ArkansasBasinWaterCoopReport

• Basin Roundtable: Arkansas
• Title: Arkansas River Cooperative Flow Assessment
• Date: 6/1/2006
• Author: BLM, BOR, USFS, DNR
• Basin Roundtables - Doc Type: Needs Assessment Documents

Arkansas River Water Needs Assessment ~ Section 1. Executive Summary

Pueblo Reservoir ~~~m~m~mm~~m~m~ 1-22
Water Preferences for Terrestrial Wildlife mm~~m~ 1-22
Arkansas River ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1-22

Reservoirs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1-24
Water Preferences for Riparian Habitats ~~~mm~m 1-24
Arkansas River ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1-24

Reservoirs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1-25
Water Preferences for Recreation mm~~m~m~~~ 1-25
Arkansas River ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1-25

Turquoise Reservoir and Twin Lakes ~~mm~m 1-26
Pueblo Reservoir ~~~m~m~mm~m~~m~ 1-26

Section 2. Introduction m~m~~mm~m~m~~m~m~m~m~~2-i

Section 3. Institutional and Legal Analysis ~m~~mm~~m~m~m~~~ 3-i

Section 4. Hydrologic Analysis ~~~~m~m~mm~~m~m~m~m~~ 4-i

Section 5. Natural Resource Assessment ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5-i

Section 6. Recreation Assessment ~m~m~~m~~mm~m~~m~~~ 6-i

Appendices

Appendix A. Memorandum of Understanding Among Agencies
Cooperating in the Assessment ~m~~mmmm~mA-1

Appendix B. Annual Flow Recommendation from the Cooperating
Agencies to the Bureau of Reclamation ~m~m~m~mB-1

Appendix C. Arkansas River Fish Habitat Versus
Discharge Relationships ~m~m~~m~m~m~m~~~C-1

Appendix D. Summary of Weighted Usable Area for Fish Habitat
at the Six Cross Section Locations ~m~~m~m~m~~~D-1

Appendix E. Summary of Arkansas River Water Quality Issues ~~mmE-1

Appendix F. Analysis of Natural Resource Tradeoffs Associated
with Arkansas River Flows ~m~m~~mm~m~mJ-1

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