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He was extensively involved in use of the Opstudy model to analyze system operations during the Kingsley Relicensing proceedings, the Cooperative Agreement, Program negotiations, and NEPA reviews. Mr. Butler may be contacted at 303 - 445 -2103, or at mark a butler@fws.gov. Additional Names to Consider Platte River Instream Flows and Forage Fish Community: Mr. Larry Hesse Mr. Hesse is the chief scientist and vice - president of River Ecosystems, Inc., and River Corporation, both located in Crofton, Nebraska. He was previously employed as an aquatic research biologist and large river ecologist for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (1974- 1994). Mr. Hesse's research experience has included work with the federal Upper Colorado River Recovery Program for endangered fish, as well as numerous Missouri River fisheries studies for the federal government and private sector. He has authored roughly 100 technical journal papers, federal aid reports, books, and popular articles on Missouri River fisheries and water management. Mr. Hesse received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Ecology from Wayne State College and his Master of Arts degree in aquatic ecology from the University of South Dakota. He can be reached at 402 - 388 -4276. Pallid Sturgeon: Mr. Steve Krentz Mr. Krentz is a Fisheries Biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and serves as the Pallid Sturgeon Recovery Team Leader. He has an in -depth knowledge and understanding of pallid sturgeon biology and resource issues affecting the species range -wide. Mr. Krentz has appeared as an expert witness before the Platte River Cooperative Agreement Governance Committee and its subcommittees on multiple occasions regarding pallid sturgeon biology, and has served as a peer reviewer of the lower Platte River pallid sturgeon research plan, as well as the pallid sturgeon research efforts undertaken by the lower Platte River Pallid Sturgeon Task Force. He was one of the principal authors of the Service's biological opinion on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' proposed Master Manual for Missouri River operations that was recently reviewed by the National Academy of Science. Mr. Krentz also serves on the Pallid Sturgeon Upper, Middle, and Lower Basin Workgroups, and the Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Association Sturgeon and Paddlefish Committee. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Fish and Wildlife Biology from South Dakota State University. Mr. Krentz can be reached in the Service's Missouri River Fish and Wildlife Management Assistance Office in Bismarck, North Dakota at 701 - 355 -8547.