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Of this total amount of water, 70,000 acre feet will be provided by water projects in each of the states: the Tamarack Project in Colorado, an environmental storage account in Lake McConaughy in Nebraska, and a storage account in an enlarged Pathfinder Reservoir in Wyoming. Project operations for all three projects will be coordinated through an environmental account manager, to ensure optimal management and reregulation of river flows. The Tamarack Project will be located at the Tamarack Wildlife Area, between Sterling and Julesburg, Colorado. It will divert water from the South Platte River physically and legally in excess of needs in Colorado through participating ditches and wells, in order to recharge water to groundwater aquifers. This recharge will be timed so that the water will return to the river in times of shortage, thereby providing additional flow when needed at the habitat. The balance of the water needed to meet the Program water goal will be provided through as -yet unspecified water conservation and supply projects in the basin. These projects will be identified through a water conservation/water supply study to be conducted during the Cooperative Agreement period, and paid for by the three states and Interior. program Goals in the First Increment —New Water Projects. In addition to mitigating the effects of existing water related activities, the Program will serve as the reasonable and prudent alternative to mitigate the effects of new water development in each of the three states. Unlike the program for existing water projects, this will not involve a land element. Each of the states will develop its own program, which will reflect the unique circumstances of water development in that state. Each state will also mitigate the effects of all water development activities, not just those which require federal permits. Nebraska and Wyoming do not have specific program proposals for new depletions. During the term of the Cooperative Agreement, these states will monitor all new water development and use activities in that state, and develop a method, including needed legislation, to address those impacts. Therefore, Nebraska will be required to address the impacts of additional well development in that state commencing from the date of the Cooperative Agreement. Colorado has developed a specific program to mitigate the effects of new water development on flows in the South Platte Basin in times of shortage to the habitat. Although there is potential for additional irrigation development, new development in the South Platte Basin in Colorado will mostly be driven by population growth. The Colorado framework links the anticipated impacts of water development to increases in population. In this way, the full range of water sources to be developed will be considered. Front Range water development and use will utilize different sources of supply, which will have varying effects on river flows downstream near the state line. Some water 10