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<br />By Megan Graham
<br />Herald Staff Writer
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<br />With a few caveats, the U.S.
<br />Bureau of Reclamation's plan to
<br />make flows from 'Navajo ,Dam
<br />mimic natural patterns received
<br />mostly support from, those who
<br />attended.a public meeting on the
<br />proposal Thursday in Durango. t
<br />Following a seven-year studyini-
<br />tiated when biologists' 'found evi-
<br />dence . of "pwdnction b( endan- 'i
<br />gered fish' species below the dam, i 1
<br />the bureau introduced two alterna-
<br />tives to thecurient' release rates,
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<br />which range be.tween 500 and 5,000
<br />cubic f~~t~persec~n~L ,< ,', . "
<br />The,: alternativc:;s;'are about to
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<br />"Right now, w; don\ even have
<br />the capability to release 6,000 from
<br />the facility," Beck said., He said that
<br />the alternative would allow, for
<br />more w,ater development, includ-
<br />ing the Animas-La Plata 'Proje~t,
<br />sou~ of Durango, in the San Juan
<br />Basm - one of the two goals' of the "
<br />proje~t. known as ,the :San Juan, ,
<br />Recovery Implementation Pro~,' ,
<br />(Sanjuan RlP)~ ' " ;
<br />The 'other goal- to recover po?-';
<br />ulations of Colorado squawfish and:'
<br />razorback sucker in the SanJuan:':':
<br />received the most attention' 'at.
<br />Thursday's meeting." , '
<br />It ....'as discovery of those two fish
<br />in the San Juan River in 1990 that
<br />halted consuuction of the Animas-
<br />La Plata Project south of Durango
<br />just as the groundbreaking was
<br />about to occur. '
<br />The next year, the U.S. Fish and '
<br />Wildlife Service issued an opinion
<br />that the size ofA-LP, must be
<br />reduced by two-thirds to help the
<br />fish recover. Also coming out of the
<br />decision was the formation of San
<br />Juan RIP. . ,
<br />On Thursday, Susan Kimbler,
<br />holding a 5-foot-long papier mache
<br />squawfish- now called the Col-
<br />oradopikeminnow~'threw in her
<br />support for the bureau's flow rec-
<br />ommendations. '
<br />"It cannot speak for itself. It can-
<br />not say, 'This is what I want,' but I '
<br />believe the biologists have done ,
<br />that, ", Kimbler said. "I am in favor '
<br />of the flow recommendations (that
<br />will) maintain a, habitat so that
<br />these fish can liv~." '
<br />David Wegner, a Durango biolo-
<br />gist, agreed but said that the project
<br />needs to be monitored to ensure
<br />. See NAVAJO, Page 1,2A'
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