WSP11103

• File Number: 8240.300.10
• Description: San Juan Recovery Implementation Program
• Basin: San Juan/Dolores
• Date: 2/1/1995
• Author: SJRIP
• Title: San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation Program - Program Document
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Publication

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 PURPOSE

The purpose of the San Juan River Basin Recovery Implementation
Program (Implementation Program) is to protect and recover
endangered fishes in the San Juan River basin while water
development proceeds in compliance with all applicable federal
and state laws. Endangered species include the Colorado
squawfish and razorback sucker. It is anticipated that actions
taken under this Implementation Program also will provide
benefits to other native fishes in the Basin and prevent them
from becoming endangered in the future.

The specific goals of this Implementation Program are listed
below.

1. To conserve populations of Colorado squawfish and
razorback sucker in the Basin consistent with the recovery
goals established under the Endangered Species Act, 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.

2. To proceed with water development in the Basin in
compliance with federal and state laws, interstate compacts,
Supreme Court decrees, and federal trust responsibilities to
the Southern Utes, Ute Mountain Utes, Jicarillas, and the
Navajos.

This Implementation Program identifies actions and objectives
needed to attain these goals and to implement recovery within 15
years. Specifically, these are identification of the elements
considered necessary to achieve recovery and the means of
implementing those elements. This Implementation Program has
used as its foundation the Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU")
which is incorporated by reference and is attached as Appendix A.
It is the intent of this Implementation Program to protect the
needs of the endangered species of the San Juan Basin as part of
a stable and diverse ecosystem, to provide the mechanisms for
proceeding with water development, and to consider the impacts of
all resource development on the endangered species in compliance
with all applicable laws and regulations, including the
Endangered Species Act.

1.2 RECOVERY OBJECTIVES

Specific recovery objectives for threatened and endangered
species are formulated by recovery teams (advisory teams of