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<br />8. determine winter and migration ecology of waterfowl; <br /> <br />10. <br /> <br />evaluate effects of land use on food resources of migratory <br /> <br />, <br />.',{! <br />;~wA. <br /> <br />)' <br />;l f/ /' <br /> <br />9. <br /> <br />determine feeding ecology of sandhill cranes~ and <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />waterfowl and sandhill cranes. <br /> <br />The WPRS has identified the following specific objectives to assist in its <br /> <br />. <br />~. <br /> <br />analysis and display of water and related resource management alternatives in <br /> <br />the Upper Platte River Basin. These include: <br /> <br />~,,~ <br /> <br />1. <br /> <br />estimate present water consumption for a variety of significant <br /> <br />and relevant uses~ <br /> <br />2. develop present hydrologic base conditions; <br /> <br />3. review computer programs for applicability to study needs~ <br /> <br />4. estimate future water demands~ <br /> <br />5. identify opportunities to supply future water demands~ <br /> <br />6. define management alternatives to meet future demands~ <br /> <br />7. estimate water availability for management alternatives~ <br /> <br />8. develop related social, economic, and environmental data~ and <br /> <br />9. analyze managem~nt alternatives or combinations thereof and <br /> <br />define associated implications. <br /> <br />~. <br /> <br />The USGS has as a prime objective of its technical study, the <br /> <br />responsibility to define the amount and distribution of streamflow and ground <br /> <br />f' <br /> <br />water, and to relate these hydrologic conditions and events to factors that <br /> <br />control or influence migratory bird habitat. <br /> <br />Specifically, USGS will: <br /> <br />1. determine specific flow and channel characteristics for selected <br /> <br />locations along the river~ <br /> <br />2. establish statistical properties of streamflows~ <br /> <br />-9- <br />