Endangered Species Programs

    Platte River Recovery Implementation Program  

         Website                               Update                  Economic Impact Study

                                                                                                  Contact: Mark Czaplewski

        Least Tern

           
  Nebraska Habitat Conservation Coalition

Members                Update          Contact: Mark Czaplewski

Piping Plover

Central Platte NRD Water Rights to
Protect River Flows for Fish & Wildlife Habitat
Details  

Proposed Lower Platte River Instream Flow Workgroup- The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC) and the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources are proposing a plan for a variety of interested parties to come together to cooperatively study the possibility of modifying the existing NGPC lower Platte River instream flow water rights to hopefully reduce the likelihood of new “fully appropriated” determinations by the DNR pursuant to LB 962.  The NGPC are open to looking at their existing spring and summer instream flows to see if it would be biologically justified to make some adjustments.  These entities are asking interested parties to join together to see what studies could be conducted and at what costs, to make these calls for NGPC.

The Central Platte NRD was asked to join in the planning and study process through the execution of a Memorandum of Agreement.  There are no costs are involved, other than staff expenses for attending related meetings.  Joining the process allows the NRD to keep abreast of what the NGPC might be planning and to allow influence in that process.  The Board authorized Ron Bishop to sign the Memorandum of Agreement. 

COHYST  Cooperative Hydrology Study

Update      Website        Contact: Duane Woodward

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