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<br />t- <br />-..J <br />00 <br />jw. <br /> <br />abundance of that target species or not, a question which <br /> <br /> <br />may be impossible to answer without detaileQ investi- <br /> <br /> <br />gation. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3' For those reaches to which the methodology has been <br />appl ied (7 in all, with 2 sets of habitat conditions on <br />.t/"'Ilertt/ <br />the Yampa River),~indications are that fishery conditions <br />would remain unchanged or would improve under any of the <br />year 2000 scenarios. Exceptions are conditions for adult <br />Colorado squawfish which would suffer under M2WA levels of <br />depletion in the Yampa River downstream from the Williams <br />Fork and in the White River Piceance-Yellow Creeks reach. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />4' <br /> <br />Obvi ous ly, stream resources wi 11 be ob 1 iterated by con- <br /> <br /> <br />struction of reservoirs on the South Fork, White River, or <br /> <br />the White River mainstem in Utah; the same will be true if <br /> <br />reservoirs are constructed on the mainstem, Colorado in <br />the Rifle, Colorado area or on major tributaries such as <br />the Eagle, Roaring Fork, or others. <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />~ 5' Judgement indicates that construction of a mainstem <br /> <br /> <br />reservoir on the White River in Utah and diversion <br /> <br />therefrom to supply EEl development would result in <br />serious adverse impact on the Colorado squawfish, <br />endangered species. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />69 <br />