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
Section 10
Section 11
9.1.2
Importance of the Platte ................................ ............................... 9 -1
9.2 Platte
River Forage Fish ............................................ ...............................
9 -5
9.2.1
Introduction ................................................... ...............................
9 -5
9.2.2
Species Composition ..................................... ............................... 9 -6
9.2.3
Habitat Availability ....................:.................. ............................... 9 -7
9.2.4
Platte River Summer Water Temperature ... ...............................
9 -10
9.3 Suitability of the Existing Baseline for Monitoring ...............................
9 -13
9.3.1
Sandhill Crane ................................................. ...........................9
-13
9.3.2
Forage Fish .................................................. ...............................
9 -13
InvasiveSpecies ............................................................................... ...........................10 -1
10.1
Fish .............................................................................. ...........................10
-1
10.1.1
Mosquitofish ................................................... ...........................10
-1
10.1.2
Brook Silverside .............................................. ...........................10
-2
10.1.3
Bighead Carp .................................................. ...........................10
-2
10. 1.4
Rudd ................................................................ ...........................10
-2
10.2
Other Aquatic Species ................................................. ...........................10
-3
10.2.1
Asiatic Clam .................................................... ...........................10
-3
10.3
Light Geese ................................................................. ...........................10
-4
10.4
Plants ...........................................................................
...........................10
-5
10.4.1
Musk Thistle ................................................... ...........................10
-5
10.4.2
Canada Thistle ................................................ ...........................10
-6
10.4.3
Russian Olive .................................................. ...........................10
-6
10.4.4
Leafy Spurge ................................................... ...........................10
-7
10.4.5
Sericea or Chinese Lespedeza ......................... ...........................10
-8
10.4.6
Purple Loosestrife ........................................... ...........................10
-8
10.4.7
Intermediate Wheatgrass ................................. ...........................10
-9
10.4.8
Smooth Brome ................................................ ...........................10
-9
10.4.9
Reed Canary Grass ......................................... ..........................10
-10
10.5
Suitability
of the Existing Baseline for Monitoring ... ..........................10
-10
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LiteratureCited ................................................................................. ...........................11 -1 1
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