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Summary of Monitoring and Research Conducted within the Cottonwood Ranch <br />Property and General Monitoring Transects by the USGS <br />FY 2002 <br />Prepared by <br />Paul Kinzel and Randy Parker <br />U.S. Geological Survey <br />For <br />Committee's of the <br />Platte River Cooperative Agreement <br />December 4, 2002 <br />1. Background <br />The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in conjunction with representatives from the <br />Technical Committee and representatives from the Executive Director's office of the <br />Platte River Endangered Species Partnership (PRESP) developed a monitoring and <br />research plan for Nebraska Public Power District's (NPPD) Cottonwood Ranch <br />Property. This plan titled, "Research Protocol for Nebraska Public Power District's <br />Cottonwood Ranch Property" was prepared for the Technical Committee July 10, <br />2000. This document described the overall goals and objectives of the monitoring and <br />research to be conducted at the Cottonwood Ranch in addition to discussing data <br />collection and analysis methods. At the time the protocol was written, development <br />and enhancement of the Cottonwood Ranch Property was anticipated to begin in <br />September or October of 2000. Given this time frame it was also anticipated that data <br />collection would be initiated prior to management activities and continue for two <br />years following management action. The delay of management action has allowed <br />two full years of "pre-treatmenY" or baseline data to be collected. This report <br />summarizes the data collection and research activities conducted between October <br />2001 and September 2002 by the USGS. <br />USGS monitoring and research conducted on and near the Cottonwood Ranch for <br />fiscal year 2002 are described below. The work categories are first summarized. <br />These work categories are repeated in the following section listing the expenses for <br />each category.