PRRIP Adaptive Management Plan

• File Number: 8461.100
• Description: Adaptive Management Workgroup ‎(PRRIP)‎
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Author: PRRIP
• Title: PRRIP Adaptive Management Plan
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Project Overview

Elkhorn River). These areas are generally known as the "associated habitats" and comprise the
study area for the AMP.
Adaptive management may occur at multiple scales during the Program:
• System Scale: System scale adaptive management evaluates the effects of Program
management actions on the target species and associated habitats (as defined in the
Program Document) throughout the entire study area. For example, the management of
Program land may impact the way whooping cranes use both Program and non-Program
lands.
• Program Lands: Program lands (or simply Program) scale adaptive management
evaluates the effects of Program management actions on lands acquired by the Program
(i.e., the entire parcel in which several management actions may be occurring), and
management of non-Program lands as appropriate and when permitted by the landowner.
For example, multiple management practices will occur on some Program lands designed
to achieve a specific outcome for the entire parcel (e.g. the development of a habitat
complex).
• Project Scale: Project scale adaptive management evaluates the effects of individual
Program land management activities and water management projects. For example, the
effect of a specific land management activity such as forest removal will be evaluated.
These scales will often be "nested" such that several individual project scale evaluations may be
needed or combined into Program lands or System Scale evaluations, as appropriate. Additional
detail will be provided for each of the scales through the development of management
hypotheses.
I.F. Process for Modifying the Adaptive Management Plan
The AMP will be improved prior to Program implementation through a collaborative process
involving a group of technical representatives of stakeholders in the proposed Program, with
assistance from the ED and adaptive management experts, collectively referred to as the AM
Work Group (AMWG). Therea$er, the ED will update the AMP and operating and
implementation plans through a collaborative process involving representatives of the LAC,
WAC, and TAC. Members of the ISAC and other peer reviewers will provide review of the
AMP, as appropriate.
I.F.1 Process for finalizing the AMP before Program Implementation
The current version of the AMP is preliminary and contains examples of priority hypotheses and
their linkage to monitoring and research protocols. The AMP will be completed and ready for
implementation prior to beginning of the Program. The following process will be followed in
completing the AMP.
1. The AMP will be provided to the AMWG for review in preparation of a series of
workshops to be held approximately every month beginning in February 2006. Each
workshop will deal with specific topics based on review comments received from the
Governance Committee, adaptive management advisors, and others. A schedule and
tentative agenda for the workshops will be developed prior to the first workshop.
2. The purpose of the workshops include:
September 1, 2006 Adaptive Management Plan