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cranes along the Platte 1996; factors affect conservation and of WC use of survival and reproduction; this River corridor will improve NRC, 2005: crane survival recovery Platte sites hypothesis, if true, cannot be WC conservation and "Few data are with abundant detected. recovery' available for and diverse testing [this] macro- h othesis" invertebrates WM #7 Proposed Program actions PRRIP, 2005 Low High. Requires 10-13 years Wet meadows 10% increase in wet Cannot be measured if we can't High will increase the area of good sampling / along habitat meadow acreage over agree how to define, identify, wet meadow in habitat mapping of wet reach in the 1998 baseline map, and rate the quality of "Yuet complexes during the first meadow areas complexes at through habitat meadows" increment at beginning and beginning and acquisition and end of Program end of restoration (Note: Program meadowquality, notjust quantity, will also be an im ortant metric WM #8 High water tables in wet Wesche et al., Med-High Low-Med. 5-10 years Soil thaw at Potential for Program to Moderate meadows provide greater 1994 Requires various augment or alter the timing of benefits to WC if they consideration of depths. flows is too limited to have occur in the Feb-Jun flow variability, Invertebrate measurable wet meadow period versus other times climate activity at effects. of year variability, site various times. variability, and Vegetative multiple potential structure and WC benefits. composition. WM#7a Halting or reversing Henszey and High; Medium >5 years Halt or reverse channel Potential for Program to alter Moderate channel degradation Wesche, uncertainry degradation, where channel stage-discharge benefits adjacent wet 1993; relates to existing or recoverable relationships is too limited to meadow hydrology Wesche et al., significance of wet meadows also exist have detectable wet meadow 1994 discuss this effect in adjacent areas effects. GW/river relative to Variation in site-by-site stage; other factors conditions makes this too Sanders, 2001 difficult to assess. WM#7b Periodic inundation of wet Siebert, 1994 Medium-High Low because of >10 years Minimize further Frequency of wet meadow Moderate meadow areas increases infrequency of reductions in the inundation is too rare and too their suitability as WC inundating frequency of inundating unrelated to Program actions for habitat events. events this h othesis to be assessed. WM#Sa Higher river stages in Feb- Currier and Medium Medium 5-10 years Soil thaw at FWS target flows Potential for Program to alter Low- Mar support earlier wet Carlson, 1989; various spring flows is too limited to Moderate meadow thaw Wesche et al., depths; river have detectable wet meadow 1994 stage and effects. meadow GW relationships ' Similar relationships are believed to exist for other Whooping Crane food sources: e.g. amphibians, reptiles, fish, shellfish.