Calendar Year 2016 Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission
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University of New Mexico UNM Digital Repository Law of the Rio Chama The Utton Transboundary Resources Center 2016 Calendar Year 2016 Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission Dick Wolfe Colorado Tom Blaine New Mexico Patrick R. Gordon Texas Hal Simpson Federal Chairman Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/uc_rio_chama Recommended Citation Wolfe, Dick; Tom Blaine; Patrick R. Gordon; and Hal Simpson. "Calendar Year 2016 Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission." (2016). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/uc_rio_chama/72 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by the The Utton Transboundary Resources Center at UNM Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Law of the Rio Chama by an authorized administrator of UNM Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]. Calendar Year 2016 Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission Colorado New Mexico Texas Dick Wolfe Tom Blaine Patrick R. Gordon Federal Chairman Hal Simpson U. S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation Albuquerque Area Office Albuquerque, New Mexico March 2017 MISSION STATEMENTS The Department of the Interior protects and manages the Nation's natural resources and cultural heritage; provides scientific and other information about those resources; and honors its trust responsibilities or special commitments to American Indians, Alaska Natives, and affiliated island communities. The mission of the Bureau of Reclamation is to manage, develop, and protect water and related resources in an environmentally and economically sound manner in the interest of the American public. Cover photo – Overbank flow at habitat restoration site on the Sevilleta NWR during 2016 spring pulse (Dustin Armstrong, Reclamation) Calendar Year 2016 Report to the Rio Grande Compact Commission U. S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation March 2017 Information contained in this document regarding commercial products or firms may not be used for advertising or promotional purposes and is not an endorsement of any product or firm by the Bureau of Reclamation. Table of Contents Table of Contents ........................................................................................................................... i List of Figures ............................................................................................................................... iii List of Tables ................................................................................................................................ iii List of Photos ................................................................................................................................ iv List of Acronyms and Abbreviations ......................................................................................... iv Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1 San Luis Valley Project, Colorado .............................................................................................. 3 Conejos Division, Platoro Reservoir........................................................................................... 3 Platoro Dam Facility Review and Safety of Dams Programs ..................................................... 4 Closed Basin Division................................................................................................................. 4 Operations ............................................................................................................................... 4 Maintenance ............................................................................................................................ 6 Rio Grande Water Conservation District ................................................................................ 7 San Juan – Chama Project, Colorado – New Mexico ................................................................ 8 San Juan - Chama Project Accounting ........................................................................................ 8 Heron Dam and Reservoir Operations ........................................................................................ 9 Heron Dam Facility Review and Safety of Dams Programs .................................................... 10 Pojoaque Tributary Unit - Nambé Falls Dam and Reservoir .................................................... 11 Nambé Falls Dam Facility Review and Safety of Dams Programs .......................................... 12 2017 San Juan - Chama Project Outlook .................................................................................. 13 Middle Rio Grande Project, New Mexico ................................................................................. 14 Article VII ................................................................................................................................. 14 New Mexico Relinquishment of Rio Grande Compact Credit ................................................. 16 El Vado Dam and Reservoir Operations ................................................................................... 16 El Vado Dam Facility Review and Safety of Dams Programs ................................................. 18 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Related Reservoir Operations................................................ 19 Cooperative Programs with the State of New Mexico .............................................................. 20 Delta Channel Maintenance .................................................................................................. 20 Lower San Juan Riverside Drain Vegetation Removal ........................................................ 21 Irrigation Drain Improvements ............................................................................................. 21 River Maintenance .................................................................................................................... 22 River Maintenance Sites ....................................................................................................... 22 Truchas Arroyo (Existing Maintenance Site) ....................................................................... 23 Estaca Arroyo (New Maintenance Site) ............................................................................... 24 San Ildefonso Pond (Adaptive Maintenance Site) ................................................................ 24 Peralta Arroyo (Adaptive Maintenance Site) ........................................................................ 24 San Felipe (Existing Maintenance Site) ................................................................................ 25 Santa Ana River Mile 205.8 (Adaptive Maintenance Site) .................................................. 26 River Mile 201 to Montaño Reach Planning (New Maintenance Site) ................................ 27 Sandia Priority Site Bendway Weir Repairs (New Maintenance Site) ................................. 27 Corrales Siphon (New Maintenance Site) ............................................................................. 28 Isleta to San Acacia Reach Planning (New Maintenance Site) ............................................ 29 Arroyo de las Cañas Reach Planning (Existing and New Maintenance Site) ....................... 29 Bosque del Apache Sediment Plug (Existing Maintenance Site) ......................................... 30 i Fort Craig Bend and River Mile 60 (Existing Maintenance Site) ........................................ 31 Truth or Consequences (Existing Maintenance Site)............................................................ 31 Mescal Arroyo Planning (Adaptive Maintenance) ............................................................... 32 Middle Rio Grande River Maintenance Plan ........................................................................ 32 Determination of River Maintenance Need at Individual Sites and Reaches ....................... 33 Endangered Species .................................................................................................................. 34 Programmatic Water Operations and River Maintenance Endangered Species Act (ESA), Section 7, Compliance .......................................................................................................... 34 Rio Grande Silvery Minnow ................................................................................................. 35 Southwestern Willow Flycatcher .......................................................................................... 38 Western Yellow-billed Cuckoo ............................................................................................. 41 New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse ................................................................................ 42 New Middle Rio Grande Water Management and River Maintenance ESA, Section 7 Consultation .......................................................................................................................... 44 Supplemental Water Program ................................................................................................... 44 Water Acquisition and Management .................................................................................... 44 Other Sources of Supplemental Water .................................................................................. 45 Low Flow Conveyance Channel