Specific Comments on Platte River Draft EIS

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11 plover pairs and 194 fledged chicks) and nesting terns and plovers) provide significant benefits, w authors. P. 5-114-115 The analysis appears faulty as the ii results in a 1-3 day increase in fledging duration. P.5-121 The assertion that the river has become supporting data. No historical trends in sandbar provided. The DEIS should provide the support sandbar forms to forested island. The DEIS sho the pre-water development forested islands islands post water development. 5-123 The discussion of hydrology is highly specl regard to attenuation no analysis is preformed. Th by federal employees in other venues and are well P. 5-116 The DEIS is contradictory and unclear. bridge segments is described as "significant pro€ alternatives would result in significant benefits". bridge segments "..would demonstrate benefits". different results when different species are discu P. 5-131 The DEIS should provide the data suppo. channels. What is the definition of wide and how any such data. P. 5-137 The extent of the lower Platte River is the Elkhorn confluence. P. 5-138 The Service may hope that the lower spawning habitat that once existed on the Mis Platte. There is no evidence of spawning histc on the Pallid Sturgeon's habitat and not try to P. 5-139 The references to habitat and habitat for, Platte. Using data from the Yellowstone or other designing monitoring and research. To try and dr relationships is simply not scientifically defensibl Platte. That is why the Program is designed to lo P. 5-140 The entire discussion on Pallid food a What is the food, and what is its availability in measured and quantified? What was the impai P. 5-142 The Program has absolutely no the reference should be removed. Flood Protection • Water Project Water Supply I fledging success on sand pit habitats (for both have been completely undervalued by the of nesting from 1-15 days earlier only mant in terms of sandbar formation has no o, distribution and occurrence have been data and transformation rates of the alleged also describe any evidence to distinguish how sly described in the DEIS) differ from forested Aive and has no data to support the opinions. In projected changes have been verbally described the measurement error. or example, the sand bar elevation for managed ;ss", yet the DEIS later says "none of the 'he DEIS then goes on to say that unmanaged n some cases the same data is presented with the opinion that plovers "select" for wide it developed? The commenter is unaware of from Lexington to the Missouri River, it is below e River could replace the Pallid Sturgeon's River System. That habitat never existed in the ly or today. . The Service should focus its effort habitat where it never existed. ing processes have not been documented in the ibutaries to try and correlate is of some value for N definitive statements and flow/habitat for a species that has had little to no use of the : at these monitoring and research issues. ibility is pure speculation and should be removed. years? How was the alleged impairment to "buffer" activities on the Loup River and Zd Finance • Stream and Lake Protection Conservation Plaiuung