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Summary of Monitoring and Research Conducted within the Cottonwood Ranch Property <br />and General Monitoring Transects by the USGS <br />FY 2003 <br />Prepared by <br />Paul Kinzel <br />U.S. Geological Survey <br />For <br />Committee's of the <br />Platte River Cooperative Agreement <br />November 7, 2003 <br />1. Background <br />The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in conjunction with representatives from the Technical <br />Committee and representatives from the Executive Director's office of the Platte River <br />Endangered Species Partnership (PRESP) developed a monitoring and research plan for <br />Nebraska Public Power District's (NPPD) Cottonwood Ranch Property. This plan titled, <br />"Research Protocol for Nebraska Public Power District's Cottonwood Ranch Property" was <br />prepared for the Technical Committee July 10, 2000. This document described the overall <br />goals and objectives of the monitoring and research to be conducted at the Cottonwood <br />Ranch in addition to discussing data collectian and analysis methods. At the time the protocol <br />was written, development and enhancement of the Cottonwood Ranch Property was <br />anticipated to begin in September or October of 2000. Given this time frame it was also <br />anticipated that data collection would be initiated prior to management activities and continue <br />for two years following management action. Phase 1 of the development and enhancement <br />plan was initiated by NPPD October 2002 and concluded per Jim Jenniges (NPPD) on <br />October 2003. This report summarizes the data collection and research activities conducted <br />between October 2002 and September 2003 by the USGS. <br />USGS monitoring and research conducted on and near the Cottonwood Ranch for fiscal year <br />2003 are described below. The work categories are first summarized. These work categories <br />are repeated in the following section listing the expenses for each category. <br />II. Field Activities <br />A. Fall - 2002 -(Surveying, Sampling, and Photography -- Spatial Cross Sections) <br />Monitoring and research in support of the spatial intensive research component of the work <br />plan was initiated October 7, 2002 with the resurvey of 11, 21 and 25 cross-sections along <br />each of the Input, Managed and Output Reaches respectively of the middle channel of the