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PLATTE RIVER RECOVERY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM History Description On July 1, 1997 the governors of Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming The Platte River Recovery and the Secretary of the Interior Implementation Program(Program) entered into a Cooperative Agree- brings together the states, federal ment to address the needs of four government, water users and environ- threatened or endangered species mental groups to work collaboratively using the Platte River Basin. The to improve and maintain the associated named species were the endangered habitats for the designated species. whooping crane, least tern, pallid sturgeon and the threatened piping The long-term goal of the Program is plover. The agreement proposed a to improve and maintain the associated framework for a long-term Recovery habitats which includes: 1) improving Implementation Program to aid these and maintaining migrational habitat species. Initially, the agreement was for whooping cranes and reproductive for three years to develop a basin- habitat for least terns and piping ploy- wide cooperative program. How- ers; 2)reducing the likelihood of other ever, negotiations regarding the species found in the area being listed details of that program took place under the Endangered Species Act; from 1997 to 2006. and 3) testing the assumption that managing water flow in the central In late 2006, the governors of Platte River also improves the pallid Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and sturgeon's lower Platte River habitat . the Secretary of the Interior signed the final program agreement, The first increment of the Program is effective January 1, 2007. for 13 years, from 2007 to 2019. First Increment Goals • Increasing stream flows in the central Platte River during relevant time peri- ods. This includes reducing target flow shortages up to an average of 130,000 to 150,000 acre-feet per year. • Protecting, restoring where appropriate, and maintaining at least 10,000 acres of habitat between Lexington and Chap- man,Nebraska. • Accommodating new water related activities consistent with long-term Credit:Mark Peyton 4. Program goals.