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<br />Table of Contents
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<br />Section I - Introduction . . , , . . , . , , . . , . . , . , . . . . . . . . , . . . . , . . . , , . . .. I
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<br />Background "...............,............,............ I
<br />Goals of Proposed Contract. . , . , . . , , , . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ,. I
<br />Role of the Public .,..",..,...." . . . . . . . . . . .. 2
<br />Agency Contacts .,...,...."........,........,...,....., 3
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<br />Section II - Understanding the Water Supply. , . . . , . . . . . . . . . . , . . . , . . . . . .. 4
<br />The Gunnison River Basin .".......".......,..."........' 4
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<br />Water Rights ,.......,.....,...",..."......,...".... 4
<br />Developmental Effects on Gunnison River Flows ....."...,......... 5
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<br />Section III - Legal Mandates and Goals of Participants ..,.........."....., 7
<br />Bureau of Reclamation ..,..."........,....,.......,...... 8
<br />Current Operation of the Aspinall Unit ., . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . .. 8
<br />Minimum Instream Flows ,....,........,...........,... 10
<br />Proposed Deliveries to the Monument , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . .. 10
<br />Endangered Species Activities . , , . . . . . , . . . . , . . . , . . . . . . . . . . 10
<br />National Park Service ..,.. . , . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . 12
<br />Resource Protection , . . , , . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . . , . . . , . . . 13
<br />Black Canyon of the Gunnison Resources ....,......,........ 13
<br />Curecanti National Recreation Area Resources .....,......,.... 14
<br />Existing In-Stream Flows and Reservoir Levels . . , . . . . . . . . . . , . .. 14
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<br />Benefits ......,...".....",...,...,......,...." 15
<br />Black Canyon of the Gunnison Conservation Bill . . . , . . , , . . , . . . .. 16
<br />Need for a Contract . . . . . . , , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
<br />Bureau of Land Management . . , . . . . , , . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . 18
<br />The Gunnison Gorge ...,..""...."...,..."..,..... 18
<br />Public Use ......,..,.....,.........,...,..,...... 19
<br />Black Canyon of the Gunnison Conservation Bill . . . , . . , . . , . . , . .. 19
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<br />Interests ...,."..,. . , . . . . , , . . , . , , . . , . . , , . . , . . . . , . 19
<br />Colorado Water Conservation Board "....,............,....,.., 20
<br />Interests and Issues ...".......".......,...,...,..., 20
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<br />Section IV - Relationship with Existing Projects, Proposals and Activities , . . . . . . . . . 20
<br />Existing Projects ........,............................... 20
<br />Proposed Projects . . . . . , . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . , 20
<br />Legislative Proposals and Actions , . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . 21
<br />Recreation, Fish and Wildlife ,...,...,...........,.......,... 21
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