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<br />COLORADO RIVER RECOVER V PROGRAM <br />FV-98 ANNUAL PROJECT REPORT <br /> <br />RECOVERY PROGRAM <br />PROJECT # CAP 9 <br /> <br />I. Project Title: Operation and Maintenance of Vampa River Gages <br /> <br />II. <br /> <br />Principal Investigator: <br /> <br />George Smith <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />Division of Water Resources <br />P.O. Box 25486 DFC, Denver, CO <br />(303) 236-5322. ext. 235 <br />(303) 236-4224 <br />George _ Smith@fws.gov <br /> <br />III, Project Summary: <br /> <br />The new USGS gages (installed in 1 997) are located above and below the confluence <br />of the Uttle Snake River on the Vampa River. The upper gage will be used to identify <br />gains and losses between the Maybell gage and Deerlodge Park to help biologists <br />understand what is happening to flows in this reach of river. The lower gage, which <br />replaces the old Deerlodge Park gage at a new location. is more accurate and is being <br />used to match Green and Vampa River peaks and to help set a target to maintain <br />nursery habitats in the Ouray reach of the Green River. Both gages were utilized to <br />quantify flow regimes for the Vampa River Low Flow Study. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />IV. Study Schedule: Initial year 1998. The gage installed below the confluence of the Uttle <br />Snake River is ongoing. The gage located above the Uttle Snake is scheduled to operate <br />a minimum of three years. <br /> <br />V. Relation to RIPRAP: <br /> <br />Green River Action Plan Vampa and Uttle Snake Rivers <br />I.A.2 Long Term Monitoring <br />I.A.4.a(l)(b) Monitor Steamboat Lake Releases <br />I.B.1 Identify year-round flows needed for recovery <br /> <br />VI. Accomplishments: <br /> <br />The USGS operates and maintains the gage as specified in their cooperative agreement <br />with the Colorado Division of Wildlife. USGS produces daily flow and temperature <br />records. which will be published in the annual water resource paper for Colorado, <br />Interim data is available by FAX from the Grand Junction USGS office, 303/245-5257. <br />Near real-time data from the gage can also be found on the Internet @httpllnwis- <br />colo.cr .usgs.gov. <br /> <br />VII. Recommendations: Continue operating the upper gage through 2001. <br /> <br />VIII. Project Status: Ongoing and on track. The data from the upper gage will be evaluated <br />in 2001 to detennine if the record is sufficient to correlate inflow between Maybell and <br />Deerlodge Park. <br /> <br />1 <br />