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<br />L~ <br /> <br />COLORADO RIVER RECOVERY PROGRAM <br />FY-1996 PROPOSED SCOPE OF WORK <br /> <br />Project No.: <br /> <br />Lead Agency: <br />Submitted by: <br />Address: <br /> <br />Phone: <br />FAX: <br />E-Mail: <br /> <br />U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />Pat Nelson <br />u.S. Fish and Wildlife Service <br />P.O. Box 25486, DFC <br />Denver, CO 80225 <br />303-236-2985 Ext 226 <br />303-236-0027 <br />PAT NELSON@MAIL.FWS.GOV <br /> <br />Cateqorv (check one): <br />X Ongoing project <br />- - Ongoing-revised project <br />Requested new start <br />_X Capital improvement <br /> <br />Date: December 15, 1995 <br />I. Title of Proposal: <br /> <br />Green River Land Acquisition Activities for the Habitat Restoration <br />Program. <br /> <br />II. Relationship to RIPRAP: <br /> <br />-GREEN RIVER ACTION PLAN: MAINSTEM <br />ACTIVITY II. RESTORE HABITAT <br />II.~. Restore and manage flooded bottomland habitat. <br /> <br />-COLORADO RIVER ACTION PLAN: MAINSTEM <br />ACTIVITY II. RESTORE HABITAT <br />II.~. Restore and manage flooded bottomland habitat. <br /> <br />-COLORADO RIVER ACTION PLAN: GUNNISON RIVER <br />ACTIVITY II. RESTORE HABITAT <br />II.A. Restore and manage flooded bottomland habitat. <br /> <br />-GENERAL RECOVERY PROGRAM SUPPORT ACTION PL~N <br />ACTIVITY II. RESTORE HABITAT <br />II.A. Conduct inventory of flooded bottomland habitat for <br />potential restoration. <br />II.B. Support actions to reduce or eliminate contaminant <br />impacts. <br /> <br />III. Study Background/Rationale: <br /> <br />There are an estimated 11,428 acres of privately-owned lands and <br />6,000 acres of Tribal lands within the Green River floodplain from <br />the boundary of Dinosaur National Monument (River Mile 318) <br />downstream to Pariette Draw (RM 238). This stretch of river is home <br />range to the last remaining riverine population of razorback <br />suckers. Upstream of this area (and at RM 311.5), razorback suckers <br />spawn during high spring flows. After a few days razorback eggs <br />hatch and larvae drift downstream into floodplain and backwater <br />nursery areas. Levees and reduced spring flows have cut off many of <br />