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<br />Ooce) '/. . <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service, and National Oceanographic and <br />Atmospheric Administration), and private entities (irrigation districts, <br />city water departments, consulting firms, and environmental groups). <br /> <br />Table 2 lists the data known to be available from the above sources. <br />Additional data requirements for the daily water supply analysis are <br />L~~U~~~u. The definition of trave~ times and river reach gains and <br />losses require river channel hydraulics for the river reaches between <br />gaging stations. River channel hydraulic data are being collected for <br />the Platte River Channel Morphology Study. <br /> <br />Biologists and species experts have and are continuing to collect <br />species habitat information. The baseline species use data is being <br />collected on a continuous basis in order to develop and verify species <br />habitat models. The data needs and data acquisition required by species <br />to complete an evaluation include the following: <br /> <br />1. Whooping crane. <br /> <br />a. Roosting - IFIM modeling (habitat suitability curve update <br />and verification). <br /> <br />b. Feeding - Wet meadow hydrology data collection and <br />invertebrate inventory. <br /> <br />2. Least tern and piping plover. <br /> <br />a. Nesting - Collect physical site data on used and unused <br />nesting sites in the Lower and central Platte. <br /> <br />b. Feeding - Collect data on foraging habits and types of fish <br />and invertebrates on which is being foraged. <br /> <br />3. Update and develop fisheries habitat analyses. <br /> <br />a. Forage fish in Central Nebraska - Update IFIM model using <br />best suitability curves and apply temperature modeling to <br />determine fisheries requirements. <br /> <br />b. Develop other fisheries and bald eagle habitat requirements <br />on North Platte and South Platte drainages where needed to <br />evaluate project operations. <br /> <br />4. Stream icing analysis for bald eagle winter feeding habitat. <br /> <br />5. Riparian habitat maintenance for summer nesting and wintering <br />bald eagles. <br /> <br />12 <br />