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0.1/26/01 18:26 FAX 303 445 6331 <br />PLATTE RIVER EIS OFFICE 11 005 <br />2 <br />assistance of landowners along the river, organizations such as the Whooping Crane Trust, <br />Audubon Society, and Fish-and Wildlife Service have been clearing river islands of trees and <br />vegetation to restore roosting and nesting habitat for the target species, while also improving <br />waterfowl hunting. <br />One of the options being considered is to augment these efforts with le go ese islands <br />back into the river channels. "I want to empahsize," said M enwec a material that <br />would be moved back into the river is river sand; it is not ' ay, o terial. Efforts <br />augment fine sand material in the river are not in conflic other p vent soil <br />erosion or runoff from farm lands." Morgenweck also ed that UA atte <br />Committee is continuing its development of the propos cov program an ssu <br />will be discussed in that forum. - <br />The Department of the Interior, the three States, water environmental groups are <br />partners in this cooperative effort to improve river hab t fort atened and <br />endangered bird species, as well as the endangere sturgeon, d in the Cooperative <br />Agreement, signed by the states and the Secre rior Jul , If successful, the <br />recovery program would enable current lev use a R' r waters for irrigation and <br />power generation to continue in compli with n ecies Act.. <br />on" is ilable at www.platteriver,or .' For <br />i con the Platte River EIS Office, in <br />`.`The Platte River. Channel: Histo <br />additional questions regarding th' <br />Lakewood, Colorado, at 303; <br />A <br />U <br />