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<br />Table 3.--Acreages for habitat types along the North and South Platte <br />Rivers (1 mile on either side of the river) <br /> North Pl atte R iverY South Pl atte R iver~ <br />Habitat Type Acres percent of total Acres percent of total <br />Cattai 1 marsh 1,541 0.2 151 0.0 <br />Closed cottonwood 6,854 0.9 444 0.1 <br />Conifer 50,994 6.6 <br />Cottonwood willow 20,735 2.7 40,583 10.0 <br />Crop 1 and 117,441 15.1 149,126 36.7 <br />Dead cottonwood 248 2,239 0.5 <br />Douglas fir 11,523 2.8 <br />Mountain shrub 195,975 25.3 6,009 1.5 <br />Open cottonwood 17,921 2.3 3,263 0.8 <br />Open marsh 4,572 0.6 3,848 0.9 <br />Open park 9,562 1.2 2,972 0.7 <br />Open water 109,325 14.1 <br />Ponderosa pi ne 10,000 2.4 <br />Prairie grassland 54,586 7.0 12, 129 3.0 <br />Sagebrush 114,311 14.7 32,003 7.9 <br />Urban 29,998 3.9 56,006 13.8 <br />Unvegetated sandbar 3,865 0.5 1,355 0.3 <br />Vegetated sandbar 2,268 0.2 943 0.2 <br />Wet meadow 31,392 4.0 68,325 16.8 <br />Wi 11 ow 4,041 0.5 291 <br />No photo coverage 4,913 1.2 <br />Totals 775,629 99.8 401,210 99.6 <br /> <br />l; North Platte River - 499 total river miles. <br />~ South Platte River - 385 total river miles. <br /> <br />12 <br />