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( <5 feet deep, < 2.5 ft /sec. velocity) per mile. Similarly, variable goals by river segment for <br />emergent interchannel sandbar habitat are also identified. <br />Unbalanced system re ulation: Unbalancing of the upper three reservoirs when runoff <br />conditions permit, by holding one reservoir low, one at average levels, and one rising on a 3- <br />year rotation will benefit spawning fish and increase forage, increase the availability of tern <br />and plover habitat in reservoirs in drawndown years, create tern and plover sandbar habitat in <br />riverine segments below Fort Peck or Garrison Dams in years of higher releases due to <br />reservoir drawdown, and increase availability of tern and plover sandbar habitat in riverine <br />segments below Fort Peck and Garrison in years of steady or rising reservoir levels. <br />4. Adaptive Management /Monitoring: The Corps should embrace an adaptive management <br />process that allows efficient modification/implementation of management actions in response <br />to new information and to changing environmental conditions to benefit the species. The two <br />components of this process wi e e esta ishment of an interagency coordination team that <br />will coordinate and guide development and implementation of measures to benefit the <br />species; and development and implementation of a robust monitoring program to better <br />understand baseline conditions, analyze actions, and identify modification to improve results. <br />5. Propagation/Augmentation: The Corps and the Service will work together to increase pallid_ <br />sturgeon propagation and au mentation efforts, while habitat and hydrology improvements <br />are being implemented. This short-term action will ensure genetic integrity and prevent <br />extinction of existing pallid sturgeon populations. <br />Details of the primary actions of the Reasonable and Prudent Alternative described above and the <br />complementary actions are described in the biological opinion text. <br />