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<br />of the methods and data sources suggested by these groups for determining environmental and <br />recreational water needs. <br /> <br />Table 5 Summary of Suggestions for Determining Environmental and Recreational Needs <br /> <br />- <br /> Environmental <br /> and Recreational <br /> Demand <br /> ~ <br />Environmental Determine . Stream gage data . USGS: http://waterdata/usgs.gov/co/nwis/rt <br />Defense and restoration flow . Aerial photos . USGS and University of Colorado's Center for the Study <br />Trout Unlimited using . Topographic info of Earth from Space (CSES) <br /> methodology . USGS topographic quadrangle maps <br /> outlined in <br /> Covington and <br /> Hubert (2003)1 <br />TNC Determine water- - . CDOW <br /> dependent . CNHP <br /> species and . Colorado Water Trust, Documentation of Mapping of <br /> ecosystems Critical Water-Dependent Natural Systems, prepared for <br /> CDOW, June 30,2002 <br /> . TNC Ecoregional Plans <br /> . Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery <br /> Program <br />TNC Determine . Base flows - <br /> environmental or . Normal high flows <br /> instream needs of . Drought and flood conditions <br /> the systems . Interannual variability <br />Other information and relevant sources: <br />Trout Unlimited - . Instream flow and natural lake . http://cwcb.state.co.us/isf/Database <br /> level water rights <br />Trout Unlimited - . Recommendations for instream . CDOW <br /> flow and lake level <br /> appropriations <br />Trout Unlimited - . Minimum and recommended . American Whitewater Association: <br /> optimum flow levels for popular http://www.americanwhitewater.org/rivers/state/CO <br /> kayaking and rafting stream <br /> reaches <br />Additional reports to consider: <br />Trout Unlimited - - . USFWS, PBO for the BOR's Operations and Depletions, <br /> Other Depletions and Funding and Implementation of <br /> Recovery Program Actions in UPCO, December 1999 <br />Trout Unlimited - - . USFWS, Recovery Implementation Program, Flow <br /> Recommendations to Benefit Endangered Fishes in the <br /> Colorado and Gunnison Rivers, Final Report, July 2003 <br />Trout Unlimited - - . Hydrosphere Consultants, Inc. Gunnison River - Aspinall <br /> Unit Temperature Study, Phase 1, Final Report, for the <br /> Endangered Species Recovery Program, March 2002 <br />Trout Unlimited - - . Roehm, G.W, USFWS, Mountain Prairie Region. A Draft <br /> Management Plan for Endangered Fishes in the Yampa <br /> River Basin and Environmental Assessment, Denver, <br /> 2003 <br />Trout Unlimited - - . USFWS, UPCO Endangered Fish Recovery Program, <br /> Summary of Section 7 Consultations <br />Trout Unlimited - - . USFWS, 2002 Red Mesa Ward Reservoir Project <br /> Biological Opinion <br />Trout Unlimited - - . Annual Letter of Agreement Regarding Arkansas River <br /> Flows and Reservoir Releases for the Arkansas River <br /> Headwaters Recreation Area, from Executive Director <br /> Colorado DNR to the BOR and SECWCD <br /> <br />~5\^ISI <br /> <br />S.lal~.....ide WeIer Supply Initiclive <br /> <br />DRAFT <br /> <br />CDIVI <br /> <br />C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ROWANNC\DESKTOP\SWSI\RICKREDREC_ENV WHITE PAPER_1 Q-4-QS.DOC <br /> <br />10 <br />