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

Table of Contents

Letter to Arkansas River Stakeholders mm~m~~m~m~m~m~~~ iii

Preface ~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~ v

Acknowledgments ~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~ vii

Section 1. Executive Summary m~m~m~~mm~~m~m~m~m 1-i

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

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

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

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

Section 6. Recreation Assessment ~m~~mm~~mm~m~~m~m6-i

Appendices

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

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

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

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

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