Documentation of Existing Conditions in the Central Platte Valley

• File Number: 86
• Description: related to the Platte River Endangered Species Partnership ‎(aka Platte River Recovery Implementation Program or PRRIP)‎
• State: CO
• State: NE
• State: WY
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 6/2/1999
• Author: URS Greiner Woodward Clyde Federal Services
• Title: Documentation of Existing Conditions in the Central Platte Valley, Draft Report
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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7 -1
4.2
Reasons for Decline .................................................. .......................:....... 4 -1
4.3
Biology ......................................................................... ............................4
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7.1.5 Recovery Goals ............................................. ...............................
4.4
Population Status ...................................................... ...............................
4-4
4.4.1 Status ................................ ................................ ........ ....................4
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4.4.2 Importance of the Platte River ...................... ...............................
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4.5
Recovery Goals ......................................................... ...............................
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4.6
Suitability of the Existing Baseline for Monitoring ...............................
4 -10
Section5 Piping Plover ................................................................................... ............................... 5-1
5.1
History .......................................................................... ............................5
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5.2
Reasons for Decline .................................................. ...............................
5 -1
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5.2.1 Habitat Alteration and Destruction ............... ...............................
5.2.2 Overutilization By Humans .......................... ...............................
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5 -3
5.2.3 Predation ....................................................... ...............................
5 -3
5.3
5.2.4 Inadequate Regulatory Mechanisms ............. ...............................
Biology ......................................................................... ............................5
5 -3
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5.4
Population Status ...................................................... ...............................
5 -5
5.4.1 Status ................................................................ ............................5
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5.4.2 Importance of the Platte River ...................... ...............................
5 -6
5.5
Recovery Goals ....................................................... ...............................
5 -10
5.6
Suitability of the Existing Baseline for Monitoring ...............................
5 -11
Section6 Pallid Sturgeon ................................................................................ ............................... 6 -1
6.1 History .......................................................................... ............................6 -1
6.2 Reasons for Decline .................................................. ............................... 6 -2
6.2.1 Habitat Loss .................................................. ............................... 6 -2
6.2.2 Commercial Harvest ..................................... ............................... 6 -3
6.2.3 Pollution/Contaminants ................................ ............................... 6 -3
6.2.4 Hybridization ................................................ ............................... 6 -3
6.3 Biology ......................................................................... ............................6 -4
6.4 Importance of the Platte River .................................. ............................... 6 -6
6.5 Recovery Activities and Goals .................................. ............................... 6 -9
6.6 Suitability of the Existing Baseline for Monitoring .. ............................... 6 -9
Section 7 Other Threatened or Endangered Species..* ................................................................ 7.1
7.1 Bald Eagle ................................................................. ...............................
7.1.1 Introduction ................................................... ........I.......................
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7 -1
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7 -1
7.1.3 Biology ............................................................. ............................7
7.1.4 Importance of the Platte River ...................... ...............................
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7-4
7.1.5 Recovery Goals ............................................. ...............................
7 -5
7.2 Eskimo Curlew ......................... ...............................
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7.1 Bald Eagle ................................................................. ...............................
7.1.1 Introduction ................................................... ........I.......................
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7 -1
7.1.2 Reasons for Decline ...................................... ...............................
7 -1
7.1.3 Biology ............................................................. ............................7
7.1.4 Importance of the Platte River ...................... ...............................
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7.1.5 Recovery Goals ............................................. ...............................
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7.2 Eskimo Curlew ......................... ...............................
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