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At present the entire research and monitoring budget proposed by the <br />Tech Committee is approximately $17 million dollars. Of that, over nine <br />million is earmarked for monitoring and research on river processes, 2.25 <br />million for monitoring and research on whooping cranes and 1.3 million <br />for tern and plovers. Within that budget $1.2 million is set aside for work <br />on pallid sturgeon. That seems to be an appropriate amount. <br />A $4 million dollar research and monitoring effort as proposed by the <br />FWS places the pallid sturgeon as the top priority species for monitoring <br />and research for the program. This despite the fact that to date no <br />measured, empirical evidence exists to show that the pallid sturgeon <br />makes significant use of the Platte River. The following information <br />suggest that water development on Platte River tributaries would not have <br />had a negative effect in the past or a potential effect on the future <br />existence of this species in the lower Platte River and /or Missouri River: <br />