Colorado River Division 5 Palisades Whitewater Park Correspondence

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Reach as compared to the recommendations for the Reach referenced in the Programmatic Biological Opinion("PBO") to protect fish habitat and to administer Grand Valley Irrigation Canal water rights. Project proponents need to explain how construction of the whitewater park will continue to allow consistent measuring of flows at the gage. 9) The Department seeks a complete environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act(NEPA) and requests that the Corps provide as complete a review as possible under the Army's Permit Evaluation and Decision Document process. We have included with this letter an accompanying letter from the Colorado Division of Wildlife, which raises a series of additional issues of much greater biological detail than included here. Also, we have included a 2006 letter to the Corps from former Division of Wildlife Director Bruce McCloskey, which highlights general considerations about the effects of whitewater parks on aquatic species. Please give all of our concerns your fullest consideration. We look forward to a timely response from the Corps and the project proponents. Since ely, ( /6 Harris Sherman Executive Director cc: Colorado Division of Wildlife: Mark Konishi, Jeff Ver Steeg, Ron Velarde, Tom Nesler, Sherman Hebein, Lori Martin Colorado Water Conservation Board: Dan McAuliffe, Randy Seahoim, Ted Kowalski Colorado Division of Water Resources: Jack Byers, Mark Vanarelli Town of Palisade: Tim Sarmo, Town Manager Recreation Engineering and Planning: Gary Lacy, Agent Upper Colorado Endangered Fish Recovery Program: Robert Muth, Director Upper Colorado Recovery Program Water Users Representative: Tom Pitts