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<br />(':;) <br />(.::) <br />e...) <br />"'"" <br />i\:t <br />C,Q <br /> <br />instream flow and other requirements for the important reaches. For <br />example. the Service may determine that additional or new instream flow <br />information is needed on an important river segment, and that this work <br />should receive a high priority. The Service will submit the prioritized <br />work plan to the Biological Committee for formal review within six <br />months after the Oversight Committee is established by execution of the <br />Cooperative Agreement initiating the Recovery Program. <br /> <br />C. Following the Oversight Committee's concurrence with the work <br />plan. the Service, in coordination with appropriate parties, will <br />quantify the range of flows needed to meet the recovery goals of the <br />endangered species in the San Juan Basin. <br /> <br />D. After determining appropriate flow needs, the Service will <br />recommend these flows to the Oversight Committee for use in implementing <br />the recommendations. as described in the following section. <br /> <br />3.2.3 Imolementation of In5tream Flows <br /> <br />It is anticipated that the source water for in5tream flows will come from the <br />operation of Navajo Dam and other sources. The process for obtaining and <br />legally protecting these sources is described below. <br /> <br />3.2.3.1 Ooeration of Navaio Dam <br /> <br />In order to offset the 57.100 acre-feet depletion impact of the Animas-La <br />Plata project, the Bureau of Reclamation agreed to elements of the reasonable <br />and prudent alternative (see Biological Opinion, March 21. 1991). This <br />reasonable and prudent alternative included the following elements: <br /> <br />1. Reclamation has agreed to fund approximately 7 years of research <br />effort on the San Juan River and its tributaries with emphasis on <br />observing a) a biological response in the endangered fish <br />population and b) habitat conditions. This research will focus on <br />testing of previously identified hypotheses (see Section 1.2). <br /> <br />13 <br />