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

management actions (or treatments), where possible, will be developed and designed to gain the
greatest feasible understanding of the response to management actions of the target species and
components of their habitat through monitoring and research (Sit and Taylor 1998, Walters
1986). Program water will generally be managed to try to achieve flows as described in "Water
Plan Reference Material" (Water Plan, Attachment 5, Section 11) and to produce effective
adaptive management experiments. The guidelines for land acquisition, both complex and non-
complex, are described in the Program's Land Plan (Program Attachment 4, Tables 1 and 2).
The Governance Committee may use analysis of information provided by the AMP during the
First Increment to change these characteristics and/or guidelines contained in the Land and
Water Plans.
I.C. Organizational Structure to Implement Platte River Adaptive Management
The Signatories (Colorado, Nebraska, Wyoming and the Department of the Interior (DOI)) have
agreed to carry out financial and contracting responsibilities in coordination with the Governance
Committee as described in the Organizational Structures Docu.ment (Program Attachment 6).
Otherwise, Program decision-making lies with the Governance Committee, which is made up of
Signatory and non-Signatory members. The organizational structure for making decisions and
carrying out activities related to the Program is illustrated in the Organizational Structures
Document (Attachment 6) and reproduced as Figure 3 in this plan. The following is a general
description of the responsibilities and relationship of each component related to this plan.
I.C.1. Policy Functions
The Governance Committee will annually (or more often at their discretion) evaluate Program
management activities, and the criteria that guide those Program activities, such as land and
water acquisition and management criteria, and others, as described in the Program Document
and its attachments (e.g., Milestones Document, Land Plan, and Water Plan). The Governance
Committee evaluations will:
1) Assess whether the Program activities and criteria being examined are working as
originally envisioned;
2) Except as noted in Section III.B.1 of the Program Document, modify the Program based
on new information;
3) Determine whether there are other or better uses for the resources committed to the
activity and criteria;
4) Considering available information including any reviews from advisory groups, assess
whether success or failure could be determined by monitoring over the time period
evaluated; and,
5) Develop alternative activities and criteria in accordance with adaptive management.
As part of the evaluation process, the Governance Committee will review information including,
but not limited to, experimental results, costs, progress reports, and other AMP products.
Opinions of an Independent Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC), and peer reviewers if any,
should be compiled and summarized as part of the evaluation process. The Governance
Committee may approve changes to planned management activities and criteria and/or have its
changes and implementation schedule peer reviewed under the Peer Review Guidelines
(Appendix A) prior to implementation.
September 1, 2006 Adaptive Management Plan