Organizing for Endangered and Threatened Species Habitat Draft

• 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 and Troy Lepper
• Title: Organizing for Endangered and Threatened Species Habitat Draft
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 1
CHAPTER ONE:
PROBLEM AND SIGNIFICANCE ....................................................................... 1
Questions ................................................................................................................ 1
Analytical Perspective ............................................................................................ 1
CHAPTER TWO:
CHANGE ON THE RNER AND THREAT TO SPECIES ................................. 6
The Traditional River ............................................................................................. 7
Platte .......................................................................................................... 7
Characteristics and Value of Ecosystem Services ..................................... 7
Deterioration of Habitats ........................................................................................ 8
Habitat Requirements of Whooping Cranes, Piping Plovers, and Least Terns ..... 9
PART II SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF THE CRISIS .................................................................... 14
CHAPTER THREE:
GETTING INTO THE FEDERAL NEXUS ........................................................ 14
Two Traditions ..................................................................................................... 14
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) ................................................................... 15
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) ....................................................... 16
ESA and Reasonable and Prudent Alternatives ....................................... 16
The No Action Option .............................................................................. 17
CHAPTER FOUR:
COLORADO ENTERS THE FEDERAL NEXUS ............................................. 19
Colorado Nexus: Denver Water .......................................................................... 20
Colorado Nexus: Colorado-Big Thompson and the Northern Colorado Water
Conservancy District ................................................................................ 21
Colorado Nexus: Mountain Reservoirs on the Poudre River .............................. 22
CHAPTER FNE:
NEBRASKA AND WYOMING ENTER THE FEDERAL NEXCTS ................ 23
Nebraska .............................................................................................................. 23
CNPPID/NPPD ........................................................................................ 23
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ................................... 25
Wyoming .............................................................................................................. 26
PART III STRATEGIC OPT[ONS-LITIGATION, INDIVIDUAL PROJECT PERMITTING,
COOPERATIVE PROGRAM ............................................................................................... 29
CHAPTER SIX:
COLORADO'S STRUGGLE--NARROWS, WII,DCAT, TWO FORKS,
AND BY-PASS FLOWS IN MOUNTAIN WATERSHEDS ............................. 30
Narrows ................................................................................................................ 30
Wildcat ................................................................................................................. 30
Two Forks ............................................................................................................ 31
By pass Flows .......................................................................................... 33