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

R3 -2 The Nebraska Districts will continue to implement any research and monitoring •
measures required by new FERC license articles for FERC Projects No. 1417
and 1835.
L1 -2 The Nebraska Districts will continue to implement any habitat measures
required by new FERC.license articles for FERC Projects No. 1417 and 1835.
12 -2 The Governance Committee (or the Land Committee if so designated) will
continue to identify and evaluate methods for acquiring, restoring and protecting
lands and will continue to identify and,evaluate beneficial and adverse impacts
to third parties, including net changes in tax revenue resulting from the
protection of land as endangered species habitat.
L3 -2 The Land Committee will develop: a strategy for acquiring and protecting land
in habitat complexes in conjunction with other managed lands; a protocol for
determining existing conditions for land or land rights acquired for
management; a protocol for developing management plans; and a protocol for
monitoring habitat values on managed lands.
Water Mom= •
W1 -2 The consultant will complete the Water Conservation/Supply Reconnaissance
Study and submit it to the Governance Committee and Water Management
Committee for evaluation. With guidance from the Governance Committee, the
Water Management Committee will determine and initiate a process for the
development of the Water Conservation/Supply Action Plan to be incorporated
in the proposed alternative.
W2 -2 The Nebraska Districts will continue to implement any water reregulation and
water conservation measures required by new FERC license articles for FERC
Projects Nos. 1417 and 1835.
W3 -2 Nebraska will continue to develop means for protecting Program water
deliveries, above the existing flow conditions, to and through the critical habitat
and will, in cooperation with the other parties, process application(s) for
selected Nebraska Statute 46 -252 pilot projects.
W4-2 Nebraska will continue to develop means for protecting, where appropriate,
existing flow conditions by: continuing monitoring and reporting as outlined in
Year 1; continuing evaluation of optional ways to mitigate, offset or prevent
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