Common use of Recovery Actions Clause in Contracts

Recovery Actions. Initial flow recommendations were developed for the Duchesne River in 1995 to address immediate concerns of several proposed water projects being considered in the Duchesne River basin. A follow-up study to evaluate and refine these flow recommendations began in 1997 and was completed in 2003 (Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx 2003). A water availability study was completed that identified sources of water to meet the flow recommendations. A coordinated reservoir operations study was completed in 2004. The Duchesne Biological Opinion issued in 1998 was updated in 2005. The 2005 update set targets for maintaining baseflows of 50 cfs year-round and no less than 115 cfs during periods of fish migration (March through June). It also formalized high flow recommendations based on an evaluation of the high flows that occurred during the 1977-2002 period of record and the response of sediment and other channel characteristics to these flows. Agreements were developed to provide flows in the Duchesne River for the endangered fishes, primarily based on voluntary cooperation between water managers, water users, and government agencies. Since 2005, the local Duchesne River Workgroup has improved water operations and provides baseflows for native fish at increasingly better frequencies (Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 2013). The Recovery Program participated in rehabilitation of the Myton Townsite Diversion Dam on the Duchesne River (completed in 2009) to help implement the flow recommendations for the endangered fish. More recently, the Ute Tribe, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Bureau of Reclamation, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service funded and constructed a selective fish passage structure on this diversion to allow fish passage and to increase available habitat for endangered and other native fishes. In addition, a Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) and Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) were finalized for the portions of the Duchesne River between the Myton and Knight diversions and the Strawberry River below Starvation Reservoir. These agreements between the State of Utah, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Associated Water Users of the Strawberry and Duchesne Rivers, formalizes the agreement to allow water from Starvation Reservoir to reach the Myton Diversion without being claimed by irrigators in return for guarantees for no future Endangered Species Act requirements from the Service. UDWR operated the Myton Fish Passage in 2016 and 2018 but did not document any endangered species. In 2017, Duchesne River flows were too high to operate the passage. Nonnative fish management has occurred intermittently in the Duchesne River since the mid-2000s, but is not being conducted annually under the RIPRAP. An opportunistic survey conducted during high flows in 2017 demonstrated substantial walleye numbers and smallmouth bass of all size classes, demonstrating the need for actions in this basin. Nonnative fish escapement from reservoirs in the Duchesne River basin is considered a priority and solutions are being developed. In 2011, isotopic analyses indicated that Starvation Reservoir and/or Lake Xxxxxx are a source of walleye entering the Green River; therefore, preventative escapement measures were re-evaluated. A temporary barrier has been in place and operated the last five years. UDWR has funded the design of a permanent screening solution for the Starvation Reservoir spillway stilling basin, which will be located outside of the dam’s Primary Jurisdiction Zone. A permanent fish screen was planned for 2018 installation but has been delayed until 2020.

Recovery Actions. Initial flow recommendations were developed for the Duchesne River in 1995 to address immediate concerns of several proposed water projects being considered in the Duchesne River basin. A follow-up study to evaluate and refine these flow recommendations began in 1997 and was completed in 2003 (Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx 2003). A water availability study was completed that identified sources of water to meet the flow recommendations. A coordinated reservoir operations study was completed in 2004. The Duchesne Biological Opinion issued in 1998 was updated in 2005. The 2005 update set targets for maintaining baseflows of 50 cfs of baseflows year-round and no less than 115 cfs of baseflows during periods of fish migration (March through June)migration. It also formalized high flow recommendations based on an evaluation of the high flows that occurred during the 1977-2002 period of record and the response of sediment and other channel characteristics to these flows. Agreements were developed to provide flows in the Duchesne River for the endangered fishes, primarily based on voluntary cooperation between water managers, water users, and government agencies. Since 2005, the local Duchesne River Workgroup has improved water operations and provides baseflows for native fish at increasingly better frequencies (Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 2013). The Recovery Program participated in rehabilitation of the Myton Townsite Diversion Dam on the Duchesne River (completed in 2009) to help implement the flow recommendations for the endangered fish. More recently, the Ute Tribe, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Bureau of Reclamation, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service funded and constructed a selective fish passage structure on this diversion to allow fish passage and to increase available habitat for endangered and other native fishes. In addition, a Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) and Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) were finalized for the portions of the Duchesne River between the Myton and Knight diversions and the Strawberry River below Starvation Reservoir. These agreements between the State of Utah, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Associated Water Users of the Strawberry and Duchesne Rivers, formalizes the agreement to allow water from Starvation Reservoir to reach the Myton Diversion without being claimed by irrigators in return for guarantees for no future Endangered Species Act requirements from the Service. UDWR operated the Myton Fish Passage in 2016 and 2018 but did not document any endangered species. In 2017, Duchesne River flows were too high to operate the passage. Nonnative fish management has occurred intermittently in the Duchesne River since the mid-2000s, but is not currently being conducted annually under the RIPRAP. An opportunistic survey conducted during high flows in 2017 demonstrated substantial walleye numbers and smallmouth bass of all size classes, demonstrating the need for actions in this basinconducted. Nonnative fish escapement from reservoirs in the Duchesne River basin is considered a priority and solutions are being developed. In 2011, isotopic analyses indicated that Starvation Reservoir and/or Lake Xxxxxx are a source of walleye entering the Green River; therefore, preventative escapement measures were re-evaluated. A temporary barrier has been in place and operated the last five years. UDWR has funded the design of a permanent screening solution for the Starvation Reservoir spillway stilling basin, which will be located outside of the dam’s Primary Jurisdiction Zone. A permanent fish screen was planned for 2018 installation but temporary barrier has been delayed until 2020in place and operated the last three years. A working group of Program partners and stakeholders met in January 2017 and plan to construct the permanent barrier in fall of 2017.

Recovery Actions. Initial flow recommendations were developed for the Duchesne River in 1995 to address immediate concerns of several proposed water projects being considered in the Duchesne River basin. A follow-up study to evaluate and refine these flow recommendations began in 1997 and was completed in 2003 (Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx 2003). A water availability study was completed that identified sources of water to meet the flow recommendations. A coordinated reservoir operations study was completed in 2004. The Duchesne Biological Opinion issued in 1998 was updated in 2005. The 2005 update set targets for maintaining baseflows of 50 cfs year-round and no less than 115 cfs during periods of fish migration (March through June). It also formalized high flow recommendations based on an evaluation of the high flows that occurred during the 1977-2002 period of record and the response of sediment and other channel characteristics to these flows. Agreements were developed to provide flows in the Duchesne River for the endangered fishes, primarily based on voluntary cooperation between water managers, water users, and government agencies. Since 2005, the local Duchesne River Workgroup has improved water operations and provides baseflows for native fish at increasingly better frequencies (Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 2013, 2020 [in draft]). The Recovery Program participated in rehabilitation of the Myton Townsite Diversion Dam on the Duchesne River (completed in 2009) to help implement the flow recommendations for the endangered fish. More recently, the Ute Tribe, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Bureau of Reclamation, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service funded and constructed a selective fish passage structure on this diversion to allow fish passage and to increase available habitat for endangered and other native fishes. In addition, a Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) and Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) were finalized for the portions of the Duchesne River between the Myton and Knight diversions and the Strawberry River below Starvation Reservoir. These agreements between the State of Utah, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Associated Water Users of the Strawberry and Duchesne Riversrivers, formalizes formalize the agreement to allow water from Starvation Reservoir to reach the Myton Diversion without being claimed by irrigators in return for guarantees for no future Endangered Species Act requirements from the Service. UDWR operated the Myton Fish Passage in 2016 2016, 2018, and 2018 2019, with varying levels of success, but did not document any endangered species. In 2017, Duchesne River flows were too high to operate the passage. Nonnative fish management has occurred intermittently in the Duchesne River since the mid-2000s, but is not being conducted annually under the RIPRAP. An opportunistic survey conducted during high flows in 2017 demonstrated substantial walleye numbers and smallmouth bass of all size classes, demonstrating the need for actions in this basin. Recently, cooperative efforts between the Ute Tribe and UDWR have removed nonnative species in the lower portions of the river. Nonnative fish escapement from reservoirs in the Duchesne River basin is considered a priority and solutions are being developed. In 2011, isotopic analyses indicated that Starvation Reservoir and/or Lake Xxxxxx are a source of walleye entering the Green River; therefore, preventative escapement measures were re-evaluated. A temporary barrier has been in place and operated the last five yearsyears at the Starvation Reservoir spillway. UDWR has funded the design of a permanent screening solution for the Starvation Reservoir spillway stilling basin, which will be located outside of the dam’s Primary Jurisdiction Zone. A permanent fish screen was planned for 2018 installation but has been delayed until 2020.

Recovery Actions. Initial flow recommendations were developed for the Duchesne River in 1995 to address immediate concerns of several proposed water projects being considered in the Duchesne River basin. A follow-up study to evaluate and refine these flow recommendations began in 1997 and was completed in 2003 (Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx 2003). A water availability study was completed that identified sources of water to meet the flow recommendations. A coordinated reservoir operations study was completed in 2004. The Duchesne Biological Opinion issued in 1998 was updated in 2005. The 2005 update set targets for maintaining baseflows of 50 cfs year-round and no less than 115 cfs during periods of fish migration (March through June). It also formalized high flow recommendations (recommending maintaining an average of 7,000 cfs-days above 4,000 cfs) based on an evaluation of the high flows that occurred during the 1977-2002 period of record and the response of sediment and other channel characteristics to these flows. Agreements were developed to provide flows in the Duchesne River for the endangered fishes, primarily based on voluntary cooperation between water managers, water users, and government agencies. Since 2005, the local Duchesne River Workgroup has improved water operations and provides baseflows for native fish at increasingly better frequencies (Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 2013). The Recovery Program participated in rehabilitation of the Myton Townsite Diversion Dam on the Duchesne River (completed in 2009) to help implement the flow recommendations for the endangered fish. More recently, the Ute Tribe, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Bureau of Reclamation, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service funded and constructed a selective fish passage The structure on this diversion will be modified in 2013 to allow fish passage and to increase available habitat for endangered and other native fishes. In addition, a Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) and Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) were finalized for the portions Management of nonnative fishes in the Duchesne River between was discontinued in 2007 and efforts reallocated to smallmouth bass concentration areas in the Myton and Knight diversions and the Strawberry River below Starvation Reservoir. These agreements between the State of Utah, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Associated Water Users of the Strawberry and Duchesne Rivers, formalizes the agreement to allow water from Starvation Reservoir to reach the Myton Diversion without being claimed by irrigators in return for guarantees for no future Endangered Species Act requirements from the Service. UDWR operated the Myton Fish Passage in 2016 and 2018 but did not document any endangered species. In 2017, Duchesne River flows were too high to operate the passageGreen River. Nonnative fish management has occurred intermittently resumed in the Duchesne River since in 2008 from the mid-2000sMyton Diversion downstream to the confluence with the Green River; recently this work has been conducted primarily outside the Recovery Program and done sporadically depending on Ute Tribe and USFWS Utah Fish and Wildlife Coordination Office available time and funds. A study to determine escapement of nonnative fishes from Starvation Reservoir was begun in 2002; a final report was approved in January 2007. Results suggested that escapement is occurring, but is not being conducted annually under enough to warrant the RIPRAP. An opportunistic survey conducted during high flows in 2017 demonstrated substantial walleye numbers and smallmouth bass installation of all size classes, demonstrating the need for actions in screens at this basin. Nonnative fish escapement from reservoirs in the Duchesne River basin is considered a priority and solutions are being developedtime. In 2011, isotopic analyses indicated that Starvation Reservoir and/or Lake Xxxxxx are is a source of walleye entering the Green River; therefore, screening or other preventative escapement measures were should be re-evaluated. A temporary barrier has been in place and operated the last five years. UDWR has funded the design convened a subcommittee to review, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning escapement of a permanent screening solution for the walleye from Starvation Reservoir spillway stilling basin, which will be located outside of the dam’s Primary Jurisdiction Zone. A permanent fish screen was planned for 2018 installation but has been delayed until 2020Reservoir.

Recovery Actions. Initial flow recommendations were developed for the Duchesne River in 1995 to address immediate concerns of several proposed water projects being considered in the Duchesne River basin. A follow-up study to evaluate and refine these flow recommendations began in 1997 and was completed in 2003 (Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx 2003). A water availability study was completed that identified sources of water to meet the flow recommendations. A coordinated reservoir operations study was completed in 2004. The Duchesne Biological Opinion issued in 1998 was updated in 2005. The 2005 update set targets for maintaining baseflows of 50 cfs year-round and no less than 115 cfs during periods of fish migration (March through June). It also formalized high flow recommendations (recommending maintaining an average of 7,000 cfs-days above 4,000 cfs) based on an evaluation of the high flows that occurred during the 1977-2002 period of record and the response of sediment and other channel characteristics to these flows. Agreements were will be developed to provide flows in the Duchesne River for the endangered fishes, primarily based on voluntary cooperation between water managers, water users, and government agencies. Since 2005, the local Duchesne River Workgroup has improved water operations and provides baseflows for native fish at increasingly better frequencies (Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 2013). The Recovery Program participated in rehabilitation of the Myton Townsite Diversion Dam on the Duchesne River (completed in 2009) to help implement the flow recommendations for the endangered fish. More recently, the Ute Tribe, Utah Division Management of Wildlife Resources, Bureau of Reclamation, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service funded and constructed a selective fish passage structure on this diversion to allow fish passage and to increase available habitat for endangered and other native fishes. In addition, a Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) and Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) were finalized for the portions of nonnative fishes in the Duchesne River between was discontinued in 2007 and efforts reallocated to smallmouth bass concentration areas in the Myton and Knight diversions and the Strawberry River below Starvation Reservoir. These agreements between the State of Utah, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Associated Water Users of the Strawberry and Duchesne Rivers, formalizes the agreement to allow water from Starvation Reservoir to reach the Myton Diversion without being claimed by irrigators in return for guarantees for no future Endangered Species Act requirements from the Service. UDWR operated the Myton Fish Passage in 2016 and 2018 but did not document any endangered species. In 2017, Duchesne River flows were too high to operate the passageGreen River. Nonnative fish management has occurred intermittently resumed in the Duchesne River since in 2008 from the mid-2000sMyton Diversion downstream to the confluence with the Green River; recently this work has been conducted primarily outside the Recovery Program and done sporadically depending on Ute Tribe and USFWS Utah Fish and Wildlife Coordination Office available time and funds. A study to determine escapement of nonnative fishes from Starvation Reservoir was begun in 2002; a final report was approved in January 2007. Results suggest that escapement is occurring, but is not being conducted annually under enough to warrant the RIPRAP. An opportunistic survey conducted during high flows in 2017 demonstrated substantial walleye numbers and smallmouth bass installation of all size classes, demonstrating the need for actions in screens at this basin. Nonnative fish escapement from reservoirs in the Duchesne River basin is considered a priority and solutions are being developedtime. In 2011, isotopic analyses indicated that Starvation Reservoir and/or Lake Xxxxxx are appears to be a chronic source of walleye entering the Green River; therefore, screening or other preventative escapement measures were re-should be evaluated. A temporary barrier has been in place and operated the last five years. UDWR has funded the design of a permanent screening solution for the Starvation Reservoir spillway stilling basin, which will be located outside of the dam’s Primary Jurisdiction Zone. A permanent fish screen was planned for 2018 installation but has been delayed until 2020.

Recovery Actions. Initial flow recommendations were developed for the Duchesne River in 1995 to address immediate concerns of several proposed water projects being considered in the Duchesne River basin. A follow-up study to evaluate and refine these flow recommendations began in 1997 and was completed in 2003 (Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx 2003). A water availability study was completed that identified sources of water to meet the flow recommendations. A coordinated reservoir operations study was completed in 2004. The Duchesne Biological Opinion issued in 1998 was updated in 2005. The 2005 update set targets for maintaining baseflows of 50 cfs of baseflows year-round and no less than 115 cfs of baseflows during periods of fish migration (March through June)migration. It also formalized high flow recommendations (recommending maintaining an average of 7,000 cfs-days above 4,000 cfs) based on an evaluation of the high flows that occurred during the 1977-2002 period of record and the response of sediment and other channel characteristics to these flows. Agreements were developed to provide flows in the Duchesne River for the endangered fishes, primarily based on voluntary cooperation between water managers, water users, and government agencies. Since 2005, the local Duchesne River Workgroup has improved water operations and provides baseflows for native fish at increasingly better frequencies (Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 2013). The Recovery Program participated in rehabilitation of the Myton Townsite Diversion Dam on the Duchesne River (completed in 2009) to help implement the flow recommendations for the endangered fish. More recently, the Ute Tribe, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Bureau of Reclamation, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service funded and constructed a selective fish passage structure on this diversion to allow fish passage and to increase available habitat for endangered and other native fishes. In addition, a Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) and Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) were finalized for the portions of the Duchesne River between the Myton and Knight diversions and the Strawberry River below Starvation Reservoir. These agreements between the State of Utah, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Associated Water Users of the Strawberry and Duchesne Rivers, formalizes the agreement to allow water from Starvation Reservoir to reach the Myton Diversion without being claimed by irrigators in return for guarantees for no future Endangered Species Act requirements from the Service. UDWR operated the Myton Fish Passage in 2016 and 2018 but did not document any endangered species. In 2017, Duchesne River flows were too high to operate the passage. Nonnative fish management has occurred intermittently in the Duchesne River since the mid-2000s, but is not currently being conducted annually under the RIPRAP. An opportunistic survey conducted during high flows in 2017 demonstrated substantial walleye numbers and smallmouth bass of all size classes, demonstrating the need for actions in this basinconducted. Nonnative fish escapement from reservoirs in the Duchesne River basin is considered a priority and solutions are being developed. In 2011, isotopic analyses indicated that Starvation Reservoir and/or Lake Xxxxxx are a source of walleye entering the Green River; therefore, preventative escapement measures were re-evaluated. A temporary barrier has been in place and operated the last five years. UDWR has funded the design of a permanent screening solution for the Starvation Reservoir spillway stilling basin, which will be located outside of the dam’s Primary Jurisdiction Zone. A permanent fish screen was planned for 2018 installation but temporary barrier has been delayed until 2020in place and operated the last two years.

Recovery Actions. Initial flow recommendations were developed for the Duchesne River in 1995 to address immediate concerns of several proposed water projects being considered in the Duchesne River basin. A follow-up study to evaluate and refine these flow recommendations began in 1997 and was completed in 2003 (Xxxxx and Xxxxxxx 2003). A water availability study was completed that identified sources of water to meet the flow recommendations. A coordinated reservoir operations study was completed in 2004. The Duchesne Biological Opinion issued in 1998 was updated in 2005. The 2005 update set targets for maintaining baseflows of 50 cfs of baseflows year-round and no less than 115 cfs of baseflows during periods of fish migration (March through June)migration. It also formalized high flow recommendations based on an evaluation of the high flows that occurred during the 1977-2002 period of record and the response of sediment and other channel characteristics to these flows. Agreements were developed to provide flows in the Duchesne River for the endangered fishes, primarily based on voluntary cooperation between water managers, water users, and government agencies. Since 2005, the local Duchesne River Workgroup has improved water operations and provides baseflows for native fish at increasingly better frequencies (Central Utah Water Conservancy District, 2013). The Recovery Program participated in rehabilitation of the Myton Townsite Diversion Dam on the Duchesne River (completed in 2009) to help implement the flow recommendations for the endangered fish. More recently, the Ute Tribe, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, Bureau of Reclamation, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service funded and constructed a selective fish passage structure on this diversion to allow fish passage and to increase available habitat for endangered and other native fishes. In addition, a Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (CCAA) and Safe Harbor Agreement (SHA) were finalized for the portions of the Duchesne River between the Myton and Knight diversions and the Strawberry River below Starvation Reservoir. These agreements between the State of Utah, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Associated Water Users of the Strawberry and Duchesne Rivers, formalizes the agreement to allow water from Starvation Reservoir to reach the Myton Diversion without being claimed by irrigators in return for guarantees for no future Endangered Species Act requirements from the Service. UDWR operated the Myton Fish Passage in 2016 and 2018 but did not document any endangered species. In 2017, Duchesne River flows were too high to operate the passage. Nonnative fish management has occurred intermittently in the Duchesne River since the mid-2000s, but is not currently being conducted annually under the RIPRAPconducted. An opportunistic survey conducted during high flows in 2017 demonstrated substantial walleye numbers and smallmouth bass of all size classes, demonstrating the need for actions in this basin. Nonnative fish escapement from reservoirs in the Duchesne River basin is considered a priority and solutions are being developed. In 2011, isotopic analyses indicated that Starvation Reservoir and/or Lake Xxxxxx are a source of walleye entering the Green River; therefore, preventative escapement measures were re-evaluated. A temporary barrier has been in place and operated the last five years. UDWR has funded the design of a permanent screening solution for the Starvation Reservoir spillway stilling basin, which will be located outside of . A temporary barrier has been in place and operated the dam’s Primary Jurisdiction Zonelast four years. A permanent fish screen was planned for 2018 installation but has been delayed until 2020delayed.