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[3 Executive Summary 5-26 DEfS - Navajo Reservoir Operations Fish and Wildlife 111(' Service's official recommendations will be contained in their Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Report \....hich will be included in the final EIS. Preliminary input has been n>ceived from the Service. The Service has requested that Reclamation investigate enhancing trout habitat within the Special Regulation Waters downstream from !\!a\"ajo Dam by creating pools and/or establishing in-stream structures. Other initial ideas involve monitoring of riparian and fishery resources. supporting the trout stocking program, and reducing impacts of future wate( developments. The New ~1l'l{ico IJt'partment of Game and Fish (NMOCF) has prodded written (ecom- mendations for fish and wildlife resources mcluding funding ilnd aS5isting :\'~tDGF in monitoring the trout fishery and its recrt.'ational use. Monitoring of nath.e fishes downstream from the Citizen5 Ditch was fl'Commcndt.'d. Also, it was recommended by the !\:MOCF that Rt.'damation conduct detailed geomorphic studies of the trout fishery ,Hea and the n,ltive fi~h ,nea to identify appropri,lte mitigation ,1(tions to reduce h.lbitat losses. 0!~lOCF also recommendE'd that Rt'clamation work with both tht' Hammond Projt'Ct watl'r users and the Citizcns Ditch to investigate fish p.hsagc "t those di\"l:'rsions. It was sugge:-.teJ that Rt.'damati(m \\'ork with State agencit.'s on a round tail chub augmentati(m program for the San JU<ln Rin'r <lnd its tributarit's. Southwestern willow flycatcher. Fllr riparian habitat, :'\J\.1DGF ~llggestt'd th<lt cothJIl\".(",-xls be planted ,lnd protl'Cted in the trout fishery area and that tlood rlain modification be innstigated in downstream areas to ht'lp restore cottonwl",-x.is. 0:\.HX;F e:xpressed concerns with watt.'r quality impil(ts in the river re,Kh upstream from Farmington and suggestt'd comprehensive W,ltt'r quality monitoring studies designed to identify factors that may be impacting fish. Rt'Clamation has reCllgnized in this draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) thilt the Preferred Allernati\.c would have adn;'rSt.' impacts on certain resources including the trout fishery, rffreation, \',.ater qUillity, and ~Llme rip,lri<1n resources. The Preferred Alternative, howenr, i~ designed to help consen"e endangered fish species and their habitat and has an o\"erall eHeet of creating a more natural t."'Cosy~tem. Rt'Cbmation will commit to working with the resource agencies responsible for manage- ment (If particular resources to implement m('asures to reduce ad\"t?'rse impacts of