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6. Collaborative Program
Costs split:
$317M in 2005 dollars,
50/50 between States
&
Federal Government
Governance
Structure:
Everyone at the table
with a voice and a vote
&
Move forward by
consensus
Independent
Implementation:
-Executive Director’s
Office
(Honest Broker)
-Financial Management
Entity
-Land Interest Holding
Entity
Process Integrity:
Independent Science
Advisory Committee
&
Peer Reviews
11. qReducing Deficits to FWS Target Flows by
average annual of 130,000 to 150,000 AFY
Ø 3 Initial Projects – Tamarack I (CO), Pathfinder
Modification (WY), Lake McConaughy EA(NE)
Ø New water conservation/supply projects
Water Plan
12. ¨ Nebraska – EA storage in Lake McConaughy
and 10% of non-irrigation season natural in
flow
¨ Wyoming – Pathfinder Reservoir
Modification and a portion of the yield from
recovered storage
¨ Colorado – Tamarack I retiming project
¨ Total score 80,000 Acre-Feet Annually on
average
Three State’s Contributions
14. ¨ Retime excesses
¨ Acquire by lease or purchase
¨ Water Management Incentives
Ø Reduce CU and increase return flows
Program Water Acquisition
15. J2 Regulating Reservoir Concept
Phelps County Canal
CNPPID Diversion
Platte River
J2 Return
J2
J2 Regulating
Reservoir
16. ¨ Pathfinder Municipal (WY)
¨ Central Platte NRD Canal/Ditch Companies
¨ Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation
District
¨ Nebraska Public Power District
Water Leases
17. General Concept Broad Scale Recharge
BASIN
CANAL
RIVER
GROUNDWATER
Surface
Deliveries
Infiltration Groundwater
Flow
Pumped
Surface
Deliveries
18. General Concept Slurry Wall Storage
CANAL
RIVER
GROUNDWATER
Surface
Deliveries
GROUNDWATER
STORAGE
FACILITY
Surface
Deliveries
26. ¨ Leases with Districts or States
¤ State of Wyoming – Pathfinder Municipal
Account
¤ Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation
District
¤ Central Platte NRD
¤ Nebraska Public Power District
n These represent every irrigation system on the
Platte between North Platte and Elm Creek
n Recharge excess flows in canal system
n Relinquished surface water
Water Leases
27. ¨ Leases with individual water users
¤ Surface Water Market
n CNPPID Irrigators
n 1 Year, must convert to dry land, pre-set price
¤ Groundwater Market
n CPNRD GW Irrigators
n 1 Year, must convert to dry land, auction
Water Leases
28. §Improve production of least tern and piping plover
from the central Platte River.
§Improve survival of whooping cranes during
migration.
§Avoid adverse impact from Program actions on pallid
sturgeon populations.
§Within overall objectives 1-3, provide benefits to non-
target listed species and non-listed species of concern
and reduce likelihood of future listings
Adaptive Management Plan
29. Key Features of Adaptive Management Plan
¨ AM allows you to move forward in the face of uncertainty
¨ Systematic, rigorous process to test hypotheses & apply
information learned to improve management of land and water
for benefit of species
¨ Need to Know vs. Nice to Know - (tied to management actions)
34. Effort Frequency Description
Least Tern and Piping
Plover Use and
Productivity Monitoring
Annual
Document species use, habitat
variables and productivity in the
AHR.
Least Tern and Piping
Plover Habitat
Availability Analysis
Annual
Document occurrence and amount
of habitat in AHR meeting minimum
species habitat suitability criteria.
Discharge
Measurements Real-time
Real-time Platte River discharge
monitoring at six locations in the
AHR. Stream gaging conducted in
cooperation with the USGS and
Nebraska Department of Natural
Resources
June Color-Infrared
Imagery Annual
Document in-channel and off-
channel habitat conditions during
least tern and piping plover nest
initiation period.
November Color-
Infrared Imagery and
Light Detection and
Ranging
Annual
Document channel morphology and
topography under leaf-off and low
discharge conditions.
System-Scale
Geomorphology and
Vegetation Monitoring
Annual
Monitor sediment transport, channel
morphology and in-channel
vegetation throughout the AHR.
Data include bed and suspended
sediment load measurements,
repeat channel transect surveys,
bed and bank material sampling,
and vegetation monitoring.
HEC-GeoRAS
Hydraulic Model of
AHR
As
Necessary
Segment-scale hydraulic model for
evaluation of channel hydraulics
and development of water surface
profiles across a range of
discharges.
Monitoring Data
36. PRRIP Big Question
2014
Assessment
Basis for assessment
Implementation – Program Management Actions and Habitat
1. Will implementation of SDHF produce suitable tern and plover riverine
nesting habitat on an annual or near-annual basis?
Peer-reviewed Program synthesis concludes that SDHF will not produce
suitable nesting sandbars.
2. Will implementation of SDHF produce and/or maintain suitable
whooping crane riverine roosting habitat on an annual or near-annual
basis?
Trending negative; Program synthesis chapters now in development will
be discussed with the TAC and ISAC and peer reviewed in 2015; those
synthesis chapters and published manuscripts related to the Program’s
vegetation and lateral erosion research will likely support a “two thumbs
down” assessment in the 2015 State of the Platte Report.
3. Is sediment augmentation necessary for the creation and/or
maintenance of suitable riverine tern, plover, and whooping crane
habitat?
Trending positive; certainty about the sediment deficit; uncertainty about
the role of that deficit in habitat creation and maintenance.
4. Are mechanical channel alterations (channel widening and flow
consolidation) necessary for the creation and/or maintenance of
suitable riverine tern, plover, and whooping crane habitat?
Trending positive; planform management manuscript now in development
will be published and will likely support a “two thumbs up” assessment in
the 2015 State of the Platte Report.
Effectiveness – Habitat and Target Species Response
5. Do whooping cranes select suitable riverine roosting habitat in
proportions equal to its availability?
A definitive assessment is expected by 2017 once peer review of data
analyses (monitoring, telemetry, stopover study data, habitat availability
assessments, IGERT research) is complete.
6. Does availability of suitable nesting habitat limit tern and plover use
and reproductive success on the central Platte River?
Trending positive; three documents now in development will be peer
reviewed and/or published and will likely support a “two thumbs up”
assessment in the 2015 State of the Platte Report.
7. Are both suitable in-channel and off-channel nesting habitats
required to maintain central Platte River tern and plover populations?
Trending negative; three documents now in development will be peer
reviewed and/or published and will likely support a “two thumbs down”
assessment in the 2015 State of the Platte Report.
8. Does forage availability limit tern and plover productivity on the
central Platte River?
Trending negative; synthesis document related to tern forage (fish) will be
peer reviewed that, in combination with the results of the Foraging Habits
Study, will likely support a “two thumbs down” assessment in the 2015
State of the Platte Report.
9. Do Program flow management actions in the central Platte River
avoid adverse impacts to pallid sturgeon in the lower Platte River?
Peer-reviewed Program stage change study concludes Program flow
management actions will avoid adverse impacts.
Larger Scale Issues – Application of Learning
10. Do Program management actions in the central Platte River
contribute to least tern, piping plover, and whooping crane recovery?
By definition, implementation of the Program contributes to recovery of
the target species. A definitive answer for this question can only be
obtained by a broader analysis of the contribution of the central Platte to
range-wide recovery.
11. What uncertainties exist at the end of the First Increment, and how
might the Program address those uncertainties?
This question is a “parking lot” for uncertainties that could be addressed
through adaptive management in an extended First Increment or new
Second Increment.
Table 2. 2014 Big Questions table.
Critical Uncertainties
37. ¨ Effective Communication is essential
¤ Between science contractors and EDO
¤ Between EDO and committees
¤ Amongst stakeholders within a committee
¤ Amongst Advisory Committees
¤ Between Advisory Committees and Governance Committee
¨ Science informs decisions, Governance Committee makes
the decisions
¤ Communication of science findings to assist decision makers
is critical
¤ Science assists in reducing uncertainties
¤ Many considerations factor into decisions
Communication in the Science Sphere
40. # Alternative Description
On-channel
(acres)
Off-
Channel
(acres)
STC
Stay the Course – build and maintain habitat at current levels on Program-
owned land – including on and off-channel habitat
42 102
“A” Alternatives – achievable with existing Program land
A1 Maintain existing off-channel habitat only on Program-owned land. 0 102
A2 Add the maximum amount of new habitat on Program-owned land –
including both off-channel and on-channel habitat.
82 152
A3 Same as A2, but swap 82 acres of on-channel habitat (current approach) with
10 acres of on-channel habitat (MCA).
10 + 152
A4 Same as A3 but add nest initiation flows for terns and plovers. 10 + 152
“B” Alternatives – Doubling of Plover Breeding Pairs
B1 Double plover breeding pairs in 30 years using only off-channel habitat. 0 302
B2 Double plover breeding pairs in 20 years using only off-channel habitat. 0 302
B3 Same as B2 but add on-channel habitat (MCA). 10 + 302
B4 Same as B3 but add nest initiation flows for plovers and terns. 10 + 302
SDM Alternatives
44. ¨ Need to complete Water Plan and continue
learning
¤ Extension to 2032
¤ Additional funds $106 million
¤ Goal adjustments
n +1,500 habitat acres
n 120,000 AFY water target
¤ Update Environmental Documents
¤ Obtain authorizations
First Increment Extension