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Final Environmental Assessment: Providing Fish Passage at the Grand Valley Irrigation Company Diversion Dam on the Colorado River
Summary
Environmental assessment (1997). Covers Colorado River, Palisade, Grand Junction. Topics: fish passage, endangered species recovery, habitat restoration, endangered fish recovery. Agencies: Bureau of Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife Service, Grand Valley Irrigation Company. Cites 33 external works.
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Stakeholders (40)
Agencies, organizations, and groups mentioned as actors in this document.
United States Bureau of Land ManagementUnited States Environmental Protection AgencyUnited States Bureau of ReclamationUnited States Department of the InteriorUnited States Fish and Wildlife ServiceUnited States Geological SurveyColorado Department of WildlifeColorado Water Conservation Board
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Colorado Department of HealthColorado River Water Conservation DistrictColorado Department of Natural ResourcesState of ColoradoColorado Department of HighwaysCorps of EngineersWestern Area Power AdministrationColorado Department of AgricultureNatural Resources Conservation ServiceUpper Colorado River CommissionColorado Division of Water ResourcesColorado Natural Heritage ProgramColorado Division of Parks and Outdoor RecreationReclamationState Historic Preservation OfficeGrand Valley Irrigation CompanyGarfield County CommissionersGrand Junction Chamber of CommerceRecovery ProgramMesa CountyOrchard Mesa Irrigation DistrictGrand Valley Water Users AssociationColorado River Fishery ProjectMesa County CommissionRio Grande RailroadColorado River Fish Recovery ProgramMesa County Department of Planning and DevelopmentRifle Area Chamber of CommerceMesa County Planning CommissionMesa County and Palisade Irrigation DistrictsMesa County PlanningRecovery Implementation Program
Places (55)
ColoradoColorado RiverUpper Colorado River BasinGunnisonGunnison River BasinGunnison River BasinNew MexicoNevada
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DenverRifleUpper BasinUtahWyomingSan Juan RiverGrand JunctionGrand ValleyGulf of CaliforniaLake PowellWhite RiverGreen RiverYampa RiverPalisadeDebequeFryingpan River ValleyState of ColoradoOrchard MesaParachuteGreen Mountain ReservoirGovernment Highline CanalGreen River BasinRuedi ReservoirFruitaLake MohaveLomaCliftonRedlands diversionGVIC Diversion DamPrice-Stubb DamGovernment Highline Diversion DamGVIC CanalOrchard Mesa systemOrchard Mesa check canalGrand Valley Irrigation Company Diversion Dam15-Mile ReachOrchard Mesa Power and Pumping PlantsGrand Valley Project Diversion DamPlateau CreekGlenwood SpringsRedlandsGarfield CountyDeltaMesa CountyMontroseLakewoodSalt Lake City
Concepts & Topics (37)
ecosystem functionstreamflowseasonal cyclehabitat qualityhabitat qualityriparian zonewater resourcesHeavy-metal contamination
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habitat restorationwater allocationcatchment water storagecatchment water storageecological consequencesirrigationstream restorationstream restorationproximity to streamwildlife and piscatorial culture and procreationminimum flow reductionsensor installation and maintenancewildlife and piscatorial culture and procreationconservation statusspawningconservation status15-Mile Reachhistoric and cultural resourcesrecreational fishingNational Environmental Policy ActSpecial use permitNational Register of Historic Placesfish screeningincidental takeIndian Trust Assetsfish passagefish passagenon-native stockingcaptive propagation
Species (80)
Sprucenot specifiedherbaceous plantsnative speciesendangered speciesaspenfish and wildlifenon-native species
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cottonwoodfish populationswildlife speciesfish speciesHaliaeetus leucocephalusbald eaglePtychocheilus luciusendangered fishes of the Upper Colorado River Basinendangered Fish speciesendangered fishendangered fishesnative fish speciesnative fishPimephales promelasnative fishesEmpidonax trailliithreatened and endangered speciesWillow flycatcherfathead minnowBranta canadensisArdea herodiasblue herongreat blue heronColorado SquawfishColorado Pike MinnowPtychocheilus lucius Girardperegrin falconFalco peregrinusperegrine falconnonnative fish speciesColorado River fisheschannel catfishgreen sunfishIctalurus punctatusLepomis cyanellusnon-native fishesflannelmouth suckerCanada gooseBranta canadeusisrazorbacked suckerXyrauchen texanusCatostomus latipinnisrazorback suckerFlannelmouthRazorbackcottonwood treesbluehead suckerroundtail chubleast ternAmerican peregrine falconHumpback ChubPantosteus discobolusEndangered Colorado River fishesCatostomus commersoniicommon carpAmeiurus melaswillowXyrauchenwhite suckerBlueheadRussian oliveGila elegansGila robustaElaeagnus angustifoliablack bullheadtamariskssouthwestern willow flycatcherzooplanktonbassmountain suckerGila cyphainterior least tern
External References Cited (33)
Works cited by this document, grouped by type.
report (20)
- An evaluation of fish community structure and habitat potential for Colorado squawfish and razorback sucker in the unoccupied reach (Palisade to Rifle) of the Colorado River, 1993-1995 (1997) — Anderson, R.
- Final Biological Opinion on the project (1997) — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Biological Opinion (1997) — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- FLO Engineering, Inc. report (1997) — FLO Engineering, Inc.
- Concept development report: Grand Valley Irrigation Company Diversion Dam fish passage structure, Palisade, Colorado (1997) — FLO Engineering, Inc.
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- Biological Opinion for Fish Passage at the Grand Valley Irrigation Company Diversion Dam on the Colorado River (1997)
- Procedures for Stocking Nonnative Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin (1996) — Colorado Division of Wildlife et al.
- Colorado Natural Heritage Program (1995)
- Passageway around the Redlands Diversion Dam and Interim Agreement to provide water for endangered fish. Final Environmental Assessment (1995)
- Historical accounts of Upper Colorado River Basin endangered fish (1993) — F. Quartarone
- Bird Checklist for Mesa County Colorado (1992) — Andrews and Righter
- Biological Defensible Flow Recommendation for the Maintenance and Enhancement of Colorado Squawfish Habitat in the '15-Mile' Reach of the Upper Colorado River During July, August and September (1989) — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Studies of Colorado squawfish and razorback sucker use of the 15-mile reach of the upper Colorado River as part of conservation measures for the Green Mountain and Ruedi Reservoir water sales (1989) — D.B. Osmundson and L.R. Kaeding
- Recovery implementation program for endangered fish species in the Upper Colorado River Basin (1987)
- Aquatic cycling of selenium: implications for fish and wildlife (1987) — Lemly, A.D. and G.J. Smith
- Final environmental assessment: Recovery implementation program for endangered fish species in the Upper Colorado River Basin (1987)
- Biological Opinion for Ruedi Reservoir Round II Water Sales (1987)
- The development of habitat suitability curves and estimation of available habitat for Colorado squawfish in the San Juan River, New Mexico and Utah (1980) — T. Twedt and P. Holden
- Genetics Management Guidelines
- Ruedi final environmental impact statement
plan (4)
- Mesa countywide land use plan (1996) — Mesa County Planning Commission
- Stocking plan for razorback sucker in the Upper Colorado and Gunnison rivers (1995) — Burdick, B.D.
- A plan to evaluate stocking to augment or restore razorback sucker in the upper Colorado River (1992) — Burdick, B.D.
- Recovery Action Plan
legislation (3)
- National Environmental Policy Act (1969)
- Executive Order 12898
- Endangered Species Act
study (2)
- Miller and Laiho screen study (1997) — Miller and Laiho
- Quartarone study (1993) — Quartarone
article (1)
- Food limited survival of larval razorback sucker, Xyrauchen texanus, in the laboratory (1990) — D. Papoulias and W.L. Minckley
book (1)
- Colorado birds: A reference to their distribution and habitat (1992) — Andrews, R. and R. Righter
other (1)
- Pfeifer personal communication (1994) — Pfeifer
permit (1)
- Clean Water permits
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