Colorado River Return Project

• Year: 2002
• Title: Colordao River Return Project
• Author: Boyle Engineering Corporation
• Description: Colorado River Return Project
• Publications - Doc Type: Other

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• Environmental impact assessment and compliance
• Feasibility assessments and fatal flaw analysis
• Mitigation planning and development
• Threatened and endangered species analyses and surveys
• Coordination with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Corps of Engineers,
Environmental Protection Agency, Colorado Division of Wildlife, and other
regulatory agencies.
• Wetland delineations, mitigation, and permitting
• Vegetation and wildlife studies
• GIS analysis
• Expert testimony
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