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<br />Figure 5. Missouri River Main Stem Project Visits
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<br />picturp hf'fore. ~tJrneday I'm going' to CAtch one of
<br />tho!<e. Then fhe least t(-'fIlS and pipin~ plovers that
<br />ha\-e I-wen mentioned-they're f'ndangered. Terns Iltf'
<br />f'ndangered, plovers An;' lhreatf'ned. That falls under
<br />the fish and wildlife function and is called endllllg'ered
<br />species and we have an ()hli~alion to try to prott-ct
<br />these. There has I}{'en 4uite a bit of to do lately, and
<br />maybe "n' are responsible for having made too much
<br />noise ahout it. nUl the impacts of the"e birds on other
<br />functions has been on'rstate-d. It's creatt'd more con-
<br />ce-rn than it should ha\'f' within the basin as far as I'm
<br />concerne-d. We have, and this is through .John Ve]eh.
<br />radsky's office. prepared a biological assessment that
<br />has h€'en submitted 10 the Fish and Wildlife :-'t't\'ice.
<br />The Fish and Wildlife Ser..ice has ashd ...ome more
<br />questions and they would like some mort' dat.a so we
<br />are continuing to pursut' thaI with them. Here's a pic-
<br />ture of the piping plover. That's a much prettiN bird
<br />than a least tt'ro. Tht'Y npst on barren sandbars and
<br />they effect our operation hy restricting tht' amount
<br />that Wf' can raise th€' wat€'r once they\'e nested. So
<br />wp have to makE' plans in anticipation of their nesting
<br />to prevent them from nesting too ]0'.'" on the s.l:Indbars.
<br />We learned somt' things last summt'r and Wt' wil] do
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<br />some things differf'ntly next Yl-"'ar thun WI-"' did last Yt'ar.
<br />We are still in II le-Hming cut\'e on that ont'o
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<br />In summary. we've talked about our public meetings
<br />that l)('l'ut twice a year. The next is scht-duled for the
<br />7th of April ht'te in Omaha_ We na\'(> a high l10nd risk
<br />pt>riod that begins in .\larch and extends on into .July.
<br />Snnw nwlt from the plains D<:ClIti' t'l)rl~'. Thf' mountain
<br />"now melt ii' mueh ]atN and this IS what ,ci\'es us the
<br />really big chunk of runoff undt'r norma] conditions.
<br />Thl:' navigation season is eight months long, We in-
<br />crease rt']f>8SeS in late .\larch In order to support na\'.
<br />ig-ation from tht' tirst of April fO the first of Decemhf't.
<br />(fwe have excess watN we t'\-acuate part of that during
<br />the tt'n day extension to the navig-ation st'ason. En-
<br />dang-erNI species j!:t'nerally start nesting- about mid.
<br />.\18Y and continue their nesling- tx-fort' they can l1edge
<br />g-enerally around Ihe middle of Au~st. We do certain
<br />fish opt'rmioni' which ( didn'l elude to at all. but we
<br />do certain Ihin,cs for fisheries, Chet will mention that.
<br />That heg-ins sometimes around the first of Apri] and
<br />t'nds for the .....alleyes Ilnd game fish in .Junp. hut there
<br />i.. a spawn that continues on that has a ]esst't impact
<br />on us throughout much of tht' summer perit>d.
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