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. The CWCB agreed to the contract for an additional 21,650 acre-feet of water from Ruedi reservoir this year. The amendment to the biological opinion was issued on January 6, allowing the Round II contracts to go forward, II. Habitat Restoration Goal: To provide or enhance habitat for the rare fishes through habitat development or management measures such as: . fish passageways . restoration of flooded bottomland habitats, Status: . The fish ladder at Redlands Diversion Dam on the Gunnison River has been operational since June 1996, The ladder has been used primarily by native fishes, including 41 Colorado squawfish, Two of the squawfish have used the ladder twice, Native fishes that were marked and released above the dam dispersed upstream, some as far as 57 river miles to the base of the Hartland Diversion Dam, . A fish passage structure was constructed at the Grand Valley Irrigation Company Diversion Dam on the Colorado River in January 1998, Ten adult Colorado pikeminnow were captured above the GYIC dam between 19 August and 24 September 1998, It is unknown whether these fish used the fish passage structure or swam over the dam during high spring flows, Providing fish passage at this structure, Pricc-Stubb, and the Grand Valley Project Diversion Dam will restore 55 miles of historically-occupied habitat for endangered fishes, . Design options have been developed for restoring fish passage at the Price-Stubb Diversion Dam, Construction was tentatively scheduled to begin in the fall of 1998, However, complex issues (e,g" potential effects of passage restoration on railroad, highway, Reclamation's siphon, and Ute pumping; ownership of property and FERC license) have caused delays, Construction is now expected prior to runoff in FY 00 . Pre-construction activities are on-going through FY 99 to restore fish passage at the Grand Valley Project Diversion Dam, Construction is scheduled to begin during FY 2000, . Between March \997 and March 1998, levees were breached at 8 sites along the Green River, resulting in ]216 to 1734 f100dablc acres (depending on flows), and filling out the 8-site block design recommended by the Levee Removal Evaluation Group and subsequently approved by the Biology and Management committees, A report based on preliminary results of data collected from 1996 through 1998 was submitted to the Recovery Program in December 1998, . Both public and private lands continue to be screened for contaminants and relative floodability (pre-acquisition; pre- and post-restoration), Land acquisition activities 3