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<br />" <br /> <br />the monitoring efforts under the RIP, <br /> <br />It is not envisioned that National Environmental Policy Act compliance will be triggered as a <br /> <br /> <br />result of implementing this process since it is not anticipated that individual reservoir operations <br /> <br /> <br />will exceed their historic operational envelops and operations will be consistent with existing <br /> <br /> <br />institutional constraints and commitments, <br /> <br />It is recognized that the proposed process will be dynamic due to the highly variable nature of <br /> <br /> <br />each hydrologic year and new information obtained regarding the flow needs of the fish. <br /> <br /> <br />Additionally, future water resource developments in the Colorado River above the IS-Mile <br /> <br /> <br />Reach will likely be based upon development of water supplies taken from the spring peak, <br /> <br /> <br />Therefore, future water resource developers/operators should be encouraged to participate in this <br /> <br /> <br />coordination process. <br /> <br />Background on Recovery Program <br /> <br />The Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Implementation Program is a cooperative, <br /> <br /> <br />IS-year program of Federal and State agencies, environmental organizations and water <br /> <br /> <br />development interests aimed at reestablishing self-sustaining populations of endangered <br /> <br /> <br />Colorado River fish while providing for new water development. <br /> <br /> <br />The Recovery Program has five major elements: (I) habitat management through provision <br /> <br /> <br />of in stream flows, (2) habitat development and maintenance through nonflow alternatives, (3) <br /> <br /> <br />stocking of native fishes, (4) management of nonnative species and impacts of sport fishing, and <br /> <br /> <br />(5) research, monitoring, and data management. <br /> <br />F our native fish species that inhabit the Colorado River Basin are federally listed as <br /> <br /> <br />endangered: Colorado squawfish, humpback chub, bony tail chub, and razorback sucker <br /> <br /> <br />(razorback). Each of these four species was once abundant in the Upper Colorado River Basin; <br /> <br /> <br />however, they have declined in numbers and are now threatened with extinction from their <br /> <br /> <br />natural habitat, <br /> <br />F actors accounting for the current status of these species include direct loss of habitat, <br />