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• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 1006
• Author: Resource Consultants, I.
• Title: Biological Assessment Green Mountain Reservoir Water Marketing Program.
• USFW Year: 1985.
• USFW - Doc Type: Denver.
• Copyright Material: NO

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longer achieved. If thi s is the case, the Green Mountain Water Sales
would make little additional difference. On the other hand, this popu-
lation may be reproducing at irregul ar interval sand, therefore, main-
taining itself. The project, along with other cumulative depletions,
could reduce rates of reproductive success to level s that would cause
the eventual loss of the population.
Razorback sucker populations below the Government Highline Dam
would also be affected by the cumulative depletion of the Green Mountain
Water Sales project and other planned water development projects. If,
in fact, reduced flows are the major reason for the poor success of
remaining populations, these cumulative impacts would exacerbate the
present problems.
Therefore, the Green Mountain Water Sales would not affect razor-
back suckers by itself, but it may affect razorback suckers through the
cumulative depletion of Colorado River flows.

WILDLIFE

Ba 1 d Eag 1 e
Bald eaglE:s are not expected to be impacted by the Green Mountain
Water Sales Project directly since no direct habitat loss due to
construction is planned. Reduced flows in the Colorado River (Table 3)
could potentially reduce fish habitat sufficiently to cause a reduction
in fish abundance, but not by the depletions of this project alone.
Since other food sources are also used by bald eagles along the Colorado
River, it is not known how significant a reduction in fi sh abundance
would be to the species. It is even possible that a reduction in flow
during the winter may improve the avail abil ity of fi sh to eagl es, even

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