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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The Program Director and Staff will have operational :responsibility for' implementing and
completing research' activities as directed by the Conservation Committee., Research
Conservation Committee and Program.'participants at regulai"ly scheduled intervals.'

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""":':'a.s '('P ,2.3.2 Monitoring ")'''I",~ o~
('I''' $'Monitoring is an ongoing activity designed to,determine the, habitats, which is the goal of the
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Platte River Habitat Conservation Program. Monitoring will be operated as a distinct Program
activity, but may include (but not be duplicative of) some types of.data collection pe.J:ful'll1ed for
research purposes. Monitoring activities will focus on specific river reaches, habitat types,
habitat management strategies and practices, and other habitat recovery activities. Monitoring
method~Qg;... and techniques will be standardized to isolat~~~ai and temporal effects from
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effects attributable habitat management activities.

Operational management of monitoring activities will be the responsibility of the Program

Director and Staff. .c;onitoring results will be available to the Conservation Committee and
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Program participants c:imih, 'r te research results.

2.3.3 Data Management

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The~fthe data management A~':~? nC tl.- F__~'itf'll will be to organize and eptll'8te a
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comprehensive, centralized data management system wftieh sUPp?~and ~xpeditc;X decisionmak-
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ing and 's1on implementation. withill-ihe=Br~m. 'Flfts=da~ goal will b~
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accomplished through principal objective~ -ij aequimtie'n, er.gsnization', 1lIld-t~~n=of
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existing data from State, Federal, and private sourc,es on comp'onents of Platte River habitl\ts and
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factors affecting those habitat':> cr-p,noRls IIIN! 2) llRSISfe 'coordinated' -8J\d effective data
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management, analysis, and dissemination in the future. '

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s" L \ data management system is indispensable 'to" cost effective researc~ ll!lliI monitoring aM),

,....:ll.\.t."""'\..~ activities of the Program.aall tg in~lm,,'l '1 ~1emeRl9.li8R~f'-'ll,~u!;fttlll. Therefore,

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