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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />LIST OF TABLES ............................................. III <br /> <br />LIST OF FIGURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii <br /> <br />ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " iv <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................ v <br /> <br />Keywords ............................................ ix <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 <br /> <br />METHODS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 <br /> <br />STUDY AREA ............................................... 5 <br /> <br />HYDROLOGY RESOURCES REVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 <br /> <br />Geology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 <br /> <br />Vegetation and Precipitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 <br /> <br />Land Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 <br /> <br />Hydrology ............................................ 13 <br /> <br />Sediment Yield ......................................... 19 <br />Channel Equilibrium Concepts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 <br />Little Snake River Flows and Channel Morphology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 <br />Yampa River Flows and Channel Morphology .......... . . . . . . . . . . 26 <br />Green River Flows and Channel Morphology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 <br />Effects of Flow Regulation on Channel Morphology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 <br />Hydrologic Data Deficiencies ............................... 46 <br />Channel Monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 <br />Channel Morphology ..................................... 52 <br /> <br />FISHERIES REVIEW .......................................... 54 <br />Fishery Collections ...................................... 54 <br />Species Composition and Abundance ......................... 55 <br />Fish Reproduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 <br />Colorado Pikeminnow Records .............................. 64 <br />Humpback Chub Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 <br /> <br />RECOVERY PROGRAM ELEMENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 <br />Instream Flows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 <br /> <br />Habitat .............................................. 74 <br />