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1. Ice Effects on Hydraulic and Fish and Wildlife Habitat by <br />George Ashton, U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering <br />Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 1989. <br />2. A Mathematical Simulation of the Temperature and Dissolved <br />Oxygen Regime of Lake McConaughy, Nebraska, by James Yahnke, <br />Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Office, February 1990. <br />3. Platte River Ecology Study, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, <br />Northern Prairie Research Center, Jamestown, North Dakota, <br />June 1981. <br />4. Piping Plover Recovery Plan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, <br />Twin Cities, Minnesota, May 12, 1988. <br />5. Changing Habitats in the Platte River Valley of Nebraska by <br />John G. Sidle, Eugene D. Miller, and Paul J. Currier. Prairie <br />Naturalist, 21(2):91 -104. 1989. <br />6. Habitat conservation for.nesting least terns and piping <br />plovers on the Platte River in Nebraska by Jerry W. Ziewitz, <br />John G. Sidle, and John J. Dinan, undated manuscript available <br />from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Grand Island, Nebraska. <br />Reports of the PlaA,ver Management Joint Study which have beep <br />completed include: <br />1. Evaluating Management Alternatives: Sediment:, Flov,►,.and Chapel <br />Geometry Considerations by the x o1-affJftrk.#rqjap, December <br />1989. <br />2. Final Biology Work Group report, July 20, 1990. <br />d. Anticivated Problems and Possible Onoortunities <br />In order to perform an acceptable investigation, supportable scientific <br />principles and methods need to be used in the analysis. It will be <br />necessary to reach consensus on methods, principles, and assumptions <br />made to perform the analysis. State, ead .FOderal,agenc es bav a need <br />for _-a basin -wide hydrologic mod " bas "agreament -as to input, <br />operating rules, and operations output.* The opportunity exists with <br />this evaluation to develop hydrological and biological models that are <br />understood and supported by the many interested parties in the Platte <br />River Basin. <br />The question regarding the need to attempt to model a hydrologic and <br />habitat condition that existed prior to development (Pathfinder <br />completed 1909) still remains. P069tttly the study is $coped to review <br />the hydrologic and habitat conditions under an existing development and <br />0 4 <br />