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I• <br />Species Flows <br />(Bowman, 1994) <br />Instream Flow Recommendations <br />(all used for Program evaluations and Biological Opinions) <br />Annual Pulse Flows <br />(Bowman and Carlson, 1994) <br />Program Target Flows <br />Peak Flows <br />(Bowman and Carlson, 1994) <br />a�ravma�^ <br />Figure 1. Schematic showing relationships between Service- recommended flows. <br />(this schematic has been revised, but not conceptually changed/ <br />s�- <br />Instream Flow Recommendations t �a <br />Defined as the entire suite of flow recommendations for the central Platte River articulated in �5 o\ <br />two FWS documents: Instream Flow Recommendations for the Central Platte River (Bowman,V2��wr^�' <br />May 23, 1994), and Pulse Flow Requirements for the Central Platte River (Bowman and <br />Carlson, August 3, 1994). Collectively, these recommendations are intended to achieve the�,k4 <br />flow - dependent goal of "rehabilitating and maintaining the structure and function, patterns and b��,s o� <br />processes, and habitat of the central Platte River Valley ecosystem ". Subsets of these \V <br />recommendations have since been categorized as "species flows ", "annual pulse flows ", and Vg, N;�at <br />"peak flows" by FWS, as illustrated conceptually in Figure 1.��`�� <br />Species Flows <br />Defined as all flow recommendations quantified in the document Instream Flow /tom AU_ <br />Recommendations for the Central Platte River, Nebraska (Bowman, 1994). These were <br />established as recommended "wet year ", "dry year" and "normal year" minimum flows for <br />various periods of the year (for example, from February 1 through March 22) for the purpose of <br />meeting the habitat needs of native biotic components of the ecosystem. They are presented in <br />Table 1 of Bowman, 199 (Attachment A to this document and summarized as follows: <br />t yon b,' <br />