WSP09908

• File Number: 8220.101.10
• Description: Colorado River-Water Projects-Glen Canyon Dam/Lake Powel-Glen Canyon Adaptive Management
• Basin: Colorado Mainstem
• Water Division: 5
• Date: 1/1/3000
• Title: Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program Presentation
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Report/Study

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"/In March 1984, discussions were initiated
with federal agencies, states,
environmentalists, and water users to resolve
the problem.

"/In late 1984, water users told their
negotiator (Pitts) to define a solution.

"/The negotiator re-defined the problem:

eConflicts are a symptom of the problem.

ePROBLEM: The fish are endangered.

eSOLUTION. Make the fish not endangered,

"/In mid-1985, Colorado water users proposed
a Recovery Program be initiated to recover
and de-list the endangered fish species in the
Upper Basin, i.e., restore habitat and
populations so that the fish no longer require
ESA protection.

"/Rationale: Without affirmative action on
terms acceptable to all parties, conflicts would
continue and worsen. Water development and
management activities would be threatened.
Recovery provides the ultimate economic and
regulatory certainty for water users.

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