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Common Features and Objectives for All Action Alternatives <br /> <br />4,500 <br /> <br />4,000 -- <br /> <br />3,500 <br />w <br />? <br /> <br />; 3,000 - <br />0 <br />LL <br /> <br />•? 2,500 <br />0 I I <br />c <br />m ? <br />i 2,000 <br />a - -- <br />? <br />d <br />a> I <br />1,500 - - <br /> <br />Q ? <br /> i <br />1,000 <br /> <br />500 <br /> ? <br />0 <br />J F M A M J J A S O N D <br />Month <br />-Present Condition --Governance Committee -Average Instream Flow Recommendation <br />Figure 3-1.-Median Platte River daily flows at Overton, Nebraska, for the Present Condition and <br />Governance Committee Alternative. <br />This shortfall means that the Program managers, especially the Environmental Account Manager, will <br />need to make choices about how to allocate the limited Program waters to improve flows at various times <br />of the year. A plan will be developed each year by the Environmental Account Manager in coordination <br />with the Program, describing how available Program water is expected to be used.6 However, <br />adjustments will be made to reflect changing conditions. <br />One overriding principle is that Program water will not be released to increase riverflows if doing so <br />would cause out-of-bank flooding downstream. All Program water releases will be made within existing <br />riverbanks. <br />Program Benefits for the Pallid Sturgeon <br />The relatively distant location of the pallid sturgeon habitat area at the lower end of the lower Platte River <br />results in special challenges to the Program's ability to provide direct benefits to the species, and <br />challenges to the ability to predict Program effects on the species. A Plan for Testing the Ability of the <br />Program to Affect Lower Platte River Flows was approved by the Governance Committee on March 4, <br />6 Under the proposed Program, a Reservoir Coardinating Committee and an EAC, composed of representatives from the <br />participating organizations, will coordinate and oversee development of annual water operating plans and their implementation.