Cottonwood Ranch: History, Settlement, AIP and Habitat

• File Number: 8461.300
• Description: Platte River Land Issues
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Author: Various
• Title: Cottonwood Ranch: History, Settlement, Liscensing, and Habitat
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Project Overview

? TABLE OF CONTENTS
? I. BACKGROUND
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II. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
? A. Governance Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
B. TargetSpecies .......................................... .. 8
C. Habitat ................................................ .. 8
? 1. Habitat Lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2. Program Habitat Lands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
? 3. Associated Habitats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
? D. Water Related Activities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
E. Environmental Account (EA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
F. Adaptive Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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G. Conservation Intervenors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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Dollars 11
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? III. THE ROLE OF THE LICENSEES IN THE COOPER.ATIVE AGREEMENT
AND PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
? A. What the Cooperative Agreement and the Proposed Program Are Expected
- to Accomplish .......................................... . 13
B. How do the Licensees' Obligations Under the Offer of Settlement Fit With
? the Cooperative Agreement and Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
-- l. How the Licensees' Obligations Fit with the Cooperative
Agreement ....................................... . 16
? 2. How the Licensees' Commitments Fit with the Proposed
? Program ......................................... . 18
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How FERC Can Oversee the Licensee's Obligations . 21
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How NEPA Will Be Satisfied .. . . 23
E. If the Program Adopted is Different from the Proposed Program .... . 24
F. Measures Provided by the Distric±s for Endangered Species
? If the Cooperative Agreement or Program Fails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
1. Incentives to Avoid Program Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
2. Trigger for the Districts to Implement Fall Back Provisions ... . 30
? 3. Fall Back Provisions for the Districts In the Event a Program is Not
? Adopted or Fails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
a. If a Program Is Implemented But Fails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
- b. If a Program is Never Implemented . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
4. Assurances That the Cooperative Agreement Is Progressing
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f Toward a Program as Planned . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34