WSP12193

• File Number: 8407
• Description: Platte River Basin - River Basin General Publications
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 9/1/1975
• Author: Missouri River Basin
• Title: Draft Report on the Platte River Basin - Nebraska - Level B Study
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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NATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN. . . '.
\ Agriculture. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Irrigation and Related Development
Highland Unit--Elkhorn Subbasin. .
Cedar Rapid Division-Loup Subbasin
North Loup Division--Loup Subbasin
Nebraska Mid-State Division--Upper
Platte Subbasin . . .
Flood Control. . . . . . .
Nonstructural Measures
Structural Measures. .
Local Flood Protection Projections
Small Watershed and Resource
Conservation and Development Projects
Change Federal Laws for Recreation,
Fish and Wildlife . . . . .
Outdoor Recreation . . . . . . . .
Flood Plain Municipal Parks. .
River Access and Recreational
Developments . . . . . . . .
Fish and Wildlife . . . . . . . . .
Sandpit Lakes Recreation Development
Beneficial and Adverse Effect of Plan
Elements. . . . . . .

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PLAN. .
Acceleration of Land Treatment
Ground Water Quality Management.
Pilot Strearnbank Erosion Control. .
Laws, Policies, and Institutional Framework.
State Environmental Policy Act . . . .
Designate cross Section of State Agencies
-Set Standards and Oversee Snagging,
Clearing, Instream construction, and
Channelization. . . . . . . . . . .
Expansion of Environmental Education and
Research Program. . . . . . . . . .
Land Use Planning and Management . . . .
Provide State Reservation of Minimum
Streamflows and Management of Ground Water.
Adopt Laws and Policies assuring Habitat
Mitigation for Public Projects and Programs
Change Nebraska Policies to Require Wildlife
Habitat Management for School Lands and
Road Rights-of-way
Expand or Create Local, State, and Federal
Incentive Programs . . . . . . . . . . . .
Expansion of Wetlands Acquisition Program
and Restoration or Enhancement of Wet-

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lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Establish Protected Stream System.. .
Platte River National Wildlife Refuge.
Beneficial and Adverse Effects of Plan
Elements . . . . . . .. . . . .

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