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potential `opportunity' flows described in the hydrology report. The report should identify <br />criteria for adaptive management to be considered by the DRD. <br />The following report presents the results of the CST's iiutial investigations into conditions in the <br />Dolores River. These evaluations include review of literature and previously prepared <br />documents related to the Dolores River, discussion of linkages between flow and ecological and <br />physical processes in the Dolores River, and identification of key data gaps. The information <br />presented here provides a basis for future recommendations regarding flow management, channel <br />work, and/or other management options. <br />Study Area <br />The Dolores River flows from its headwaters in the San Juan Mountains to the confluence of the <br />Colorado River in Utah. The river courses through a range of communities, from "alpine <br />grasslands to montane forest areas to Sonoran desert lands". The river provides water for a <br />number of municiaal_ industrial and agricultural uses (Pontius_ 19971. <br /> <br />aQlar~s River Dialogue General Study Area Map <br />Figure 1 (Image partially created using Delorme Topo USA) <br />5 <br />