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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued)
<br />Evaluation of Alternatives, . , . . . . . , . . . , . , . . . , , . . . , . . . , ' . . . , . . . . ' . . , . . ' , , , 5 I
<br />Ability to meet base-flow needs. . . . , . . . . . ' . , . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . . . . 5 I
<br />Comoarison of estimated costs ,...............,.,...........,.......... 54
<br />Imoacts to Darks and water-related recreation .........,..,. . . . . . . . . . ' , . , . . , 56
<br />Imoacts on agriculture ,....,..............".......,...,..,.....,..... 66
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<br />Imoacts on oeak flows .........,.....,.'.,....,.,.,., , . . , . . . . . , . . . , . , . 68
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<br />Legal and institutional constraints , . , . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 I
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<br />Evaluation summarv ....,............'.,.........,.............,..',. 73
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<br />Proposed action for Base-flow Augmentation. . . , . . . , . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . 75
<br />Reduce Nel!ative Imoacts of Nonnative Fisbes ....'..................'..'.'.... 79
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<br />Background .,...,.........,................................,......... 79
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<br />Nonnative Fisb Management Policy.. . . . . . .. .. . . .. .. .. ., . . . . . .. .. . ., .. . . . . 81
<br />Nonnative Stocking Procedures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . 81
<br />Aquatic Wildlife Management Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 82
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<br />UDDer Yampa River. . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
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<br />Middle Yamoa River. . , . . , , . , . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . 82
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<br />Lower Little Snake River. . . , . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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<br />Lower Yamoa River. . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . , . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
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<br />Green River within Colorado. . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
<br />Elkhead Reservoir - Lake Management Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
<br />Proposed Control Actions for Nonnative Fisbes in tbe Yampa River .,..,...... 85
<br />ImoIementatioll.ofNonnative Stocking Procedures ......................... 85
<br />Non-lethal removal and translocation of northern Dike and smallmouth bass. . . . . . 86
<br />Lethal removal of channel catfish and smalImouth bass from Yamoa Canvon . . . . . 92
<br />Removal of angler bag and DOS session limits in Colorado ....................93
<br />Containing escaoement from Elkhead Reservoir. . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
<br />Information and education . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
<br />Restore Habitat (Habitat Develooment and Maintenance) '.................... , . 99
<br />Acquire and enbance floodplain babitats ....,............................. 99
<br />Restore/maintain native fisb passage at diversion structures ................. 101
<br />Evaluate/remediate entrainment by diversion structures .................... 102
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<br />Management Plan for Endangered Fishes in the Yampa River Basin
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