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003927 Redland Fish Screen FONSI W ACO-GJ-FONSI-04-0 1 Page 4 1. Obtain more information about larval, sub adult and adult fishes in the Gunnison River to further understand the extent of take in the Redlands Canal. 2. Monitor operations of the fish screen to determine the number of days and the reasons the screen cannot be operated, report the results of the monitoring, and continue to enhance the overall operations of the fish screen. In order to be exempted from the prohibitions of section 9 of the Endangered Species Act, the following terms and conditions must be complied with, which implement the reasonable and prudent measures described above. These terms and conditions are non-discretionary. 1. The Recovery Program shall.continue to monitor larval endangered fishes on the Gunnison River through larval fish sampling. The Recovery Program shall continue to obtain information on location of spawning sites. The Recovery Program shall continue to monitor the status of the adult and subadult endangered fishes in the Gunnison River. 2. The R WPC shall provide a report to the Service annually that enumerates the number of days the fish screen was not operated and the reasons the fish screen was not operated. If major problems are encountered d,uring the first year of operations, R WPC shall contact the Service and cooperatively determine a course of action to resolve the problem. Meetings should be periodically to continue enhancing the operation of the fish screen. 3. The RWPC shall report any dead or injured endangered fishes found in the vicinity of the RWPC to the Project Leader, Fish and Wildlife Service, Colorado River Fishery Project, Grand Junction, Colorado (970/245-9319). As required by protocol, the Service will report and dead or injured listed species to the Service's Division of Law Enforcement. In terms of environmental consequences of implementing the proposed action, recreation resources, land use, water rights, Indian trust assets, and environmental justice will not be affected. Culture resource inventories conducted by Reclamation staff archaeologists identified no cultural resources within the project area. Reclamation, in consultation with the Colorado Historic Preservation Officer, determine that the proposed action would have no adverse effect on the Redlands Dam Complex (5ME764). Reclamation's construction contracts will have "stop work' clauses, which will stop construction activities in the unlikely event cultural resources are uncovered. Work would not resume until consultation with the Colorado Historic Preservation Office is completed. Therefore the proposed action is predicted to have no effect on cultural and historic properties. Operation and maintenance of the fish screen will be beneficial to common and endangered fish species. Adult and subadult fishes that enter the Redlands Power Canal will be screened and