9419

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 9419
• Author: Jones Construction.
• Title: Completion Report ofr Redlands Passageway.
• USFW Year: 1995.
• USFW - Doc Type: \
• Copyright Material: NO

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HISTORY

INTRODUCTION

LOCATION

The Redlands Fish Passageway is located on the Gunnison River approximately 2 miles
upstream of the confluence with the Colorado River, in Mesa County, Colorado.

AUTHORIZATION

The Redlands Fish Passageway was authorized for construction by the Colorado River
Storage Act (CRSPA) (70 Stat. 105); the Endangered Species Act (16 U.S.c. 1531, et seq.); and
the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 US.C. 1331, et seq.) on an easement belonging to
and under the jurisdiction of the United States.

PURPOSE OF THE RECOVERY PROGRAM

The Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper
Colorado River Basin (Recovery Program) is a cooperative effort to recover the Colorado
squawfish, humpback chub, bonytail and razorback sucker in the Upper Basin while providing
for water development to proceed, and in a manner compatible with applicable State and Federal
laws. Participants in the Recovery Program include the US. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service); US. Bureau of Reclamation; the Western Area Power Administration; the States of
Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming; Upper Basin water users; and conservation organizations. The
Colorado River Energy Distributors Association is a nonvoting member of the Recovery
Program.

BACKGROUND

Since 1978, the Service has issued numerous biological opinions on water project

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