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2. The River District shall allocate to the Fish Pool a percentage of the Wolford Mountain Reservoir inflow, which can be lawfully stored by the River District for beneficial use by releases for the endangered Colorado River fish, subject to Reservoir operations required for flood control and other lawful purposes. The percentage of such inflow allocated to the Fish Pool will be as follows: a. When unfilled capacity is available in each of the three Pools, 10 percent will be allocated to the Fish Pool. b. When unfilled capacity is available in the Fish Pool and the West Slope Pool but the Denver Pool is full, 14.5 percent (6/42) will be allocated to the Fish Pool. c. When unfilled capacity is available in the Fish Pool and the Denver Pool but the West Slope Pool is full, 20 percent (6/30) will be allocated to the Fish Pool. d. When unfilled capacity is available in the Fish Pool only and both the Denver Pool and the West Slope Pool are full, 100 percent will be allocated to the Fish Pool. 3. Under the conditions described above, the Fish Pool will have a firm annual yield of 2,400 acre-feet. Operational studies conducted by the District indicate that the Service can expect the following conditions would prevail based upon a simulation of a 1963 to 1994 period of record (Appendix B): a. The annual average yield of the Fish Pool is 5,650 acre-feet. b. A full yield of 6,000 acre-feet is available to the Fish Pool in 27 of 33 years. 4. The Fish Pool water stored as provided herein shall be released at the discretion of the Service. The protection of the releases will be accomplished pursuant to the terms of a separate agreement between the River District and the CWCB (herein referred to as the CWCB MOA) which shall provide for the delivery and protection of that water instream to and through the Subject Reach pursuant to the Section 7 Enforcement Agreement between CWCB and the Service.