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<br />Enhancement of Fish <br />and Wildlife <br /> <br />Upper Basin <br /> <br />For the benefit of fish habitat, the interim operating <br />rules for Fontenelle Reservoir provide a continu- <br />ous flow of at least 300 ft'/s in the channel imme- <br />diately below Fontenelle Dam, During water year <br />1976, releases for power production and other pur- <br />poses provided flows in excess 01 700 ft'/s, <br /> <br />Fishing below Flaming Gorge Dam has been en- <br />hanced by maintaining a minimum of 800 ft'/s in <br />the river. <br /> <br />A release of at least 46 fl'/s throughout the winter <br />1975-76 assured good fish habitat in the river <br />below Taylor Park and Slue Mesa Reservoirs, <br />Coordinated operation between Taylor Park and <br />Blue Mesa Reservoirs in delivering irrigation water <br />to the Uncompahgre Project provided additional <br />fishery and recreation opportunities between the <br />two reservoirs, The interim operating rules specify <br />a minimum of 200 fl'/s to maintain fish habitat <br />below Morrow Point Dam and below the Gunnison <br />Tunnel. <br /> <br />A continuous flow 01 at least 400 fP/s was main- <br />tained immediately below Navajo Dam for fish <br />propagation. <br /> <br />Clear water and a minimum release of 1,000 fPls <br />provided good habitat for fish in the river below <br />Glen Canyon Dam. <br /> <br />Lower Basin <br /> <br />Lake Mead water levels were regulated to the <br />maXImum extent possible, consistent with other <br />uses, to provide a stable or rising water surface <br />during the bass spawning season. To provide <br />satisfactory fish habitat along the lower river, re- <br />leases from Lakes Mohave and Havasu were reg- <br />ulated so that minimum flows below the dams <br />were never less than 1,880 fl'/s, <br /> <br /> <br />Double Crested CormoranlS skimming over surface 01 <br />Topock Marsh. <br /> <br /> <br />Feral horses near Lake Havasu, Arizona-California. <br /> <br />23 <br />