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<br />FY 1995 RECOVERY PROGRAM SUMMARY REPORT <br /> <br />A. INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />The work of the Recovery Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado <br />River Basin (Recovery Program) is conducted on an annual work planning and reporting <br />schedule. This summary annual report covers Fiscal Year 1995 (October I, 1994 through <br />September 30, 1995). Recovery Program investigators completed detailed annual reports <br />for each project receiving Program funds in FY 95. These reports were widely distributed <br />to Program participants and are available from the Program Director's Office on request. <br />This summary annual report contains FY 95 accomplishment highlights (Section B), an FY <br />95 budget summary (Section C), and summary statements, principal investigator <br />recommendations, and budget information from each of the detailed annual project reports <br />(Appendix). Recovery Program staff reviewed the detailed FY 95 reports and considered <br />the results and recommendations in developing the Program Director's recommended <br />FY 97 Program Guidance and recommended revisions to the Recovery Program's Action <br />Plan (Rll'RAP). <br /> <br />B. FY 9S ACCOMPLISHMENT illGHLIGHfS <br /> <br />I. Instream Flow Identification and Protection (Goal: Protect sufficient instIeam. flows <br />to support self-sustaining populations of the endangered fishes.) <br /> <br />o Working with groups from each of the five sub-basins of the Colorado River in <br />Colorado, the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) evaluated options <br />for allocating water under Colorado's Compact entitlement. Scenarios for future <br />development were considered and future water use in each subbasin was <br />estimated. Completion of this task was a prerequisite for Colorado to proceed <br />with filing for iostream flow appropriations for the endangered fishes. <br /> <br />o The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) completed identification of flows <br />needed for endangered fish recovery in the IS-Mile Reach of the Colorado River <br />(near Grand Junction). FWS also updated their flow recommendations for the <br />Yampa River, based on new hydrology information. <br /> <br />o The CWCB filed for instIeam flow appropriations in the Yampa River and the 15- <br />Mile Reach of the Colorado River. <br /> <br />o Releases of research flows continued from Flaming Gorge Dam on the Green <br />River and the Aspinall Unit on the Gunnison River in support of instream flow <br />studies. <br /> <br />I <br />