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<br />'~'. <br /> <br />Table C.--Annual flow regime for maintenance of 'threatened and. endangered species and associated habitats on <br />the Platte lU.ver dovn.treCUll. of J-2 power return (Lexington, Nebraska. <br /> <br /> Reconrnended flow <br /> SPecies/activity Period of concern (ft'/s)J River reach <br /> Wboop1ng crane/roosting Ilarch23 - llay 10 2,000 Lexington to Chapman <br /> WhoopIng crane/reosting September 16 - NovedM:r. 15 2,000 Lexington to Chapman <br /> Bald eagle/feeding DeceJllber 10 - February 25 1,100 J-2 to Elm Creek to <br />m I <br />I Interior least tern/ <br />..... nesting/feecling Hay 15 - Sept.ember 15 aaOo-2,500 Lexington to Chapman <br /> Piping plover/nesting/feeding llay 15 - September 15 'SOO-2,500 Lexington to Chapman <br /> Forage fish maintenance Base flow ent.ire year 400 Lexington to Chapman <br /> Wet meadow maintenance February 1 - llarch 22 1,100 Lexington to Chapman <br /> Maintenance of channel width Annually S,OOO Lexington to Chapnian <br /> (5 consecutive days) <br /> <br />I Flow: regimes 'Were, used. by ns 1n tbe Deer Creek and Two Forks BiOlogical Opinion.s. FWS considered 1,200 ft'/s to <br />be the minimum roosting habitat flow for wbooping cranes. <br />, SOD tt'/s-is the minimum flow requirement to protect nesting habitat of terns and plovers and to sustain torage <br />fish populations for least terns. 2, SOD tt'/s is the -maximum flow level to prevent inundat.ion of tern and plover <br />nests. <br />