Second Increment conservation land crediting, and a land access agreement.
• PRRIP Water Plan updates, including discussions on the Perkins County Canal Project, the PRRIP Scoring Subcommittee, the 2026 Platte River basin hydrology outlook and potential water supply implications for PRRIP, and Kingsley Dam repairs.
• PRRIP Water Plan action items, including Elwood Outlet feasibility and water exchange agreements.
• Public comment opportunity and a preview of upcoming 2026 GC Meetings.
• GC Executive Session on strategic land matters and EDO future direction.

Agenda Highlights:

• Review progress on the PRRIP Extension Science Plan and assess how Extension science learning supports management decisions and potential Second Increment planning beyond 2032.

• Examine Extension Big Questions (EBQs), including remaining knowledge gaps, confidence in current understanding, and the usefulness of information for short- and long-term decision-making.

• Discuss integration of science, land management, and water management to inform Program actions and negotiations.

• Review status and effectiveness of Land Plan and Water Plan implementation, including available resources, management alternatives, and Extension goals.

• Evaluate target species monitoring and responses (Whooping Crane, Least Tern/Piping Plover, Pallid Sturgeon) and efforts to establish baselines for non-target species.

• Assess water needs for channel maintenance, habitat management, and species support, including geomorphology, vegetation control, migration stopover habitat, and wet meadow hydrology.

• Review predator management strategies and their effectiveness in improving Least Tern/Piping Plover productivity.

• Explore opportunities for science tool development and modeling, including potential application in a Structured Decision-Making (SDM) framework.

• Synthesize lessons learned from water and land management actions, using the whooping crane (WC) as a focal case study.

• Identify priorities and discussion topics for future ISAC engagement, including planning for the July 2026 meeting.

The meeting will be moderated by Jason Farnsworth, Executive Director, and chaired by Dave Zorn of the Central Nebraska Public Power & Irrigation District.

The agenda includes introductions, administrative updates, committee reports, a review of the FY 2025 Land Work Report, discussions on conservation land counting, and an executive session. Additionally, the meeting will cover suggested LAC meeting dates for FY 2026, provide an opportunity for public comments, and conclude with a meeting review and wrap-up.

Water Advisory Committee (WAC) Meeting. This meeting is held virtually only.

Agenda items:

• Welcome and administrative updates, including introductions, agenda modifications, and approval of October 2025 meeting minutes.
• Nomination and election of 2026 WAC Chair and Vice-Chair.
• Updates on Platte Basin hydrology, water leasing and recharge projects, feasibility studies, and winter excess flows.
• Overview of updates to the new PRRIP website.
• Discussion on Water Plan Foundations, including target flows, hydrologic studies, real-time conditions, and water project scoring fundamentals.
• Scheduling of 2026 WAC meetings (May 5, August 4, October 27) and discussion of May water project tour locations.

Held IN PERSON at Executive Director's Office, Kearney, NE, with virtual attendance option.

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GC Special Session to discuss the FY2026 PRRIP Budget and Work Plan
 

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