Providing adequate stream flows (Continued)

• A multi-party agreement involving the Grand Valley Irrigation Company, Grand Valley Power Plant, Orchard Mesa Irrigation District and Grand Valley Water Users Association and Bureau of Reclamation was reached that has made up to 30,000 acre-feet of water available to endangered fish each year. The water will be used to boost flows in the Colorado River between Palisade, Colo., and the Gunnison River confluence. During late summer, this stretch of river has been known to go nearly dry. In addition, the Bureau of Reclamation has made 31,650 acre-feet of water available for release from Ruedi Reservoir to increase flows in this same part of the Colorado River.

• The Utah State Engineer has set a water rights policy for the Green River protect releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir for endangered fish. Under this policy, river flows will be protected from Flaming Gorge Dam downstream to the Duchesne River for endangered fish. Measured at Jensen, Utah, flows for the fish must be 1,100 to 1,800 cubic feet per second in summer and 1,100 to 2,400 cubic feet per second in fall. New water-right requests will be considered in this stretch, but only after these flows have been maintained for endangered fish.