8013

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 8013
• Author: Pontius, D. and I. SWCA.
• Title: Colorado River Basin Study.
• USFW Year: 1997.
• USFW - Doc Type: Tucson, Arizona.
• Copyright Material: NO

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The Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation

Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 55

Summary ........................................... 57

The Colorado River Delta and Upper Gulf Ecosystem . . . . . . . . . ., 57
Glen Canyon Dam ....................................... 59
Salinity Control .................................. . . . . . . . . ., 61

Introduction ........................... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 61

Minute No. 242. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 62
The Salinity Control Forum ............................... 63
Salinity Control Programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 63
Salinity Control Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 65
Economic Impacts ....................................... 67
The Yuma Desalting Plant ................................ 68
Current Mexican Concerns ................................ 69
Indian Water Rights ........................................ 69

Introduction ........................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 69

Winters Rights .......................................... 70
Indian Water Rights in the Colorado River Basin .............. 70
Indian Settlements Within the Basin: Some Case Studies ....... 72
Ak-Chin Settlement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 72
Tohono O'odham Settlement ............................ 72
The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Community Water Rights
Settlement Act of 1988 ............................... 75
The Colorado Ute Water Settlement Act of 1988 ............ 75
Implementing Indian Settlements .......................... 77
Major Outstanding Claims ................................ 77
The Gila River Indian Community ....................... 77
Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, and San Juan Southern Paiute Claims
to the Little Colorado River ........................... 78
Navajo Claims to the San Juan River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 79
Other Recent Developments ............................... 79
Problems With Indian Settlements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 80

Marketing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 80

Dolores River Watershed ....................................... 82
Background'Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 82
The Dolores Project .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 84
Water Shortages and Protection of the Trout Fishery. . . . . . . . . . . . .. 85

Lessons Learned ........................................... 88

Future Concerns ........................................... 90

Recommendations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 91
A Vision of the Colorado River in 2025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., 91
A Vision of Basin Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 93
Water Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 93
Existing Cooperative Efforts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 94
The Colorado River Basin Coordinating Council ............... 97

Reuse ................................................ 106

Ecosystem Sustain ability ................................... 107
The Salton Sea: A Snapshot of Non-Sustainability ............ 112

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