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<br />Endangered Fish Survey
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<br />Contents
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<br />Executive Summary"""."""....."", ,..""'..',.,...,'..""".",,, ,..",'.....,..'"""",..'"",..""""""""
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<br />Section I - Knowledge of Endangered Fish .........,........,......,................................ 5
<br />General Awareness of Endangered Fish ........,......,..,.............,........,..,...... 5
<br />Sources ofInfonnation about Endangered Fish '..,..,.....,...............,.......... 10
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<br />Section 2 - Beliefs and Attitudes toward Endangered Fish ........,......,..,.....,....,..,.. II
<br />General Beliefs and Attitudes toward Endangered Fish ...,...,..,................ II
<br />Beliefs about the Decline of the Endangered Fish ....,....,..,...,.................., 13
<br />Basic Beliefs about Endangered Fish .....................,....,..,........,...........,....' 14
<br />Stereotypes Regarding Endangered Fish .......,.,..,..........,......,....,....,....,.... 16
<br />Beliefs-Attitudes about Endangered Fish Recovery ..........,..,.........,......... 17
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<br />Section 3 - Beliefs and Attitudes toward the Recovery Program......,....,...,..,......., 20
<br />Knowledge of the Recovery Program .,..,..............,..,....,...,..,....,..'..,........ 20
<br />Beliefs about the Recovery Program ,..,..............,.........................,......,.... 21
<br />Support for Recovery Efforts ......,.............'..............,..............................' 23
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<br />Section 4 - Beliefs and Attitudes toward Stocking of Non-Native Sportfish ........ 24
<br />Awareness of Stocking of Non-Native Sportfish Issue .............,....,......... 24
<br />Beliefs about Stocking of Non-Native Sportfish ....,............'...................' 25
<br />Attitudes toward Stocking of Non-Native Sportfish ........,...,..,...,...,........ 26
<br />Support for Stocking of Non-Native Sportfish ..,....,..,...,..,........,..........,..' 27
<br />Support for Stocking of Mosquito Fish and Grass Carp ,..........,..'..,........ 28
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<br />Section 5 - Demographics ............,.....,......,....'.........,....,..,..............,....,..........,....' 29
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<br />Section 6 - Predicting Support for Endangered Fish Recovery ....,..,..,..........,...,... 30
<br />A Conceptual Model ,....,..'..,...............................,..,....,........,...,........,.....' 30
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<br />Hypotheses .."""""""""""."""..""""'.""""""",..",.""""".""""""""",, 32
<br />Model Findings ,..,......,......'.........,..'.....,...".."........,..............'.."......"....." 34
<br />Conclusions and Implications ....,..' ........'.... .......... .......", ,..." ....,...... ,..,..,.... ......,..,......, '....' 36
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<br />Literature Cited ....,.. .....,....,.., ...,.. ," ..,.... ,....' .....'..,.., ,....,.." ,.,....", ....,..,..", '......,....,.. ,,'" '.." 39
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<br />Appendix A The Endangered Fish Survey ....,.......,....,.,......,..,.............,...............'....,..,.. 41
<br />Appendix B. Responses to Uncollapsed Survey Items ,.,............,..........,..,..,...............,.... 55
<br />Appendix C. Comparisons between Colorado and Utah Residents ........,..,.......,........,..,.. 69
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