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TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />ACKNOWLEGMENTS .......................... ............................... ii <br />LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL ........................ ............................iii <br />PREFACE...................................... ............................... iv <br />CHAPTER 1 — INTRODUCTION <br />Page <br />BACKGROUND AND AUTHORITY ......... 1 <br />Missouri River Basin Framework Study .. 1 <br />Nebraska State Water Plan .............. 2 <br />AUTHORIZATION ......................... 2 <br />PURPOSE AND SCOPE ................... 2 <br />Study Scope ........................... 2 <br />Area of Study ....................... 3 <br />Guidelines and Assumptions ......... 4 <br />ORGANIZATION .......................... <br />Missouri River Basin Commission ....... <br />Study Director's Office .................. <br />State Advisory Committee ............... <br />Platte River Basin Planning Board ....... <br />Planning Team ......................... <br />Task Forces ............................ <br />Citizens' Advisory Committees .......... <br />PROCEDURES ............................ <br />Regional Planning Goals ................ <br />Multiple Objective Planning ............. <br />Alternative Futures ..................... <br />Standards .............................. <br />The Planning Process ................... <br />Future Conditions Without a Plan .... <br />Plan Formulation .................... <br />4 <br />4 <br />4 <br />4 <br />6 <br />6 <br />6 <br />6 <br />Page <br />Study Assignments ..................... 9 <br />Planning Board ...................... 9 <br />Task Forces ......................... 9 <br />Citizens' Advisory Committees ....... 9 <br />Special Committees and Consultants . 9 <br />Public Participation ..................... 10 <br />CHAPTER 2 — THE BASIN AND ITS RESOURCES <br />PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS ........... 13 <br />Ground Water Geology ................. 16 <br />CLIMATE .. ............................... 17 <br />Precipitation ...........................17 <br />Temperature ........................... 20 <br />Wind...... .............................20 <br />Evaporation and Transpiration ..........20 <br />SOILS AND VEGETATION .................21 <br />Soils...... .............................21 <br />Vegetation .............................22 <br />MINERALS . ............................... 22 <br />Oil and Natural Gas .................... 22 <br />Sand and Gravel ........................ 23 <br />Stone..... .............................23 <br />Clay...... .............................23 <br />Volcanic Ash ...........................23 <br />