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PRRIP — ED OFFICE FINAL 6 05/27/2010 <br />286 GC approval in fall 2010 to extend the stage change study to cover the reach of the <br />287 lower Platte from the Elkhorn River confluence upstream to the Loup River confluence <br />288 near Columbus, Nebraska. <br />289 Estimated Cost: Phase I (scalability assessment) — $30,000 - $50,000; Phase II (perform <br />290 stage change study based on Phase I assessment) — $200,000 <br />291 Funding: Additional funding for this activity would be included in proposed FY 2011 <br />292 Program budget under line item PS -2; solicit GC approval in December 2010 <br />293 <br />294 Following from #3 <br />295 <br />296 7. If consensus at the pallid sturgeon workshop is habitat selection research (telemetry <br />297 study) should be conducted on the lower Platte, then develop objectives, scope of work, <br />298 and schedule; assemble funding partners to allow Program to be a minor funding <br />299 partner (in association with other Platte River and Missouri River efforts); and solicit <br />300 TAC recommendation and GC approval in fall 2010 to move ahead with research in <br />301 2011. <br />302 Estimated Cost: Habitat selection research was estimated to cost roughly $2.6 million <br />303 (Adaptive Management Plan, 2006) during the First Increment; $650,000 (25% of <br />304 original estimate) <br />305 Funding: Funding for this activity would be included in proposed FY 2011 Program <br />306 budget under new line item PS -3: Pallid Sturgeon Habitat Selection and Use Research; <br />307 solicit GC approval in December 2010 <br />309 References <br />310 <br />311 Adaptive Management Plan. 2006. Final Platte River Recovery Implementation Program. U.S. <br />312 Department of the Interior, State of Wyoming, State of Nebraska, State of Colorado. <br />313 <br />314 Final Program Document. 2006. Final Platte River Recovery Implementation Program. U.S. <br />315 Department of the Interior, State of Wyoming, State of Nebraska, State of Colorado. <br />316 <br />317 Hamel, M.J., Pegg, M.A., Hammen, J.J., and Anderson, T.L. 2010. Interim report: Population <br />318 characteristics of sturgeon in the lower Platte River, Nebraska (Year 1). University of <br />319 Nebraska - Lincoln. <br />320 <br />321 HDR. 2009. Lower Platte River State Change Study Final Protocol Implementation Report. <br />322 <br />323 Peters, E.J. and Parham, J.E. 2008. Ecology and management of sturgeon in the lower Platte <br />324 River, Nebraska. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Neb. Tech. Ser. 18. <br />325 <br />PRRIP Pallid Sturgeon Assessment Page 8 of 8 <br />