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<br />COMMENTS TO <br />DRAFT BIOLOGICAL OPINION <br />WOLFORD MOUNTA TN RESERVOIR PROJECf, GRAND COUNTY, COLORADO <br />SUBMITTED BY THE <br />COLORADO RIVER WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT <br /> <br />Location <br /> <br />Comment <br /> <br />Page 2, <br />First full paragraph <br />First sentence <br /> <br />The 1990 Biological Opinion anaJyzed impacts to both the <br />Osterhout Milkvetch and Penland Beardtongue, and <br />determined that conservation measures were prescribed for the Osterhout <br />Milkvetch, These conservation measures have been implemented. <br /> <br />Page 2 <br />Second full paragraph <br />Second sentence <br /> <br />"The Service and the pruponmt have developed reasonable and <br />prudent.. " <br /> <br />Page 7 <br />Third full paragraph <br />First sentence <br /> <br />Please consider the following change: "terteriary bars simiJar to those <br />used for Colorado..." <br /> <br />Page 10 <br />Second full paragraph <br />Second sentence <br /> <br />"an 18-mile reach of the Colorado River below the..." <br /> <br />Page 32 <br />Last paragraph <br />Last line <br /> <br />"equals an additional payment of..." <br /> <br />Page 33 <br />First full sentence beginning <br />with "Therefore" <br /> <br />Please delete. This was a residual from the earlier draft. <br /> <br />Page 33 <br />Second full paragraph <br /> <br />The average annual additional depletion is 5,769 acre feet/year, <br />which is what should be compared to the threshold of 3,000 acre feet/year. <br />The total depletion is 13,485 acre feet/year, but 7.716 was covered by the <br />previous consultation. <br /> <br />Page 33 <br />Second full paragraph <br />Last full sentence <br /> <br />Please consider this modification: "While this item is currently being <br />implemented on an interim basis under an existing MOO between the <br />Service and the River District, depktions associated with the proposed <br />actions will require an increase in the amount of water to be delivered. <br /> <br />Page 34 <br />Paragraph A <br /> <br />Please consider: "The River District will provide up to 6,000 acre feet of <br />storage space in Wolford Mountain Reserovir for storage of water for <br />release to..." <br /> <br />Page 34 <br />Paragraph B <br /> <br />Please insert "as provided for herein" after "Service" <br /> <br />Page 34 <br />Lower middle <br /> <br />"The new MOO will replace..." <br /> <br />Page 35 <br />First paragraph <br />Third sentence <br /> <br />Please insert the date of the BLM correspondence describing this project <br />