Session: The Platte River Basin of Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming: Where Geology, Hydrology, Endangered Species, People, and Politics Attempt to Coexist (2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002))

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1:30 PM

THE PROPOSED PLATTE RIVER PROGRAM, AN EFFORT AT COLLABORATIVE CONSERVATION OF HABITAT FOR ENDANGERED SPECIES

STRICKLAND, M. Dale, Executive Director, Platte River Cooperative Agreement, 2003 Central Ave, Cheyenne, WY 82001, dstrickland@west-inc.com, dstrickland@west-inc.com

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1:50 PM

SANDHILL CRANES AND THE PLATTE RIVER--A CLOSER LOOK

KRAPU, Gary L., USGS, Northern Prairie Wildlife Rsch Ctr, 8711 37th Street SE, Jamestown, ND 58401, gary_krapu@usgs.gov, gary_krapu@usgs.gov

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2:05 PM

PLATTE RIVER RESTORATION

MURPHY, Peter J. and RANDLE, Timothy J., Sedimentation and River Hydraulics Group, D-8540, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver Federal Center, PO Box 25007 (D-8540), Denver, CO 80225-0007, pmurphy@do.usbr.gov, pmurphy@do.usbr.gov

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2:20 PM

EVALUATION OF EAARL, AN EXPERIMENTAL BATHYMETRIC AND TERRESTRIAL LIDAR, FOR COLLECTING RIVER CHANNEL TOPOGRAPHY ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER, NEBRASKA

KINZEL, Paul J., U.S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center, Box 25046 MS 413, Lakewood, CO 80225 and WRIGHT, C. Wayne, NASA Laboratory for Hydrospheric Physics, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA 23337, pjkinzel@usgs.gov, pjkinzel@usgs.gov

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2:35 PM

HYDROGEOLOGIC INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTS OF MANAGED RECHARGE ON WATER QUALITY, LOWER SOUTH PLATTE RIVER, CO

WATT, Jamey T., SANFORD, William E. and STEDNICK, John, Earth Resources, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1482, jameywatt@yahoo.com, jameywatt@yahoo.com

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2:50 PM

LINKING SURFACE AND GROUND WATER LEVELS TO RIPARIAN GRASSLAND SPECIES ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA

HENSZEY, Robert J.¹, PFEIFFER, Kent¹ and KEOUGH, Janet R.², (1)Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, 6611 W. Whooping Crane Dr, Wood River, NE 68883, (2)USEPA National Health and Environmental Effects Lab, Midcontinent Ecology Division, 6201 Congdon Blvd, Duluth, MN 55804-2595, henszey@hamilton.net, henszey@hamilton.net

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3:05 PM

COHYST – NEBRASKA’S DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR MEETING THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE PLATTE RIVER COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT

LEWIS, Gary L., Parsons, 1700 Broadway, Suite 900, Denver, CO 80290, WOODWARD, Duane, Central Platte Nat Rscs District, Nebraska, 215 Kauffman Avenue, Grand Island, NE 68803 and KERN, Rich, Nebraska Department of Natural Resources, Lincoln, NE, Gary.L.Lewis@Parsons.com, Gary.L.Lewis@Parsons.com

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3:25 PM

ESTIMATION OF RIPARIAN WOODLAND EVAPOTRANSPIRATION ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER, NEBRASKA

LANDON, Matthew K.¹, RUS, David L.¹, DIETSCH, Benjamin J.² and JOHNSON, Michaela R.², (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 100 Centennial Mall North, Room 406 Federal Building, Lincoln, NE 68508, (2)U.S. Geol Survey, 100 Centennial Mall North, Room 406 Federal Building, Lincoln, NE 68508, landon@usgs.gov, landon@usgs.gov

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3:40 PM

LAND COVER MAPPING FOR THE NEBRASKA COOPERATIVE HYDROLOGY STUDY IN THE CENTRAL PLATTE RIVER BASIN (COHYST)

DAPPEN, Patti and FREE, Colby, Conservation and Survey Division, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, Center for Advanced Land Management Information Technologies (CALMIT), 113 Nebraska Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0517, pdappen@calmit.unl.edu, pdappen@calmit.unl.edu

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3:55 PM

USE OF CONTINUOUS SEISMIC PROFILING TO DIFFERENTIATE GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS UNDERLYING MAJOR CANALS IN WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA

KRESS, Wade H., U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geol Survey, 100 Centennial Mall North, Room 406, Lincoln, NE 68508, DIETSCH, Benjamin J., U.S. Geol Survey, 100 Centennial Mall North, Room 406 Federal Building, Lincoln, NE 68508 and CANNIA, James C., North Platte Nat Rscs District, p.o. 36, Gering, NE 69341, wkress@usgs.gov, wkress@usgs.gov

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4:10 PM

CONSTRUCTION OF HYDROSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS FOR THE NEBRASKA COOPERATIVE HYDROLOGY STUDY (COHYST) GROUNDWATER FLOW MODELS

CANNIA, James C., North Platte Nat Rscs District, P.O. 36, Gering, NE 69341, PETERSON, Steven M., Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, P.O. Box 740, 415 Lincoln Street, Holdrege, NE 68949, LUCKEY, Richard R., U.S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center, Bldg. 53, Box 25046, M/S 406, Lakewood, CO 80225, CARNEY, Clint P., Water Resources Divsion, Nebraska Public Power District, 402 E. Statefarm Rd, North Platte, NE 69101 and CAST, Larry D., Central Platte Nat Resouces District, 215 Kaufman Ave, Grand Island, NE 68803, cannia@npnrd.org, cannia@npnrd.org

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4:25 PM

STREAMBED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA

RUS, David L.¹, CARNEY, Clint P.², HARVEY, F. Edwin³, LANDON, Matthew K.¹, MCCORMICK, Christopher M.², MCGUIRE, Virginia L.¹, PETERSON, Steven M.², ZLOTNIK, Vitaly A.⁴ and ZURBUCHEN, Brian R.⁴, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, 100 Centennial Mall N, Lincoln, NE 68508, (2)Nebraska Platte River Cooperative Hydrology Study, (3)School of Natural Resource Sciences & Conservation and Survey Division, Univ of Nebraska, 113 Nebraska Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0517, (4)Dept. of Geosciences, Univ of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588, dlrus@usgs.gov, dlrus@usgs.gov

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4:40 PM

ESTIMATING GROUND-WATER DISCHARGE TO STREAMS FOR USE IN THE NEBRASKA COOPERATIVE HYDROLOGY STUDY (COHYST) MODEL CALIBRATION

LUCKEY, Richard R., U.S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center, Bldg. 53, Box 25046, M/S 406, Lakewood, CO 80225, CARNEY, Clint P., Water Resources Divsion, Nebraska Public Power District, 402 E. Statefarm Rd, North Platte, NE 69101, PETERSON, Steven M., Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, P.O. Box 740, 415 Lincoln Street, Holdrege, NE 68949 and WOODWARD, Duane A., Central Platte Natural Resources District, 215 N. Kaufman Ave, Grand Island, NE 68803, rrluckey@usgs.gov, rrluckey@usgs.gov

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4:55 PM

CONSTRUCTION AND CALIBRATION OF THE NEBRASKA COOPERATIVE HYDROLOGY STUDY (COHYST) GROUNDWATER-FLOW MODELS

PETERSON, Steven M., Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, P.O. Box 740, 415 Lincoln Street, Holdrege, NE 68949, LUCKEY, Richard R., US Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046, CARNEY, Clint P., Water Resources Divsion, Nebraska Public Power District, 402 E. Statefarm Rd, North Platte, NE 69101 and CANNIA, Jim, North Platte Natural Resources District, 1054 Rundell Road, P.O. Box 36, Gering, NE 69341, speterson@cnppid.com, speterson@cnppid.com

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5:10 PM

A COMPARISON BETWEEN STREAM DEPLETION LINES COMPUTED WITH GROUNDWATER-FLOW MODELS AND A CLASSIC ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR THE NEBRASKA COOPERATIVE HYDROLOGY STUDY

CARNEY, Clint P., Water Resources Divsion, Nebraska Public Power District, 402 E. Statefarm Rd, North Platte, NE 69101, LUCKEY, Richard R., U.S. Geol Survey, Denver Federal Center, Bldg. 53, Box 25046, M/S 406, Lakewood, CO 80225, PETERSON, Steven M., Central Nebraska Public Power and Irrigation District, P.O. Box 740, 415 Lincoln Street, Holdrege, NE 68949 and CANNIA, James C., North Platte Nat Rscs District, 1054 Rundell Rd, Gering Industrial Tract, Gering, NE 69341, cpcarne@nppd.com, cpcarne@nppd.com

2002 Denver Annual Meeting (October 27-30, 2002)

T61. The Platte River Basin of Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming: Where Geology, Hydrology, Endangered Species, People, and Politics Attempt to Coexist