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<br />on03~G <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />c. March - september <br />Following acceptance of the schedule, work was initiated on the <br />FY 1991 tasks (Tasks 2 and 5). Much of the Work Group <br />accomplishment to date has been in Task 2 (Define Habitat Units). <br />As with the comparison criteria, much of the baseline data has <br />been collected. However, as need dictates and new information <br />becomes available, habitat units may be re-evaluated. Currently, <br />present condition riverine habitat units for the whooping crane <br />and forage fish have been defined and nesting area needs for <br />least terns and piping plovers have been characterized. <br /> <br />To expand on Task 2, an assessment of habitat units resulting <br />from physical modification of channel conditions was preformed. <br />To date, all of the modifications thus far have been in the form <br />of simulating island clearing and leveling and predicting habitat <br />based on a 1150' wide unobstructed channel. As water management <br />alternatives are developed, appropriate water management <br />scenarios will be run using this land management alternative <br />method. The Work Group is using in stream flow study site 6 <br />conditions to simulate channel modifications. Results of this <br />effort have been documented by the Work Group. <br /> <br />The Work Group also began formulating water management methods <br />(Task 5). The Work Group sorted the 17 previously identified <br />water management methods into eight potential types of water <br />management. with much discussion, the Work Group developed <br /> <br />6 <br />