A Implementation Plan for the Rainwater Basin Joint Venture

Authors

Richard A. Gersib, Nebraska Game and Parks CommissionFollow
Kenneth F. Dinan, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Jon D. Kauffeld, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Michael D. Onnen, Little Blue Natural Resource District
P. Joe Gabig, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
John E. Cornely, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Gerald E. Jasmer, U.S.D.A.
Joseph M. Hyland, Ducks Unlimited, Inc.
Kenneth J. Strom, National Audubon Society

Date of this Version

1992

Comments

Gersib, RA., K.E Dinan, J.D. Kauffeld, MD. Onnen, P. J. Gabig, J.E. Cornely, G.E. Jasmer, J.M. Hyland, K. J. Strom. 1992. Rainwater Basin Joint Venture Implementation Plan. Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Lincoln, NE. 56 PP.

Abstract

Nebraska's Rainwater Basin (RWB) wetland area is identified by the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) as a waterfowl habitat area of major concern in North America. The Rainwater Basin area is recognized as the focal point of a spring migration corridor used by millions of ducks and geese annually (Figure 1). This migration corridor is shaped like an hourglass, with the Rainwater Basin and Central Platte River located at the constriction.