Draft Baseline Report - Whooping Crane Section

• Description: Prepared for the Platte River Cooperative Agreement ‎(aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program [PRRIP])‎
• State: NE
• State: CO
• State: WY
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 1/1/2002
• Author: Western EcoSystems Technology, Inc.
• Title: Draft Baseline Report, Whooping Crane Section
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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Table 4.
Probable Sightings of Whooping Cranes in The Platte River Valley, 1980 -2000
(These
Sightings are not included
in Table 2).
No. River
Bridge River
Group ID
Cranes Year Use
Dates of Use'
Location Segment3
Miles4
Comment
Groups Observed wtJhm the Platte;River "alley, ".
1
8OA -3
2 1980 N
4/18
1 S. Odessa
9 --
Assumed same as 8OA -1, 80A -2
2
84A -15
2 1984 N
4/11
1 E, 1 1/2 S Kearney Br
9 --
3
85A-4
4 1985 Y
4/3
Alda Br
3
South Channel Platte
4
85B -61
2 1985 Y
4/17
1 S, 2 E Wood River I -80 Exit
4 --
Uridil Property
5
8613-82
4 1986 Y
11 /11
1/8 E Gibbon Br
6 --
6
88A -25
2 1988 N
3/13
2 1/2 - 3 W Alda Rd
4
7
88A -26
2 1988 N
3/21
2 %2 E Hwy 10 Br
7
8
88A -27
3 1988 N
4/1
3/4W Wood River, S I -80
5
9
90A -15
4 1990 N
4/4
4 1/2 W Kearney Br
9
10
90A -18
3 1990 N
4/30
3 E Hwy 44, Ft. Kearny Rd
8
11
90A -21
1 1990 N
4/30
3 E Hwy 10 Br
7
12
95A -46
1 1995 N
5/16
2 S Alda Br
3
13
OOA -22
7 2000 N
4/8 or 4/9
2 W Platte /Aida Rd
4
Intersection
Grohs
. ,
flying over ever (use of river not Eonfiimed)
.
... .
1
8413-37
3 1984 NA
10/28
3S,1 1/4 E Overton
11 --
2
8413-45
2 1984 NA
10/28
S. Wood River
5 --
3
8613-95
3 1986 NA
11/3
E Kearney Br
9 223.5
4
87A -30
5 1987 NA
4/10
1 W Doniphan
3
5
8713-77
2 1987 NA
10/27
Grand Island
2
With sandhills
6
91A -24
2 1991 NA
4/11
1 1/2 E Hwy 10 Br
7
7
92A -27
8 1992 NA
4/13
4'/2 S, 5 E Kearney
8
8
9213-35
8 1992 NA
11/20
4 W Kearney
9
9
93B -37
2 1993 NA
10/23
Near Ft. Kearny
8
10
9313-39
3 1993 NA
10/21
2 1/2 W Wood River Br
5
11
9513-24
7 1995 NA
10/24
Near Overton / I -80
11
12
9513-26
8 1995 NA
11/3
Near Kearney Br
8
13
9913-58
3 1999 NA
10/29
W Grand Island
2
14
99B -59
3 1999 NA
11/2
SW Kearney
9
Source: NGPC
1993; USFWS - Grand Island, unpublished
data. NA = not available a See definition of Probable Sighting for Whooping Crane.
Notes:
' When initial sighting occurred in early morning, arrival was assumed
to be the previous day.
z Only 2 Platte Valley sightings west of Lexington.
s Locations are distance in miles from identified
landmark.
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