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<br />This appraisal level report surnmari zes the Bureau of Recl amati on I s <br />3 years of technical data gathering, research, and' analysis; including <br />model ing of present and potential future water use, management and <br />availability for the entire Upper Platte River Basin. <br /> <br />Additional technical documents have been prepared by the FWS and USGS <br />to report on their study efforts. An evaluation of habitat and the <br />ecology of certain migratory waterfowl, especially those using the reach <br />of the Platte in south-central Nebraska, is presented in a FWS technical <br />document. A total of 12 open-file reports have been prepared by USGS <br />covering aspects of the hydrologic system for both surface and ground <br />water in the Platte basin. <br /> <br />A Background chapter touching briefly on the organization and respon- <br />sibility for conducting the study and how the study was accOOlplished <br />follows. Included with this chapter is a concise description of the <br />study area. A Needs, Opportunities, and Issues chapter with attention <br />to goals and objectives and the problems, needs, and opportunities of <br />the basin is next. A chapter on Alternatives and Impacts follows. The <br />chapter describes present and historic hydrologic conditions and <br />highlights the future alternatives, presents estimated monthly flow <br />conditions for each of these alternatives, and predicts generalized <br />implications resulting from a realization of any of these or similar <br />alternatives. Finally, a chapter on Findings and Conclusions is <br />presented. In addition to general conclusions, some suggestions for <br />future consideration and possible action are presented in this conclud- <br />ing chapter of the report. <br /> <br />2 <br />