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• <br />r <br />�i <br />Endangered and Threatened Species of the Platte River <br />Figure 1 -1 South channel of central Platte River at Rowe Sanctuary near Kearney. Channel is <br />periodically dry, as in this view. Riparian vegetation includes cottonwood - dominated forests and <br />more open areas. Source: Photograph by W.L. Graf, August 2003. <br />Wyoming <br />Casper South Dakota <br />Pathfinder Res. <br />Ng <br />Scottsbluff <br />e, <br />er Cake <br />Cheyenne McConaughy Columbus Omjha <br />North Grand <br />Platte Isla:tl Chapman 'ncoln <br />B•p Coxa /a • <br />e 'ver •Denman <br />Fort Morgan Lexington Kearney <br />Nebraska <br />Denver <br />Chatfield Res. Kansas <br />w °o <br />HYN E Colorado <br />Figure 1 -2 General location and features of the Platte River Basin, including its position across <br />100th meridian. Source: Adapted from DOI 2003. <br />Between 1967 and 1990, the whooping crane, piping plover, interior least tern, and pallid <br />sturgeon were listed under federal legislation related to threatened and endangered species. <br />Rather than address the individual species in isolation from each other, Nebraska, Colorado, <br />• Wyoming, and agencies of the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) signed the Platte River <br />16 <br />