2018 Platte River Basin Ecosystem Symposium Proceedings

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Date of this Version

1-11-2018

Document Type

Article

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5-6 June 2018 Wood River, Nebraska, USA

COMPILED BY Andrew J. Caven, Jenna Malzahn, Thomas Franti, and Emma M. Brinley Buckley

PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN—NEBRASKA WATER CENTER

Abstract

CONTENTS

SESSION 1: WATERBIRD HABITAT . 3-9

SANDHILL CRANE ROOSTING HABITAT AND RIVER FLOWS, D.M. Baasch, P.D. Farrell*, A.J. Caven, K.C. King, J.M. Farnsworth, and C.B. Smith 3

HABITAT USE OF SANDHILL CRANES AND WATERFOWL ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH PLATTE RIVERS IN NEBRASKA, D.M. Varner*, A.T. Pearse, A.A. Bishop, J.I. Davis, J.C. Denton, R.C. Grosse, H.M. Johnson, E.J. Munter, K.D. Schroeder, R.E. Spangler, M.P. Vrtiska, and A.E. Wright 3

TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL SHIFTS: THE EFFECTS OF WINTER TEMPERATURES AND HABITAT CHANGE ON SANDHILL CRANE ROOSTING DISTRIBUTIONS IN THE CENTRAL PLATTE RIVER VALLEY, A.J. Caven*, E.M. Brinley Buckley, K.C. King, J.D. Wiese, D.M. Baasch, G.D. Wright, M.J. Harner, A.T. Pearse, M. Rabbe, K.D. Schroeder, K.F. Dinan, N. Arcilla, D.M. Varner, and B. Krohn . 4

LEAST TERNS AND PIPING PLOVER NESTING ECOLOGY WITHIN OFF-CHANNEL HABITATS WITHIN THE BIG BEND OF THE PLATTE RIVER, D.M. Baasch*, JM. Farnsworth, P.D. Farrell, and C.B. Smith 5

WAS THE HISTORIC CENTRAL PLATTE RIVER HYDROLOGY HOSTILE TO SUCCESSFUL NESTING ON SANDBARS?, J.S. Alexander and B. McElroy . 6

WHOOPING CRANE MIGRATION CORRIDOR: A SHIFT IN TIME, A.T. Pearse, M. Rabbe*, L.M. Juliusson, M.T. Bidwell, L. Craig-Moore, D.A. Brandt, and W. Harrell . 7

WHOOPING CRANE HABITAT ALONG THE BIG BEND OF THE PLATTE RIVER, D.M. Baasch*, P.D. Farrell, S. Howlin, A.T. Pearse, J.M. Farnsworth, and C.B. Smith 7

WHOOPING CRANES MIGRATION STRATEGIES IN CENTRAL FLYWAY, A.T. Pearse*, D.A. Brandt, M.T. Bidwell, K.L. Metzger, M.J. Harner, D.M. Baasch, and W. Harrell . 8

GRASSLAND CRANE HABITAT: COMPARING MONGOLIA AND THE GREAT PLAINS, G. Archibald* 9

SESSION 2: BIODIVERSITY AND HYDROLOGY 9-15

BIODIVERSITY AND ANIMAL ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH A BEAVER LODGE NEAR THE PLATTE RIVER, S. Tye . 9

CLIMATE AND HABITAT CHANGE IMPLICATIONS FOR A DECLINING GRASSLAND SONGBIRD, A.J. Glass, M.O. Sutton, A.J. Caven, D. Kim, K.C. King, J.D. Wiese, and N. Arcilla* . 10

40 YEARS OF REGAL FRITILLARY DATA AT AUDUBON’S ROWE SANCTUARY, A. Pierson*, A.J. Caven, and C. Wagner . 10

A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF REGAL FRITILLARY (SPEYERIA IDALIA) HABITAT UTILIZING BIOLOGICAL MONITORING DATA ALONG THE BIG BEND OF THE PLATTE RIVER, NE, A.J. Caven, K.C. King, J.D. Wiese*, and E.M. Brinley Buckley 11

CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE NORTH PLATTE HEADWATERS, C. Thompson* 12

HYDROLOGIC DYNAMICS OF A WET MEADOW ALONG THE PLATTE RIVER, E.M. Brinley Buckley*, M.J. Harner, A.J. Caven, M. Forsberg, and M. Farrell 12

EVOLUTION OF THE ‘GROUNDWATER MOUND’ BENEATH THE PHELPS COUNTY CANAL, NEBRASKA, E.M.K. Haacker*, and C. Ray 13

-RINGS STABLE ISOTOPES SHOW DIFFERENT ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES OF NATIVE AND INVASIVE WOODY SPECIES TO STREAMFLOW FLUCTUATIONS ALONG THE REPUBLICAN RIVER IN NE, T. Awada* 13 HISTORY OF RESTORATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE CENTRAL PLATTE RIVER, K. Schroeder* . 14

MY PATH TO THE RIVER, M. Farrell* 14

CONSERVATION NEEDS AND KNOWLEDGE GAPS IN THE CENTRAL PLATTE RIVER VALLEY ECOSYSTEM: RESULTS FROM AN INTERACTIVE STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP, A.J. Caven*, J. Malzahn, M. Dettweiler, and E.M. Brinley Buckley 15-29