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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY <br />• <br />A. Introduction <br />• <br />• <br />The Platte River Water Conservation/Supply Study (Study) was <br />conducted in support of the Platte River Cooperative Agreement. <br />Signed by the Department of the Interior and the states of Wyoming, <br />Colorado and Nebraska in July 1997, the Cooperative Agreement (CA) <br />addresses the wide - ranging needs of four threatened or endangered <br />species in the central Platte River region in Nebraska. The U.S. Fish <br />and Wildlife Service (FWS) developed recommendations for flows <br />that it believes are needed at different times of the year for endangered <br />species and other wildlife. In a cooperative approach with other <br />federal, state, and local interests, the FWS agreed to an incremental <br />approach with a goal of providing 130,000 to 150,000 acre -feet (ac -ft) <br />per year of water over the next 10 to 13 years. The goal of this study <br />was to identify and evaluate ways that 60,000 to 80,000 ac -ft of water <br />could be provided. Three other projects, one each in Colorado, <br />Nebraska, and Wyoming, are to provide the other 70,000- ac -ft. <br />The Study was prepared by Boyle Engineering Corporation (Boyle) <br />under contracts with each of the three states. Work began in July 1998 <br />under the Direction of the Water Management Committee (WMC). <br />The WMC is comprised of the following entities and individuals: <br />Member <br />Association <br />Jon Altenhofen <br />Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District <br />Ann Bleed <br />Nebraska Department of Water Resources <br />Kurt Bucholz <br />Upper North Platte Valley Water Users Association <br />Mark Butler <br />U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service <br />Mike Drain <br />Central Nebraska Public Power & Irrigation District <br />Beth Goldowitz <br />Platte River Trust <br />Richard Holloway <br />Tri-Basin Natural Resources District <br />Frank Kwapnioski <br />Nebraska Public Power District <br />John Lawson <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />Dan Luecke <br />Environmental Defense Fund <br />Becky Mathisen <br />Wyoming State Engineer's Office <br />Kent Miller <br />Twin Platte Natural Resources District <br />Mike Slifer <br />U.S. Geological Survey, WRD <br />Dick Stenzel <br />Colorado Division of Water Resources <br />1 -1 <br />