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CONTENTS <br />CHAPTER 1- 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 . ............................... 7 <br />Interim Water Agreement .. ............................... 8 <br />Alternatives .............. ............................... 8 <br />NoAction ........... ............................... 8 <br />Fish Passageway ....... ............................... 9 <br />Interim Water Agreement .. ............................... 9 <br />Alternative A (Protection of Basin Water Users through Operational <br />Flexibility) .... ............................... 9 <br />Alternative B (Protection of Basin Water Users through Contracts) ..... 10 <br />Alternative C (No Special Protection of Basin Water Users) ......... 10 <br />CHAPTER 3 - AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL <br />CONSEQUENCES ........... .............................11 <br />General.................. <br />.............................11 <br />Vegetation and Land Use ..... ............................... <br />11 <br />Existing Conditions ...... ............................... <br />11 <br />Impacts............... .............................12 <br />River Flows, Water Rights, and Water Use ......................... <br />12 <br />Existing Conditions ...... ............................... <br />12 <br />Impacts............... .............................15 <br />Fish and Wildlife <br />20 <br />........................................... <br />Existing Conditions ..... ............................... <br />20 <br />Impacts...... ......... .............................21 <br />Endangered Species ......... ............................... <br />21 <br />Existing Conditions ...... ............................... <br />21 <br />Impacts............... .............................23 <br />Socio - Economic Factors <br />25 <br />...... ............................... <br />Existing Conditions ...... ............................... <br />25 <br />Impacts............... .............................25 <br />i <br />