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January 27, 2006 <br />The Platte River Recovery Implementation Program in a Nutshell <br />HISTORICAL OVERVIEW. Deb Freeman <br />L PROGRAM PURPOSES. Deb Freeman <br />II. PROGRAM GOALS. Deb Freeman <br />III. PROGRAM ELEMENTS Deb Freeman <br />A. General Description. Deb Freeman <br />1. Elements <br />2. Increments <br />3. Obj ectives <br />4. Progress toward Meeting Objectives and ESA <br />B. Modification of the Program. Deb Freeman <br />1. Amendments by the Secretary of the Interior and Governors of <br />Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming during the First Increment <br />2. Modifications by the Governance Committee <br />C. Flexibility and Change During the First Increment. Deb Freeman (except <br />1) <br />1. Adaptive Management Plan. Ted Kowalski <br />2. Assessments of Activities and Criteria During the First Increment <br />3. Target Flows <br />4. Program Peer Review <br />5. Day-to-Day Flexibility <br />D. Land Ted Kowalski <br />l. Acquisition of Interests in Land <br />2. Restoration and Protection <br />3. Credit Toward Program Objectives <br />E. Water Alan Berryman and Steve Sims <br />l. The First Increment Program Water Objective, FWS Instream Flow <br />Recommendations for Central Platte River, and Lower Platte River Flows <br />a. Target Flow Recommendations <br />b. Peak and Other Flow Recommendations <br />c. Lower Platte River Flows <br />d. Impact of Program Activities on FWS Recommended Flows <br />2. Program Water Operations to Meet First Increment Water Objectives. <br />a. Tamarack I, Pathfinder Modification and the Nebraska <br />Environmental Account <br />(Initial Program Projects) <br />b. Water Conservation/Supply Activities <br />c. Operation of Program Water Conservation/Supply Projects <br />d. Delivery of Program Water <br />3. Depletions Plans to Mitigate the Impacts of New Water Related <br />Activities <br />4. Institutional Protections