Platte River Recovery Implementation Program 11/27/2018 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 Chad Smith, Headwaters Corporation

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program 11/27/2018 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 Chad Smith, Headwaters Corporation

four slides showing trees to sand. Credit: Tim Root Credit: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service four slides showing trees to sand. Credit: Mark Peyton Credit: NGPC

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program 11/27/2018 Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Applied Science Strategy Chad Smith, Headwaters Corporation

four slides showing trees to sand.

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program 11/27/2018 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 Chad Smith, Headwaters Corporation

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program 11/27/2018 Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Current Challenges Credit: Brian Lehmann/UNK Chad Smith, Headwaters Corporation

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program 11/27/2018 Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Current Challenges Credit: Brian Lehmann/UNK Credit: Ken Dewey, UNL Chad Smith, Headwaters Corporation

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program 11/27/2018 Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Future Challenges Credit: Brian Lehmann/UNK Chad Smith, Headwaters Corporation

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program 11/27/2018 Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Tern/Plover Conceptual Ecological Model Chad Smith, Headwaters Corporation

Platte River Recovery Implementation Program 11/27/2018 Platte River Recovery Implementation Program Questions? Chad Smith Director of Natural Resources Headwaters Corporation (402) 261-3185 smithc@headwaterscorp.com Chad Smith, Headwaters Corporation