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used and activities within the various habitats. Professional staff will remain in the field until all field measurements are completed. Data will be recorded on data sheets provided by the Executive Director's office (one set from which copies can be made will be provided). • Contractor will be responsible for placing and retrieving whooping crane decoys for the purpose of evaluating survey detection rates. Contractor will be provided decoys and a list of fifteen (15) randomly selected locations for placing the decoys on accessible lands during each migration season. Contractor will document on data sheets detection or non-detection of decoys by the flight crew and will also conduct habitat measurements at decoy locations. • Contractor will be responsible for securing qualified and experienced air services with the equipment necessary to complete the protocol. • Contractor will organize and attend a training meeting (including all technicians), prior to initiating the Protocol, with personnel from the Grand Island, Nebraska office of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) and the Program Executive Director's Office. Two hours of training flights are required for all persons implementing the protocol not previously trained as part of other whooping crane survey efforts. As part of the training flights, the Contractor will place decoys in the river channel to provide all personnel the opportunity to see a"whooping crane" from the air. • Contractor will provide a weekly verbal report on progress of the work to the Executive Director's Office and will make additional contacts as needed to clarify the Protocol and to discuss problems involved in implementing the Protacol. • Contractor will be responsible for field surveys, data entry, data analysis, and report preparation. Data will be entered into a Microsoft Access database provided by the Executive Director's Office, and data will be reported in accordance with guidelines outlined in the Program's Adaptive Management Plan (AMP) and Database Management System. AVAILABLE INFORMATION The Final Program Document, the Program's AMP, and the Whooping Crane Monitoring Protocol can all be accessed either from the Program Web site (www.PlatteRiverProgram.com) or by contacting Chad Smith. DELIVERABLES The successful Contractor will be responsible for, at a minimum, completing the following: • Raw data sheets, including maps and UTM locations of whooping crane use sites, with the Final Reports. • Draft Reports describing field methods, deviations from the Protocol, reasons for deviating from Protocol methods, and data summary/analysis, and a completed electronic database within 45 days of completing aerial surveys each season. Further detail on report content (e.g., variables to be described) and analysis can be found in the Protocol. • Final Reports incorporating Technical Advisary Committee comments two weeks after written and/or verbal comments are provided from the TAC. • All Draft Reports provided to Chad Smith in the Executive Director's Office in Microsoft Word format to facilitate comments and edits; Final Reports in PDF format.