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<br />CONrENTS <br /> <br />CHAPI'ER 1 - INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 <br />PuIJlOse and Need . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 1 <br />Background Infonnation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . .. 2 <br /> <br />RecoveryProgram ................,...............;.... 2 <br />Gunnison River ....................................... 3 <br />Related Projects .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 3 <br /> <br />CHAPI'ER 2 - PROPOSED ACTIONS AND ALTERNATIVES ............... 5 <br /> <br />Proposed Actions ......................................... 5 <br />Fish Passageway Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5 <br />Fish Passageway Construction .............................. 7 <br />Fish Passageway Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 8 <br />Interim Water Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . " 8 <br /> <br />Alternatives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9 <br /> <br />No Action ,..........................,.............. 9 <br /> <br />Fish Passageway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 9 <br />Interim Water Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 <br />Alternative A (Protection of Basin Water Users through Operational <br /> <br />Flexibility) . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 <br />Alternative B (Protection of Basin Water Users through Contracts) . . . .. 11 <br />Alternative C (No Special Protection of Basin Water Users) . . . . . . . .. 11 <br /> <br />CHAPI'ER 3 - AFFECTED ENVIRONMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL <br /> <br />CONSEQUENCES ........................................ 13 <br />General ...........................,................... 13 <br />Vegetation and Land Use ......................,............. 13 <br /> <br />Existing Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 <br /> <br />Impacts ..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 <br />River Flows, Water Rights, and Water Use ................. . . . . . . . . 15 <br /> <br />Existing Conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . , . . . . . . . . . . . .If <br />Impacts ............................ . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . 19 <br />Fish and Wildlife .......,.................. ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 <br />Existing Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; 26 <br />Impacts .............,.......,....."........,...... 26 <br />Endangered Species. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 <br />Existing Conditions . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 <br />Impacts ...............,............,............... 29 <br />Socio-Economic Factors ..............,..,................... 31 <br /> <br />Existing Conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 <br /> <br />Impacts ............. . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 <br /> <br />i <br />