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<br />t <br /> <br />I--" <br />-.J <br />0) <br />.....:.i <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />l' <br /> <br />That the Colorado squawfi sh is the target speci es common <br />to the most reaches (six out of eight). Because it is an <br />endangered species, this is a point of particular signi- <br />ficance. No appraisal of spawning habitat was possible, <br />since response curves are not yet available. Habitat for <br />fry in these reaches appears genera 11y poor, but thi s may <br />be due to insufficient sensitivity inherent in the recon- <br />naissance level methodology. It is of note that habitat <br />for fry di d show up as fai r in the Li ly backwater area. <br />That area al so ranked excellent for adults, although the <br />general quality of Yampa River adult habitat was only <br />fair. Elsewhere adult habitat for squawfish ranged from <br />good to excellent, with exception of the reach of the <br />Colorado River from Gunnison River to Cisco, Utah where in <br />median years, it was only fair although rated good in the <br />"dry" years (80th percent i1 e). That reach of the Co 1 orado <br />River and the Green River downstream from Green River, <br /> <br />Utah ranked in the good to excellent range. <br /> <br />2' Salmonids were target species in two reaches regulated by <br />dams - Green River downstream from Fontene11e Dam near <br /> <br />Green River, WY and San Juan River downstream from Navajo <br /> <br /> <br />Dam in New Mexico. In the former instance, habitat ranges <br /> <br /> <br />from good to excellent, except in the case of rainbow <br /> <br />trout spawning for which availability of habitat is <br /> <br /> <br />limited. In the San Juan River, habitat availability is <br /> <br /> <br />genera 11y exce 11 ent for all 1 i fe stages of brown and <br /> <br />55 <br />