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CONTENTS <br />CHAPTERI - INTRODUCTION ... ............................... 1 <br />Purpose and Need .......... ............................... 1 <br />Background Information ...... ............................... 2 <br />Recovery Program ...... .......................... ...... 2 <br />Gunnison River ........ ............................... 3 <br />Related Projects ........... ............................... 3 <br />CHAPTER 2 - PROPOSED ACTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES ............... 5 <br />Proposed Actions .......... ............................... 5 <br />Fish Passageway Design ... ............................... 5 <br />Fish Passageway Construction ..... 7 <br />Fish Passageway Operation . ............................... 8 <br />Interim Water Agreement .. ............................... 8 <br />Alternatives .............. ............................... 9 <br />NoAction ........... ............................... 9 <br />Fish Passageway ........ ............................... 9 <br />Interim Water Agreement .. ............................... 10 <br />Alternative A (Protection of Basin Water Users through Operational <br />Flexibility) .... ............................... 10 <br />Alternative B (Protection of Basin Water Users through Contracts) ..... 11 <br />Alternative C (No Special Protection of Basin Water Users) ......... 11 <br />CHAPTER 3 - AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL <br />CONSEQUENCES ........... .............................13 <br />General.................. .............................13 <br />Vegetation and Land Use ..... ............................... 13 <br />Existing Conditions ...... ............................... 13 <br />Impacts............... .............................14 <br />River Flows, Water Rights, and Water Use ......................... 15 <br />Existing Conditions ...... ............................... 15 <br />Impacts............... .............................19 <br />Fish and Wildlife .......... ............................... 26 <br />Existing Conditions ...... ..............................: 26 <br />Impacts............... .............................26 <br />Endangered Species ......... ............................... 27 <br />Existing Conditions ..................................... 27 <br />Impacts.......................... .................29 <br />Socio - Economic Factors ...... ............................... 31 <br />Existing Conditions ..................................... 31 <br />Impacts................ .............................32 <br />i <br />