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'001061 Final Environmental Assessment-Chapter 2-Alternatives Diversion Dam on the Gunnison River (Reclamation, 1995). Fish passage use by Colorado pikeminnow and razorback sucker has been documented at the Redlands Fish Ladder by the Service. This alternative would be compatible with private development of the Jacobson Hydro No.1 Project, as licensed in the 2001 FERC License Amendment (FERC, 2001) if constructed simultaneously. However, this license was terminated by FERC (2002c) in July 2002. Ifindependently constructed, it could complicate construction of both the hydropower plant and fish ladder. For instance, if the fish passage is constructed fust, it would need to incorporate attraction flows. If the fish passage and hydropower plant were Figure 2-Redlands Conventional Fish Ladder on the Gunnison River, Colorado constructed simultaneously, attraction flows could be incorporated into the hydropower plant. Also if fish passage were constructed first, it would present site constraints on hydropower plant construction. The Biology Committee of the Recovery Program does not support two conventional fish ladders in close proximity due to biological concerns. Design The fish ladder would be built on the right bank of the river on the E.R. Jacobson Property. Conceptual designs for the development of the site show the ladder on the same side of the river as the power plant intake of the proposed Jacobson Hydro No.1 Project (see Figure 3). The ladder would consist of a 200 to 300 foot-long concrete channel, 6 feet in width, and 8 to 10 feet deep similar to the fish passage constructed at the Redlands Diversion Dam (Figure 2). About 25 cfs of river flow would be diverted 8