The Platte River Program—Reports & Publications

Technical Papers

• Ground Water Depletion - Missouri Basin States Association
• Geomorphic Data - Geomorphic Data Collected Within and Adjacent to Nebraska Public Power District's Cottonwood Ranch Property, Platte River, Nebraska
• Geologic Studies of the Platte River - USGS Professional Paper 1706

Publications

• Channel Morphology and Bed-Sediment Characteristics Before and After Riparian Vegetation Clearing in the Cottonwood Ranch, Platte River, Nebraska, Water Years 2001-2004 - USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5285
• Assessing Sandhill Crane Roosting Habitat along the Platte River, Nebraska - USGS Fact Sheet 2005-3029
• NRP Platte Publication List (1998-6/2004) (pdf)
• Linking surface- and ground-water levels to riparian grassland species along the Platte River in Central Nebraska, USA. - Henszey, Robert J., Kent Pfeiffer, and Janet R. Keough. 2004. Wetlands Vol. 24, No. 3, September 2004, pp. 665-687. (pdf)
• Monitoring Changes in the Platte River Riparian Corridor with Serial LiDAR Surveys - USGS Fact Sheet 2006-3063

Papers Published or In Press

• "Products, Planned Delivery Dates, and Current Status--USGS Platte River Program, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center" (pdf)
• Kinzel, P.J., Nelson, J.M., Parker, R.S., and Davis, L.R., 2006, Spring census of mid-continent sandhill cranes using aerial infrared videography, Journal of Wildlife Management, vol. 70, No. 1, 70-77.

Other Resources

• "A Selected Bibliography on the Hydrology of the Platte River Basin in Nebraska through 1991" - Open-File Report 94-496, Melissa Hardgree and Jennifer McChesney, U.S. Geological Survey. Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lincoln, Nebr. 1995.