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ATTENTION <br />CENTR.AL PL.AT`l'E FiVEit BASitv <br />FAlUN,iLRS A?!n? IZA.NCNFR S <br />S ??GuT T?; ,u ?? ?T'' '?'TiF PT"qTTF TttvER FNi?ANGERED SPECIES <br />RENAISSANCE PR4JECT (THE "COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT") <br />e Rubht now; the T?S Fzsh and Wildiife Service through a Govemance Comtnittee is <br />concocting a plan to generate massive new Platte River flows to allegedly benef t <br />three species at birds.and one species af fish. <br />FACT: Ali three species of birds are on the increase and doing well, and tlie <br />species of fis'l; does nct and never has inbwbited the m?ddle Platte River. Current <br />farming and irrigation practices eiuich and enhance the environment and species <br />habitat. <br />The facrs ;,nd rea1itv reyeai there. 1S AO rieed f0I 3 SU2Cle5 1'6ri11SS3I1CC pTOgfari]. <br />• The government anci their environmentalist allies are focusing on irrigaLlon ta satisfy <br />their instream flow goals. The cost to taxpayers for just the first phase of the three- <br />phase program is $75 million. <br />f <br />FACT: There are ways to easily generate substantial additional river flows that <br />would not harm irrigatian such as new impoundments, riparian vegetation control, <br />forest. m?a?nµaPmPnt ar.? weather modification. ?'he zovernment has chosen not to <br />b...,.... ., - <br />seriously consider these viahle options because their real goal is the <br />reprioriiization and control oi our water. <br />• The Governance Committee is frantically working to slap together kheir species <br />renaissance plan by 3anuary 2000. Triis deadline is a:bivary, artific:al --nd absu:d. <br />FACT: It to4k over a century of hard work and investment by Nebraska farmers <br />and ranc::Lrs to develop the Central Platke River Basin from nothing into a <br />prosperous, productive agricultura] powerhouse. Our generation must not be the <br />one that allows this success story to be undone for a senseless, unnecessary and <br />contrived species renaissance program. <br />• Considering the woeful situation farmers and ranchers are now enduring, Nlebraska <br />taxpayers should be appalled at this mismanagement of our tax dollars. <br />FACT: The government's prioriries are way out of whack. <br />?