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1 Congress on progress made toward implementing this sec- 



2 tion. 



3 (f) Review of Coyote Dam and Warm Springs 



4 Dam. — 



5 (1) Review. — The Secretary in consultation 



6 with the Director of the United States Fish and 



7 Wildlife Service shall review the effects of the oper- 



8 ation and water release schedule of the Coyote Dam 



9 in Mendocino County on bank erosion problems, 



10 river channel down cutting, decreases in ground 



11 water supplies and scour of riparian habitat. The 



12 Secretary shall identify alternative release schedules 



13 which will reduce adverse impacts along the River 



14 and provide fisheries habitat benefits. The Secretary 



15 shall also review channel clearing and maintenance 



16 measures currently required along the Alexander 



17 Valley reach of the River channel as part of the Rus- 



18 sian River Flood Control project for their adverse 



19 environmental effects on fisheries habitat in the 



20 River. The Secretary shall identify alternative meas- 



21 ures which reduce bank erosion problems and pro- 



22 mote riparian and fisheries habitat restoration while 



23 providing the same or higher level of flood water 



24 channel capacity as the original 1955 Federal 



25 project. Further, the Secretary shall review the ef- 



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