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. . 5 expected results of installing and operating a SWS on Glen Canyon Dam. This effort will require a specific source of construction funds. Funding will be requested as a separate appropriation through the Federal budget process under Section 8 of the Colorado River Storage Project Act. A Draft Plan of Study on the SWS has been produced by Reclamation and contains a potential schedule for investigations and implementation. This report has been provided to the Service and other interested parties. The schedule represents an acceleration of Reclamation's planning and construction process. Implementation is contingent upon congressional appropriations to complete the work. Work will most likely be conducted in 2 phases. Phase one will focus on technical and planning activities and include scientific evaluation of the potential effects and impacts of the SWS on the upstream and downstream resources. If studies indicate implementation is feasible and funding is approved, phase two, construction would consist of an initial effort focused on installation and testing of structures. Additional evaluation under the National Environmental Policy Act may also be required on the operation of the SWS. I.C. Studies of the Response of Native Fish to Various temperature regimes and River flows. Reclamation recognized the need to gather additional information on the ecology of endangered fishes in Glen and Grand Canyons and will support additional research determined to be necessary. Many of the studies identified in the RPA are either on-going or included in the planning process. However, studies will necessarily be limited to threatened and endangered fish, with data on other native fish and non-native fish collected incident to these studies. Studies of other resources is more appropriately addressed through the long term monitoring program or research conducted under the supervision of the research center. 2. Protect HBC spawning population and habitat in the Little Colorado River by being instrumental in developing a management plan for this river. Potential threats to HBC or their habitat in the vicinity of the LCR identified by the Service are not related to dam operations. Reclamation does not have the legal authority or jurisdiction to implement a plan to provide protection against catastrophic or other events not related to dam operations. We continue to believe development of a management plan for the Little Colorado River (LCR) should be included in the opinion only as a conservation recommendation as it does not meet the definition of a RPA. In the spirit of recovery of the HBC, Reclamation has assisted the Navajo Nation in gathering technical information necessary to initiate this effort. This includes data which has been input to the Glen Canyon Environmental Studies Geographic Information System and includes detailed maps of the lower 12 kilometers of the LCR, the critical habitat area, and large scale maps of the rest of the LCR watershed. Reclamation is funding a one-year effort by the Navajo Nation in Fiscal Year 1995 to develop the Management Plan forum. We will continue to work cooperatively with those entities having authority and jurisdiction to fund and implement the plan.