WSPC07208

• File Number: 8408
• Description: River Basin General Correspondence
• State: CO
• Basin: South Platte
• Water Division: 1
• Date: 5/17/1993
• Title: Platte River Evaluation: USBR - Platte River Habitat Conservation Program ‎(Draft)‎
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0.INTRODpcnON . , , , ; , . . , . . , . , . . ,. . . . . . ... . . . .. . . .. . . . . . " 1

1.1 PURPOSE", . . ., . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , , . . . . . , . ., 1

1.2 PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT ",..........,.,...".."". 2

1.3 BACKGROUND', . , , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . , , . . . , . . . . . ., 3

1.4 IMPLEMENTATION , , , . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . , . . . , . . , , , , " 5

2.0 PROGRAM ELEMENTS ...,.,."........,.....,.,."."".. 5

2,1 LAND MANAGEMENT . , . , , , . . . . . . . , . . . . . , . , . , , . . . , , " 7

2.1.1 The Joint Study Block/Segment Plan .....,............. 7
2.1.2 Existing Habitat Land Management Efforts ............... 8
2.1.3 Land AcqulSltion ............... ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 9
2.1.4 Land Management Methods. . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 10
2.1.5 Annual Land Management Plan ............".,...... 11
2.2 WATER MANAGEMENT. " ............ .............." 11

2.2.1 Approach .,. . . . . . . . . . ...". . . . . . . . . . . . ~ . . . . . . . , , 11

2.2.2 Potential Sources of Water ......................." 12
2.2.3 Water Acquisition Process. . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . , . . , . . . . . 14
2.2.4 Annual Water Management Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.3 RESEARCH, MONITORING ...................,."..",. 15

2.3.1 Research .,...".".................,......,. 15

2.3.2 Monitoring. '.. . . . , , '.' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . , . , . 16

2.3.3 Data Management . , , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . , . , , , . . . , , 16

2.4 INFORMATION AND EDUCATION. . . . . . . . . . . .. . , , . .. . . . . , 17

2.4.1 Goal..,...,.. . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . , , . . , , . . . . . . 17

2.4.2 Approach ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2A.3 Annual Plan .. ' . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . 18

2.5SEcnON 7 CONSULTATIONS, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . ,. . . . . , . . . 19
2.5.1 General Approach to Section 7 Consultations on Water Projects .., 20
2.5.2 Bureau of Reclamation Review of Existing Project Operations . . " 26
2.5.3 Nebraska Public Power District/Central Nebraska Public Power
and Irrigation District Consultation .................... 28

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