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Platte River Draft Environmental Impact Statement <br />Summary of Impacts of Each Alternative Compared to the Present Condition <br />(Impacts are quantified on an annual basis, unless otherwise noted) <br />Resources, <br />Significant Indicators, and <br />Geographic Areas <br />Alternatives <br />Governance <br />Committee <br />Scenario 1 <br />Governance <br />Committee <br />Scenario 2 <br />Water <br />Leasing <br />Wet <br />Meadow <br />Water <br />Emphasis <br />Interior Least Tern and Piping Plover <br />Least Tern <br />Nest timing <br />Allows earlier nest initiation by 1 -15 days <br />Nesting opportunity <br />1- to 3 -day increase in fledging time available <br />Nest elevation (overall) <br />Nest elevation not <br />improved over the <br />Present Condition <br />Nest elevation improved over the Present Condition <br />Forage fish habitat <br />Significant improvement <br />Piping Plover <br />Nesting timing <br />Allows earlier <br />nest initiation by <br />1 -14 days <br />Allows earlier nest initiation by 1 -20 days <br />Nesting opportunity <br />1- to 4 -day increase in fledging time available. <br />Nest elevation <br />Insufficient <br />Sufficient <br />Pallid Sturgeon <br />Spawning flows <br />No significant change <br />Very slight <br />positive <br />Slight negative <br />No significant <br />change <br />Habitat forming flows <br />Very slight negative <br />Slight negative <br />No significant <br />change <br />Food base flows <br />Slight positive <br />Moderate positive <br />Summer flows <br />Moderate positive <br />Other Federally Listed Species <br />Colorado <br />Bald eagle <br />No impact <br />Nebraska <br />Bald eagle <br />Numerous benefits <br />Western prairie fringed orchid <br />Reduced peak flows diminish wet meadow recharge at known sites <br />Wyoming <br />Preble's meadow jumping <br />mouse <br />No impact <br />Wyoming toad <br />No impact <br />Ute ladies- tresses orchid and <br />Colorado butterfly plant <br />No impact <br />