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have been large enough to meet the water milestone but the project is now on hold and the Program is <br /> seeking to achieve the milestone through other projects.Nebraska's future depletions plan will also fall <br /> short of its water target because Nebraska anticipated sharing in some of the benefit of the J-2 project. <br /> Program participants are now considering a proposed 13-year extension of the first increment without <br /> major changes to the milestones.The USFWS would not rewrite the Program BO or doing a new EIS <br /> if there are no major changes to the Program.The proposed extension includes acquisition of 1,500 <br /> additional acres of project land.As for the water component,Program participants project that <br /> obtaining the last 10,000 af of the 130,000 af milestone will be very expensive.Therefore,the USFWS <br /> is proposing that the Program actively seeks to achieve 120,000 af as quickly as possible during the <br /> extension and invest in the science to see if the last 10,000 af is necessary to achieve species goals.The <br /> plan on how to accomplish water component includes broad scale recharge,slurry walls around <br /> existing and new gravel pits,and"acquire and retire"water rights in NE on a willing seller basis close <br /> to habitat.The Program also desires to do more science to understanding physical and biological needs <br /> of pallid sturgeon before they develop any proposals for the fish. The initial cost proposal for the <br /> extension is a 50/50 share between the Federal government and the States.Funding is still being <br /> discussed. <br /> Alan presented the PRRIP at a Glance for October 2016. <br /> 8. HEYBORNE <br /> Joe Frank presented an update on the Heyborne project.He handed out an aerial image of the <br /> Heybome site dated 1/15/2016.Joe explained that the low flow river channel is north of the Heyborne <br /> facilities and that there is sediment in the slough and forebay pond.Joe will request quotes to dredge a <br /> channel from the river channel to the slough channel. <br /> Staff from Lower South Platte Conservancy District cored the Heyborne site to see if there are other <br /> options for wells or an infiltration gallery.The groundwater was 10 feet below surface and shale was <br /> 20 feet below surface,so the aquifer is 10 feet deep,which is shallow and likely the reason why <br /> SPWRAP did not originally install recharge wells in this area. <br /> 9. TAMARACK <br /> Pete Conovitz provided an update on the Tamarack projects. <br /> • Colorado Parks and Wildlife(CPW)is awaiting confirmation from FEMA on scope of the <br /> flood recovery work. <br /> • CPW staff is working with Austin Harare to refine the partial funding agreement between <br /> CPW and SPWRAP for payment of 25%of flood recovery project costs. <br /> • CPW is awaiting administrative approvals to put the jack and bore project out to bid.They <br /> don't have an anticipated approval date.Staff is working to complete the final engineering <br /> design for the project. <br /> 10. ANNUAL MEETING PREPARATION <br /> The board discussed the SPRWAP Annual Meeting notice and Board of Directors ballot that was <br /> mailed out.The Board proposed updating the ballot with the agricultural class nominee and emailing <br /> that out the members.Greg Dewey will do the update and mailing. <br /> The Board discussed handouts for the Annual Meeting(PRRIP at a Glance,SWRPAP annual report). <br /> 11. MISCELLANEOUS <br /> SPWRAP First Quarter Board of Directors Meeting <br /> July 21,2016 Page 3 of 4 <br />