Volume II: Appendix A Of the Biological Opinion

• Description: Contains the 1997 Cooperative Agreement for Platte River Research ‎(aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program or PRRIP)‎
• State: CO
• State: NE
• State: WY
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 7/1/1997
• Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Grand Island, Nebraska
• Title: Volume II: Appendix A Of the Biological Opinion On the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Preferred Alternative for the Kingsley Dam Project ‎(No. 1417)‎ and North Platte/Keystone Dam Project ‎(No. 1835)‎
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Biological Opinion

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Land Measures
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Governance Committee will establish a Land Committee with appropriate
representation, including private land owners, and establish roles and
responsibilities for the Committee to directly oversee land rights acquisition and
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management.
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The Land Committee will develop criteria and guidelines for future habitat
protection, restoration and acquisition under a Program, and will develop and
implement processes /mechanisms /procedures as appropriate to acquire,
administer, restore, and manage any land or habitat (wet meadows, channel,
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etc.) provided for wildlife for incorporation into or protection under a Program.
Measures will include identification and evaluation of potential habitat areas; an
evaluation of past and /or ongoing habitat management practices; and
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identification and evaluation of potential alternative habitat management
methods. The Committee will also develop a process for acquisition, oversight
and continued protection of land interests, including the reversion of or
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protection of land interests if a Program fails.
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The Nebraska Districts will implement any habitat measures required by new
FERC license articles for FERC Projects Nos. 1417 and 1835.
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The Governance Committee or the Land Committee if so designated) will
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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
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species habitat.
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The Governance Committee will develop and implement a financial agreement
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for the collection and expenditure of funds collected pursuant to the Cooperative
Agreement or collected pursuant to biological opinions for existing water
projects and for new water depletions. The Committee will also establish and
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implement criteria for the expenditure of such funds for habitat protection and
restoration.
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Water Measures
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The Governance Committee will establish the Water Management Committee
and direct it to develop a Scope of Work for a Water Conservation/Supply
Reconnaissance Study as outlined in Attachment II of the Cooperative
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Agreement. The Scope of Work will indicate that the consultant is to use the
data and information developed by the Water Management Committee pursuant
to Milestones W14 -1 and Wl 1-2 to conduct the analysis. Once the Scope of
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Work is approved by the Governance Committee, the Water Management
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