Spring 2001 Whooping Crane Migrational Survey Protocol Implementation Report

• Description: Platte River Endangered Species Partnership ‎(aka Platte River Cooperative Agreement [CA]; aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program [PRRIP])‎ Technical Advisory Committee ‎(TAC)‎
• State: CO
• State: NE
• State: WY
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 11/19/2001
• Author: Platte River Cooperative Agreement Technical Advisory Committee
• Title: Spring 2001 Whooping Crane Migrational Survey Protocol Implementation Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

Table 6. Mean discharge (cfs) and stage (ft) during crane use at each riverine use site
using hourly provisional data averaged from 7:30 pm to 7 am at the Kearny gage (KN)
and the Grand Island gage (GI). Riverine use site number 4 was observed in use two
mornings.
Riverine
Use
Site
Number
Morning
Use Date
Gage
Mean
Discharge
SE
Discharge
Mean
Stage
SE
Stage
1
3/24/2001
KY
1362.47
59.94
3.41
0.03
1
3/24/2001
GI
1612.77
15.60
2.11
0.01
2
3/25/2001
KY
1234.37
61.64
3.34
0.03
2
3/25/2001
GI
1581.20
16.24
2.10
0.01
3
3/30/2001
KY
1004.38
70.88
3.21
0.04
3
3%30/2001
GI
1272.43
8.29
1.95
0.00
4
3/31/2001
KY
1005.00
71.21
3.22
0.04
4
3/31/2001
GI
1298.15
9.13
1.97
0.00
4
4/1/2001
KY
980.69
71.12
3.21
0.04
4
411/2001
GI
1317.03
6.11
1.98
0.00
5
4/2/2001
KY
1050.71
68.18
3.25
0.04
5
4/2/2001
GI
1381.24
12.17
2.02
0.01
6
4/6/2001
KY
1029.12
80.38
3.24
0.05
6
4/6/2001
GI
1173.91
9.60
1.92
0.01
Table 7. Average unobstructed width (meters) at riverine profile transects. Averages are
across the 3 transects (through the crane use site, a parallel transect 25m upstream, and a
parallel transect 25m downstream) measured at each riverine use site.
Riverine
Use
Site
Use Site
Transect
Wdth
Mean
Unobstructed
Width
Standard
Error
1
247.80
254.93
7.03
2
314.00
301.00
6.56
3
143.00
132.33
9.21
4
139.00
170.00
32.01
5
82.00
78.67
4.91
6
281.00
279.33
3.28
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