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tern, wij <br />species <br />Federal <br />Federal <br />Doping crane, and pallid sturgeon) and one threatened species (piping plover). These <br />ire referred to as the "target species" in the cooperative agreement. H.R. 1462 provides <br />authorization to carry out the program and authorizes appropriations for the 50 percent <br />cost - share. The total authorization included in H.R. 1462 is $157,140,000 with a <br />1 providing for needed inflation adjustments. <br />McGona igny Keystone Diversion Dam <br />N. Platte River North Platte Tri -County Diversion Dam <br />Kingsley O rutherland ' <br />Maxwell <br />S. plane R ; Brady <br />Gothenburg <br />* Cozad <br />' Lexington <br />al 1. ��_ Ov <br />Tri- County Supply <br />Canal <br />Johnson 2 <br />Return <br />River, <br />Nebras <br />combir <br />90,000 <br />high <br />Chapman <br />Kearney Canal Grand Island <br />Aida <br />/ <br />Elm Gibbon Shelton , t <br />'reek Kearney, O ✓ Vg( . <br />le <br />Odelsq- <br />ti <br />Minden <br />Central Platte <br />Habitat Area <br />Figure 1: Platte River Recovery Implementation Map <br />e Platte River is formed in western Nebraska by the confluence of the South Platte <br />Lich originates in Colorado, and the North Platte River, which flows mostly in <br />rn Wyoming. The North and South Platte Rivers begin in the eastern Rockies near the <br />al Divide and combine to form the Platte River which flows eastward through <br />for 330 miles before joining the Missouri River near Plattsmouth, Nebraska. When <br />with the North Platte, the Platte River is over 900 miles long, with a drainage basin of <br />tare miles. <br />•e the 1880s, the Platte River in Nebraska was a broad and braided river subject to <br />floods, high sediment loads, and occasional summer droughts. These conditions <br />2 <br />