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<br />. " <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />JtLv~ <br /> <br />\ S) l., 2- I <br /> <br />/CF <br /> <br />..:..:i. <br /> <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br /> <br />News Release <br /> <br /> <br />Upper Colorado Region <br /> <br />Grand Junction Projects Office <br />Grand Junction CO <br />Carol S. DeAngelis (303) 248-0618 <br />For Release June 3, 1994 <br /> <br />PUBLIC MEETINGS SET ON PROVIDING FLOWS TO BENEFIT <br />ENDANGERED FISH SPECIES IN THE GUNNISON RIVER <br /> <br />Three public meetings are scheduled in June to discuss an interim agreement to <br />deliver water from the Aspinall Unit (Blue Mesa, Morrow Point, and Crystal Reservoirs), <br />past the Redlands Diversion Dam on the Gunnison River near Grand Junction, Colorado, <br />for endangered and other native fish species. Flows would be protected from diversion <br />while studies are being conducted by the Fish and Wildlife Service on how the Aspinall Unit <br />should be operated to benefit native fISh. Flow protection could result in increased water <br />rights administration in the Gunnison River Basin. <br /> <br />Two related proposals will also be addressed: a fISh ladder around the Redlands <br />Diversion Dam and the Taylor Park Water Management Agreement. The ladder would let <br />endangered fish (Colorado squawf'lSh and razorback sucker) migrate to important habitat of <br />the Lower Gunnison River for the first time in nearly a century. The Taylor Park Water <br />Management Agreement would protect existing fISh, wildlife, recreational ana agricultural <br />uses in the Upper Gunnison Basin. Agency representatives will be on hand to discuss the <br />proposals. <br /> <br />The meetings will be held: <br /> <br />. Wednesday, June IS, 1994,7-10 p.m., Bill Heddles Recreation Center, <br />530 Gunnison River Drive, Delta, Colorado <br />. Thursday, .June~f,I994, 7-10 (I.m., District Court Room (2nd noor), <br />200 East Virginia, Gunnison, Colorado <br />. Tuesday, June 21, 1994, 7-10 p.m., Boettcher Room, Mesa State College, <br />1151 Elm, Grand Junction, Colorado <br /> <br />The interim agreement and related proposals are a cooperative effort of Federal and <br />Slate agencies, water llsers and environmental groups to recover endangered fISh, restore <br />ecosystem health for native fISh, and ensure future development. <br /> <br />If you have questions or need additional information about the meetings, please call <br />Jone Wright at the Bureau of Reclamation, (303) 248-0636. <br /> <br />To assure the meetings are accessible to persons with disabilities, those needing <br />assistance should contact Jone Wright at the above office. <br /> <br />#UN <br />