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<br />" <br /> <br />· From November 1 flows will remain stable through the ice formation and spring <br />breakup period, except as necessary to produce storage in Raming Gorge that will ensure spring <br />through autumn flows given above. If ice is not present, flows may vary within constraints of the <br />U.S. Bureau of Reclamation agreement with Utah (i.e., 800 - 4,700 cfs). Section 7 cOP$ultation will <br />occur if emergency events impact Reclamation's ability to comply with the above for more than 20 <br />hours during any month. <br />· Beginning in spring 1992 "research flows" will be allowed. These experimental flows <br />will be used to refine the current recommended flows as per priorities annually agreed upon by the <br />U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Western Area Power <br />Administration. The effects of winter baseflow to full peaking power fluctuations will be evaluated, <br />along with one year of stable winter releases at or below 2,000 cfs and one year of spring flows <br />utilizing jet tube bypass at the dam. Other research concerns listed were temperature control by <br />selective withdrawal, feasibility of retrofitting bypass tubes for generation to allow bigger spring <br />peaks, and mechanisms of legal protection of instream flows presumably through appropriation of <br />conditional instream flow rights. Various studies underway in FY 93 are summarized in Bureau of <br />Reclamation (1992) and include studies of larval drift of squawfish, razorback sucker and <br />humpback chub, overwinter survival of squawfish YaY, geomorphic classification and ecology of <br />backwaters, nonnative fish management and wetlands rehabilitation (Old Charley Wash). <br /> <br />Colorado River above Confluence with the Green River (Kaeding and Osmundson 1989, <br />Osmundson and Kaeding 1991): <br />· At the state line gauge: <br />a) maintain or increase the current 25% peak flows (high day of the year) at 30,000 <br />- 40,000 cfs (squawfish recruitment peaks); <br />b) increase the frequency of years with peak flows in excess of 40,000 cfs from <br />one in twelve years (8%, the current condition) to one in four years (25%) (i.e., <br />flushing peaks); and <br /> <br />54 <br />