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<br /> <br />U(JtJ3.;C <br /> <br />The Recovery Action Plans contain tasks 10 idenllfy and restore important flooded <br />bollomland habitats. Dunng 1994, Ihe Recovery Program completed an invenlory of <br />floodplain habllats for 870 miles of the Colorado, Green, Gunnison, Yampa, and While <br />nver5. From the tist of invenloried~9abilals,>sltes hilve been (and, will con~,nu~..IO .b,e) <br />selected 10 VISit and screen for acquisition and restoration potential. Site acqUISltlor) <br />andrestoralion began in 1994 and.....illconlinueunlilalleast2003 Success will be <br />measured by tI1e response of the endangered fishpopulallons. <br /> <br />The General Recovery Program Support ACllon Plan contains lash 10 ~evelop an Issue <br />paper on flOOdplalfl restoration and prOlectlon ThiS paper will identlfyieq legal, <br />instltullonal. andpohtlcal slralegles to enhance and prOlect flooaplalfl habitats for tm; <br />endangered fishes and ameliorale the effects of levees, diking. rip-rap, gravel mining. <br />and other forms of floodplain development Phase 1 01 the issue paper identified what <br />floodplain restoration and protection is needed for the endangered fISh;S. Phase 2 wiH <br />dehJrmlned ho..... to accomplish that restoration and proleclion. The issue paper WTf! <br />,.. ...", <br />evaluateq responSibilities of the Recovery Program, Recovery Program participants, <br />and other agencies Iflvolved in floodplain development, regulation, and management, <br />and their roles and responsibilities with respect to endangered species <br /> <br />Passage bamers have fragmented endangered fish populations and their habitats. <br />resultmg in confinement of the fishes to 20 percent of their former range Blockage of <br />Colorado plkem'nnow movement by dams and water-diverslon structures has been <br />suggested as an Important cause of the decline Oflhls species in the Upper Basin <br />' ," -, ~ _, , ._ u " . <br />(Tyus 1984; U.S..Eish and Wildlife Servlie 1991), Restoring access to histoncally <br />oCcupied habitalS via fish passage ways mt!been..~a's ide~t!fiedi~}~C.9!,e-ra1'?-.,'tII <br />Squawf,sh rPikeminnowl Recovery Plan (U.S. Fish and WildhfeScr\'lce..199Jl.and II} <br />the draft recovery goals' {U,S. Fish ind'~Vildlife Service 2001c} as one of several means <br />to aid in Colorado pikeminnow recovery (tlSFW5-I9:11l, <br /> <br />The Recovery Action Plans contain tasks to assess and make recommendations lor fish <br />passage at vanous dams and diVerSion Structures The need for passage already has <br />been determined at5 four SIles: Redlands. H!!rtf1lf'ld--; Grand Vallev Imoation Comoanv <br />' .... ... "-;-.. ._-"...., <br />lGVIr;:.1,.,~rice Stubb,.~nd Go-.er~rll"nl.I~I",httne the..Grand Valley project Ib~need.for <br />passage 'at Hartland is being reassessed. Passage has been restored at the Redlands <br />Diversion Dam on the Gunnison River and at the GVIC diversion on the mainstem <br />Colorado River near Palisade. Colorado. Activltres are underway 10 restore passage at <br />Price-Slubb Gr!!rn:l-'o'I!Hey-P1'O)ed and the Grand Valley ProjCCI;-Md-tiarllttnd <br /> <br />Diversioncanais~been found'i~n nalive and enaanaered fishes~ <br />Construction of fish screens to arevent entrainment of adult and subadult fish Is "intH; <br />" ., . '.., ' '- ," . ,.' ". <br />alannina staae at TUSher Wash,the Grand Vallev Prolect. and Redlands. Construction <br />of a screen at ,the GVIC diversi2,n, canaUs.nearing i;ompl,elion...Ihe~o.10L.s.geening <br />at Hartland is being reassessed: <br /> <br />A number of potentially harmful contaminants (including selenium, petroleum <br />derivatives, heavy metals. ~mn'Kmia: and.uranium) and suspected contaminant "hot <br />spots" have been identified in the Upper 8aSIn, it is the Intent of the Recovery Program <br /> <br />a <br />