7313

• UCREFRP Catalog Number: 7313
• Author: Upper Colorado River Commission.
• Title: Forty-Second Annual Report of the Upper Colorado River Commission
• USFW Year: 1990.
• USFW - Doc Type: Colorado River Storage Project and Participating Projects.
• Copyright Material: NO

e. San Miguel Project - West Divide Project
Both projects have been found to be economically unjustified at this
time. No activity has occurred on either project since 1982.

f. Bostwick Park Project
No Federal activity occurred on this project in water year 1990.

g. Florida Project
The Florida Water Conservancy District commenced generation at
Lemon Dam (with their 110 KW generator) under a lease of power privilege
from the Department of the Interior,

h. Dominquez Project (Whitewater)
Al128,445 acres of withdrawn Dominquez Project lands have been
recommended by Reclamation for termination through the Withdrawal
Review Report that was submitted to the Bureau of Land Management
on December 29, 1988.

2. COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO
a. Animas-La Plata Project
Reclamation has completed its review of the Fish and Wildlife Service's
Draft Biological Opinion with the assistance of a team of biology and
hydrology experts from the States of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and
private interests. Reclamation is planning to provide the Fish and Wildlife
Service with a proposed solution that could lead to a jeopardy opinion
with reasonable and prudent alternatives to protect the endangered species.
Reclamation has requested that that opinion be completed by April 1,
1991.

Reclamation's proposal will focus on three principal elements. First,
a seven-year research project utilizing the operational flexibility of Navajo
Reservoir. Additional water management and supply measures would be
investigated to provide increased water, if needed, for the Colorado
squawfish. Second, a San Juan River Basin Endangered Fishes Recovery
Program would be initiated. The program would be similar to the exist-
ing program on the Green and Colorado Rivers in Colorado, Utah and
Wyoming. Finally, the alternative would include construction of Ridges
Basin Reservoir, Durango Pumping Plant and the inlet pipeline.

If the Biological Opinion issue is resolved by April 1 , 1991, it is antici-
pated that a construction start can be initiated in the late spring or early
summer of 1991.

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