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<br />1, ~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />confrontation. Nonetheless, the 2000 AOP will be finalized and published as "Reclamation's 29 Annual <br />Report and Year 2000 Annual Operating Plan for the Colorado River System Reservoirs." <br /> <br />Glen Canyon Adaptive Management: The Technical Work Group (TWG) met in Phoenix on <br />September 7-8. The major topics discussed included the SWCA Synthesis Report, GCMRC Workplan, <br />AMP Strategic Plan, Environmental Compliance, and reports from ad hoc committees on TWG <br />effectiveness and experimental flows. It was noted that the At\1P Strategic Plan needs the benefit of the <br />program guidance document that Scott Loveless has been working on. Scott stated that the Solicitor <br />would review the guidance document, but that it will not be an official Solicitor Opinion or document. <br />The guidance document will then be given to Interior and it will be up to Steve Magneson to decide how <br />Secretary will utilize it in the Adaptive Management Program. Based on this discussion, there will be a <br />third version and we may have to accept whatever that version says since there may be no further <br />opportunity to comment on this document. <br /> <br />Anticipatory Releases from Lake Mead: Reclamation has announced it will evacuate space in <br />Lake Mead above that required by flood control regulations. The purposes for the additional releases are: <br />(1) reduce the probability of having to make a mandated flood control release from Lake Mead in January <br />2000 that would be above 19,000 cfs; (2) allow the Cibola Dredge to be floated two miles upstream from <br />its present location to begin dredging the sediment plug above Modes Dam; and (3) provide dilution <br />water to offset salinity increases during repair of the Main Outfall Drain Extension (MODE) between <br />November 8 and December 8. The total anticipatory release volume will be 200,000 acre-feet and will <br />increase the January 1,2000 vacant space from 5.8 million acre-feet to 6.0 million acre-feet. This change <br />however was not reflected in the September 10,1999 24-month study that has the January 1,2000 vacant <br />space at 5.697 million acre-feet. <br /> <br />Highline Reservoir First to Install Fish Screen: A unique barrier net system designed to keep <br />endangered and nonnative fish apart was installed at Highline Lake State Park on August 18. This is the <br />first fish screen in the U.S. to be used to separate endangered fish from sports fish. The net material is a <br />combination of a rare, high molecularweight polyethylene stronger than steel, is used to make bulletproof <br />vests and high strength fishing line. The net is designed to flex with the surge of the current and changing <br />water depth without letting non-native sportfish escape over or under it. <br /> <br />The Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program funded the $200,000 project to <br />ensure that nonnative fish stocked in the lake remain separate from four endangered fish species that are <br />native to the Colorado River, while allowing sport fishing to occur at the reservoir. Research has shown <br />that nonnative fish eat young, native fish and compete for food and habitat in the river. <br /> <br />Installation of the net brings the reservoir into compliance with nonnative fish stocking <br />requirements established by the states of Colorado. Utah, Wyoming and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. <br />This will enable Highline Lake State Park to resume being stocked by the Colorado Division of Wildlife <br />(CDO\V) with warm-water fish such as largemouth bass and bluegill, a practice that was halted five years <br />ago. The DOW will monitor the net over a minimum of two years to ensure that it effectively contains the <br />nonnative fish. Highline Lake State Park will maintain the net. If proven successful, this type of fish <br />screen may be used elsewhere in the Yampa basin where endangered fish recovery efforts are under way. <br /> <br />Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Program: The Colorado River Basin Salinity Control <br />Program Forum held public meetings in California and Wyoming concerning the 1999 Triennial Review <br />of basinwide water quality standards for salinity in late August. Both meetings were well attended and <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />11 <br />