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<br />I <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.~ <br /> <br />Page 11 <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER RECOVERY PROGRAMNo.: CAP-'-lC <br />FY.1997 PROPOSED SCOPE OF WORK(for MC Use) <br /> <br />Lead Agency: <br />Submitted by: <br />Address: <br /> <br />Phone: <br />Date: <br />E-Mail: <br /> <br />U.S. Bureau of Reclamation <br />Brent Uilenberg <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />P.O. Box 60340 <br />Grand Junction, CO 81506 <br />(303) 248-0641 <br />May 15, 1996 <br />BUilenberg@UC.USBR.GOV <br /> <br />I. Title of Proposal: <br /> <br />Operate Gunnison River gage below Redlands Diversion Dam <br /> <br />II. Relationship to RIPRAP: <br /> <br />-Colorado River Action Plan: Gunnison River <br />II.B. 1.e. Identify and secure minimum flows below Redlands Diversion Dam <br /> <br />III. StudY Background/Rationale and Hypotheses [If applicable] <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Proposed work is to support the program's continued operation of the Redlands <br />Fish Passage Structure and to provide flow data for miniomum flow requirements. <br /> <br />To ensure adequate flows to operate the fish passage facilities and to maintain <br />and study habitat in the Gunnison River downstream from the Redlands Diversion <br />Dam, an interim (temporary, 5-year) water agreement is being negotiated among <br />the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), the State of Colorado (State), and <br />the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service). Under the agreement, Reclamation <br />will deliver sufficient water from the Aspinall Unit to maintain a minimum flow of <br />300 cfs in the Gunnison River below the Redlands Diversion Dam during the <br />months of July through October. The 300 cfs represents the interim <br />recommendation of the Service and may be modified as additional data is <br />collected. The Service and the State will study and evaluate the effects of the <br />releases on occupied habitat of endangered fish in the Gunnison River. <br />Recommendations will be made, based on these studies, on development of a <br />long-term water supply contract. <br /> <br />IV. Study Goals, Objectives, End Product: <br /> <br />The gauging station on the Gunnison River below the Redlands Diversion Dam is <br />necessary to evaluate the effects of the releases on occupied habitat of <br />endangered fish in the Gunnison River. <br /> <br />e V. Description of past performance on this or similar projects: <br /> <br />N/A <br />