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<br />.' <br /> <br />(~:;; <br />(:':", <br />("-, <br />\:.'.l <br />Ui <br />"t.J\ <br /> <br />..' <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />721 Centennial Building <br />1313 Sherman Street <br />Denver, Colorado 80203 <br />Phone, (l031 866.3441 <br />FN( (3031 866.4474 <br /> <br />STATE OF COLORADO <br /> <br />o <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />Roy Romer <br />Cl)\IelnDI <br /> <br />J~mes S. LQchhe~cl <br />Execullve DlreOOl, DNR <br /> <br />DilriesC. Lile, P.E. <br />Director. eWeB <br /> <br />TO: <br /> <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board Members <br /> <br />FROM: <br /> <br />Randy Seaholm ~ <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />March 3, 1998 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: <br /> <br />Agenda Item IS.c.v., March 10-11,1998, Board Meeting-- <br />San Juan River Recovery Program, Proposed Flow Recommendations <br /> <br />Introduction <br /> <br />The San Juan River Recovery Program, Long Range Implementation Plan <br />contains three flow-related milestones that were scheduled for completion on December <br />31, 1997. Those milestones are as follows: <br /> <br />3.3.2.2./ There are no shortages anticipared to the water supply for the depletion <br />identified in the baseline for the Animas-La Plara Project dllring the research <br />period. Upon completion oj. or during the research period, the water flow <br />requirements of the endangered fish species will be analyzed and t/le issue of <br />shortages, if any, will be addressed by the Coordination Committee Ilnder thi~ <br />Implementation Program. If the issue of shortages is not resolved under this <br />Implementa/ion Program, the issue will be considered as new information that <br />may reslllt in reinitiation of consultation alld will be resolved through the <br />section 7 process. <br /> <br />5.2.7. Identify, recommend, and implement flolVs designed to maximize alld maintain <br />sllitable habitats for all life stages of endangered and other native jish <br />species. <br /> <br />5.4.4 Characterize the response of non-native fish species 10 varying flow regimes <br />and recommend flows that millimize or elimilJ{l1e interactions with native fish <br />species. <br /> <br />In response, the Biology Committee has developed the attached draft preliminary <br />flow recommendations (Attachment I) along with some proposed operating rules <br />(Attachment 2) that relate operations of Navajo Dam to the draft preliminary flow <br />recommendations. Also, an operating rule decision tree is being developed (Attachment <br /> <br />I <br />