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<br />will be constructed in the canal to correct flow distribution problems .along the <br />face of the fish screen. <br /> <br />. Construction to restore fish passage at the Price.Stubb Diversion Dam was <br />. tentatively scheduled to begin in the fall of 1998.. However, complex issues <br />(e.g., potential effects of passage restoration on railroad, highway, <br />Reclamation's siphon, and Ute pumping; ownership of property and FERC <br />license) have caused delays. Construction is now scheduled for the winter of <br />2004-2005. A fish screen will not be necessary because water has not been <br />diverted at this site since 1919. <br /> <br />· Preconstruction activities are ongoing through FY 2003 to restore fish passage <br />and construct a fish screen at the Grand Valley Project Diversion Dam. <br />Construction is scheduled for FY04-05. The need for acceleration and <br />dec.eleration lanes for site access from 1.70 will increase costs by -$250K. <br /> <br />· Design options have been developed for a fish screen at the TusherW ash <br />Diversion canal on the Green River in Utah. Screen construction cannotbegin <br />until a water-rights dispute is settled; but settlement appears imminent. <br />.Construction has been postponed until FY07 . <br /> <br />· Restoration of passage and installation of a fish screen at the Hartland <br />Diversion Dam on the Gunnison River is on hold pending reassessment of the <br />need for passage this far up the Gunnison River and. assessment of the <br />feasibility of warming releases from the Aspinall Unit. If passage an.d screen <br />. are deemed warranted, passage is tentatively scheduled for FY07and screen <br />for FY06. <br /> <br />· The Recovery Program sponsored a workshop in November 2001 to review the <br />habitat restoration program. Subsequently, the Recovery Program contracted <br />Richard A. Valdez and Associates to develop subbasin and site-specific <br />floodplain management plans to provide clear objectives, costs, and measures <br />of success. Drafts of these plans will be available by fall 2003. Adjunct to this <br />effort, a razorback sucker habitat model to estimate the quantity of habitat <br />needed for recovery was recently completed by Richard A. Valdez and <br />Associates. This model has already proven valuable for assessing habitats, <br />researGh, and management priorities. <br /> <br />· Floodplain habitat has been restored at five Bureau of Land Management sites <br />on the Green River, three sites at Ouray National Wildlife Refuge, two sites on <br />the Colorado River near Grand Junction, and the Escalante State Wildlife Area <br />on the Gunnison River. The Recovery Program has acquired 967.3 acres of <br />floodplain/wetland habitat along the Green, Colorado, and Gunnison rivers. <br /> <br />'. As of August 29, Reclamation Realty (on behalf of the Recovery Program) has <br />a signed Contract and Grant of Easement from Thunder Ranch, LLC for the <br />Thunder Ranch wetlands located 6 miles dowrtstreamfrom the Green River <br /> <br />8 <br />