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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experts established under Section 4 of the Endangered Species
Act) and are effective after approval by the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service ("Service"). The actions to achieve those
objectives may fall within the purview of a recovery
implementation team. It is the goal of this program to implement
the recovery actions delineated in the existing recovery plan
formulated for Colorado squawfish and, when final and approved,
the actions set forth in the recovery plan to be formulated for
the razorback sucker. Considerable research and planning will be
required to maximize the effectiveness of this Implementation
Program's actions for the Colorado squawfish and razorback
sucker. However, the Participants in this Implementation Program
recognize that quick action will be required, and delay must be
minimized in order to protect the remaining fish, improve their
status as quickly as possible, and allow water development to
proceed efficiently in compliance with all applicable laws.

General recovery objectives for Colorado squawfish have been
identified in the amended Colorado Squawfish Recovery plan
approved by the Service August 6, 1991. These objectives are:

1) Establish and protect self-sustaining populations in
their natural habitat throughout the current range of the
Colorado squawfish.

2) Legally protect habitat and remove the threat of
significant fragmentation.

Recovery objectives for the razorback sucker have not been
identified for the recently listed species but may include the
following:

1) Capture specimens and provide refugia for
representatives of presumable genetically distinct
populations.

2) Maintain and enhance wild populations in their natural
habitats.

3) Augment, if necessary, extant populations.

Specific species recovery goals will be developed for the San
Juan River basin using information developed as part of this
Implementation Program. Such goals will be formulated by the
respective recovery teams established for the endangered fish
species and will be submitted to the Service for review and
approval. Specific goals established will reflect the need to
protect these fishes in the San Juan River, and will recognize
the value, contribution, and role of these populations in
recovery of the species throughout their ranges.