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Context for Project <br />• Consultation contentious, river operations <br />subject of multiple litigation <br />• In year 7 of BO implementation without <br />required Adaptive Management Program in <br />place <br />• Long-term data sets for tern and plover <br />numbers and productivity <br />• Ongoing Monitoring and Research Program <br />without clear understanding of use of <br />data/analyses <br />Problem Statement <br />• How much, where and by which means to <br />create Emergent Sandbar Habitat (ESH) in <br />each year for tern and plover nesting and <br />brood rearing in Gavins' Reach? <br />Outstandingly Remarkable <br />Values <br />• Fish and Wildlife <br />• Recreation <br />• Cultural Resources <br />• Historical Resources <br />Context for Project <br />• FWS/NPS supports flow management to <br />address habitat needs <br />• NPS believes long-term legal conflicts are <br />imminent <br />• Corps believes habitat can be mechanically <br />created without flow (huge political issue) <br />- Downstream flood constraints <br />- Other authorized purposes <br />• Upcoming PEIS on ESH rather than current <br />project by project approach <br />• Change comes hard <br />Objectives <br />• Minimize cosUacre <br />• Meet fledge ratios <br />• Minimize construction-related disturbance <br />• Meet acreage target 2015 <br />• Minimize socio-economic impacts <br />• Maximize Expected Minimum Population Size (MEMPS) <br />to 20XX <br />• Minimize cumulative impacts to outstandingly <br />remarkable values' and freeflowing charactenstics and <br />water quality <br />* As defined in the Witd and Scenic Rivers Act <br />Actions <br />• Build X acres in year t <br />• Deveg Y acres in year t <br />• Deveg and top Z acres in year t <br />• Flow <br />- Island building <br />- Conditioning <br />- Low summer <br />6