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<br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> <br />ACKNOVLEDGEMENTS (Reserved for final draft) <br /> <br />EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (Reserved for final draft) <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />1 <br /> <br />PURPOSE OF REPORT <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />PROJECT OBJECTIVES <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />DESCRIPTION OF STUDY AREA <br /> <br />4 <br /> <br />Overview of Study Area <br />Pre-McPhee Dam Hydrology <br />Post-McPhee Dam Hydrology <br />Descriptive River Channel Morphology <br /> <br />4 <br />7 <br />19 <br />32 <br /> <br />APPR.OACH AND METHODS <br /> <br />41 <br /> <br />Recreation Methods <br />Hydrology and Geomorphology Methods <br />Fish, Wildlife, and Riparian Habitat Methods <br /> <br />41 <br />46 <br />49 <br /> <br />RESOURCE VALUES AND MANAGEMEN'l' OBJECTIVES <br /> <br />Sl <br /> <br />Water-based Recreation . . . . . . . <br />Fishery Habitat Characteristics and Requirements <br />Terrestrial Wildlife and Riparian Vegetation <br />Other Resource Values Not Flow Dependent <br />Management Objectives .... . <br /> <br />S2 <br />60 <br />71 <br />74 <br />74 <br /> <br />ANALYSIS OF WATE!!. MANAGEMENT OPTIONS <br /> <br />77 <br /> <br />ANALYSIS OF FLOW REQUI1U:MENTS <br /> <br />100 <br /> <br />Recreation . . , . . . . <br />Fish, Wildlife. and Riparian Habitat <br />Stream Channel Fo~ and Function <br /> <br />100 <br />114 <br />121 <br /> <br />SUMMARY . . . . . <br /> <br />133 <br /> <br />LITERATURE CITED <br /> <br />152 <br /> <br />APPENDIX A, Dolores River User Survey Results <br /> <br />lsa <br /> <br />APPENDIX B. Field Notes and Transect Data <br /> <br />Note: Following acceptance of this report, the information on water <br />management analysis and required flows will be evaluated in a management <br />analysis phase (see Recommendations chapter for more information on management <br />analysis) and included as a separate report to the Area Manager, San Juan <br />Resource Area. <br />