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CONTENTS <br />Table of Contents <br />Preface <br />Acknowledgments <br />List of Figures <br />List of Tables <br />Chapter I: INTRODUCTION <br />A Wildlife River <br />Historical, Educational and Recreational Values <br />Groundwater Recharge Potential and Flood Control <br />Alteration and Threats to the Platte Ecosystem <br />Chapter II: WILDLIFE AND THE RIVER <br />Wildlife Habitat Suitability <br />Species Requirements <br />Sandhill Cranes <br />Whooping Cranes <br />Bald Eagles <br />Least Terns and Piping Plovers <br />Waterfowl <br />Quantitative Flow Rates Suggested for Wildlife <br />Chapter III: PLATTE RIVER HABITAT <br />Trends <br />Changes in Dry Periods and Vegetation <br />Changes in Mean Flows <br />Mean Flows and Wildlife <br />Changes in Peak Flows <br />Changes in Sediment Supply <br />Changes in Channel Width <br />Changes in Groundwater Levels <br />Additions of Water to the Platte Basin <br />P. iii <br />i <br />ii <br />vii <br />viii <br />1 <br />1 <br />3 <br />4 <br />9 <br />10 <br />12 <br />12 <br />16 <br />21 <br />22 <br />26 <br />27 <br />39 <br />39 <br />40 <br />43 <br />46 <br />54 <br />58 <br />60 <br />60 <br />;i? <br />