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.:!ws III. Study Goals, Objectives, End Product: The Ouray National Wildlife Refuge, which includes Johnson Bottom, Leota Bottom, Wyasket Bottom, Sheppard Bottom, and Old Charlie Wash, consists of over 3,750 acres of floodplain habitat within a I5-mile segment of the Green River. Johnson Bottom is approximately 250 acres; Wyasket is 850 acres; Sheppard is 720 acres; all are floodplain depressions. These sites are being proposed for construction and management as a nursery habitat for larval razorback suckers. I would recommend that the sites be designed such that they are floodable, drainable, have outlet water control structures, and fish kettles. During the February 15, 1995, meeting in Grand Junction, Colorado, members of the Biology Committee recommended that sites identified by the flooded bottomlands inventory be re-ranked using alternative and/or additional criteria (to be developed at the upcoming facilitated meeting of May 25-26, 1995). If sites other than Johnson, Wyasket, and Sheppard are deemed higher priority, then this proposal will be implemented during FY 95 for the highest priority sites. Goal: To restore Johnson, Wyasket, and Sheppard bottoms (or higher- priority sites) to support recovery of razorback suckers. End Product: Management plans and preliminary design options. IV. Description of past performance on this or similar projects: Topographic mapping and HEC-2 models will be developed for the Ouray sites in FY 95, for baseline hydrology/geomorphology, and to assist in site design and construction. Old Charlie Wash has been developed and is being repaired in FY 95. Leota L-7 will be designed in FY 95 and constructed in FY 96 (subject to approval). V. Study Area Green River VI. Study Methods/Approach Visit sites to identify design options for each of the sites. VII. Task Description (FY 1995) See "VI. Study Methods/Approach" above. 2