PRRIP Purposes and Overview Draft ‎(2)‎

• File Number: 8461.350
• Description: Legislation
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 11/29/2005
• Author: DOI, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska
• Title: PRRIP Purposes and Overview Draft
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Project Overview

II. PROGRAM GOALS
The Program's long-term goal is to improve and maintain the associated habitats. This
goal includes: (1) improving and maintaining migrational habitat for whooping cranes,
and reproductive habitat for least terns and piping plovers; (2) reducing the likelihood of
future listings of other species found in this area; and (3) testing the assumption that
managing flow in the central Platte River also improves the pallid sturgeon's lower Platte
River habitat.s
III. PROGRAM ELEMENTS
A. General Descriution
1. Elements. The Program has three elements: (1) increasing streamflows in
the central Platte River during relevant time periods through reregulation and
water conservation/supply projects; (2) enhancing, restoring and protecting habitat
lands for the target species; and (3) accommodating new water related activities in
a manner consistent with long-term Program goals.
2. Increments. The Program will be implemented in increments. The First
Increment of the Program begins October 1, 2006,wi*h*h° °??Dr^^Y°m
n,,..oo,,,o„t b., r,nT .,,,a *ho th,.eo s+.,+e?, and shall continue for thirteen years from
that date or until any later date agreed upon by the Governance Committee in
approval of an extension, subject to appropriations as described in Section II.14G.
of the Program Agreement. For the purposes of this Prop-ram, the term Year
means from October 1 through September 30. Subsequent increments, if agreed
to by the Secretary of the Interior and Governors of the three states, will be
implemented for such periods of time as may be set forth in a replacement or
extended cooperative agreement.
3. Obj ectives.
a. Long term Objectives. The long-term objectives for the Program
are:
(1) to provide sufficient water to and through the central Platte
River habitat area to meet the general goal set forth in Paragraph II
above by reregulation and water conservation/ supply projects;
(2) to perpetually protect, restore where appropriate, and maintain
approximately 29,000 acres of suitable habitat primarily in habitat
' The Integrated Monitoring and Research Plan (Attachment 3, Section V)
addresses how the assumption is to be tested, including steps that will be taken to determine
habitat needs of the pallid sturgeon.
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