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<br /> <br /> <br />Visitor Access to RainbOw Bridge <br /> <br />The unique Arizona nesting bald eagle <br />populations continue to be investigated by <br />bioiogists from Reclamation and other <br />agencies. Plans were made to initiate a <br />major study of this population which <br />could be seriously affected by features of <br />the CAP's Regulatory Storage Division. <br /> <br />Reclamation biologists are concluding <br />studies on how animal drownings can be <br />avoided along proposed and existing <br />canals and those under construction. The <br />distribution and movement of desert mule <br />deer and desert bighorn sheep aiong the <br />Tucson and Granite Reef Aqueducts <br />routes were investigated to determine <br />what areas would be best for catch. <br />ments, crossings, fencings, or canal <br /> <br />escape devices. Over 100 miles of <br />fencing has been constructed along <br />several reaches of the Granite Reef <br />Aqueduct and a cooperative agreement <br />to furnish 14 wildlife water devices is in <br />effect with the Arizona Game and Fish <br />Department. <br /> <br />Reclamation and the U.S. Fish and Wild- <br />lile Service have entered Into a coopera. <br />tive study to develop habitat preference <br />curves for native fish in the Verde River. <br />Results of this study will be used to deter. <br />mine how this preferred native fish habitat <br />will be affected by water exchanges on <br />the Verde River. This information would <br />also be used for native fish in the Upper <br />Gila Waler Supply Study Area. <br /> <br />29 <br />