Final Programmatic Biological Opinion for Bureau of Reclamation's

IN REPLY REFER TO:FWS/R6ES/GJ-6-CO-99-F-033Southern Geographic AreaUnited States Department of the InteriorFISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICEMountain-Prairie RegionMAILING ADDRESS: STREET LOCATION:Post Office Box 25486 134 Union Blvd.Denver Federal Center Lakewood, Colorado 80228-1807Denver, Colorado 80225-0486MemorandumTo: Geographic Assistant Regional Director, Southern Geographic Area, Region 6,Regional Office, Denver, Colorado, Mail Stop 60140Regional Director, Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Regional Office, SaltLake City, UtahRegional Director, Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains Regional Office, Billings,MontanaColorado River Storage Project Manager, Western Area Power Administration,Salt Lake City, UtahFrom: Regional Director, Region 6Fish and Wildlife ServiceDenver, ColoradoSubject:Final Programmatic Biological Opinion for Bureau of Reclamation’s Operationsand Depletions, Other Depletions, and Funding and Implementation of RecoveryProgram Actions In the Upper Colorado River Above the Gunnison River.This is the Fish and Wildlife Service’s final programmatic biological opinion on the followingFederal actions, hereinafter referred to as the “Federal action:”" The continuation of all of the Bureau of Reclamation’s operations, including allexisting and authorized depletions, in the Upper Colorado River Basin above theconfluence with the Gunnison River;