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. T S I <br />i <br />4 Jan?r?r?Y ?lJll ?. re-I1c i.;ia n,?l.??% cussion ?-a?f't ? r?i?? ?'ar•./'uG/ic? ,?s>/?srs?l <br />ESA <br />? <br />on the <br />puspose <br />The purpose of thi doc <br />proponents in Col adc <br />U.S. Pish andWil life <br />Platte River Basin_ <br />'Historv <br />Since 1978, the Se ice <br />vvith Federal agenc es t <br />system are likely t j eo <br />threatened ar end gen <br />federally,listed spe ies <br />are the whoopin.g c ane <br />piping plover (C;ha adr <br />pallid sturgeon (Sc phi. <br />Yn 2006, a landmar ag <br />and Wyoming and e 1 <br />River Y2ecovery Y ple <br />to provide ESA co pli <br />12iver confluence r Ne <br />managing certain I d i <br />Prograrn went into ffe <br />tltati ns InVol ing PI tte River Depletions: <br />tion or roje t Prop nents fn Colorado <br />e Riv r ecpv ey Ym ementation Program <br />U S. ish ?n. Wildlife Sercrice ??gs cOM?i?O?S <br />M unta?in raizie R gion <br />r tlaty , 2007 D aft ?? <br />S <br />for <br />on r <br />to rovide general uidance to water-related project <br />g nda?g d 5peci s Act (ESA) consultations with the <br />3e ice) o the effe ts of water-related activities in the <br />ist ntly' fo d tlarou h formal Section 7 consultations <br />is sultin in deplet ons to llows in the Platte River <br />ie anti?u d existen e of one or more federally-lxstad <br />? d ac1've sely mo 'fy critical habitat. The four <br />b n tHe cus of r covery efforts (the "target species") <br />ne 7eana), e north rn Great plains population o£the <br />lus , the in erior lea t tem (Srernula antillarum), and the <br />al us). f <br />va sigried etween he governars nf Colorado, Nebraslr.a <br />ot oflth Interior a implement a basin-wide Platte <br />n rog?-a (Progr ). The purpose of this Program is <br />vat r user in the Pl tte River basin upstream of the Loup <br />r e fects o the targ t species and critical habitat, while <br />re ources o <br />provid benefits for those species. This <br />ia 1, 20 2 <br />. <br />f n elq i i. ., for as ong as this recovery effort is <br />is 1 ng as e signat ries agree to continue participating <br />og , the states an the federal government wi11 <br />ic oni?o ' g and re earch to evaluate Program benefits <br />:iv ness: o vaxious rogram actions wi21 be re-evaluaxed <br />s g eral igui ance only ; in case of disagreemenC or ambiguity with <br />me ation Pr )graTn Agr ement documents or Fish and Wildlife <br />ent and §e ice policie i <br />take precedenee over siaCements made in <br />determined to be n cess and <br />in the T'rogram. T oug this P <br />providc land, wate , and scienti <br />for tihe taxget speci s. T e effec <br />This Program will ont <br />1 Disclaimer: This di <br />respect to Platte River <br />Service policies, rhose <br />thiS dacument. <br />Z The complete se of <br />.?.. <br />60/Z0 30Vd <br />?nts asso iat vcrith th s Program ? available on [Web page]. <br />i <br />i ? <br />1dOgWV31S AMWNl RT.TTQIRGiIF ab :rr ?aa7 foaeTn