Outlet Pipes for Echo Dam

Specifications, schedule, and drawing of outlet pipes for Echo Dam: Salt Lake Basin Project, Utah

Floodplain Habitat Restoration at Thunder Ranch, Utah

The Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program (Recovery Program) is proposing to restore endangered fish habitat at 330 acres of Green River bottomlands located on the Thunder Ranch near Jensen, Utah. The Recovery Program acquired a total of 455 acres of easement from Thunder Ranch to protect and improve floodplain habitat for the benefit of endangered Colorado River fishes. The project area is located adjacent to the Green River within an old meander river channel. Several ponds and wetlands exist in the project area, but are isolated from the Green River by an earth-filled levee. By notching the existing levee that separates the ponds from the Green River, the proposed action would allow endangered fish larvae to drift from the river into the ponds and use the ponds as a nursery habitat. An active razorback sucker spawning site is located several river miles upstream of the project area. Sub-adult and adult razorback sucker and Colorado pikeminnow would also benefit with access to additional habitat

Scoping Report for the Glen Canyon Dam Long-term Experimental Plan Environmental Impact Statement

This report summarizes the issues raised during the initial scoping process for the Bureau of Reclamation\u27s Long-term Experimental Plan for Glen Canyon Dam Operations and Other Management Actions Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). This report describes the initial scoping process and presents the schedule, describes the scoping meetings, summarizes comments submitted by the public, and provides an overview of the relevant issues that Reclamation anticipates will be analyzed in the EIS. Scoping is defined by the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as the process whereby lead agencies solicit input from the public on what the issues and alternatives are that will be addressed in an EIS. For this EIS, Reclamation is the lead agency due to its authority over Glen Canyon Dam and Powerplant and because the alternatives being considered include structural modifications to the dam and modifications of releases of water from the dam. Other federal and state agencies and Indian tribes are involved as cooperating agencies in helping define the scope of the action and the design and implementation of the experimental plan

Scoping Summary Report: Development of Lower Basin Shortage Guidelines and Coordinated Management Strategies for Lake Powell and Lake Mead, Particularly Under Low Reservoir Conditions

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) acting on behalf of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior (Secretary) proposes to take action to adopt specific Colorado River Lower Basin shortage guidelines and coordinated reservoir management strategies to address operations of Lake Powell and Lake Mead, particularly under low reservoir conditions. This proposed Action will provide a greater degree of certainty to all water users and managers in the Colorado River Basin by providing more detailed guidelines for the operation of Lake Powell and Lake Mead and by allowing water users in the Lower Basin to know when, and by how much, water deliveries will be reduced during drought and low reservoir conditions. In addition, this proposed Action is designed to delay the onset and magnitude of shortages and will maximize the protection afforded to water supply, hydropower production, recreation and environmental benefits by water storage in Lakes Powell and Mead. Reclamation has determined that the proposed adoption of specific Colorado River Lower Basin shortage guidelines and coordinated reservoir management strategies is a major federal action with the potential to significantly affect the quality of the human environment, and therefore, in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to assess the potential environmental impacts associated with the proposed Action. One of the activities associated with preparation of an EIS is the solicitation and review of public, tribal, and agency input as a component of the identification and analysis of alternatives and potential environmental impacts. This process of determining the key environmental issues to be addressed in the EIS document is termed “scoping.