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<br />j:h <br /> <br />Gunnison River Below Tunnel <br />A~eMOt1tn'VFIow <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />^"""'."".."....Ilonoll' <br /> <br /> <br />!oOOCl 19114' l,007,1lQOO! <br />1_91.!!'ot.1IOO <br />1991.99;1.012,500 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />o <br />.- <br />o <br /> <br />,- <br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />~ - ~ ~" ~ ~ .~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ <br />1_ lQ"~5 - l~Ol - lW2.~ I <br /> <br />The synthesis repoll will include flow recommendations for critical habita!. 1lte flow <br />recommendations wlll be ..:t for lhe Whitewaler gage on the lower portion of Ihe river. It sllould <br />be nOled that only 50 percent of the ba.~in above this gage is regulmed by the Unit. Therefore. <br />downstream llibulary flows from lhe remainder of the ba.~in are Impol1il11t in meeting <br />recommendations. <br /> <br />Reclamation. in cooperation with the National P".I\"k Service and the Fish and Wildhfe Service. IS <br />developing a RiverWare hydrology mooelthal will be used 10 analyze the effects of the flow <br />recommendations on the Aspinall Unit and ilS lIuthoriud purposes. It is planned that <br />Reclamation will work with the Colorado Water Conservation Board to analyze water right <br />Issues, <br /> <br />The overall goal of the RIP is to recover the endangered fISh species while allowlllg water uses <br />and development to continue, The program serves a.s the I'C.lIMlnable and prudent allemative for <br />water development projecLs lhrougb a proocti\le and coordinated approach that stre _ssesrccovery <br />throughoUl the basin rathcr than dcvelopin8 ,eparatcreasonable and pru dent ahematives for <br />individualwalcrprojCCts. <br /> <br />6 <br />