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<br />s~pport
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<br />By Megan Graham,
<br />Herald Staff Writer
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<br />With a few caveats, the' V.S. I
<br />Bureau of Reclamation's plan to I:
<br />make, flows from "Navajo ,Dam r
<br />mimic natural ',patterns '. received t,'
<br />mostly support from, those, who
<br />attended:a public meeting on the;"
<br />proposal Thursday in Durango. ,', p'"
<br />Following a seven-year study'ini- :'
<br />tiated, when 'biologists "found evi-.','
<br />dence'o(reproduction byencian-, ,'.
<br />gered fish' speciesoelow the dam, 11
<br />thebrireau introduced two alterna-
<br />tivesto the Curient release rates,
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<br />which range b~~~en 500,and 5,000"
<br />cubic;f~~t:per,sec<?~9~' '::,
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<br />Th~,' seton<l altem.~tive;'said':1{en': \
<br />B~d: ':a;buieau"~~,9~9~~f:~?p1d, ,:
<br />take 'a\>itmore figurinl!:"'(:::0'~"" '.
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<br />"Right now, we don't 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 . ~ter development,' includ-
<br />ing the Animas-La"PlataPr~je(: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 progrwn" '
<br />(SanJuan RIP): " , , ',',' :
<br />1?e 'other goal- to recover 'poP":'li
<br />uIauons of Colorado squawfish and':
<br />razorback sucker in the San Juan :.:. : ~
<br />received the most attention 'at: I
<br />Thursday'smeeting.:'," " ,
<br />It was d.iscovery of those two fish
<br />in the San Juan River in 1990 that
<br />halted construction of the Animas-
<br />~ Plata Project south of Durango
<br />Just as the groundbreaking was
<br />about to occur. '
<br />The next year, the V.S. Fish and '
<br />Wildlife Service issued an opinion
<br />that the size ofA-LP, must be
<br />reduced by U'lo-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-Iong 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 N~VAJO, Page 12A"
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