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<br />COLORADO RIVER RECOVERY PROGRAM <br />FY-98 ANNUAL PROJECT REPORT <br /> <br />RECOVERY PROGRAM <br />PROJECT #Jl.. <br /> <br />I. Project Titles: Water Right Acquisition Consultant <br /> <br />II. Principal Investigator: <br /> <br />George Smith <br />P.O. Box 25486, Denver. Colorado 80225-0486 <br />E-MAIL: george _ smith@fws.gov <br />Phone: (303) 236-5322, ext. 235 <br />Fax: (303) 236-4224 <br /> <br />III. Project Summary: <br /> <br />Due to complexities of water rights laws in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, and the <br />work involved in conducting water rights analyses. the Water Rights Acquisition <br />Committee (WAC) retained the services of water rights specialists to conduct water <br />rights evaluations. The Specialists are available to the Recovery' Program on an <br />as-needed basis to perform work on individual water rights issues. Cost and <br />performance deadlines were negotiated on a case-by-case basis., WAC water right <br />evaluations slowed in 1998 and no project was identified for the water right <br />consultant to work on. During the course of the year, a need was identified to <br />upgrade the data platform at the Jensen Gage. After discussions with the Program <br />Directors Office, part of the funding for this project was used to update the data <br />platform and install a temperature probe at the Jensen Gage. <br /> <br />IV. Study Schedule: Initial Year - 1991 Final Year - Ongoing <br /> <br />V. Relationship to RIPRAP: Green River Action Plan: Mainstem I.A.3.B <br /> <br />VI. Accomplishments: <br /> <br />The Jensen Gage on the Green River is a key gage for many actives, which relate (i.e. <br />flooded bottom lands, peak matching, and ISMP data collection) to the recovery of <br />endangered fish. An agreement was worked out between the Bureau of Reclamation, <br />the USGS and, the Recovery Program. to share the cost of upgrading the data platform <br />and installing a temperature probe at the Jensen gage. The Bureau of Reclamations <br />provided $4.000, the USGS provided $3,000 and. the Recovery Program provided <br />$7,000 for the upgrade. The work was accomplished, post runoff, during the summer <br />of 1998 and the flow and temperature data is available from the USGS web site at: <br />http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis-w/UTl7statnum = 09261 000. <br /> <br />VII, Recommendations: <br /> <br />VIII. Project Status: Ongoing and on track. <br />IX. FY-98 Budget: <br /> <br />A. Funds provided: <br />B. Funds expended: <br />C, Difference: <br /> <br />$ 24,500 <br />$ 7,000 <br />$ 17.500' <br /> <br />. Each year $20.000 to $25,000 is set aside to be spent for the Water Rights Specialists <br />(Consultant Services). These are Section 7 funds administered by the National Fish <br />and Wildlife Foundation; funds not spent are carried forward from year to year, <br /> <br />X, Status of Data Submission: Not applicable. <br /> <br />XI, Signed: GeorQe Smith, December 8, 1998 <br />Principal Investigator: Date: <br />