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<br />FEDERAL AGENCIES <br />COMMENT LETTER <br /> <br />RESPONSE <br /> <br />o <br />(;f) <br />P <br />~\ <br /> <br />1-7: <br /> <br />~A~. C 1&. flr.~. full aaraaraah. l.st .."t.~~.. ~. ~'~caa.n6.6 <br />~lnl.UD flow criteria that FWS are now u.inq to ,valuat, waClr <br />. pro'ect. .ub'lct to SlcUon , con.ultation hav. chanq.d. fro. ." <br />1-10 tbl n\latlna you cH. fro. th, HUlu It,al. IUUI report. Th. <br />nlw llou crit'rla that yill b, u..d to .valuat. direct i.pact. <br />0' watlr projects 1n thl upper ~..ln on li.t,4 filh.. ar. .. <br />COllCl'ol.1 <br /> <br />. TAlLE 1. . End.nqlred Flah,. Hlnl.um Flow Requir...nt. 1n the <br />....:.. .....Upp.rColofadoRlv.rB..:I.n '.- <br /> <br />.. . <br />--~---------------------------.-------------------_._------------ <br /> <br />,".,Uvlr R,ach-, <br /> <br />Period <br /> <br />. Flow (chi <br /> <br />~ . fr:~~r~dO R:.~er. .. <br />.. 'Cr..n Jt. "Cunnhon R.' <br />IRH 0-170) <br />:~ 'Cunni.on A,-'alla.d, <br />IRK l70-IS5I <br /> <br />Oc:t. I6-Hay 15. <br />OctClber-Sept. <br /> <br />2.000 <br />1.100 <br /> <br />1-8: <br /> <br />.--'-..--.'.:'.- .--- ..' <br /> <br />'.. .Cr..n Riv.r <br /> <br />Colorado R..Hhit. R. <br />'. _...tAM 0.24t1 . <br />. Whit. R. -Yampa A. ;. <br />. (~. 2".345) <br /> <br />Cunnhon River <br /> <br />Oct. 16-re.b. 28 <br />March l-June 15 <br />Oct.' 16.Jull Jl ' <br /> <br />1.SOO <br />2.200 <br />... <br /> <br />',',' <br /> <br />1-9: <br /> <br />.. .. <br />Colorado A. - E.calant. October-Sept. <br />.. tRH 0-40. <br />Wh.1te.l\i'nl' '.. ..._ .. . . <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />.Cre.n'a~-Rio Blanco <br />IRH 0-15') <br /> <br />OctClber-Sept. <br /> <br />25. <br /> <br />,a.pa River <br />Cr.en R.-L. Snake R. <br />IRH 0-511 <br />L. Snake R..aoun4 Bottom <br />lItH Sl-124) <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />A. <br /> <br />A <br /> <br />a-To be establi.hed at the conelu.ion of onqoinq co.pre- <br />h.nsive studie.. <br />TA!LE 2. Preli.inar7 Hini.um Sprinq Runott Pe.k F10Y Require- <br />..nt. tor Kahitat Channel M.intenance and 8hapinq in <br />the Upper Colorado River B..in. <br /> <br />1-10: <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />As previously stated, nearly pure Colorado River <br />cutthroat trout have been collected in the <br />Fryingpan River, With regard to the possession <br />1 imit, the text has been changed to read "The <br />CDOW, in order to maintain the quality of the <br />Fryingpan fishery has instituted a policy of <br />catch and release on the first four miles of the <br />river below the dam, while the rest of the river <br />to the confluence with the Roaring Fork River <br />has a daily catch and possession limit of two <br />fish, 16 inches or longer." <br /> <br />As referenced, Tables 4.6 through 4.9 show the <br />estimated magnitude of habitat losses for the <br />Preferred Alternatives with the incorporation <br />of the conservation measures that prescri be <br />later summer and fall water releases, <br /> <br />Page 2.2 of the Draft Supplement refers to the <br />minimum simulated winter flow of record for the <br />Preferred Alternative. Page 4.24 of the Draft <br />Supplement refers to the probable dry year which <br />is a flow that has a probability of being <br />exceeded 95 percent of the time (approximately <br />twice in the 36 years of record used in the <br />simulation). For the Final Supplement, the same <br />hydrologic conditions were used throughout (the <br />representative dry, average, and wet years of <br />record). <br /> <br />At the present time, the minimum flow require- <br />ments in the Upper Colorado River basin are <br />being established by the FWS in conjunction with <br />the Upper Colorado River Basin Endangered Fishes <br />Implementation Committee. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />OJ <br /> <br />---~--------------- <br />