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<br />flnlJ8i.~ <br /> <br />Prd,'n,,1 hahilals for halJ eagle "'';UT Jdj~cem W Ihe projeCI 'lie. ~Ialure ,oll"nw'K>t! lln", <br />which ,Ire preferr"d h<lld e<<gle wimer IOn,t ~,tes are ,thSC11l from the '1tc. Two wintering I>ald <br />c,,!.'Ie' have hc:-,'n (lh"cned 11't",ling in maturccOllonW,l(>t! trecsat th econl1uence,'flheO,lorud" <br />"uJ GIlllnl,n" Klvers ahour 2 miles upstream "flhe pml"CI ilI,'a (Shannon. 20tH), The prop""ed <br />;tclinn wOlLld h,jV,' no dfe.'l 011 Ihc l'oalt! eagle. <br /> <br />The S('rvke c<>n'llrfet! "'Ith R<'elamatioo', dclerminllllon dlat the propo-.ed project may affect. <br />hili is not hkdy lu adv\'rscly affeel ('olor,tlkl pikeminn(lw, r'lJ.orhad, sLId..er\lr l><>oyl"ll. The <br />Scrnce also collcurred lhat Ihcprupo't'd:!clion w,ll hav... no eff",.t un humphack chuh and l'oald <br />('ag1e. A '''pyof Ill... Sen,ic...., Cll",'IIIT"O'-': Iener i" InduJnl in Ihe Appendice', <br /> <br />WlIterC)uu1ill <br /> <br />Etevall'd <ahnlly ,md ,"'..nillm level, ,,,,.'urnng in hOlh lhe Cdlor",l" and Gunnison [lVerS hav... <br />re,ulted in th... irnph:meOlalion of feder~l progn,m' In ;u1drr" v.-al~rqu,,1ily IS'iue~. Kt'C];nnali"n <br />and lh~ :-;atuTal Rcs<lurce Cunservatlon Service ha~-e implemented ,allllity contrnl p"'Ject~ in <br />""lh Ihe (iran,! ,,,,d llncnmpahrre Valleys to red,"'" s;,IlIn;td, in rhe Clllomdo Ri~'cr main",'m <br />as p,mllith...r"I"",dnRiver SairmtyCnmrol Program. rrOj<'('lsll..ve!lcenlrm'ledprnnarilYh) <br />Ihe Iming llfinigallon canals, piping laleral" and "n.farm efficiency ImproVemClm. The <br />pr0pn.,...d pmjet.tlS prc'!Kled to have no ct"kd "n ,almilY cnncelllTati0n'i in lht. C"I"r..do Kiver <br />"I affcctthe Colorado R1\'t'T S"lmny ('''!ltml Program's ahlhly to me-ellargel...d s:rlrnity <br />redUClion, in the lnwer ('olmadll RI\'er <br /> <br />fhe Nallnnallmji'alllll1 \V.lter Quality l'r"'~'Tmn ()\;[\.VQP) ty'thl"lcd wlenimn lev-cl" ill sc1ccu'd <br />h'I,'kwater sitcs along the Coloradn and (ltlllnhnll river,. Hevat...d \C1cl11um Iei'd, werc "Cle<:lt'd <br />from 'ample, ,-<,Heeled frum polld~ in 'll\d ne;.r the Ela Wihllif... S;uKlUary (Kn,cl'er, 2(~I,lJ. The <br />Gunnison Kn'er c,cel'd, the Slale ofCu]oradn sek-mum ",aln quallt). 'tan<lanh and Ihe <br />Redland, C;mal sOUlh or the propt"ny relums dlvened Gunnl'i"n R,ver waler 10 lh" ('olor,,,I,, <br />KI\'er. The 1'1\1f'l1.,e,1 aClinn I' pred.de.! In improve ""',Ha 'lUalilycnndllion, at lh,' Ela Wildllf... <br />SaIKlU:<ry with ll1n"a~r1 nu'hing and .!rlutinn .....'ilh Color",~' River Wain, <br /> <br />\\'atnWil!.hl~ <br /> <br />The I""f",,~d ,,.-ti,,n d"cs not allnl Ill" ~m"un! "f "'-ata 01 ,ll'olllly 1<' dlven wala fur <br />con,urnpll,-e u~eS in lh<: (,ol"""ln Kiver. Th...ref"'.... rhe pr,'p"scdJ<'llOn l'rredi.-tedlOh",,'n<> <br />dfecl"nwalerngllls, <br /> <br />lIi""rinlllllld('lIllllraIW(o<;"urnPrn\lHli,.,; <br /> <br />A cia", lll.:ultutal rt",(lllr~e inventory was COnUllC"leJ in 20lJ.ll'oy Grand RI\'Cf In'tltule The <br />,'nl'l... 2h-a.re' l'IJ Wih!lifeS.Ht<:tll'lIY h:"oc"orrev'i(lIl'lyJisllllj",dhy\!r~velpil"f"'r'll1nn' <br />",IlKh ere"ted Ille pre'''nl day pund, ({jrand Ki\Cl Inslilutc,l(~~11 'I he inve"I<'ry Id,'lIIlft,"ll1" <br />CUllllL,lrenla,",inlhe_prIlJectarea Theprop",edpw)l'ctwollhlha"...nncffel"l<>"luqoTlc"lnr <br /> <br />" <br />