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• <br />JUL -08 -2002 MON 09;11 AM <br />FAX <br />V.3 t • J `� SAC.' 'ems <br />J o' C, e pip <br />cv it►uitions will consider tl-le effects of the Proposed Program (and other alternatives) oil all <br />ilo ;vs in the central P atle River. For comparative "scoring" purposes, the EIS evaluation will <br />trlso cstini atc, reductions iii sllortages to Progra rn target flows (species flows and annual pulso <br />flows) associated wltll 6-ach of 010 water alternatives, <br />Sirnilarly, the BO will consider the effects orthe Proposed Program on all flows. This will <br />illclalcie c onsideratiou of the Proposed Program's of <br />-relative to the Service's species flows, <br />annual pulse fYa�vs, and l�rak l�ory rcconlmendations, as the Service considers all of these flow <br />rec0mmoildfif.►o11s inlPOL -Lath to the "structure and function, patterns and processes, and habitat of <br />tl►c central 1 ?Iatte ]liver ecosystem ". <br />�2�) F�1►tul eevaluations oFPronrain betieftts. <br />As noted above, only Program larget flows (species flows and annual pulse flows) have been <br />LlSod as t.11c b;tsis for: <br />8 Calcultitltlticy "historic shortages to target flows "; <br />• 139teblishing replacenmeiit obligations for projects covered by state and federal Future <br />depletion plaits; <br />• Rcconnaissailcalovcl 011aluatioris of potential Program flow augmentation projects <br />(Boyle's "Water coils orvation/Supply Study"); and <br />• "Scoring" tho Proposed Program and alternatives relative to Service goals. <br />Nevertheless, peak' flow rcconlrrlendations are identified as the highest priority in the suite of � <br />low recommendations established by FWS for the central Platte River, and thus also will be <br />Mlluitted in (errns of'Progmn-i benefits for the target species. It remains an objective of tlie� <br />ticrvicc to (1) mfiiiil1ife reductions in the frequency and magnitude or the highest peal. flows and <br />(2) ii- 11prove the long -term running average annual peak flow m agaitt►des in the central Plalte <br />I bcc;wse tho Service considers peak flows an essential al factor iti conser i hE:- :cosystemti <br />Lipon whicli the listed species and other species defend, Future evaluations Of the Prograin will <br />rogi►irc a Balanced assessinellt of the positive effects on species and annual pulse flows versus the <br />ill'4;;ItlVl 001octs 011 peak flows. I <br />�V <br />1 <br />9 <br />