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CONTENTS <br />CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION .................................. 1 <br />Purpose and Need ......................................... 1 <br />Background Information ..................................... 2 <br />Recovery program ..................................... 2 <br />Gunnison River ....................................... 3 <br />Related Projects .......................................... 3 <br />CHAPTER 2 - PROPOSED ACTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES ............... 5 <br />Proposed Actions ......................................... 5 <br />Fish Passageway Design .................................. 5 <br />Fish Passageway Construction .............................. 7 <br />Fish Passageway Operation ................................ 8 <br />Interim Water Agreement ................................. 8 <br />Alternatives ............................................. 9 <br />No Action .......................................... 9 <br />Fish Passageway ....................................... 9 <br />Interim Water Agreement ................................. 10 <br />Alternative A (Protection of Basin Water Users through Operational <br />Flexibility) ................................... 10 <br />Alternative B (Protection of Basin Water Users through Contracts) ..... 11 <br />Alternative C (No Special Protection of Basin Water Users) ......... 11 <br />CHAPTER 3 - AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL <br />CONSEQUENCES ........................................13 <br />General ...............................................13 <br />Vegetation and Land Use .................................... 13 <br />Existing Conditions ..................................... 13 <br />Impacts ............................................14 <br />River Flows, Water Rights, and Water Use ......................... 15 <br />Existing Conditions ..................................... 15 <br />Impacts ............................................19 <br />Fish and Wildlife ......................................... 26 <br />Existing Conditions ..................................... 26 <br />Impacts ....................................... ....26 <br />Endangered Species ........................................ 27 <br />Existing Conditions ..................................... 27 <br />Impacts ............................................29 <br />Socio-Economic Factors ..................................... 31 <br />Existing Conditions ..................................... 31 <br />Impacts ............................................32 <br />i