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<br />3 <br />3. Adequacy of flows: <br />a. Service flow recommendations being implemented pursuant to Flaming <br />Gorge biological opinion; legal protection yet to be provided. <br />b. Yampa River/Little Snake River--current flows adequate with some <br />localized shortages in late summer and early fall; legal protection <br />yet to be provided. <br />c. White River--current flows adequate; legal protection yet to be <br />provided. <br />d. Duschesne--flow requirement unknown. <br />Ma.ior Recovery Program Suaoort Activities (Basinwide): <br />Support activities (funding, research, I and E, etc.) in the Program that <br />contribute to sufficient progress to the extent they help achieve a measurable <br />population response, a measurable improvement in habitat for the fishes, legal <br />protection of flows needed for recovery, or a reduction in the threat of <br />immediate extinction. <br />• 1. Signing of a cooperative agreement to implement the Recovery Program. <br />2. Resolutions supporting the Recovery Program made by water user <br />groups in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and several major environmental groups. <br />3. Active participation by all cooperators in implementing the Recovery <br />Program, including meeting all funding commitments and seeking funds from <br />Congress necessary to implement the program. <br />4. The expenditure of E21.8 million from FY 89 to FY 94 to implement the <br />Recovery Program work plans. These work plans have provided funding for <br />numerous high priority recovery activities and studies related to the <br />endangered Colorado River fishes. <br />5. Commitment by members of the Recovery Program to develop and implement in <br />a timely manner the Recovery Implementation Program Recovery Action Plan, <br />which will give priority consideration to implementing recovery actions <br />which will result in significant protection and improvement of the <br />endangered fish populations in their habitat. <br />6. Development of an enforcement agreement between the Service and the State <br />of Colorado to protect instream flows acquired under the Recovery Program <br />for the endangered fishes. <br />7. Finalization of a policy by the Colorado Water Conservation Board for <br />protection of instream flow until uncertainty concerning habitat needs and <br />. compact development are resolved. <br />