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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I funds. Yhite water boating opportunities on the Dolores River below McPhee Dam have decreased from pre-project conditions. However, anticipated spills are scheduled, grouped, and announced in advance to provide the best boating conditions consistent with project purposes. Fish and Yildlife Enhancement Project developments for fish and wildlife are based on recommendations by the Fish and Yildlife Service. An annual supply of 1,600 acre-feet of project water has been reserved for fish and wildlife enhancement, consisting of 800 AF for maintaining Totten Reservoir and 800 AF for the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe. McPhee Reservoir provides a significant warm and cold water lake fishery with from 2,160 to 4,470 acres of water surface available, depending on the water elevation. Release of project water from McPhee Reservoir has created a trout fishery in the Dolores River below McPhee Dam. Since McPhee Reservoir provides the primary storage and regulation for irrigation, fluctuations in water levels in Groundhog and Narraguinnep Reservoirs have been reduced resulting in enhanced fisheries. Due to the reduced fluctuations of Groundhog Reservoir, downstream flows in Groundhog Creek, the Vest Dolores River, and the Dolores River above McPhee Reservoir have increased, resulting in enhanced fisheries in these streams. As part of project construction, areas within the rights-of-way for the Dove Creek, South, Dolores, and Towaoc Canals will be developed as upland game habitat. The areas will be fenced to keep livestock out, brush cleared during construction has been piled to furnish temporary cover, and suitable vegetation planted to provide food and cover. Mitigation Measures The Dolores Project is located in one of the richest archaeological areas in the southwest. The area contains both a long record of human occupation and a dense concentration of Anasazi sites (A.D. 500-1300). In order to fulfill obligations under Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, Reclamation conducted one of the largest federally funded cultural resources mitigation efforts ever undertaken. The program has resulted in the recording and excavation of hundreds of prehistoric and historic sites which would have been affected by the project. The data recovery program is currently in its twelfth and final field season. As part of the mitigation program, Reclamation constructed the Anasazi Heritage Center to display the artifacts recovered. To fully compensate for the loss of wildlife habitat by reservoir inundation, 4,770 acres of public and private land adjacent to McPhee Reservoir were acquired and are managed specifically as big game winter range. Two hundred and fifteen acres of land, primarily riparian, were acquired downstream of McPhee Dam to mitigate riparian habitat losses resulting from the project. An additional 474 acres of land was acquired downstream of McPhee Reservoir for wildlife enhancement.