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<br />- <br /> <br />lJOllJ.d <br /> <br />The Recovery Action Plans (Seclion 4.0) have been formatted as tables for ease 01 <br />scheduling and trackingactlvllies. A general diScussion ofactivilies under each <br />recovery elemenl and of recovery priorities in each subbasin is found In SeclIonJ 2.0 <br />and 3.0. raspecllvely. Projected budgelsare broken oul in Secllon 5.0. <br /> <br />2.0 DlSCUSSJON OF RECOVERY ACTION PLAN ELEMENTS <br /> <br />The Recovery Action Plan tables (Sectltl'rt'''Ht) conl<lin only very brief descriptions of <br />recovery aclions planned ine3ch subbaSin. Inlhis,.sefti9,n.:ecov~rvaclivihesare <br />explained in more delall, as they apply bMtM-Wtde Upper Basin wjde~ <br /> <br />'2 1 L IDENTIFY AND PROTECT INSTREAM FLOWS <br /> <br />- - <br />Recovery cannOI be ilccomplished without securing, protecting, and managing <br />sufflclenlhabilallosupportself-sustalningpopulalionsoflheendangerednshe,s <br />Ptotl'"CImq-~lte3m ~o,.~ ,~-i<:ev-~teehnq--the-hi!lbltllt-cl1hese-f~n~ IlienJincatlor} <br />~". - .,e,.. .. . , . , . _"_,_ __, <br />and protection of instroam flows LIre key elements in this process The first step In <br />instteam-flow protection IS to idenlify the now regimes needed by the fish. In the <br />Recovery Program. determining flow needs is pflmanly the responsibility 01 the Fr.ll't--ttrll:! <br />WiIdl1ie Service (in cooperation with other participLlnts). Factors considered in <br />determining flow needs include' flow etfects on reproduction and recrUitment, flow <br />eNects on food supplies and nonnative fishes; and Interrelationships between flow and <br />other habitat parameters beheved to be important for the fish, such as channel <br />structure, sediment transport, substrate characteristics. vegetallve encroachment, and <br />water temperature_ Flow recommendations (tor all or certain seasons) have been or <br />are being developed for most river reaches targeted for recovery In the Upper Basin <br />Flow recommendations often are made in stages. With initial flow recommendations <br />based on the best available sCientifiC Information, hislorlc conditions, and extrapolation <br />from similar reache~...fecpf!l,rp~,nda1ions then are ref.lQed.f?~9wln_Q}i1dd.rlion~J field".... .. <br />research. Below Downstream of the Flamino Gorge Dam on the_Green River and dams <br />otll1e Aspinall UflI! di!lms onthe_GunnisoJl_Rlver, test flows were provided Whllf:l~, <br />research was conducted to determine more precise flow recommendations That <br />resea"rchhas oeen'comoieied 'and' rfiiaf'flow recoin1fe;ndatioiiSiOtth'eGroen Rivet <br />.- <br />dOwnstream of Flamino Gorue Dam have been aooroved. Flow recommendations {,or <br />. . <br />lhe Gunnison River and Colorado River downstream of their confluence have bean <br />. <br />drafted and are In the review process. Flow recommendations have been completed <br />for the Colorado River upstream of the Gunnison River confluence to Rille. Colorado': <br />and for the Yamoa River, Flow recommendations are being developed fOrJhe~While <br />and.Duchesn!l:.rivers. <br /> <br />Colorado <br /> <br />Flow prot~chon mechanisms are organized according to their initial or dommant <br />attribute It a change in the ownership 01 a water right (by purchase, lease, elc.) Is <br />central to flow protection, then flaw protecllon Is placed under "AcQuire_" A change In <br />waler right ownership to protect flows Will usually be accompanied by a legal <br /> <br />5 <br />