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Program Cost Governance Committee The Program is estimated to cost roughly The Program is led by an eleven member(10 $320 million in 2005 dollars with the voting) Governance Committee (GC) monetary portion of that being $187 consisting of representatives of Colorado, million. The federal government will con- Wyoming,Nebraska,the Bureau of Reclama- tribute $157 million in cash, and Colorado tion, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, South and Wyoming will jointly contribute $30 Platte River water users,North Platte River million. The remaining portion will come water users and environmental groups. The gp in land and water cost-share from the GC is assisted by an Executive Director and states. The total cost of the Program in staff and several key standing committees terms of cash, water and land will be including the Technical Advisory Committee, shared equally between the federal the Land Advisory Committee, the Water government and the states. Advisory Committee and the Finance Com- mittee. In addition, an Adaptive Management Working Group (AMWG) informs the GC on Location implementation of the Program's Adaptive While the program is designed to provide Management Plan. Endangered Species Act compliance for existing and certain new water related activities throughout the Platte River basin Accomplishments in 2007 upstream of the Loup River confluence, the land acquisition and management for WATER the target bird species will occur in the • Completed Phase I of Water Management central Platte River region(Lexington to Study Chapman,Nebraska). Program water • Tested unsteady flow model activities will be designed to provide • Completed North Platte Channel Capacity benefits for the target bird species in the Study and phragmite spraying central Platte region and for the pallid sturgeon in the lower Platte River stretch LAND (below the Elkhorn River confluence). • Hired Land Specialist and established These areas are generally known as the Land Advisory Committee "associated habitats." • Established Land Interest Holding Entity (LIHE) Contact: • Acquired Program insurance Jerry F. Kenny, Ph.D. ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT Executive Director • Developed 2008 Work Plan 3710 Central Avenue • Implemented monitoring protocols for Suite E whooping cranes,terns and plovers, and Kearney,NE 68847 forage fish • Initiated Database Management System Phone: (308) 237-5728 development www.platteriverprogram.org 5/16/2008