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t~ J> ~~- I } ',. " -.",! ELEMENT 2 Protect humpback chub spawning population and habitat in the Little Colorado River by being instrumental in developing of a management plan for this river. PROGRESS ELEMENT 2 Reclamation contracted with the Navajo Nation to prepare the plan. The Navajo Nation contracted with SWCA Inc. Environmental Consultants to produce the document. A preliminary draft was prepared and Reclamation and the Navajo Nation met to discuss modifications. In the process of transition between Glen Canyon Environmental Studies and the GCMRC this contract expired. The final product did not address certain issues which Reclamation believes are important to accomplishing the protection of the fish. A new cooperative agreement between Reclamation and SWCA was finalized and a new draft was issued in late November 1998. STATUS OF ELEMENT 2 ONGOING. The LCR Management Plan is approaching final draft form and will be transmitted to the Service, Navajo Nation, Hopi Tribe, National Park Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Arizona Game and Fish Department, for review and comment prior to finalizing. Those parties with the jurisdiction and authority would be expected to implement the appropriate elements and recommendations. Because a successful management program requires involvement of tribes, state and federal entities, a process is needed to facilitate bringing those groups together, including funding, to adopt and implement the LCR plan. Even though the LCR is mostly unaffected by dam operations (the area of confluence of the LCR and Colorado River is the exception,) and is not within the jurisdiction of Reclamation, Reclamation is willing to participate in the implementation process, in accordance with responsibilities under Section 7(a)(1) of the Endangered Species Act. '. ,...... ~ , .' PROGRESS ELEMENT 3 Reclamation sponsored a workshop on the endangered razorback sucker on January 11 and 12, 1996. The results of the workshop were sent participants, including the Service, on February 12, 1996. ELEMENT 3 Develop actions that will help ensure the continued existence of the razorback sucker by first sponsoring a workshop within 1 year following the biological opinion...following review of the workshop results, the Service will recommend a course of action and develop a Memorandum of Understanding with Reclamation and other entities who may wish to participate. STATUS OF ELEMENT 3 ONGOING. Reclamation has completed the first step. The second step calls for the Service to recommend a course of action and develOp a Memorandum of Understanding to further the process. We are unaware of any progress to date on development of an MOU. ,:,-, .: ELEMENT 4 Establish a second spawning aggregation of humpback chub downstream of Glen Canyon Dam. 5