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Ref. 113-1 Minimum Data Needs being Hypotheses
<br />No. Protocol/Activity Description, Responsible Party, and Schedule addressed 13 year Budget Addressed
<br /> Protocol for GIS Analysis of Description: Create a land use/cover GIS layer with CIR photos taken at the 1) Wet meadow quantity, distribution,
<br /> Ortho-rectified CIR end of the first increment. This protocol will use the CIR photos from and quality. 2) Wet meadow proximity
<br /> Photography - with minimum reference no. 3 and includes ground truthing of cover and use types. This to roosting habitat, isolation. 3)
<br /> land cover types as those study will replicate the 1998 land use/cover proceedure to facilitate a before- Channel width, vegetation, and
<br /> included in 1998 analysis after study of land use. Responsible Party: Program. Schedule: GIS sandbar quantity and distribution. 4)
<br /> Analysis will occur near the end of the first increment using ortho-rectified Quantity, distribution, sand area, and
<br /> photos. proximity to feeding habitat for
<br /> sandpits
<br />8
<br />$200,000
<br /> Least Terns and Pipin Plovers
<br /> Monitor potential and known Description: Monitor annual presence of least terns and piping plovers in the 1) Breeding bird distribution and
<br /> nesting habitat, distribution and study area (in-channel and pits), nesting attempts/success, fledge success, abundance, reproductive rate, nest
<br /> number of breeding pairs, and and habitat parameters at reproductive sites. Responsible Party: Program. success, fledge success, incidence of
<br /> reproductive success of least Schedule: Monitoring using this protocol began in 2001 and will continue predation, nest inundation
<br /> terns and piping plovers in annually as described in the protocol.
<br /> the central Platte valley
<br />9
<br />$780,000
<br /> Protocol for measuring Description: Monitoring colony characterisitcs to complement reference no. 1) Channel width, depth, in-channel
<br /> channel habitat characteristics #9. The geomorphology monitoring transect methods (ref no. 1) will be used vegetation, gage discharge, bed
<br /> at least tern and piping at each in-channel colony site. Responsible Party: Program. Schedule: elevation, grain size/distribution. 2)
<br /> plover nesUcolony locations Monitoring will begin when least terns and/or piping plovers are found nesting sandbar area and elevation
<br />10 on natural islands within the river channel. $150,000
<br /> Monitor riverine prey base Description: Collection of prey base information (e.g. species composition, 1) Fish habitat community health and
<br /> (fish) for least terns distribution, habitat utilization). Data will be used in other protocol to community structure. 2) Prey fish
<br /> determine relationship of flows on hab, pred, etc of prey base for tern and availability. 3) Prey fish availability
<br /> plover. Responsible Party: Program. Schedule: Monitoring to begin with (size, shape, abundance), 4) proximity
<br /> Program implementation. to colony site
<br />11
<br />$390,000
<br /> Determine relationship of flows Description: Analysis of information from ref no. 1-6 on creation and 1) Fish habitat community health and
<br /> on creation/maintenance of maintenance of sandbar habitat; ref. no. 9 on predation, nest inundation; and community structure. 2) Invertebrates.
<br /> habitat, predation, nest from ref. no. 11 and 20 on abundance and composition of prey base to 3) Prey fish availability (size, shape,
<br /> inundation, and distribution, determine relationship with flow data from USGS/NEDNR. Responsible abundance), 4) proximity to colony site
<br /> abundance and composition of party: Program. Schedule: Analysis will occur near the end of the first 5) Discharge, water temperature,
<br /> prey base for least terns and increment when sufficient information has been collected through climate data
<br /> piping plovers. implemenation of above referenced protocols.
<br />12
<br />$400,000
<br /> Determine reproductive habitat Description: Reproductive habitat parameters will be collected as part of
<br /> requirements for least terns reference nos. 9 and 10 and can be used to define tern and plover habitat
<br /> and piping plovers and if requirements. GIS could be used to determine the amount of this rype of
<br /> reproductive habitat is limiting habitat to evaluate if it is limiting. Responsible party: Program. Schedule:
<br /> in the central Platte valley analysis will occur near the end of the first increment when sufficient
<br /> (Considered very important, information has been collected through implemenation of above referenced
<br /> likely to be done later in protocols.
<br /> Program)
<br />13
<br />$50,000
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