Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River

• Description: Related to the Platte River Recovery Implementation Program ‎(PRRIP)‎
• State: CO
• State: NE
• State: WY
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 4/1/2004
• Author: National Research Council of the National Academies
• Title: Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River - Prepublication Copy
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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A: Biographical Information on Committee Members ................. ............................... 228
B: Bird Species of Conservation Concern in Nebraska ..... ............................... ............................237
C: Confirmed Whooping Crane Sightings in Central Platte River Study Area, 1942 -
2003 ....................................................................................................... 240
D: Input Data for Figures 5 -6 a and b .......... ............................... ............................246
Box S -1. Statement of Task for the National Research Council, 3
Box S -2. Governance Committee's 10 Review Questions, 4
Box 1 -1. Statement of Task, 22
Box 1 -2. Governance Committee's 10 Review Questions, 22
Box 1 -3. Definitions of Terms Used in this Report, 23
Box 2 -1. The Question of Presettlement Woodland Along the Central Platte River, 50
Box 3 -1. Adaptive Management, 76
Box 3 -2. Criteria for Assessing the Degree of Scientific Support for Decisions, 77
Box 4 -1. Restoration for the Future Platte River, 88
Figure S -1.
General location and features of Platte River Basin, including its position across
100th meridian, 2
Figure 1 -1.
South channel of central Platte River at Rowe Sanctuary near Kearney. Channel is
periodically dry, as in this view, 16
Figure 1 -2.
General location and features of the Platte River Basin, including its position across 100th meridian. 16
Figure 1 -3.
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Whooping crane, 18
Figure 1 -4.
Piping plover, 18
Figure 1 -5.
Interior least tern, 19
Figure 1 -6.
Pallid sturgeon, 19
Figure 2 -1.
General location and places of interest in Platte River Basin, including its position across 100th
meridian, 28
Figure 2 -2.
Landforms of Platte River Basin and nearby regions, 29
Figure 2 -3.
Channel of Platte River showing its broad, shallow, braided nature, 29
Figure 2 -4.
Portion of Platte River Basin as shown on Map of the Trans - Mississippi of the
United States During the Period of the American Fur Trade as Conducted from St.
Louis Between the Years 1807 -1843, 30
Figure 2 -5.
Kingsley Dam on North Platte River, completed in 1941, directly controls flows
downstream through central Platte River, 33
Figure 2 -6.
Cumulative storage in reservoirs, number of canals constructed, and selected stream
gage periods in Platte River Basin, 34
Figure 2 -7.
Schematic diagram showing distribution and connections among Platte River and
various parts of its water - control infrastructure, 35
Figure 2 -8.
Irrigation water from groundwater and surface -water in Nebraska (black dots are
irrigation wells), 35
Figure 2 -9.
Distribution of Nebraska corn harvest of 1996 (a typical year), showing acres
harvested for grain, 1996, and importance of agriculture and corn production along
Platte River, 36
Figure 2 -10.
Distribution of irrigated corn production in 1997 (a typical year), showing irrigated
corn for grain or silage by county, 1997, and prominence of Nebraska and Platte
River, 36
Figure 2 -11.
Central -pivot irrigation systems along central Platte River, 37
Figure 2 -12.
Urban Areas in Platte River Basin, 39
Figure 2 -13.
Gothenburg, Nebraska, typical example of small cities along central and lower
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