Organizing for Endangered and Threatened Species Habitat

• File Number: 8461.100
• Description: Adaptive Management Workgroup ‎(PRRIP)‎
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Author: David M. Freeman Ph.D., Annie Epperson, Troy Lepper
• Title: Organizing for Endangered and Threatened Species Habitat
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

Two Forks ............................................................................................................ 32
By pass Flows .......................................................................................... 34
Reserved Rights Doctrine ........................................................................ 35
Legal Battle .............................................................................................. 35
CHAPTER SEVEN:
NEBRASKA'S STRUGGLE IN THE NEXUS AT KINGSLEY DAM ............. 40
FERC-Kingsley Dam Operating Requirements .......:.......................................... 40
CHAPTER EIGHT:
WYOMING'S STRUGGLE IN THE NEXUS OVER GRAYROCKS-BIRDS
GET A VOICE! ................................................................................................... 42
CHAPTER NIlVE:
OPTIONS-INDNIDUAL CONSULTATIONS, LITIGATION, OR
NEGOTIATION .................................................................................................. 44
Federal Water Policy ......................................................... ................................... 44
Litigation Risks .................................................................................................... 46
Babbitt's Collaborative Strategy .......................................................................... 47
Assembling A Vision-The Platte River Management Joint Study ...................... 48
Agreeing To Talk ................................................................. _............................... 49
PART IV DOING IT TOGETHER ................................................................................................ 51
CHAPTER TEN:
ORGANIZATION OF NEGOTIATIONS ........................................................... 51
Federal Experience ............................................................................................... 51
Negotiating Dynamics .......................................................................................... 52
Moderates and Rejectionists ................................................................................ 54
Environmental Organizations .................................................................. 55
Agricultural Water Users in Opposition .................................................. 57
Sideboards, Milestones, and Relief From Jeopardy ............................................. 58
Target Flow Challenge ............................................................................ 59
1997 Cooperative Agreement Essential Elements .................................. 61
1997 Cooperative Agreement-The Road Ahead ...................................... 63
Can the Federal Regulatory Agencies Ever Be Partners? .................................... 64
The Federal Case ................................................................................... 64
The States ' Case ....................................................................................... 65
CHAPTER ELEVEN:
COLORADO'S NEGOTIATING INTERESTS-DEFENDING THE WATER
TOWER ............................................................................................................... 68
Living On the Gap ................................................................................................ 68
Colorado-Nebraska Compact ............................................................................... 69
Colorado Side-Payment ....................................................................................... 71
Avoiding a Sacrifice Zone ................................................................................... 75
Colorado Solution-Tamarack Rechazge .............................................................. 78
Colorado's Tamarack Plan ................................................................................... 80
CHAPTER TWELVE:
NEBRASKA'S NEGOTIATING INTERESTS-DNISION IN THE BIG HOUSE