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DRAFT - CHART3 USFWS SPECIES RESPONSE DATA AND MONITORING NEEDS PROGRAM WATER AND LAND Species Response Parameters/ Target Species Indicators Species Data Required Whooping Crane Frequency of whooping crane stopovers ............... .........................WC -01 -S Spatial distribution of whooping crane stopovers along the Platte River ..... .............. WC-02-S Whooping Crane group comaosition .... ............................... WC -03S __j ''r Whooping Crane habitat characteristics ...... .........................WC -03S � LL �4 Breeding bird distribution and abundance .......... .....................LT /PP -01 -S Reproductive rate ...................LT /PP -02S Interior Least Tern/ Nest success ..... ......................LT /PP -03S Piping Plover Fledge success ....................... LT /PP -04 -S Incidence of predation ........... LT /PP -05S Nest inundation .. .....................LT /PP -06 -S Prey availability .... .........................LT -07S Monitoring Approach, Location, Timing Analysis Method Analysis Timing Location of LT /PP Nesting Sites Location of Whooping Crane Stopovers Approach: ocation of Whooping Crane Stopover Aerial Surveys (including field ovement Tracking Hatching Success measurements) ctivity Monitoring Approach: Systematic Ground Surveys (including abitat Characteristics Habitat Characteristics field measurements) Channel Location: Opportunistic Sitings (including field Width [avg. width (wetted and active) per bridge segment] measurements) and active) per bridge segment] Nesting Season Location: Depth Discharge at nearest gage 90 -mile Reach �� / In-channel Vegetation — Timing: Discharge at nearest gage Sandbar Characteristics Spring and Fall Migration Period Bed Elevation Colony Sites Habitat Characteristics: Grain Size /Distribution Prey Availability Approach: Sandbar Characteristics Habitat Transects Elevation to Feeding /Foraging Location: Distance to Disturbance Whooping Cran roost sites Timing: Whooping Crane migration seasons Location of LT /PP Nesting Sites Nest Initiation Nest Loss Nest Success Hatching Success Location of LT /PP Nesting Colony Sites Fledge Rate Approach: Fledge Success Airboat Surveys Habitat Characteristics Systematic Ground Surveys Channel Location: Width [avg. width (wetted 90 -mile Reach and active) per bridge segment] Timing: Depth Nesting Season In- channel Vegetation Habitat Characteristics, Proximity of Colony Site to Discharge at nearest gage Feeding /Foraging and Prey Availability Bed Elevation Approach: Grain Size /Distribution Habitat Transects Sandbar Characteristics Location: Sand Area Colony Sites Elevation Timing: Prey Availability Nesting Season Size, Shape and Abundance Proximity of Colony Site to Feeding /Foraging Trend Analysis Trend Analysis On -going On -going USFWS, April 13, 2001