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20 No specific analysi s on temperature or turbi di ty was conducted for the Muddy Creek. project. However, due to the limited magnitude of project flow changes, temperature and turbidity are not expected to change significantly in the IS-mile reach. Further flow remJctions in the IS-mile reach during July, August, and September are of concern. The Biological Assessment indicates that the Muddy Creek project would ~nt late summer flows in many years, and in the 21-year period of record 0962 to 1982) the project would deplete late summer flows during 2 years (uSDI, lJreau of land Management 1989). Therefore, during most years, the MUddy Creek project would cause small flow accretions in the IS-mile reach during late SUDEr months. However, there is no guarantee, under State water law, that these small flow accretions would not be diverted before the 15-mile reach without a legal mechanism to protect instream flow right. Conservation lIeasures On January 21-22. 1988, the Secretary of the Interior; the Governors of Wyoming, Colorado, and DUm; and the Administrator of the Western Area Power Alininistratioolll!re cosigners of a Cooperative Agreement to implement the .Recovery Implelmtation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Co I orado River Basin. (Recovery Program) <U.S. Fi sh and Wil dl i fe Servi ce 1987). The Recovery P~ram applies to the Upper Colorado River Basin above Glen Canyon Dam, excluding tile San Juan River Basin. An objective of the Recovery Program is to identifY ~onable and prudent alternatives that would ensure the survival and ~ery of the listed species while providing for new water development ill tile Upper Colorado River Basin. To achieve this objective, the Recovery progr. consists of five elements or program areas, inClUding: (a) habitat IIiInagement (provision of stream flows); (b) habitat development and maintenance; (c) stockilU of native fish species; (d) nonnatiYe species and sportfishing management; and (e) researdllOO/litoring and data management. The Recovery ~aa states that .full implementation of all these elements wi II form the basis for the IS-year recovery program . . .. It is not expected that tht success of the program will be solely dependent upon anyone of these el~ts, but on the successful interrelationships between all elements. . The followillg tlterPts are especially pertinent to the consultation because they summarizePRtions of the Recovery Program that address depletion impacts, Section 7 consultation, and project proponent responsibilities: