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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />PREP ARERS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................. iii <br /> <br />LIST OF FIGURES .............................................................. ......... ....................................................................... vii <br /> <br />LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................... ............ ................................. ix <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .....................................................................................................................................1 <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION ................................................................................. .................................................................3 <br /> <br />PURPOSE OF REPORT ....................................................................................................... .............. ..... ...............5 <br /> <br />PROJECT OBJECTIVES .................................................... ................................................................................... 7 <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION OF STUDY AREA ......................................................................................................................9 <br /> <br />Overview of Study Area .................................................................................................... ..... ................... ...... 9 <br /> <br />Pre-McPhee Dam Hydrology .........................................................................................................................12 <br /> <br />Post-McPhee Dam Hydrology .................................................................................................... ............... .... 18 <br /> <br />Descriptive River Channel Morphology ........................................................................................................26 <br /> <br />APPROACH AND METHODS .... ..... ........................ ...................................... .................... ................ ................31 <br /> <br />Recreation Methods ..................... ............................................................ .................................... .................. 31 <br />Fish, Wildlife, and Riparian Habitat Methods ...............................................................................................33 <br />Hydrology and Geomorphology Methods .....................................................................................................35 <br /> <br />RESOURCE VALUES AND MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES .........................................................................39 <br /> <br />Water-Based Recreation ..................... ........................................................................................................... 39 <br /> <br />Fishery Habitat Characteristics and Requirements ........................................................................................43 <br />Terrestrial Wildlife and Riparian Vegetation ................................................................................................47 <br />Other Resource Values Not Flow Dependent ................................................................................................48 <br /> <br />Management Objectives.. ............................................................................................................................... 48 <br /> <br />ANALYSIS OF WATER MANAGEMENT OPTIONS ...................................................................................... 51 <br />Water Rights on the Dolores River ................................................................................................................ 51 <br />Options for Obtaining Additional Streamflows ............................................................................................. 58 <br />Legal Options for Protecting Streamflows ....................................................................................................61 <br /> <br />ANALYSIS OF FI...OW REQUIREMENTS .........................................................................................................63 <br /> <br />Recreation ...................................................................................................................................................... 63 <br /> <br />Fish, Wildlife, and Riparian, Habitat .............................................................................................................. 70 <br /> <br />Stream Channel Form and Function ..............................................................................................................73 <br /> <br />SUMMARY ..........................................................................................................................................................81 <br /> <br />Required Flows to Protect or Promote Critical Resource Values .................................................................. 81 <br /> <br />Flow Scenarios .............. ..................................................................... ........................ ............ ... .............. .., .... 83 <br /> <br />Scenario Discussion ....................... ..... ..................................................... ................... ................. .................. 87 <br /> <br />LITERATURE CITED ........................................ ................. ..... ......... ...................... .............. ................. ... ..........89 <br /> <br />v <br />