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<br />000941 <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />. Ten-year agreements were signed by both Denver Water and the Colorado River Water <br />Conservation District for delivery of 5412.5 acre-feet of water from Williams Fork <br />Reservoir and 5412.5 acre-feet of water from Wolford Mountain Reservoir. Delivery of <br />this water was begun this past year, <br /> <br />. Two levees breeched at the upstream end of two floodplain sites on the Green River to <br />entrain drifting razorback larvae. <br /> <br />The Service also wishes to acknowledge: the continued success of Redlands fish ladder; <br />progress to develop definitive recovery goals; passage of the long-term funding legislation; the <br />way the Recovery Program worked together to resolve funding concerns when W AP A ran short <br />in the CRSP basin fund this year; and the efforts of the Grand Valley Water Users Association <br />and Reclamation in augmenting late summer flows in September 2000 to assist with high- <br />resolution aerial photography ofthe mainstem Colorado River. <br /> <br />Concerns <br /> <br />The Service's memorandum in 2000 assessing sufficient progress expressed concern regarding <br />progress of: 1) Duchesne Coordinated Reservoir Operations project; 2) acquiring floodplain <br />easements; 3) modifications to Leota and Johnson Bottom floodplain sites; and 4) use of highway <br />ponds east of DeBeque Canyon for endangered fish growout; and 5) water quality and treatment <br />at the Ouray National Fish Hatchery. The Service is pleased with the progress the Recovery <br />Program has made in some of these areas. Remaining and new concems are: <br /> <br />. The Recovery Program has been unable to move ahead with fish passage at the Price-Stubb <br />diversion on the Colorado River because FERC has not completed their final EA on the <br />Jacobsen Hydro project. <br /> <br />. Although Recovery Program participants have been working to get overdue reports <br />submitted and approved, two outstanding reports which are impeding management actions <br />are of particular concern: the middle Green River nonnative fish control report <br />(UDWRlUSU); and the Little Snake River Management Action Plan (BRlLFL). The <br />Service asks that Utah and Reclamation's Management Committee members seek a firm <br />commitment from these principal investigators and get these reports completed as soon as <br />possible before we elevate the issue to their respective superiors. <br /> <br />. Two pending items to provide flows need completion: the long-term lease of 10,825 acre- <br />feet of water from Ruedi Reservoir; and renewal of the lease for water from Steamboat <br />Lake (Colorado), The Steamboat agreement should be finalized by August 1 st. The Ruedi <br />long-term lease will take longer, but should be completed no later than 2003. Meanwhile, <br />the Recovery Program continues to rely on I-year leases. <br />