Agenda: Management Committee Meeting November 23 1993

• Description: Agenda: Management Committee Meeting November 23 1993
• State: CO
• Date: 11/23/1993
• Title: Agenda: Management Committee Meeting November 23 1993
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Agenda

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RECOVERY PR(IBRAM FOR
THE ENDANGERED FISHES
OF THE UPPER C010RADD
Lamy Crist, Choir - Biology Committee • U.S. Bureau of Reclamation *P.0. Box 11568 • Federal Building
Salt Lake City, Utah 84147 • [phone]
NOV 18 1993
To: Peter Evans, Chairman Management Committee
From: Larry Crist, Chairman Biology Committee
Subject: Biology Committee Report, November 15 -16, 1993 Meeting
During its November 15 -16, 1993, meeting the Biology Committee addressed a
number of issues summarized below which we feel should be brought to your
attention. These:- included:
Recommendations stemming from Stanford's report "Instream Flows to Assist the
Recovery of Endangered Fishes of the Upper Colorado River Basin: Review and
Synthesis of Ecological Information, Issues, Methods and Rationale ", the
Genetics Guidelines Document, and the involvement of the Biology Committee
with the Capital Improvements. Program.
Instream Flow Report
During the November-meeting the Biology Committee was given a presentation of
the Instream Flow Report by Stanford and also received a report from the
Instream Flow Subcommittee concerning their review of the document and its
recommendations.. The technical adequacy of the report was considered to be
good by the majority of the subcommittee with-the exception of one member who
has expressed concern. The subcommittee unanimously endorsed the
recommendations of Stanford's report and provided those recommendations to the
Biology Committee with some clarifications. The Biology committee provides
the following recommendations based on Stanford's report and input from the
Instream.Floi* Subcommittee. These recommendations are essentially those
presented iw_the; report with some clarifications. We believe that in order
for the recommendations to be effective they must be accepted as a package.
The six recommendations witlr clarification are as follows:
1) Implement flows that re- establish seasonality,
- Implement experimental flows which are based on natural flow patterns
and existing-flow recommendations.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service • U.S. Bureau of Reclamation • Western Area power Administration
Colorado • Utah • Wyoming * Environmental Groups 9 Upper Basin Water Users