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Platte River Recovery Implementation Program. Chadwin B. Smith Director of Natural Resources Headwaters Corporation. Invasions & Extinctions as a Consequence of Climate Change: Fish and Wildlife Resources on the Platte River UNL/USGS Climate Change Conference May 21, 2008.
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Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Chadwin B. Smith Director of Natural Resources Headwaters Corporation Invasions & Extinctions as a Consequence of Climate Change: Fish and Wildlife Resources on the Platte River UNL/USGS Climate Change Conference May 21, 2008 Credit: Brian Lehmann/UNK
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Key Features • First Increment = 13 years (2007-2019) • Reduce central Platte flow shortages by 130,000 – 150,000 acre-feet of water/yr • Protect or restore 10,000 acres of habitat in central Platte • Adaptive Management Plan • Improve production of least tern and piping plover from central Platte River • Improve survival of whooping cranes during migration • Avoid adverse impacts from Program actions on pallid sturgeon populations Credit: Brian Lehmann/UNK
Credit: Tim Root Credit: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Credit: Mark Peyton Credit: NGPC
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Applied Science Strategy
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Management Strategy #1 Flow/Sediment/Mechanical Objectives Create and maintain where possible a wide braided channel with high width/depth ratio. Offset existing sediment imbalance by increasing sediment inputs to habitat area (island/bank clearing and leveling, sand augmentation, flow routing) Use EA and other Program water to create annual peaks as large as can be sustained over many years (annual, short-duration high flows within banks) Credit: Brian Lehmann/UNK
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Current Challenges Credit: Brian Lehmann/UNK
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Current Challenges Credit: Brian Lehmann/UNK Credit: Ken Dewey, UNL
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Future Challenges Credit: Brian Lehmann/UNK
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Tern/Plover Conceptual Ecological Model
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Questions? Chad Smith Director of Natural Resources Headwaters Corporation (402) 261-3185 smithc@headwaterscorp.com