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<br />~ <br /> <br />~ ... - <br /> <br />."":~fV' - '~-' ,....y-~~../l/~-,i",. -:_:t:-'--~ .", ~~"'" <br /> <br />U.S. seeks to warm Colorado River <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br />. JAN 26 1999 <br /> <br /> <br />U.S. seeks to warm Colorado River <br /> <br />.,. <br /> <br /> <br />OPII;IO~\ <br />[,',51 VALLEY <br />NE Vi1llU <br />VdST VALlEY <br />flJ"ltH'jS <br />Wfl\THl~' <br />J\UTO~ <br />(OIY,PU11~i(, <br />AHIZON"'\.DJUST <br />Af' Vil~:E <br />HEt.lTH:'~(lHHl <br />tH'N5 fF(I(1,I, HON,E <br />Mt':;S,i\G[ BO!I,r:OS <br />J\HHI'd ')EM\(H <br />AEIZONl\ I;:[PIJE:lI( <br />5PEnM F:EPOr:1S <br />',WIlCEWIHR <br />(u~)~lfIEO) <br />Rb\l ESTATE <br />[]\\PlOrMfNT <br />tMn YOUr: .v,,~FH <br /> <br />Higher temperature would protect endangered fish <br /> <br />By Steve Y ozwiak <br />The Arizona Republic <br />Jan. 26, 1999 <br /> <br />More Information <br /> <br />Copies of the project's <br />environmental assessment can <br />be ordered by calling the <br />Bureau of Reclamation at (801) <br />524-3146 or visiting <br />http://www,uc,usbr.Qov on the <br />Internet. <br /> <br />To aid the survival of the <br />humpback chub and other <br />native fish of the Grand <br />Canyon, the federal <br />government wants to spend <br />$15 million to raise the <br />temperature of the Colorado <br />River by up to 13 degrees. <br /> <br />Comments on the proposal are <br />due by March 26. <br /> <br />Comments can be mailed to: <br />Bureau of Reclamation <br />125 S. State St., Room 6107 <br />Salt Lake City, UT 84138-1102 <br /> <br />Sound far-fetched? <br /> <br />Federal dam officials believe it <br />could be an easy fix. <br /> <br />Since Glen Canyon Dam was constructed in 1963, water <br />released from the depths of Lake Powell has stayed about 46 <br />degrees, too cold for the chub, now an extremely rare fish <br />listed as endangered in 1967. <br /> <br />Following more than a decade of environmental studies, the <br />U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is calling for an addition to the <br />dam that would draw water from the warmer top of the lake, <br />where temperatures can reach up to 59 degrees. <br /> <br />If the project is approved following a public comment period, <br />construction of the new water intake structures could start next <br />year and be completed by 2002. <br /> <br />The lake would not have to be lowered during construction, <br />said Barry Wirth, a reclamation spokesman. <br /> <br />Once common throughout much of the Colorado River, the <br />humpback chub now is relegated to a few tributaries like the <br />warm, muddy flows of the Little Colorado River.1ts <br />distinctive hump helps it move through river rapids. <br /> <br />But when the chubs move from the tributaries to the main stem <br /> <br />http://www.azcentral.comlnews/0126glencanyon.shtml <br /> <br />Page I of3 <br /> <br />1/26/99 <br />