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<br />.~ <br /> <br />{It- <br />"-{~' <br /> <br />- 7 - <br /> <br />During the past several months a number of "reasonable and <br />prudent" alternatives have been proposed. These have included: <br /> <br />a. development of a San Juan River Management Plan; <br /> <br />b. reregulation of releases of stored water from Navajo <br />Reservoir to enhance Colorado River squawfish reproduc- <br />tion and improve fish habitat; <br /> <br />~> <br /> <br />i, <br /> <br />c. improve water quality in the San Juan River basin; <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />d. remove or modify diversion structures in the river that <br />prevent migration of Colorado squawfish; <br /> <br />, ~ <br /> <br />e. control exotic fish, such as trout and catfish, by halting <br />their release into the river; <br /> <br />f. modify gates in Navajo Dam to cause the release of water <br />at more optimum temperatures for downstream fish; <br /> <br />,;, <br /> <br />g. stocking of hatchery-raised endangered ~pecies fish; and <br /> <br />C,i <br />;., <br />t;f <br />~t <br />i-~ <br />~, <br />~ :-, <br />~) <br /> <br />h. others. <br /> <br />v <br />ciJ; <br />j! <br />" <br />;] <br />k <br />.. <br /> <br />Until early in August all of the above proposed "reasonable and <br />prudent" alternatives were being rejected by the Fish and Wildlife <br />Service. <br /> <br />'~. <br /> <br />, <br />'--. <br /> <br />"> <br /> <br />:it <br /> <br />Since July 13, 1 have become directly involved in the general <br />process of seeking "reasonable and prudent" alternatives to the, Draft <br />