Platte River Implementation Funds Request no. 412

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Adaptive Management Plan Implementation Efforts during this period for AMP activities were focused on oversight of monitoring contractors, specific WC and T&P data analysis, development of materials for publication and/or peer review, and conducting summer field activities. Specific activities include: • Coordination and oversight of annual whooping crane monitoring data compilation and analysis. • Collaboration with WC Telemetry Project and Stop Over study on-going. • Coordination of USGS contractors and participation in T&P monitoring efforts underway. Staff time includes oversight, land surveys, and river surveys. Significant staff time required for this activity. • Oversight of website and database management system development and maintenance activities. • Coordination with RWBJV for data development and analysis of habitat suitability parameters at TAC's request on-going. • Compilation of T&P and Whooping Crane data virtually complete of comprehensive, uniform data sets, in final QA/QC process. • Analysis of T&P and Whooping Crane data in intensive phase. Significant staff time being dedicated to this activity. • Coordination of proposed peer review/publication subjects and timeline with various parties with very different opinions, leading to scope of work for third party neutral contractor. • Data collected in association with check structures to create water retention capability in Morse tract wetlands compiled and analyzed, memo development underway. • Discussions regarding moving forward with Target Flow analysis on-going initiated with TAC and GC. • Revision of EDO authored papers on FSM in response to comments from ISAC and TAC completed and distributed for review. Comments on revised draft requested. Considerable staff time has gone into this effort. • Coordination with TNC and RWBJV for development of an organizational framework and grant application to deal with in-channel vegetation management moving forward. Outreach and Operations • Routine daily operations associated with management and support of EDO staff, acquisition of supplies and equipment, oversight of consultant and contractor contracts and payment, maintenance of property files, coordination of meeting logistics, and general administration of Program. • Presentation to Climate Walkers Group in Holdrege on July 10th (Mike Drain and John Thorburn were also presenters). • Presentation and participation in UNL Platte Basin Water Tour July 15-18. (-We 7/j 4. l Jerry F. Kenny, Ph.D. Date 3