CWCB Repayment Contract ALP

01IAPTER 5
PURPOSE AND NEED, RECOMMENDAI IONS AND COMMITMENTS
The polentlal II11pacl U) Ila ive fishes in t o Anklas Wei -, especially the of l'ecls al llbrollic 11;1111,1
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reduction, nlay not be diwedy nlitip,,olable on the Animas River. Illvesllglatiolls Should be IIIIII:IIed to
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detcriiline. whether Or not fish bi- irriers exist, whelhcr small fish /yaunl; af- Ihc -year lisle are significantly
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lost lhrinlgh ellfl -ainin C11t ill callaK and whether any signiIIcurit loss to the trout lishely occurs. I lle
nloniinring program will be h0dnted in 21)00 111a1 will incorporate these additional cleluents into ;1
Monitoring study currently beirig coilCluded on the Aninis River. A An rcC1111iniclldalion fell' Illltl`-aholl
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due to file Clfecls oil native fishes will be nmde by uo laler than 2005, al least two yens prior to Quo
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Illlrnpirig Ann the Allllllas River. Once (his rnitigallon recoill ill endatioll Is approved a ld agreed (o by tile
Service, t: DOW, New Mexico DeparinlclU of Ganlc. and Dish (NMI)(;1�), ;Intl perhaps the So11111Cr11 I Ite
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Indian ITT, 1(5 ill)plelllellfatloll will Ilnuic- {Itafely begin. This collullllincill is also descl Ibed tuldc'r
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ruitigation R,r Refined Aherriative 4 Aquatic Resources Illlpact 4 in Section 1.6.
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Rccl;ulla(ion will review and adapt established g',Ilidelines 161. scrccnilig facililies to nlinin)ize fish
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en(rainnlew and inlpingenlenl at the Ridges Basin Pumping Plant, Reclamation will also) ensure M.11
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design specifications include, Best Available'fechnologbs as described under Mitigulion fur Relined
Mfern live 4 Aquatic Resources Impact s ill Section 3.6.
RCClall ation Ivill Culler screen or lillplemall offer physical strtleltims IO Ilreveni live Ilsh korn bclll!'
released from Ridges Basin Reservoir. The re choir nutlel sysicn, will be designed and lilted with
devices to clinlinale survival of fish escaping, the reservoir. Rcclan n6on will Monitor cscapcnlcnf I'r(,m
Ihc r;:servoir and Misin C'rcck as described under initigation fur WNW Alternative 4 A(luatie R- minces
Inlpael 7 in Section 3.6.
Reclamation will fund the acquisition and stocking of Wilil ,trains of unul ammalb in We Animas River
wilh111 file boundaries of The Southern t flit Indian Reservation to collllml.sa(e Ial' lItih loss Mlle lie file
reduollnll 111 lisable front habitat. llldlvldtlal stocks elf trout will be inat -ked in such it I11:I1)11C1' that 711'c''
groups could be Illonitored over tulle'. l llij Illoniloring, plall Will be developed in Consultation wilhYtile
Service, COOW, NMU(;I'7 and the Tribe. "fhc relafive success ilfnis cfl, will he assessed alicr filar
years. 11* it is deemed a success that is, if the trout biomass within U1e stocked reaches of the river is
elevated ton point of supporting; a recreational fishery —Ihc stocking, prog;ranl will continue. Fol• the
acquisition ol'trouf stock. Reclamation Will consider the devi:mpnlcnt ofa new bm&cry in coo wotion
with the Southern Utc Ind iall Tribe and others. This sane, hatchery could very well be ulilii.Cd fill.
providing; for fish stocking for Ridges Basin Reservoir.
Rcclalnalion will Comnlil to providing Inmi- to he slacked at Rides Basin Reservoir to, provide a
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recirdional fishery. I Ile source or I Isle could be Irlllll an cAsthig Cohniclo Rlwer Stnral,e Pn&cl
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(CRSP) hatchery N61ity or Ron We acgNsltion and/or coinimcoan of a new hatchery fac'illly. I I11K
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conunitnlent is 1i61- Ihc purposes ofenhancing the fishery al Ridges- Basin Reservoir.
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As described in Section 5.4.1 I, Re.clanlation will acquire al least My new public: amen poinis on the
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Animas River lilt fishing and other recreational use.
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5.4.7 Special Status Species Commitments
Reclamation twill inlplemenf conservation measures found in the latest Biological Opinion on the project %
(sec Aimchnlcnt G fiw complete. lisQ. 'Fhcsc measures address the C'Oloradn pikeininnow and razorback %,
sucker that are Runic! in the San Juan Rivc:r and the bald togle that is round Twughout the pn jecl area.
5-15 5.4 ENVIRONMEN rAl_ ( %OMMII'MENTS