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Program Cost Governance Committee
<br /> The Program is estimated to cost roughly$320 The Program is led by an eleven member (10
<br /> million in 2005 dollars with the monetary portion vote) Governance Committee (GC) consisting of
<br /> of that being$187 million. The federal representatives of Colorado, Wyoming,
<br /> government will contribute $157 million in cash, Nebraska, the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S.
<br /> and Colorado and Wyoming will jointly contribute Fish and Wildlife Service, South Platte River water
<br /> $30 million. The remaining portion will come in users, North Platte River water users,
<br /> land and water cost-share from the states. The Downstream water users and environmental
<br /> total cost of the Program in terms of cash, water, groups.
<br /> and land will be shared equally between the
<br /> federal government and the states. The GC is assisted by an Executive Director and
<br /> staff and several key standing committees
<br /> including the Technical Advisory Committee, the
<br /> Land Advisory Committee, the Water Advisory
<br /> Location Committee and the Finance Committee. In
<br /> addition, an Adaptive Management Working
<br /> While the program is designed to provide Group (AMWG) informs the GC on
<br /> Endangered Species Act compliance for existing implementation of the Program's Adaptive
<br /> and certain new water related activities Management Plan.
<br /> throughout the Platte River basin upstream of the
<br /> Loup River confluence, the land acquisition and
<br /> management for the target bird species will occur
<br /> in the central Platte River region (Lexington to Accomplishments
<br /> Chapman, Nebraska). Program water activities
<br /> will be designed to provide benefits for the target Each year the Program submits to the
<br /> bird species in the central Platte region and for Governance Committee an annual budget,
<br /> the pallid sturgeon in the lower Platte River detailed work plans for the water, land, and
<br /> stretch (below the Elkhorn River confluence). adaptive management aspects of the Program
<br /> These areas are generally known as the and an Accomplishment Report. These annual
<br /> "associated habitats." reports, as well as other Program information,
<br /> are available online at
<br /> www.platteriverprogram.org.
<br /> ok ii ' °' .' .:' ' ,� ,� a� �. , Contact:• 3
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<br /> �y-- . t ; IL_ .Y •'l' "?'; Jerry F. Kenny, Ph.D.
<br /> t , 'F. r,:,, ':.' h }',,r+�i}-4 , Executive Director
<br /> 4�tt i " `, ') �#t �' , ` , A �'r• 3710 Central Avenue
<br /> Imo« - , ,*a,, Suite E
<br /> `1'..k yt`a , ', {� c ., «` ;! Kearney, NE 68847
<br /> C� }vu 0;� ,� , '� r ,, Phone: (308) 237-5728
<br /> �. '" * �+ . . , . A; M� � ti,� °,p www.platteriverprogram.org
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