Request for Disbursement - Invoice 447 & 448

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Water Plan Implementation The focus on Water activities during this period continued to be a split between activities related to Adaptive Management Plan activities(wet meadow hydrology study implementation) and maintaining momentum on on-going activities related to Water Action Plan Projects. Specific activities in each of these categories include: AMP oriented efforts include: • Assemblage of Wet Meadow peer review package completed and three person review panel approved by WAC and TAC and ready for approval by GC in March. • Development of 2014 Flow Summary Report completed with provisional data, will be revised when data finalized by USGS and NDNR. • Assessment of monitoring data for SDMF and Fall 2013 flood waters on South Platte on-going and draft of Fall 2013 Flood Hydrology report continues. • Detailed hydraulic and sediment transport analyses in Choke Point area underway jointly with Special Advisors, focus on refinement of alternatives and cost estimates for alternatives underway • Monitoring activities continuing for wet meadows at Binfield, Fox, and Morse tracts. Water Action Plan oriented efforts include: • Draft Water Action Plan update provided for review by WAC. • Significant effort expended in North Platte Choke Point permitting effort. US ACE continues to raise issues which seem to be beyond reasonable for magnitude and impact of project. • Development and posting of hydrologic conditions. • On-going discussions with surface water right holders interested in selling water yields to Program. Discussions between NPPD, DNR, and CPNRD with the Program concerning such water transfers occurring for Dawson County Canal water. • Discussions on-going with CNPPID on a variable term water leasing program and storage water leasing program. Main effort focused on short term water lease market/auction is focus of efforts. • Scoring analysis for CPNRD leased water continues in coordination with NRD staff. • Evaluation of enhanced recharge recovery project from Phelps Canal recharge using wells under investigation. • Evaluation of yields and costs associated with inclusion of Elwood recharge in lease arrangements with CNPPID continues. • Coordination with NDNR and CPNRD for development of a Water Auction for ground water leasing. • Coordination with COHYST consultants and Sponsor Group on-going to develop work plan and budget for next steps in 2015. • Attendance and participation at COHYST Workshop February 17th and 18th in Omaha, NE. • Participation in COHYST meeting February 27th in Lincoln, NE. Adaptive Management Plan Implementation Efforts during this period for AMP activities were focused on WC, and T&P data analysis, development of materials for publication and/or peer review, and planning and preparation for spring field activities. Specific activities include: • Significant effort expended in development of State of Platte Report. • Significant effort expended in responding to T&P FSM peer review comments, revision of documents, and compilation of comments and responses. Package taken before TAC in preparation for presentation to GC. 2 t3I ;