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to request "mimicry" of the natural hydrograph: Flows in the spring will be high and timed with run-off of the Yampa River, followed by flows in the summer and fall. Such releases are believed to provide for the life history needs of the four endangered fish. Studies will continue on the Green River to monitor effects of the recommendations made in the opinion ~d to refine the recommenda- tions at the end of the five year research period. Specific research on effects of the operation of Aspinall will be initiated in 1992. Consultation on the operation of the Aspinall Unit is expected to be completed in five years. Efforts are still on-going to acquire water rights on the Yampa and 15- mile reach of the Colorado River from the confluence of the Gunnison River to Grand Valley Diversion. The State of Colorado is expected to file for an instream flow right for the IS-mile reach in early 1992. Reclamation and the Service completed consultation on the Animas- La Plata Project in October of 1991. The Secretary of the Interior signed a Memorandum ofU nderstanding with the States of Colorado, Utah and New Mexico, and various Native American Tribes for the development of a Recovery Implementation Program for the San Juan River. The Service, Reclamation and interested parties are currently working on the formu- lation of the San Juan River Recovery Program. The goal of the San Juan River Recovery Implementation Program would be to protect and recover the endangered fish in the San Juan River while providing a consultation process for water development consistent with State and Federal laws. In the interim, Reclamation and the BIA have committed to fund research for fiscal year 1992 on the San Juan River as a condition of the reasonable and prudent alternative for the Animas- La Plata opinion and for blocks 7-8 of the Navajo Indian Irrigation Project. 62