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<br />o <br />l:) <br />l'J <br />I.':"' <br /> <br />co <br />CT) <br /> <br />DRAFT MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: San Juan River Recovery Implementation Program <br />Coordination Committee and Biology Committee <br /> <br />FROM: Randy Seaholm <br />Chief, Interstate Stream Investigations <br /> <br />DATE: May 8,1998 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: San Juan River Recovery Program, Proposed flow Recommendations <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The San Juan River Recovery Program, Long Range Implementation Plan <br />contains three flow-related milestones that were scheduled for completion on December. <br />31, 1997. Those milestones are as follows: <br /> <br />3. 3. 2, 2f There are no shortages anticipated to the water supply for the depletion <br />identified in the baseline for the Animas-La Plata Project during the research <br />period Upon complelion of, or during the research period, the waler jlow <br />requirements of the endangeredfish species will be analyzed and the issue of <br />shortages, if any will be addressed by the Coordination Committee under this <br />Implementation Program. lfthe issue of shortages is not resolved under this <br />Implementation Program, the issue will be considered as new information that <br />may result in reinitiation of consultation and will be resolved through the <br />section 7 process, <br /> <br />5,2,7. Identify, recommend, and implement flows designed to maximize and maintain <br />suitable habitats for all life stages of endangered and other native fish <br />species, <br /> <br />5,4,4 Characterize the response of non-native fish species to varyingjlow regimes <br />and recommendjlows that minimize or eliminate interactions with native fish <br />species, <br /> <br />The Biology Committee has developed draft preliminary flow recommendations <br />along with proposed operating rules that relate operations of Navajo Dam to the draft <br />