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Statement of Tasks for the Committee with <br />A multi-disciplinary committee will be establisheof the federally listed whooping crane, Northern ( <br />plover, interior least tern, and the Lower Platte Ri <br />Questions: What are the habitat needs to be evi <br />recovery populations on the Platte as defined in <br />the criteria for evaluation? <br />The committee will review the government's ass <br />resulting hydrogeomorphological and ecological <br />of and/or limit the recovery of these species. <br />Questions: What `government assessments' will <br />`assessments'? <br />What other ircformation will be used? How will <br />identified if only those documents are reviewed? <br />How will the committee assess whether current <br />andlor `limit the recovery' of these species'? N <br />How will the committee take into account the h, <br />were less conducive to endangered species use i <br />account the benefits to the species derived from <br />flow and habitat conditions? <br />And whether other Platte River habitats do or can <br />survival and/or recovery of these species. <br />Questions: How will the committee compare <br />will be compared? <br />Questions <br />to evaluate the Central Platte River habitat needs <br />eat Plains breeding population of the piping <br />;r habitat needs of the pallid sturgeon. <br />How much habitat is needed to achieve <br />recovery plans for these species? What are <br />s of how current Platte River operations and <br />conditions affect the likelihood of survival <br />reviewed? What is the definition of <br />biases in the government assessments be <br />ditions `affect the likelihood of survival' <br />methodologies and/or criteria will be used? <br />conditions (pre-water development) that <br />Platte? How will the Committee take into <br />N development and corresponding changes in <br />the same values that are essential to the <br />among those on the Platte? Which habitats <br />The committee will consider the scientific foundat ons for the current federal designation of Central <br />Platte habitat as "critical habitat" for the whooping crane <br />Questions: What are the scientific foundations fo the designation of whooping crane habitat on <br />the Platte? Where are these found? The federal egister notices proposing critical habitat <br />(December 16, 1975) and designating critical ha1 <br />statements, and provide little information and no <br />and Northern Great Plains breeding population of <br />Questions: What are the scientific foundations <br />Platte? What effort has been made to quantify <br />distribution? Why were Lake McConnaughy b <br />(May 15, 1978) include only general <br />c supporting the designation. <br />piping plover. <br />the designation of piping plover habitat on the <br />?tituent elements of habitat? What is its <br />not included in the recovery goals? <br />A-19