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Headwaters Corporation <br /> Providing Services as Office of the Executive Director for <br /> Platte River Recovery Implementation Program <br /> Summary of Significant Activity for the Period <br /> May 3 to May 30, 2015 <br /> Land Plan Implementation <br /> Land Plan management activities were focused on continuing to wrap-up acquisition/disposal items that <br /> have been lingering for some time and initiating 2015 land management activities.Specific activities <br /> include: <br /> Focus of real estate acquisitions/disposal for this period was a continuation of several long-term activities: <br /> • Discussions for excess property disposal included on-going discussions of these tracts <br /> o Broadfoot-Newark property including a land swap with NGPC for a parcel land-locked by <br /> the Elm Creek Complex and sale of remaining acres has been put on a strict time line to <br /> get NGPC actively engaged and moving toward closing appears to have been somewhat <br /> effective, but NGPC displaying remarkable creativity in delaying and complicating a <br /> simple transaction. <br /> o Closure reached on BELF land swap for acquiring lands in the Kearney to Odessa reach <br /> through a land trade of PRIFF Property(with a no build easement) in Fort Kearny <br /> Complex(Blessing Tract) and cropland at John's tract in Elm Creek Complex. <br /> o Coordination with NDOR regarding land in Kearney to Odessa reach may receive greater <br /> impetus when other acquisitions in that reach completed. Currently a back burner item. <br /> • Search for palustrine wetland tracts and OCSW sites producing limited potential. <br /> Focus of land management activities for this period was: <br /> • Routine and on-going discussion with neighboring land-owners in conformance with Good <br /> Neighbor Policy for all properties. <br /> • Prescribed burn activities including bird surveys completed for most of properties designated for <br /> burns. Weather limited windows of opportunity, so not everything was burned, but most of <br /> planned burns were executed successfully. <br /> • Routine spring maintenance activities underway or completed at all complexes. <br /> • Fencing work completed on Shoemaker, Fort Kearny, and Elm Creek Complexes. <br /> • Participation and hosting of PVWMA on May 9th in Kearney, NE. <br /> • Coordination and participation in LAC Meeting and Tour on May 27th <br /> 1 <br />