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I' 'I. I I, - I I t I .' I' I t II 1 I I I . 5 potential or opportunity to recover or protect the river environment are involved. The basis for such a program was established in the biological opinion for ALP. The San Juan River Recovery Implementation Program provides the basis for the recovery of the endangered fishes of the San Juan River. Through the efforts of this Implementation Program, current impacts will be reduced and recovery of species will be possible. Participation of federal and state agencies, Indian tribes, and special interest groups will be necessary in order for this Implementation Program to be successful. 1.4 COORDINATION WITH EXISTING RECOVERY EFFORTS Activities conducted under this Implementation Program will be closely coordinated with the ongoing "Recovery Implementation Program for Endangered Fish Species in the Upper Colorado River Basin." The Upper Basin Recovery Program was initiated on October 1, 1988, with the objective of recovering endangered Colorado River fishes in the Green River and Colorado River sub-basins above Glen Canyon Dam. The San Juan sub-basin was not included in that program. Recovery efforts are also underway in the Lower Colorado River Basin. Coordination with existing recovery efforts will reduce overlap and duplication of recovery efforts, allow available resources to be focused on pressing needs in the San Juan sub-basin, enhance communication of research results, and improve effectiveness of all recovery efforts. 1.5 PARTICIPATION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM This Implementation Program was developed as a cooperative effort of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the States of Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah, the Navajo Nation, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, the Ute Mountain Ute Indian Tribe, the Jicarilla Apache Indian Tribe, local government, and non-federal water development interests. Participation in this Implementation Program does not in any way diminish, detract from, or add to the Secretary's ultimate responsibility for administering the Endangered Species Act, nor is it intended to affect the authorities and responsibilities of the states and the tribes to manage and administer their water and fish and wildlife resources. The parties have to make independent judgments in determining whether or not they will carry out the determinations of the Coordination Committee. Each of the above entities, and any federal agency which is added to the Coordination Committee pursuant to the procedures described in Section 5.1.1 of this Implementation Program, are referred to as the "Participants."