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<br />) <br /> <br />reports to the Management Committee, 2) Prepared annual reports to the <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board on Ruedi flows and associated benefits to <br />the 15-Mile Reach, and 3) Prepared Scopes of Work and annual reports for the <br />following projects: <br /> <br />1. Water Right Consultant Services <br />2. Palisade gage operation and maintenance <br />3. Steamboat Lake water lease <br />4. Yampa Green Sediment Sampling <br />5. Wafer acquisition Hydrology Support <br />6. Basin wide Channel Monitoring <br />7. 15-mile Reach Channel Monitoring <br />8. Peer review of Geomorphology <br />9. Yampa Gages <br /> <br />As chairman of the WAC I serve as coordinator for Grand Valley Water <br />Management, Redlands Gage, Coordinated Reservoirs and the three CWCB <br />projects. <br /> <br />Other work included representing the Recovery Program at Duchesne River, <br />coordinated reservoir meetings, monitoring 15-Mile Reach and Vampa River <br />flows, and scheduling water deliveries from Ruedi, Wolford Mountain Reservoir <br />and Steamboat Lake, when appropriate. Many of the tasks included attending <br />meetings, reviewing reports, providing comments, and reporting to the Service <br />and WAC. <br /> <br />VII. Recommendations: Consolidate all of the gage Scopes of Work into one scope, <br />which would cover the River Programs gaging efforts. This would reduce paperwork <br />and provide a single point for gaging activities. <br /> <br />VIII. Project Status: The project is ongoing and changes each year to meet the changing <br />objectives of the Recovery Program in securing, protecting and delivering water for <br />endangered fish habitat. <br /> <br />IX. FY-98 Budget <br /> <br />A. Funds provided: <br />B, Funds expended: <br />C. Difference: <br /> <br />$36,500 <br />$36,500 <br />$ 0 <br /> <br />X. Status of Data Submission: Not applicable. <br /> <br />XI. Signed: GeDrge Smith <br />Principal Investigator <br /> <br />December 8, 1998. <br />Date <br /> <br />APPENDIX: Reports, on water right evaluations, and return flow analysiS produced by the <br />water rights consultant were submitted to the WAC. An annual report is produced on the <br />benefits of Ruedi release for endangered fish each year by March 1, 1999. The U.S. <br />Geological Survey publishes flow data from the Palisade gage in the annual water resource <br />papers. W:\UCMVlEPORTC\l:IREPORT\lrNAC.ftpl <br /> <br />3 <br />