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-9- <br />population as complicating factors. <br />~(?E.lfflf°~"3~a~ <br />-~ ~~~c~u~~t <br />NEW NATIVE FISH ~~'EBSITE: I would like to announce the grand opening of the Bureau of <br />Reclamation Phoenix Area Office's new native fish website at: <br />http: //www.usbr. go~~llc/phoenixlbiologylazfish/aznativefish.htm. <br />Literally years in the making, the site primarily deals with native fishes of the Gila River basin, but in the <br />future will expand to all nati`~e aquatics of the Gila and Little Colorado river basins, including reptiles and <br />amphibians. This site is the depository of the many technical reports generated by the Gila Ri~~er Basin <br />Nati~~e Fish Restoration Program. It includes major sections on the Program's fish barriers, monitoring, <br />nati~~e fish conser-~~ation and non-native fish control programs, and information and education. <br />GREEN RIVER IDENTIFIED AS KEY SOURCE OF WATER FOR PROJECT: A Utah state <br />lawmaker who wants to build anuclear-power plant in Utah is proposing to use the Green River as a <br />critical source of cooling water, a newspaper reported Thursday. A contract to secure the rights to nearly <br />10 billion gallons of water a year identified the river, The Salt Lake Tribune said in a copyright story. <br />"We still don't know basically where the thing is going to go," said Rep. Aaron Tilton, R-Springville. He <br />is trying to develop a power plant as chief executive of Transition Power Development LLC. It would <br />have two units. "One unit doesn't give you the scale of economy to give the best competitive advantages." <br />Transition Power wants to find a site, acquire property rights and conduct studies necessary to get <br />preliminary approvals from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said Reed Searle, a partner in the <br />company. <br />Green River Mayor Ed Bentley said he'd welcome a power plant in his community, which is on the Grand <br />County-Emery County line, 70 miles west of Colorado. <br />WATER AT RISK IN ETHANOL BOOM, EXPERTS WARN: The National Research Council has <br />released a report that indicates President Bush's stated goal is to increase biofuel production about six <br />Flood Protection • Water Project Planning and Finance • Stream and Lake Protection <br />Water Supply Protection • Conservation Plaiming <br />