Cooperative Agreement for Platte River Research and Other Efforts Relating to Endangered Species Habitats

• Description: Cooperative Agreement for Platte River Research ‎(aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program or PRRIP)‎ and Other Efforts Relating to Endangered Species Habitats Along the Central Platte River, Nebraska
• State: CO
• State: NE
• State: WY
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 7/1/1997
• Author: Platte River Endangered Species Partnership ‎(aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program or PRRIP)‎
• Title: Cooperative Agreement for Platte River Research and Other Efforts Relating to Endangered Species Habitats Along the Central Platte River, Nebraska
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Contract/Agreement

• A3 -1 Colorado, Wyoming and Nebraska will each contribute $100,000 each year to
fund the water conservation/supply activities to be undertaken during the term of
the Cooperative Agreement. In addition, the signatories will provide cash
contributions (or, as agreed to by the Governance Committee, cash equivalents),
subject to appropriations; to fund the cost of various projects and programs
undertaken during the term of the Cooperative Agreement as follows:3
Year I Year 2 Year 3
Colorado $200,000 $200,000 $200,000
Wyoming $100,000 $100,000 $100,000
Nebraska $100,000 $150,000 $150,000
DOI $2,500,000 $2,500,000 $2,500,000
A4-1 At year end, the Governance Committee will assess accomplishments,
implement measures to correct any shortfalls, and evaluate and adjust future
year milestones accordingly.
YEAR 2 OF THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT
RI -2 A technical committee will continue monitoring to document, relative to the
habitat and species conditions that existed as of the effective date of the
Cooperative Agreement, habitat and species responses to activities undertaken
pursuant to the Cooperative Agreement.
R2-2 A technical committee will continue to develop and implement procedures for
peer review of habitat and species monitoring and research.
3 Contributions by DOI will include the direct costs of conducting a programmatic
environmental impact statement and ESA consultation on the Program. Estimated cost
including reviews and revisions is between $3.0 and $5.0 million. Contributions by the states
will include their costs in providing information and data requested by DOI for NEPA review
and ESA consultation. The remaining state and federal funds will be available for
implementation of research, analysis, and other measures that will benefit the target species
and the associated habitats, as set forth in these Milestones for the Cooperative Agreement. It
is anticipated that the combined cash and non -cash contributions from the non - federal parties
• will be equal to the DOI share for all three years.
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