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and low -cost measurements, and the lack of tributary activity and other complicating factors, makes it <br />easier to identify the nature of flow —fish interactions in Lees Ferry relative to downstream work. We <br />will continue this work because the rainbow trout response to experimental flows will help inform <br />native fish collected at downstream locations, where tributary activity will make it harder to separate the <br />effects of flow. <br />Logistics <br />This project will field five trips annually: <br />• Two standardized random sampling surveys <br />• Two early life history trips (one or both may extend below the Paria River) <br />• One nonnative survey (may extend below the Paria River) <br />All trips are motor supported, launching from and returning to Lees Ferry just upstream of the mouth of <br />the Paria River. <br />Products /Reports <br />Annual reporting of the results of all monitoring efforts will be delivered to GCMRC by December 15 <br />of each year. AZGFD and GCMRC will be working together to develop additional peer- reviewed . <br />products documenting the status and trends of the Lees Ferry RBT fishery in FY 2010 -11. These reports <br />will include sections describing their findings with respect to impacts of fall steady flows on rainbow <br />trout. AZGFD will be responsible for delivering analysis of the data from this project to fish cooperator <br />meetings in calendar 2009 and beyond. <br />Budget <br />FY 2010: $207,858 <br />FY 2011: $215,500 <br />30 <br />