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<br />~: Funding for these efforts has been provided through FWS Section 6 funds, AGF <br />provided funds to match the Section 6 funds, appropriated Reclamation funds programmed <br />for recovery activities, and the Central Utah Project Completion Act. No GCES funds, and <br />no power revenues were expended on any of these efforts, <br /> <br />In November of 1997, in response to a request from the AMWG for another high flow designed to <br />conserve sediment, another biological opinion to address that action was issued by the Service, <br />Reclamation accepted the reasonable and prudent measures and terms and conditions, This <br />required logistical support to Arizona Game and Fish for completing worle. on salvage and refugia <br />populations of KAS, and development of a survey plan to evaluate displacement of young-of-the- <br />year humpbaclc chubs. A cooperative agreement with AGF will be modified to include logistical <br />support, and worle. on the plan has begun. <br /> <br />Southwestern Willow Flycatcher <br /> <br />The SINWF was not listed when consultation on the preferred altemative took place, and was <br />therefore not consulted on, As a result of the 1996 BO, Reclamation a9reed to initiate <br />consultation in early 1997. A draft BA has been prepared for this consultation, Reclamation is <br />has not initiated this consultation for several reasons: these include staff priorities being shifted <br />to other Glen Canyon items in light of the results of the data from the 1996 test flow which <br />showed no effect to SINWF or their critical habitat from the 45,000 release; waiting for the results <br />of other studies funded by Reclamation on the SINWF, and a consultation and law suit involving <br />the SINWF and the Lake Mead Delta. The BA on the SINWF is currently scheduled to be <br />completed in December, 1997. <br /> <br />Fish Data Integration Work <br /> <br />There are three individual efforts underway regarding native fishes, all of which contribute to the <br />requirements of the Biological Opinion. <br /> <br />A. A summary of biological information from GCES Phase II. It includes information on all <br />resources and is similar to the 1998 report put out by Reclamation. It will also includes <br />information on what studies were conducted during the Beach/Habitat Building flow, The werle. is <br />being done by a post doctoral student under W.L. Minkley. <br /> <br />B. Dr. Schmidt is preparing a similar report on the physical data. <br /> <br />C, Data Integration - SWCA is preparing an integration report which also examines the data <br />available on what effects can be anticipated from low steady summer flows. <br />