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<br />General FWS activities during 1983 consisted of <br /> <br />o <br />~ <br />-.J <br />..::. <br /> <br />evaluating salinity control unit proposals and preparing <br /> <br /> <br />related Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act reports, Planning <br /> <br /> <br />Aid i"iemorandums (See Table 5 for status), biological <br /> <br /> <br />opinions, and commenting on draft Environmental Impact State- <br /> <br />ments and biological assessments. <br /> <br />FWS input to planning salinity control units also is <br />provided through participation in a variety of <br /> <br />working/planning meetings with the Bureau of Reclamation, <br /> <br />Soil Conservation Service, Bureau of Land Management, State <br /> <br />water development agencies, fish and wildlife resource <br /> <br />agencies, Indian tribes, and the public. As required by the <br /> <br />Endangered Species Act, lists of threatened or endangered <br /> <br />species in salinity control project areas, and biological <br />opinions are provided by the FWS. Draft biological opinions <br />for the Big Sandy Unit and the Glenwood-Dotsero Springs Unit <br />are due to be completed in October 1983. Based on the <br />biological assessment prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation <br />for the Grand Valley Unit, the FWS determined that the pro- <br /> <br />ject would have ~no effect" on the threatened and endangered <br /> <br />species occuring or thought to be occuring in the project <br /> <br />area. <br /> <br />Non-jeopardy biological opinions, meaning formal <br /> <br />consultation has been completed with the conclusion that the <br />project "is not likely to jeopardize the continued existence <br /> <br />of the threatened or endangered species", have been <br /> <br />previously given for the following units: Paradox Valley, <br /> <br />McElmo Creek, Lower Gunnison River, and the Uinta Basin. <br /> <br />-29- <br />