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<br />preferenct ~~r~er fish were calculared using <br />brown trout as an indicator species. Rainbow <br />trour needs are similar. and by using brown rrour <br />as an indicaror species. rhe complexity of rhe <br />report was reduced. Similarly. boating and fishing <br />were selecred from among many recrearional <br />activities rhar are dependem on reservoir levels <br />and river flows. <br /> <br />The approach evaluared and idenrified reservoir <br />levds and river flows to support rhe following <br />resource values: <br /> <br />Fisheries - flow requirements for brown rrour <br />fishery and ro develop rhe rainbow <br />rrour fishery in rhe Arkansas River <br /> <br />upper reservoir levels and condirions <br />ro sustain and develop lake and <br />rainbow [roUt populations <br /> <br />Pueblo reservoir levels and condirions <br />for black bass and crappie warm <br />warer fish producrion <br /> <br />Wildlife flow and Pueblo Reservoir level <br />requirements to maintain habitat for <br />heron popularions <br /> <br />reservoir levels to mainrajn waterflow <br />and shorebird popularions <br /> <br />flows and reservoir \evels ro protect <br />bighorn sheep, peregrine falcons. <br />bald eagles. osprey, golden eagles. <br />and orher sensirive. rhrearened. or <br />endangered species; and maintain <br />habirar associared wirh rhese animals <br /> <br />Boaring - flows for various types of experiences <br />and boars on rhe river <br /> <br />flows for boa ring safety on rhe river <br /> <br />reservoir levels for navigability and <br />accessibility (e.g., shorelines. docks) <br /> <br />Pueblo Reservoir levels for types of <br />eM and experiences <br /> <br />reservoir levels for adequate boarer <br />access <br /> <br />flows and reservoir levels required for <br />various types of fishing opporrunities <br /> <br />reservoir levels for ;Ieee55 to shorelines <br /> <br />Fishing <br /> <br />Warer <br />Quality <br /> <br />flows and reservoir operacions that <br />may indirecdy affect resource values <br />(e.g.; macro invertebrates, primary <br />producrivity. warer quality standards) <br />by subsranrially changing warer <br />quality <br /> <br />flows required co maintain significant <br />areas of riparian woody species <br /> <br />upper reservoir levds rhar may be <br />required [Q maintain vegetation in <br />suPPOrt of aesthetic values <br /> <br />reservoir levels [Q maintain waterfowl <br />popularions <br /> <br />flows and levels rhar may be req uired <br />ro protect candidate sensitive, <br />mrearened and ondangered species <br /> <br />upper reservoir levels requited for <br />desirable shoreline condirions <br /> <br />Riparian! <br />Werlands <br /> <br />Aestherics ' <br /> <br />(4) Legal and Institutional Analysis <br />Existing and prospective Water management was <br />described and used ro evaluare borh rhe legal and <br />institutional availability of Water, which may be <br />used co implement alternative managemc::nt <br />opportunities. Political considerations are also <br />included in me analyses so rhat warer manage- <br />ment opportunities developed in the next step Me <br />borh realistic and feasible. The resulr of rhis <br />analysis documents water management options <br />for borh me river and reservoirs. <br /> <br />(5) Summary of Finding and Conclusions <br />In rhis step, me most significam findings and <br />analysis from me previous chapras were described <br />in a condensed fashion. The objecrive was ro <br />allow rhe reader ro digest the major findings by <br />reading one short chaprer instead of rhe whole <br />srudy. Graphs were created ro illusrrare rhe differ- <br />ent flows needc:d to support various resource val- <br />ues, and ro compare rhese flow needs wirh ,he <br />flows presenrly provided by rhe Fryingpan- <br />Arkansas Project. <br /> <br />5 <br />