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<br />modification of critical habitat, appropriate mitigation, or compensation for one or more types <br /> <br />of projects or activities, <br /> <br />D. Alternatives D-I and D-2: Recovery Implementation Programs <br /> <br />A recovery implementation program (RIP) is a Service-guided, cooperative effort to develop <br />recovery actions for endangered or threatened species. These recovery efforts typically serve <br />as components of RPAs that result from jeopardy opinions in Section 7 consultations, Sufficient <br />progress in implementing the RIP may offset jeopardy opinions on projects, A RIP is currently <br />underway in the Upper Colorado River Basin, and others are being developed for the Platte and <br />San Juan Rivers, <br /> <br />Two RIP alternatives are considered here: a RIP just for the four endangered fish (D-l), and <br />a RIP for all threatened and endangered species in the Feasibility Assessment Study Area (D-2), <br />The Study Area includes the Colorado River, IOO-year flood plain, and full-pool elevation of <br />some reserVOIrs, <br /> <br />E. Alternatives E-I and E-2: Habitat Conservation Plans <br /> <br />A habitat conservation plan (HCP) is usually developed when a nonfederal project has the <br />potential to adversely impact listed species, but no federal nexus exists for consultation under <br />Section 7, An HCP can also serve as an RPA for a federally connected project that has received <br />a jeopardy opinion as a result of a Section 7 consultation. The HCP process falls under Section <br />10 of the ESA, and when successfully completed, results in an incidental take permit, or <br />authorization, to affect listed species in some specified way, The goal of the HCP is not to <br />recover listed species (as is the goal of a RIP), but to develop a plan that allows some incidental <br />take of species, and mitigates that take through programs that benefit the species, The HCP <br />process typically allows more involvement by nonfederal participants than does a Section 7 <br />consultation or a RIP, and the Service performs an advisory rather than a regulatory function, <br /> <br />Two RCP alternatives are considered in the I easibility Assessment: an HCP just for the four <br />listed fish (E.!), and an HCP for all listed and candidate species in the Study Area (E-2), <br /> <br />FINAL REPORT <br /> <br />December 20, 1994 <br />Page viii <br />