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<br />('om;ervatlon~kdSUre, <br /> <br />Com,er,'alion measures :lre actions that the "",tion ag<'Oey a~cs IlJ impkmcm to funhcr the reco"<:r)' of lhe specIes under review. Thc <br />h<:nelicial e!Teets of cooscl'alion measures wcre taken into conslderalion for detemlmmg bolhJcopardy and mCldentall.ake allalyscs and all <br />h:ydmlogy analyses c<1nsldercd in thiS biological opmlon assume \IoplcmenlallOn of these conscl"ation measurcs. incJudmg Ihe rcoperation nf <br />Na,ajo Dam. Reclamation a~l'CI.'S that failure IlJ implcmrntthe consCTvalion me3.>;ur<"5 WIll IX' ~.,.ounds for !emitiatiun of consultation. <br /> <br />I. Under this ronsel"ation mea_ure. Reclamation is commitllng to operate :\a'-a)o RescHoir to mImic the natural hydrograph oflhe San Juan <br />Ri\'crtobenefitcnda.llgcr~'t/fishesandthclrcfll1calhabllat :\lmllcryofthcnaturalhydrographw'iIlbeachie'cJbyfolJowlllglheSanJlWI <br />Ri,-cr 110w recommendalions (Holden 1999. SC'C Tahles 1 ,11\0.1 _,) and subject tncompletlon of the ~a,aJo ()pcral1ons EIS ;11\0.1 cxcrUlion ofa <br />Record ofD~'l.:lsion_ The 110.... recommendations provide n-rommende't/ reStll"oir opt'fatmg rules that We'Te dc,'dopi:d in cooper..tion 'nth <br />Rcdamalion (SLoe Tahles.l. and 5. and Figure 1), Reclamation is 10 the process or prepanng an EIS atldresslO~ the operation of ~avaJo <br />Re-sel"oir to meet Ihe flo", recommendalions_ Atkr completion oflhe :>;a,'ajo ResenOlr EIS. if Re'Clamallon delermines thalt!>e existing or <br />future revised !low reeommel>l.lation carnlot be mCl. retOltiallon of...",linn 7 c(lll_.uhatlon will be r<:<,;ulr~'<l On the Aoimas.La Plata ProJl"Ctl (see <br />rcinitiati(ln Iloltcel. The San Juan Ri\'Cf lJa'iin Rcco"ery Impleml-rllatinn Progr.lm IJ._es an adaptl\'e management process thatllwol\'cs annual <br />monitoring ;Uld contmuedl\.'SCMch. so the 110.... n'Commendallolls may he refine..! III rcsP<Jnsc to neW infonnallon. The Sel"icc will <br />periodically n:~'icw opcratlllll of "ala)O [lam 10 <klcrmmc If the flow rccolmncndati(!Os are hemg met. <br /> <br />The Sen'icc anticipates thai flows p/ll\";ded through the mlplememallon ufthc eXl'lingor fUlllre re"t>OO flo'" rCCOIlUncnJaliollS and olher <br />rccuvery aeli,)nslsuch as. hut not limllcdto. fish pa."'iOlge.nonnati'e fishcomml. hahil:Urestoralionasdcscribcd m the San Juan RivCT <br />Recover)" Implementation Pro~.un's Long Range Plan) WIll provide a posl1i\e population response for Colorado pih-minno" and r.IToma<:k <br />sucker. The Sel"icc IS CUrn'nll)" dnclopmg r~'Co'cry !:""Is for the Colorado plkemmnow and T31,oro.tCk su~'kcr. lnfomlal;on from the <br />recovery guals will beuscd lo deto:rmine a posilt\'epopulatinn rcsron'iC. lfa ropulation meets or exceeds t!>e rcco"ct)'gools f"rlhe San Juan <br />River. It will beconsidcrcd tu exhihll a positi,'c populatiun r~"SponSl"_ flO'h'H'f. pnor to me't:tlOg recovery goals. cnlena for determinmg a <br /> <br />I!\um~.,.ous scellon 7 consultanons in The San Juan Rl'-er B<l-'iin rd~' on the operatmn of ~avaJo Dam to remove Jcop.lrdy; thcrcfMe. this <br />reqlliremcnlwouldappl~ to many s..'Ctioll7 COllsult.lllOn.5_ <br /> <br />34 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />o <br />o <br />N <br />~ <br />= <br />= <br /> <br />. <br />