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<br />and wlll not be so used. <br /> <br />VI. <br /> <br />Fish Passageways <br /> <br />The Fish and Wildlife Service will install and evaluate the <br /> <br />effectiveness of fish passage facilities at the Redlands diver- <br /> <br />sion d~m on the Gunnison River. In conjunction with this re- <br /> <br /> <br />search, operation of the Blue Mesa units will be modified to <br /> <br /> <br />provide flow and temperature regimes that would permit use of the <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />lower forty miles of this river by squaw fish. <br /> <br />VII. Dallas Creek and Dolores Pro~ects <br /> <br />Nonjeopardy opinions shall not be issued for the Dallas <br /> <br />Creek Project on the Gunnison Rivet or the Dolores Project on the <br /> <br />Dolores River unless and until the Bureau of Reclamation makes <br /> <br />available flows from those and related projects to compensate for <br /> <br />depletions envisioned to occur once the Dolores and Dallas Creek <br /> <br />projects are completed. Exotic watm-water fish species shall not <br /> <br /> <br />be introduced into the reservoirs created by these projects in <br /> <br /> <br />the absence of an affirmative finding that such species would <br /> <br /> <br />neither compete with nor prey on endangered fishes if the exotic <br /> <br />species escaped to streilm segments downstream of these projects. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />VIII , <br /> <br />E:..:otic Soecies <br /> <br />Exotic p~edatory fishes shall not be introduced into areas <br /> <br /> <br />from which they or their progeny could migrate upstream or down- <br /> <br /> <br />stream to critic~ll h~l)itat areas or otllcr sensitive areas that <br /> <br />provide importarlt Ilabj_ta~ for spawrlir19 or rearing of endangered <br /> <br />fishes. <br /> <br />This may mean that certain warm water species may not be <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />) ;.> <br />