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MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE PROPOSED ACTION AND THE RPA . . . <br />. . 121 <br />HYDROLOGIC MODELING OF THE PROPOSED ACTION AND THE RPA . . . . <br />. . 125 <br />Period of Record . . <br />. . 125 <br />Model Inflows at Lewellen and Julesburg . . . . . . . . . <br />. . 125 <br />Conservation Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />. . 126 <br />Daily Flow Subroutines <br />127 <br />Bank Storage and Reservoir Seepage . . . . . . . . . . . <br />. . 127 <br />Historic Releases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />. . 128 <br />EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED ACTION COMPARED TO THE RPA . . . . . . . . . <br />. . 132 <br />Average Annual F1 ows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />. . 133 <br />Instream Flow Shortages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />. . 134 <br />Whooping Crane and Critical Habitat . . . . . . . . . . . <br />. . 136 <br />Least Tern and Piping Plover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />. . 141 <br />Pallid Sturgeon and Sturgeon Chub . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />. . 149 <br />SUMMARY OF BIOLOGICAL RATIONALE TO AVOID THE LIKELIHOOD OF JEOPARDY AND <br />ADVERSE MODIFICATION OF CRITICAL HABITAT . . . . . . . . . . . <br />. . 152 <br />OTHER ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />. . 155 <br />COMPARISON OF OPERATIONAL IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED ACTION AND <br />THE RPA ON HYDROPOWER AND DROUGHT PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . <br />. . 157 <br />SUMMARY OF THE RPA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />. . 158 <br />INCIDENTAL TAKE <br />159 <br />LEAST TERN AND PIPING PLOVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />. . 160 <br />Amount or Extent of Incidental Take . . . . . . . . . . . <br />. . 161 <br />Reasonable and Prudent Measures to Minimize Take . . . . <br />. . 161 <br />Terms and Conditions for Implementation of Reasonable and <br />Prudent <br />Measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />. . 162 <br />CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 <br />FIGURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 <br />APPENDICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 <br />i i i <br />