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PRRIP — ED OFFICE <br />11- 242008 <br />• Exhibit A <br />Scope of Services <br />Platte River Recovery Implementation Program <br />Executive Director and Staff <br />Task 1. Basic Duties — Maintain the Office of the Executive Director in Central Nebraska (3710 <br />Central Avenue, Suite E, Kearney, Nebraska 68847) and provide the managerial, administrative, <br />and technical assistance required of the Governance Committee to implement the Platte River <br />Recovery Program. <br />Task 2. Specific 2009 Work Plan Items —The Executive Director and staff will perform the <br />following activities: <br />Provide direction and oversight and review work progress for contract conformance and payment <br />approval for on -going work by contractors and consultants including: <br />• North Platte River Restoration Field Activities in the vicinity of the Choke Point at North <br />Platte <br />• Water Action Plan Development <br />• Facility Feasibility Studies for Elwood Reservoir, J2 Return Reservoir, and Elm Creek <br />Reservoir <br />• Database Management System Development <br />• 2009 pulse flow monitoring <br />• Monitoring Whooping Crane Occurrence and Habitat Use <br />• Tern and Plover Foraging Habits Study <br />• Lower Platte Stage Change Study <br />• Water Quality Monitoring <br />• Geomorphology and In- Channel Vegetation Monitoring <br />Develop or direct development of specific work products: <br />• Continued implementation of Tern and Plover monitoring protocol and annual reports <br />• Continued Forage Fish monitoring program <br />• Wet Meadow Vegetation literature review <br />Provide input and direction as appropriate in the following Program Development areas: <br />• Implement ISAC and peer review efforts for adaptive management, geomorphology, <br />water quality, tip, fish protocols <br />• Develop 2010 -2013 work plan — potentially including identification and review of <br />models to be used in program <br />• Develop system -level hypothesis testing approach — spatial, temporal, sequencing, and <br />experimental design aspects <br />• Landowner access agreements <br />• Develop priority list of lands for each type of experiment and integrate with other <br />ongoing efforts <br />0 Page 6 of 9 <br />