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<br />Page 2 <br /> <br />784 <br /> <br />Navajo Reservoir Operations EIS Update <br /> <br />February 2001 <br /> <br />Environmental Assessment to be <br />Prepared on Low-flow Test <br /> <br />Reclamation will also prepare a draft <br />environmental assessment describing the probable <br />impacts of the proposed low-flow test on the <br />affected environment. This environmental <br />assessment should be available for public review <br />and comment in late spring or early summer 200 I. <br /> <br />As part of the environmental assessment <br />process, you are invited to let us know of <br />any issues and concerns you have associated <br />with the proposed low-flow test. Your <br />comments and concerns may be mailed to: <br /> <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />Western Colorado Area Office <br />835 East Second Avenue, <br />Durango, CO 81301 <br /> <br />E-mailed to Idashmett@uc.usbr.gov <br /> <br />Please return comments to this office by <br />March 2, 2001 <br /> <br />San Juan Fly Fishing Federation <br />Meeting <br /> <br />Reclamation representatives will attend the <br />February 20, 2001, San Juan Fly Fishing <br />Federation meeting in Fannington, NM. They will <br />provide an update on the Navajo Reservoir <br />Operations EIS process and be available to. answer <br />questions. The meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m., <br />at the Farmington Civic Center, 200 West <br />Arrington. <br /> <br />Trout Health Assessment Study <br /> <br />Since October 2000, Reclamation and the New <br />Mexico State University Research Unit have been <br />collecting data to evaluate the effects a 500 cfs <br />winter flow may have on the health and conditions <br />of the San Juan River trout fishery immediately <br />below Navajo Dam. The investigation will <br />continue through March 2001. The objective of <br />.the study is to compare the results of this winter's <br />health of the trout fishery with a study that was. <br />conducted during the same 4-month period in <br />1996-97, but with flows of 250cfs. Health of the <br />trout fishery will be determined using the same <br />stress indices measured in the 1996-97 study. Both <br />studies include a health/condition profile, <br />physiological changes in the fish, and feeding <br />habits. <br /> <br /> <br />...... <br />Tearn rnernber examines a trout as part of the health <br />assessment study <br />