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San Juan River Recovery Program The Program was started in 1991 to establish a foundation for the long-term recovery of the endangered fish species of the San Juan Basin, while still allowing for future water development. The Program is comprised of 3 main committees: Coordination, Biology and Hydrology. These committees are composed of State, Federal, Local and Tribal agencies with an interest in the basin. The Program serves to recover the endangered fish while allowing water development to continue. The Program provided the 7-year research period called for in the Animas-La Plata Biological Opinion to document the response of the native fish community to releases from Navajo Dam in a pattern that mimics a natural hydrograph. 2002 Recovery efforts include: Non-Native Species Monitoring and Control Razorback Sucker Augmentation Augmentation & Monitoring of Colorado Pikeminnow Holding Facilities for larval Razorbacks Program Management Compact Entitlements: The Colorado River Compact and the Upper Colorado River Compact affect the entire Western Slope, and entitles Colorado to consumptively use 51.75 % of the total water available to the Upper Colorado River Basin. Presently, consumptive use in the San Juan/Dolores is approximately 330,000 af of which approximately 4,300 af is in the form of exports to other river basins. Selected Major Basin Water Users' Water Demand Projections ~1~ Water Demands (acre feet) Existing Water Additional Supply Supply Needed* Entity Current 1950 1970 1990 2010 2030 Ave Dry 2030 Population Annual Year (1997) Yield Yield City of Durango 12,100 3,000 5,100 4,400 6,500 8,665 7,490 6,500 1,200 Pagosa Area UV&S 3 1,200 3,000 30,044 0 District #1 2,326 14,426 This represents approximately 11 % of the total basin population. Additional 1,200 water supplies may be needed in the future over what has been forecasted. Projections go out as far as the entities reported them to the Farm Bureau. Not all entities have done long term projections. ~Additional Water Needs were calculated by subtracting the smaller of the Existing Yield numbers from the estimated 2030 Water Demands values. References l. Colorado Water Develo~ment Stud~, Colorado Farm Bureau,1997 2. Preliminary Po~ulation Proiections, Colorado Department of Local Affairs, 2001 3. Colorado A~ricultural Census, National Agricultural Statistics Service,1997 4. Interstate Combacts, U. S. Supreme Court Decrees and International Treaties Affectin~ Colora~ tion Board,1995 5. Colorado River Decision Su~port S, s~,1993 Data, CWCB 6. Colorado Basin Outlook Re~ort, Natural Resource Conservation Service, June l, 2001 7. Colorado Water Conservation Board, 2001 8. Estimated Water Use in the United States, USGS,1980,1990,1995 C For more information on this basin please ~isit http:llcwcb.state.co.us ~