THIS PAGE LISTS PUBLICATIONS and reports that are available from the Trust. Up to five publications can be sent without charge (except as noted). For additional copies, please send a check or money order for $3 to cover postage and handling.

Reprints of publications can be requested using our printable order form. Please print this form, fill it out and mail it with payment to Platte River Trust, 6611 W Whooping Crane Dr, Wood River NE 68883 USA.

THE BRAIDED RIVER — READ OUR NEWSLETTER ONLINE


(The Trust’s recent newsletters are available online in PDF format and can be viewed with Acrobat Reader software.)

Issue No. 20, November 2004. Whooping Cranes in Nebraska: Historical and Recent Trends. Spring 2004 Crane Migration Report. Study Focus: Is what's good for the cranes good for bobolinks? Whooping Crane Status Update. News. Platte River Update.

Issue No. 19, September 2003. Remembering Paul Currier. We must carry on the calling of Paul Currier. News from the Platte River. Whooper Watch—weed whacking wetlands wonderfully well for wildlife. Crane migration report—spring 2003. Whooping crane update.

Issue No. 18, March 2003. Water issues affect whooping cranes in Texas. Protecting flows into Texas bays & estuaries. New facilities on central Platte. Whooping crane status. Whooper Watch spring monitoring. Natural history notes: North America’s cranes. Crane conservation in South Africa.

Issue No. 17, December 2002. Drought focuses attention on central Platte. Earthwatch sandhill crane expeditions. News from the Platte River. West Nile Virus sickens cranes. Trust begins study of grassland breeding birds. Whooper Watch fall monitoring. Whooping crane status. Natural history notes: Plains leopard frog.

Issue No. 16, March 2002. The Cuban sandhill crane. Drought & war combine to affect migratory birds of the Indus flyway. Mississippi sandhill crane biologist visits. Celebration for John Cavanaugh. Whooper Watch gears up for 2002. Whooping crane status report. Help for nongame wildlife in Nebraska. Natural history notes: Nebraska’s winter resident—rough-legged hawk.

Issue No. 15, December 2001. Adaptive habitat management—an integrated approach to changing habitat, flows, & birds. Changes at the Trust (John Cavanaugh, Thomas Dougherty, Richard Spelts). Forsberg exhibit travels to Wisconsin. Chavez-Ramirez joins Trust staff. Natural history notes: Tigers of the sand: tiger beetles. New York student works to save whooping cranes.

Issue No. 14, March 2001. Satellite telemetry: a powerful new tool for studying sandhill cranes. Watching cranes inspires & educates visitors to the Platte. Wildlife Federation’s Whooper Watch program begins this month. Florida whooping cranes make amazing journey to Michigan and back southward. Natural history notes: northern pintail—greyhound of the air.

Issue No. 13, December 2000. What makes a wet meadow wet? An introduction to groundwater hydrology. Even in a dry year, native prairie is a remarkable place. Trust purchases Forsberg crane photographs. Whooping crane reports inspire recollections. Natural history notes: winter birds of the Platte.

Issue No. 12, March 2000. Among the cranes. Open house and completion of Trust’s new facilities. Weed patch or wet meadow? The development of restorations. Natural history notes: the bobolink—chatterbox of the meadows.

Issue No. 11, December 1999. Trust begins long term study of cranes and waterfowl on the Platte. Techniques for restoring prairies and wet meadows adapt and improve. News from the Platte River. Natural history notes: rare plant discovered at Trust’s Elm Creek habitat. New proposal to introduce whooping cranes into central Wisconsin.

ANNUAL REPORTS


2003 Annual Report

RECENT PUBLICATIONS


(The Trust’s recent migration reports are available online in PDF format and can be viewed with Acrobat Reader software.)

Alexander, K. D. and M. R. Whiles. 2000. A new species of Ironoquia (Trichoptera: Limnephilidae) from an intermittent slough of the central Platte River, Nebraska. Entomological News 111:1-7.

Currier, P. J. and C. A. Davis. 2000. The Platte as a prairie river: a response to Johnson and Boettcher. Great Plains Research 10:69-84.

Goldowitz, B. S. and M. R. Whiles. 1999. Investigations of fish, amphibians and aquatic invertebrate species within the middle Platte River system. Final report, US Environmental Protection Agency Cooperative Agreement X99708101, Kansas City. 32 pp.

Helzer, C. J. and D. E. Jelinski. 1999. The relative importance of patch area and perimeter-area ratio to grassland breeding birds. Ecological Applications 9:1448-1458.

Pfeiffer, K. 1999. Evaluation of wet meadow restorations in the Platte River valley. Pp. 202-206 in J. Springer, ed. Proceedings of the Sixteenth North American Prairie Conference. University of Nebraska, Kearney.

Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust. 2000. Crane and waterfowl migration report—spring 2000. Platte River Trust, Wood River. 8 pp.

Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust. 2000. Migration report—fall 2000. Platte River Trust, Wood River. 4 pp.

Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust. 2001. 2000 Annual Report. Platte River Trust, Wood River.

Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust. 2001. Crane and waterfowl migration report—spring 2001. Platte River Trust, Wood River. 8 pp.

Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust. 2001. Migration report—fall 2001. Platte River Trust, Wood River. 2 pp.

Whiles, M. R., B. S. Goldowitz and R. E. Charlton. 1999. Life history and production of a semi-terrestrial limnephilid caddisfly in an intermittent Platte River wetland. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 18:533-544.

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WHOOPING CRANES


Faanes, C.A., D.H. Johnson and G.R. Lingle. 1992. Characteristics of whooping crane roost sites in the Platte River. Proceedings North American Crane Workshop 6:90-94.

Lingle, G.R., P.J. Currier and K.L. Lingle. 1984. Physical characteristics of a whooping crane roost site on the Platte River, Hall County, Nebraska. Prairie Naturalist 16:39-44.

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SANDHILL CRANES


Armbruster, M.J. and A.H. Farmer. 1981. Draft sandhill crane habitat suitability model. Pp. 136-143 in J.C. Lewis, ed. Proceedings 1981 Crane Workshop. National Audubon Society, Tavernier, FL.

Currier, P.J. and J.W. Ziewitz. 1987. The application of a sandhill crane model to the management of habitat along the Platte River. Pp. 315-325 in J.C. Lewis, ed. Proceedings 1985 Crane Workshop. Platte River Trust, Grand Island, NE.

Davis, C.A. and P.A. Vohs. 1993. Availability of earthworms and scarab beetles to sandhill cranes in native grasslands along the Platte River. Prairie Naturalist 25:199-211.

Lingle, G.R. 1993. History and economic impact of crane-watching in Central Nebraska. Proceedings North American Crane Workshop 6:33-37.

Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc. 1998. Crane and waterfowl migration report-spring 1998. Platte River Trust, Wood River. 6 pp.

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OTHER ENDANGERED & THREATENED SPECIES


Currier, P.J. 1982. Prairie white-fringed orchid. Prairie/Plains Journal 4:31-33.

Lingle, G.R. 1993. Nest success and flow relationships on the Central Platte River. Pp. 69-72 in K.F. Higgins and M.R. Brashler, eds. Proceedings of the Missouri River and its Tributaries, Piping Plover and Least Tern Symposium/Workshop, Lincoln, NE.

Lingle, G.R. 1993. Causes of nest failure and mortality of least terns and piping plovers along the central Platte River. Pp. 130-134 in K.F. Higgins and M.R. Brashler, eds. Proceedings of the Missouri River and its Tributaries, Piping Plover and Least Tern Symposium/Workshop, Lincoln, NE.

Ziewitz, J.W., J.G. Sidle and J.J. Dinan. 1991. Habitat conservation for nesting least terns and piping plovers along the central Platte River in Nebraska. Prairie Naturalist 24:1-20.

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OTHER MIGRATORY BIRDS


Lingle, G.R. 1981. Status of American woodcock in Nebraska with notes on a recent breeding record. Prairie Naturalist 13:47-51.

Lingle, G.R. and P.A. Bedell. 1989. Nesting ecology of sedge wrens in Hall County, Nebraska. Nebraska Bird Review 57:47-49.

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HABITAT STATUS, RESTORATION & MANAGEMENT


Currier, P.J. 1989. Plant species composition and groundwater levels in a Platte River wet meadow. Pp. 19-24 in Proceedings of the 11th North American Prairie Conference, 1988, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Currier, P.J. 1991. Reclamation of crane roosting habitat on the Platte River and restoration of riverine wetlands. Pp. 403-407 in Proceedings of the International Crane Workshop, May 1-10, 1987, Qiqihar, Peoples Republic of China.

Currier, P.J. 1995. Relationships between vegetation, groundwater hydrology, and soils on Platte River wetland meadows. Cooperative Agreement 14-16-0006-90-917, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Proceedings of the Platte River Basin Symposium 1996. 23 pp.

Currier, P.J. 1997. Woody vegetation expansion and continuing declines in open channel habitat on the Platte River in Nebraska. Proceedings North American Crane Workshop 7:141-152.

Currier, P.J. 1998. Wetland restoration on the Platte River floodplain in Nebraska. Pp. 611-627 in S.K. Majumdar, E.W. Miller and F.J. Brenner, eds. Ecology of Wetlands and Associated Systems. Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences.

Currier, P.J. and B.S. Goldowitz. 1994. Artificially constructed backwaters and their impact on groundwater levels beneath an adjacent wet meadow on the Platte River in central Nebraska. Final report, contract study 14-16-0006-90-917, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 20 pp.

Currier, P.J., G.R. Lingle and J.G. VanDerwalker. 1985. Migratory bird habitat on the Platte and North Platte rivers in Nebraska. Platte River Trust, Grand Island. 177 pp. $11.00 soft cover.

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Goldowitz, B.S. 1996. Qualitative comparison of long term changes in the habitats and fish species composition of the Platte and North Platte rivers of Nebraska. Final report, Platte River Biodiversity Studies, US Fish & Wildlife Service cooperative agreement #14-16-0006-90-917. 15 pp.

Jones, S.M., R.E. Ballinger and J.W. Nietfeldt. 1981. Herpetofauna of Mormon Island preserve, Hall County, Nebraska. Prairie Naturalist 13:33-41.

Pfeiffer, K. 1998. Evaluation of wet meadow restorations in the Platte River valley. Proceedings of the North American Prairie Conference, Kearney (in press).

Roedel, M. 1990. Unionid molluscs in the Big Bend reach of the Platte River, Nebraska. Prairie Naturalist 22:27-32.

Sidle, J.G., E.D. Miller and P.J. Currier. 1989. Changing habitats in the Platte River valley of Nebraska. Prairie Naturalist 21:91-104.

Sidle, J.G. and J.W. Ziewitz. 1990. Use of aerial videography in wildlife habitat studies. Wildlife Society Bulletin 18:56-62.

VanDerwalker, J.G. 1981. The Platte River Whooping Crane Critical Habitat Maintenance Trust. Pp. 4-6 in J.C. Lewis, ed. Proceedings 1981 Crane Workshop. National Audubon Society, Tavernier, FL.

VanDerwalker, J.G. 1987. Preservation of crane habitat on the Platte River. Pp. 425-437 in G. Archibald and R. Pasquier, eds. Proceedings 1983 International Crane Workshop. International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, WI.

Whiles, M.R. and B.S. Goldowitz. 1998. Biological responses to hydrologic fluctuation in wetland sloughs of the central Platte River. Proceedings of the Ninth Platte River Basin Ecosystem Symposium, pp. 3-18.

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INSTREAM FLOWS REQUIRED FOR HABITAT MAINTENANCE


Goldowitz, B.S. 1996. Summer fish kills in the central Platte River: a summary of events, 1974-1995. Platte River Trust, Grand Island. 18 pp.

O'Brien, J.S. and P.J. Currier. 1987. Platte River channel morphology and riparian vegetation changes in the Big Bend Reach and minimum streamflow criteria for channel maintenance. Platte River Trust, Grand Island. 47 pp.

VanDerwalker, J.G. 1982. Instream flows: the next step towards protection. Prairie/Plains Journal 4:26-30.

VanDerwalker, J.G. 1988. Instream flows for the Big Bend reach of the Platte River. American Society of Civil Engineers, Irrigation and Drainage Division, Specialty Conference, Lincoln, NE.

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OTHER INFORMATION


Bedell, Paul. 1993. Natural history notes: sedge wrens and wet meadows. The Braided River 8:4-5.

Currier, P.J. 1991. Natural history notes: western prairie fringed orchid. The Braided River 1:9-10.

Currier, P.J. 1993. Chapter 2: riparian forest. Pp. 36-48 in K. Bouc, ed. Nebraskaland Magazine's Walk in the Woods, Nebraskaland 71. Lincoln, NE.

Currier, P.J. 1994. Managing Platte River grasslands with fire. The Braided River 9:4-9.

Goldowitz, B.S. 1992. Natural history notes: fishes of the Platte River. The Braided River 3:7-9.

Nagel, H.G. 1992. Natural history notes: the link between Platte River flows and the regal fritillary butterfly. The Braided River 4:10-11.

Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc. 1998. 1997 Annual Report. Platte River Trust, Wood River.

Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc. 1999. 1998 Annual Report. Platte River Trust, Wood River.

Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc. 2000. 1999 Annual Report. Platte River Trust, Wood River.

Whitney, W.S. 1991. Restoring Platte River grasslands, part 1. The Braided River 2:4-6.

Whitney, W.S. 1992. Restoring Platte River grasslands, part 2. The Braided River 3:6.

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