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<br />Bureau of Reclamation
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<br />Re oft on Summer Low Flow
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<br />March 2002
<br />
<br />water temperatures at
<br />numerous locations,
<br />flow and river stage data
<br />from stations along the
<br />river, impacts to 'trout
<br />and trout fishing, visual
<br />assessment of flows,
<br />habitat conditions, and
<br />impacts to water
<br />diversion structures and
<br />recreation,
<br />The Summer Low
<br />Flow Test Report will be
<br />released in April. It will
<br />also be available on our
<br />web site or by filling in
<br />the appropriate
<br />information on page 3
<br />and returning it to us.
<br />
<br />
<br />rhe Bureau of Recla-
<br />mation conducted a
<br />Summer Low Flow Test
<br />on the San Juan River
<br />from Navajo Dam to
<br />Farmington, New
<br />Mexico. Dam releases
<br />were lowered from 500
<br />cubic feet per second
<br />(cfs) to approximately
<br />250 cfs.
<br />The test ran from July
<br />9 to July 15,2001 and
<br />allowed specialists the
<br />opportunity to evaluate
<br />the effects that low
<br />summer flows would
<br />have on various
<br />resources, The infor-
<br />mation gathered is being
<br />used to prepare the
<br />environmental impact
<br />statement (EIS) on
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<br />operating Navajo
<br />Reservoir as described
<br />in the 1999 report, Flow
<br />Recommendations for
<br />the San Juan River. The
<br />flows would benefit
<br />downstream endangered
<br />fish whIle enabling
<br />future water develop-
<br />ment.
<br />Reclamation collected
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