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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS (continued)
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<br />Manal!e Genetic Diversity/Aul!ment or Restore PODuIations ,....,......,.......102
<br />Monitor PODulations and Habitat .....,.,.,....,...........,.,.,........". 1 03
<br />Monitoring endangered fish populations, ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . 104
<br />Monitoring nonnative/native fisb populations ..,..........,.......,......, 105
<br />Monitoring babitat . , . . , , . . . . . ' . . , . , . . , ' , . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . , 105
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<br />Monitoring flow. . . . , ' . , . . . ' . . . . , . . , , , ' . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' 105
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<br />Monitoring sediment transport. . . . . . . . ' . , , , . . . . . . . . . . . , . , , . . . . . ' . . . . . .., 106
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<br />Other monitoring .. , . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . , . . . ' . , . . . . . . . . . . ' , , . . . , . . . . . . . . ' 107
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<br />ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
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<br />INTRODUCTION ......,....."........,..........,..,..,....,.......,..... 108
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<br />PURPOSE AND NEED . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
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<br />AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT ,.,...,...,...,...,..........................., 110
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<br />Geol!raDbv and tODOl!raDbv ...,.............................,............. 110
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<br />Climate ......,....""......,...............,.........,............,... 110
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<br />Geolol!v and soils .,.........,..........................................., 110
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<br />Hvdrolol!V and l!eomoTDbolol!v ,......,.......,............................ 111
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<br />Water aualitv ......,.,..",.....,..,...,...,.".......,...,............, 112
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<br />Air aualitv . . . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . , . . ' . . . . . ' . , , . . . . . . . , . , . ' . , , . ' . , . , . . . . . . . . . . ' 126
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<br />Vel!etation .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . ' . . , . . . . . , ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . 127
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<br />Wildlife ...........,.................,..,...........................,',. 134
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<br />Fisberies ..........,.............,.,.,.,................................ 141
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<br />Tbreatened and endanl!ered sDecies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . 144
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<br />Bald eagle .......................,...,...,."......,.,.,............. 144
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<br />Mexican spotted owl ..............".........................,..."... 145
<br />Soutbwestern willow flycatcber ...,...",...,.",....".,.,.....,.....,. 145
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<br />Humpback cbub , . . , . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . ' . . . . . . . , . . ' . . . . . 145
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<br />Bony tail . . . . . . . ' . . . . . , , . , . . .. . . . . . . , . . . . , , , . ' . . , . . . . . . . , . " . . ' . . . . . , . 145
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<br />Colorado pikeminnow .. . . . . . . ' . , . ' . , .. . , , . .. . . . . . . . . . , .. , . . . . ' . . . . ' , . . 146
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<br />Razorback sucker. . . . , , . . . . , . . . ' . , . . , . , , . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . . , , . . . , . , . . . . , ' 146
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<br />Management Plan for Endangered Fishes in the Yampa River Basin
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